All that glitters is not gold.

Republican leaders are proposing three separate bills to give gambling a stronghold in South Carolina — one to legalize casinos and two to legalize online sports betting. A House Ways and Means subcommittee will consider two of them Tuesday.

After weeks of public silence and private negotiations, we have now finally seen the resulting amendment on S.62, the bill to restore South Carolina’s ESA program—the Education Scholarship Trust Fund.