A new bill in the D.C. Council would open up the city to multiple mobile sports betting apps, effectively undoing the virtual monopoly currently held by the D.C. Lottery and its widely criticized GambetDC app.
The measure, authored by Councilmember Elissa Silverman (I-At Large), would also terminate the city’s current sole-source contract with Intralot — the Greek gaming giant that operates the city’s lottery and developed the Gambet app — when it’s up for renewal in 2024, and require that any future lottery and sports betting contract be competitively bid.
Silverman’s bill addresses some of the simmering frustrations with GambetDC and the controversial sole-source contract that the D.C. Council granted Intralot in 2019 to develop the sports betting app for the D.C. Lottery.
