The upcoming Florida legislative session is likely to be so dominated by looming fights over expanding casino gambling and redrawing the state's congressional and legislative districts that there might not be time for extensive work in other areas, House Speaker Dean Cannon said Wednesday.

Speaking to the Associated Press annual legislative planning session in the state Capitol, Cannon, R-Winter Park, said dealing with the state's projected budget deficit will also mean virtually all state agencies and programs are "going to absorb some kind of cuts."

After first citing what he considered to be some of the Legislature's top accomplishments in most recent sessions -- passing a budget without a tax increase, Medicaid reform measures, growth-management reforms and pro-life bills -- Cannon segued into his expectations for 2012.

They were focused on producing a state budget, the only thing required of the Legislature by the state Constitution; redistricting, which the state is required to do every 10 years based on population changes recorded by the U.S. Census; and companion House-Senate bills that would allow three huge casinos in Broward and Miami-Dade counties, which Cannon said he remains "philosophically opposed to."

The redistricting effort is expected to be so contentious the Legislature moved up the session's opening to January to allow time to consider it fully.

The casino gambling proposals, Cannon said, could face a tough fight unless their supporters can back up claims that the expanded gambling would actually rein in gaming in the state. Cannon said he remains "very skeptical" of that idea.

Taking questions after his address, Cannon: