Santa Ana Star Casino will begin offering sports betting next week.

The U.S. Supreme Court lifted the decades old ban on sports betting back in May, but for it to be allowed in New Mexico it was believed the state legislature would have to pass a new law, which experts thought could take years.

“You’re getting into a political question in terms of what the legislature would do, where the public is on this,” UNM Dean and Professor of Law Alfred Mathewson said.

It appears Santa Ana found a way around that rule. A check of the state’s Indian Gaming Compact does not turn up any mention of sports betting.

The casino will have a ‘sports book betting’ area inside – smaller than the ones seen on the Las Vegas Strip.