If you had to guess, how long after the good senator got framed for the murder of the prostitute did he have to purchase the license for Michael? I wonder how that situation played out. Obviously Geary knew he was screwed. I’m curious if anything was said. How much time would he have been given to get the deal done?

I'm guessing that Michael never demanded the fee for the gaming license. He didn't need to--the brothel murder put Geary's coglioni in Michael's pocket. He' have looked cheap--small time--if he'd demanded the fee after Tom arranged his alibi. Geary might have inferred that if he paid the fee, he'd be free of any obligation to Michael. Better for Michael to say nothing specific--just keep Geary in his perpetual debt through Geary's fear that Michael could ruin him.