The influential American Gaming Association (AGA) has joined forces with elected officials and law enforcement agencies to push for the lifting of the US federal ban on sports betting.

AGA has partnered with local and state elected officials, law enforcement, and pro-sports betting proponents to persuade the national government to repeal the 25-year-old Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA).

PASPA, which was enacted in 1992, was the reason why sports betting outside the states of Nevada, Delaware, Montana, and Oregon was illegal.

After conducting much consultation, AGA has finally joined calls for the repeal of PASPA by throwing their support to the newly-formed American Sports Betting Coalition (ASBC). AGA president Geoff Freeman said the group believes that “the time is right to repeal the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA).”