Sheldon Adelson’s long dormant anti-online gambling group has shown signs of life just days after Congress announced it was holding a hearing into online gambling.

On Monday, The Hill reported that the Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling (CSG) had hired The Keelen Group to promote its anti-online agenda on Capitol Hill. The hiring marks the first time the CSIG has been heard from in many months, spoiling the hopes of those who believed it had gone the way of the dodo.

The CSIG hired high-profile lobbying firm Squire Patton Boggs last summer, back when Las Vegas Sands boss Adelson still had hope that his Restoration of America’s Wire Act (RAWA) might gain some traction in Washington.

But while RAWA is effectively DOA, last week’s announcement of a potentially pro-online gambling hearing by a House of Representatives subcommittee appears to have prompted Adelson to raise CSIG’s allowance. They may not be able to ban online gambling, but they may be able to delay its legalization a while longer.