Vietnam’s new gambling law might not lift the ban on locals in casinos after all, according to a media report.

In June, the Lottery and Gambling Division of the Ministry of Finance (MoF) submitted its long-awaited draft of Vietnam’s revised gambling law, which reportedly included a recommendation on lifting the longstanding ban on local residents setting foot on the country’s casino gambling floors.

But on Monday, Thanh Nien News reported that a subsequent draft had reversed course, maintaining the restriction that limits casino access to foreign tourists and Vietnamese holding foreign passports.

The paper quoted unidentified senior MoF officials saying the Ministry was “continuing to study and gauge the social impacts” of allowing Vietnamese citizens to enter casinos. The MoF was reportedly keen to educate the government decision makers on the potential ramifications this could have on “organized crime, gambling addictions, money laundering and other illicit activities.”