Pennsylvania’s regulated online gambling hopes and fears were front and center in the state legislature on Tuesday.

Tuesday saw a joint hearing of the Pennsylvania House Gaming Oversight Committee and the Senate Community, Economic and Recreational Development Committee, as legislators met to discuss potential gambling expansion in the state, including online gambling and daily fantasy sports.

The contentious issue of allowing video gaming terminals (VGT) in bars and clubs, which has derailed the state’s gambling expansion bills in the past, was explicitly off the table during Tuesday’s hearing. A separate hearing will be conducted later this month at which the VGT issue will rear its ugly head.

Shortly before the hearing, the state Senate dropped a new gambling expansion bill. SB 477 is a duplicate of the omnibus gaming bill introduced in the state House last month.