Online gambling opponents have hired former Republican Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (pictured) to help lobby their cause in Washington.

This week, The Hill reported that the Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling (CSIG) had hired the lobbying firm of Squire Patton Boggs to help promote the Restoration Of America’s Wire Act (RAWA), legislation that would ban most forms of online gambling in the United States.

Lott, who was in the Senate when the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) was passed in 2006, resigned his seat the following year to team up with former Louisiana Senator John Breaux on a lobbying group that was later acquired by the law firm that eventually became Squire Patton Boggs.

In the mid-1960s, Lott attended the University of Mississippi, where he successfully beat back attempts to racially integrate the Sigma Nu fraternity. Lott also served as a cheerleader for Ole Miss athletic teams, learning skills that likely serve him well in his present career. Just a hunch, but Lott’s willingness to lead cheers for RAWA could be because he’s under the impression it stands for ‘Race: All White, A’ight.’