Gambling proponents in Louisiana are scrambling to gather support for the legalization of sports betting in the state and break Mississippi’s monopoly in the southeastern United States.

State lawmakers have expressed concerns that Louisiana will fall farther behind Mississippi, which started taking its first-ever legal sports bets last week, according to the Monroe News Star.

Senator Danny Martiny called on his colleagues to pass his bill seeking to regulate sports wagering in the Louisiana, warning that the state will lose money to its neighbors—and not just Mississippi.

Martiny pointed out the possibility that Arkansas may approve legal sports wagering in its racetracks, while Oklahoma’s Indian tribes may also allow sports betting in their facilities. When this happens, the Louisiana senator said the New Orleans market will take the full brunt of these developments.