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SENATOR FEELS A LOT IS FAR FROM DONE. >>> FOR YEARS, STATE SENATOR JIM MCCLENDON HAS HEARD CRIES FROM CITIZENS AB WANTING A STATEWIDE LOTTERY. THEN A FEW WEEK AGO, A PANEL CREATED BY THE GOVERNOR RELEASED A MASSIVE STUDY ON POTENTIAL GAMBLING IN ALABAMA. IT SHOWED 200 TO $300 MILLION IN LOTTERY REVENUE ALONE, BUT MCCLENDON CLAIMS, THE PORCH CREEK INDIANS HAVE TOLD HIM, THEY WILL FIGHT TO BLOCK LOTTERY IF THEY CANNOT USE CASINO GAMES. >> WE ARE NOT GOING TO GET THE LOTTERY UNLESS THEY GET TABLE GAMES. WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE? SEEMS TO ME LIKE THE TAIL IS WAGGING THE DOG. >> The Reporter: A NEW $400 MILLION GAMING FORECAST FOR CASINOS TOO. THE LAST TIME A LOTTERY VOTE WA IN 20 SUNDAY. THE SPRINGVILLE SENATOR SAYS HIS DAYS OF LEADING THE LOTTERY CHARGE ARE DONE. >> I'M TIRED OF YOU, KNOW, I JUST GET IN A MUD HOLE, SPIN MY WHEELS AND END UP JUST GETTING MUDDY. THE REPORTER: IN THE END, MCCLENDON FEELS THE ENCYCLOPEDIA ON GAMBLING IS A START. >> GENTLEMAN YES, IT DOES PUT US A BABY STEP CLOSER, BECAUSE THIS KIND OF BLUE RIBBON PANEL THAT THE GOVERNOR PUT TOGETHER SORT OF LEGITIMIZES THE EFFORT. >> The Reporter: THE ALABAMA LEGISLATURE RECONVENES FOUR WEEKS FROM TOMORR