A meeting of the Washington D.C. Council’s Business and Economic Committee Wednesday became highly contentious as the group debated the future of sports betting in the District.
Council member Elissa Silverman spoke about her bill that would give District-wide mobile access to operators like BetMGM, Caesars Sportsbook, and FanDuel. Currently, those three operators have retail sportsbooks in the District, but BetMGM and Caesars have severely restricted mobile sports betting access and FanDuel doesn’t have any mobile access.
Only GambetDC, a lottery-run sports betting app developed through third-party provider Intralot, is allowed to operate in the majority of D.C. But the app has received subpar reviews over the years for its poor odds, clunky interface, and failing tech.