Michigan legislators are making a late run at passing intrastate online gambling legislation but the odds are heavily stacked against this attempt making any headway this year.

On Wednesday morning, the Michigan House of Representatives’ Regulatory Reform Committee voted 12-3 to approve the latest version of the HB 4926 online gambling legislation introduce this September by Rep. Brandt Iden.

Iden’s original bill got a hearing with the same House committee in September that ultimately led nowhere, in part due to tepid support from Detroit’s three commercial casino operators and outright opposition from the state’s tribal gaming operators.

As initially reported by GamblingCompliance scribe Chris Krafcik, the changes to Iden’s legislation include a new requirement that online gambling servers be located on casino property, presumably to address concerns that the Michigan state constitution requires casino gambling to take place “in the casino.”