According to Michelle Minton, there will be a hearing on the Restoration of America’s Wire Act (RAWA), the online gambling ban proposed by Sheldon Adelson and introduced into the House of Representatives by Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), on March 5th in the House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. Chaffetz is a member of the committee.

Chaffetz, along with Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), first introduced RAWA last March, but neither the House or Senate version was brought up in committee in 2014. There was a late push to try to get the bill included in the trillion-dollar CRomnibus spending bill that passed in the Lame Duck session of 2014, but these efforts came up short.

What to expect on March 5th

How the hearing will go depends entirely on who is called to testify. Adelson’s allies have proven they’re not ready for prime time in previous hearings, often stumbling over their own talking points and unable to adequately answer questions on the inherent hypocrisy of a casino mogul opposing online gambling.