Lawmakers preparing to launch a review of how the state awards its lucrative casino licenses may have to deal with the question of whether to explore the conflicting testimony they heard in recent weeks from gambling regulators, who licensed DeNaples, and state police, who charged him.

Attorneys for DeNaples, 67, who opened Mount Airy Casino Resort in October, maintain that the Scranton-area businessman is innocent and are contesting the four perjury charges.

Regardless, lawmakers have colored the charges against DeNaples and the feuding state agencies in political hues, with those who supported the state’s 41/2-year-old slot-machine gambling law and those who voted against it on opposing sides.