A New York State Assemblyman has become the latest to push back against Sheldon Adelson’s efforts to cram the online gambling genie back in the bottle.

Last week, Assemblyman J. Gary Pretlow published an op-ed on Rollcall.com, explaining why the Adelson-supported Restoration of America’s Wire Act is a bad idea. Sen. Lindsey Graham and Rep. Jason Chaffetz have each introduced versions of RAWA – which would ban most forms of online gambling in the US – into the Senate and House of Representatives, respectively, this year.

Pretlow’s anti-RAWA stance is somewhat predictable, given that he has previously introduced online poker legislation in his home state. Pretlow, a Democrat who heads the Assembly’s Committee on Racing and Wagering, notes that RAWA would prohibit states like his from deciding what forms of gambling they can authorize within their borders, thereby restricting their capacity to raise badly needed revenue.

Pretlow believes that if states “can find a way to promote economic growth and protect consumers, we should do it.” Pretlow says it “defies logic that Congress would step in now to undercut” the long-held right of states to determine the scope of their own gambling options. Pretlow says Congress “should focus on the things that will help states, not those policies that aim to take away our power to do right by our constituents.”