The passage of a daily fantasy sports (DFS) bill in New York has suffered a major setback after the New York Gaming Association (NYGA) has broken its silence to oppose plans of making the game legal in the Big Apple.

NYGA president James Featherstonhaugh said at the Crain‘s Business of Gaming forum on Tuesday that the association were “unanimous” in opposing the legalization of the DFS in New York, which was originally proposed by New York State Sen. John Bonacic.

Should DFS becomes legal in the Big Apple, Featherstonhaugh said New York-based casinos are demanding a piece of the market pie.

“Hopefully the fantasy sports people will recognize this will be very difficult to do unless it’s in cooperation with the existing industry,” Featherstonhaugh said. “That is what happened in the case of online poker, which was originally proposed as stand-alone and now is being done cooperatively.”