Note: NBA Proline betting is now allowed in Ontario as of the fall of 2016. If you’re looking for a story about that, click here.

For the first time since 1995, NBA basketball will likely be returning to Proline sheets in Ontario.

Ontario and British Columbia pulled the NBA off their Proline menus 15 years ago when the NBA expanded to Toronto and Vancouver. The move was to accommodate NBA commissioner David Stern, who liked to pretend that no one wagered on NBA games.

B.C. put NBA games back on Proline when the Grizzlies moved to Memphis in 2001, but Ontario has remained without NBA betting. The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) is currently in negotiations with the NBA and Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment (MLSE, which owns the Toronto Raptors).

The NBA has softened its stance on gambling in recent years, including holding the 2007 All-Star Game in Las Vegas. Employing former game-fixing referee Tim Donaghy didn’t exactly make the NBA look like anti-gambling sticklers, either.

Taking the NBA off Proline in Ontario was met with a lot of controversy. Much of the sports gambling profits from basketball were meant for hospitals, and it took three months of negotiations between the NBA and province of Ontario to resolve the dispute.

If the OLG reaches an agreement with the NBA and MLSE, it has been rumoured that part of the proceeds from Proline NBA betting in Ontario will go towards basketball development in the province.