They say the captain always goes down with the ship.

Case in point is MP Branko Zorman, who decided to quit the ruling Modern Centre Party (SMC) after the Slovenian parliament suddenly decided to veto his motion to liberalize the country’s sports betting market.

On Thursday, The Slovenian Press Agency reported that Zorman’s sports betting liberalization bill saw a double whammy: it not only failed to pass in the Senate, but the National Assembly also sent it to the gutters in a re-vote.

Everyone thought that Slovenia has moved closer to online sports betting liberalization after the National Assembly made a surprise vote in March to allow European Economic Community-based operators to apply for online sports betting licenses.