Kentucky lawmakers want a piece of the U.S. sports betting pie after the country’s highest tribunal repealed the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) of 1992, according to the Kentucky Public Radio.

A bi-partisan panel, consisting of six members of the state House of Representatives and three members of the Senate, has been formed to draft and file legislation to implement legal sports betting in Kentucky.

Some of the members of the bi-partisan panel were among the lawmakers who pushed for regulation of sports betting in Kentucky in 2017. Sen. Julian Carroll was the first to propose legalizing the activity last September, but his bill didn’t make any progress in the Senate. Rep. John Sims and Rep. Dean Schamore peddled the legalization of sports betting in the lower chamber but their bill got stalled in committee.

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