Lebanon’s only legal casino operator is planning to launch an online gambling service, although this isn’t the first time the casino has made this promise.

On Wednesday, the Daily Star quoted Roland Khoury, chairman of Lebanon’s Casino du Liban, saying the casino was “making all the preparations to set up the online gambling site in six months.” Khoury claimed the plan, which involves both casino games and sports betting, was fully supported by Lebanon’s government.

For the record, Casino du Liban launched a tender for an online gambling technology partner way back in January 2017. However, in-fighting among local politicians over who gets to oversee online gambling has prevented passage of the necesesary legislation.

Khoury said the Lebanese government would “block the rest of the online gambling sites” once Casino du Liban’s site was up and running. That’s also something of a redundant claim, as the government has been taking steps to protect its casino monopoly from international online interlopers for the better part of a decade (although these efforts, similar to other ban-happy jurisdictions, have proven porous).