The US casino industry’s main lobby group plans to pursue a “rational alternative” to the country’s current sports betting prohibition.

On Wednesday, the board of directors of the American Gaming Association (AGA) announced that its board of directors had undertaken “a major shift in the industry’s approach to sports betting.”

The 1992 federal Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) restricted single-game sports betting to the state of Nevada, while allowing bastardized parlay-type sports betting lotteries in Delaware, Montana and Oregon. New Jersey has led a spirited multi-year legal fight to overturn PASPA, and while its efforts have to date fallen short, momentum appears to be swinging in favor of the Garden State.

Perhaps this is what has spurred the AGA to promise to build “a broad coalition that will determine whether a rational alternative to current sports betting law exists.” Um, yes, it’s the same alternative reality that exists in Nevada, where most AGA members conduct brick-and-mortar casino operations, many of which include legal sportsbooks.