President-elect Donald Trump has appointed Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) to serve as America’s next Attorney General.

Sessions (pictured) is a controversial pick, given that in 1986 he was denied Senate confirmation as a federal judge, becoming only the second nominee in 50 years to be thus rejected, in part because former co-workers claim Sessions was prone to making racist comments.

Sessions is a staunch social conservative, routinely scoring a top-10 mention in the National Journal’s ‘most conservative senator’ charts. Gambling stakeholders are now trying to figure out what Sessions’ appointment means for the US online gambling industry.

In his previous existence as a private citizen, Sessions’ new boss in the oval office advocated for both online gambling and legal sports betting. However, Trump’s path to the presidency was smoothed by large donations from Las Vegas Sands boss Sheldon Adelson, who hates online gambling almost as much as Trump’s hair hates strong gusts of wind.