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DC Council Approves Intralot’s Controversial Sports Betting Contract

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5 years ago

July 12, 2019

Niji Narayan

DC Council Approves Intralot’s Controversial Sports Betting Contract

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The DC Council has approved Intralot’s controversial sports betting contract in the District of Columbia.

The DC Council voted 7–5 in favour of a five-year, $215m sports betting technology contract for Intralot. The vote came despite mounting evidence that the sole-source, no-bid contract was the result of sketchy connections between Council members and lobbyists, as well as lucrative subcontracts for local firms with no wagering experience.

The decision to simply award Intralot the betting tech contract was justified on the notion that holding a competitive tender would create further delays in launching DC’s wagering operations. But few people who were not part of the DC Council, the DC Lottery or Intralot have swallowed this argument.

Opposition grew louder with media reports of potential conflicts of interest by members of the Council, particularly Jack Evans, who was stripped of his chairmanship of the Council’s Committee on Finance and Revenue before the Intralot vote.

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Niji Narayan

Niji Narayan has been in the writing industry for well over a decade or so. He prides himself as one of the few survivors left in the world who have actually mastered the impossible art of copy editing. Niji graduated in Physics and obtained his Master’s degree in Communication and Journalism. He has always interested in sports writing and travel writing. He has written for numerous websites and his in-depth analytical articles top sports magazines like Cricket Today and Sports Today. He reports gaming industry headlines from all around the globe.