US federal legislators will hold a hearing on sports betting next week, despite pushback from gaming operators that federal oversight of wagering is both unnecessary and unwanted.

On Thursday, ESPN scribe David Purdum reported that the House of Representatives Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigation had scheduled a hearing titled An Examination of Sports Betting in America for Thursday, September 27 at 10am.

The prospect of the feds having a go at regulating sports betting took an ominous turn last month, when Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) made a speech on the Senate floor arguing for Congress to impose “a set of fundamental, federal standards” for sports betting. Hatch’s call was echoed the following week by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY).

The American Gaming Association (AGA), the nation’s foremost gaming industry group, pushed back immediately on Hatch’s and Schumer’s proposals, noting that the last federal effort to control sports betting was “an abject failure” that was struck down by the US Supreme Court this spring, leading to a rush of individual states approving their own betting regulatory setups.