Belarus is making tentative steps toward modernizing its gaming regulatory scheme, including legalizing online gambling, although we’ve heard this talk before.

Last week, Belarusian state-run media outlet BelTA reported that Sergei Nalivaiko, head of the government’s Ministry of Taxes and Levies, had drafted legislation that would address a number of gaming-related issues, including a proposal to raise the legal gambling age from 18 to 21 years.

The draft legislation also includes a proposal to license and tax online gambling operators, although that’s about the extent of the details that have been made public. Nalivaiko did mention a two-year transitional period from the decree entering into force, during which online gambling operators can operate with special permits while they adjust their operations to conform with the decree’s (as yet unknown) specifics.

Nalivaiko’s ministry floated a plan last September to allow local operators to offer online casino games in addition to online wagering, while also seeking to block access to internationally licensed online gambling sites who fail to acquire local licenses. That proposal would have required international operators to base their servers on Belarusian soil.