Washington D.C. Council Considers Bill to Allow Multiple Sports Betting Apps

Bill would end GambetDC lottery's monopoly on sports betting. It also seeks to terminate the contract of Intralot, the company that developed and runs the city's GambetsDC app. The contract is up for renewal in 2024. It would also make future sports betting contracts available to competing bidders. Maryland accepted 10 applications for mobile sportsbetting operators in the last week. Virginia has 13 sports Betting apps.

Silverman's bill was co-introduced by Council members Brooke Pinto, Mary Cheh, and Charles Allen. There are no indications that the bill will move forward before the end of the council's two-year legislative session. If it fails to move, it would have to be reintroduced in 2023.

“We need to turn the page on this embarrassing episode. Residents deserve an online app that works, taxpayers deserve a program that brings in money for the District, and we all deserve to have a system where we don't hand huge contracts to a preferred company and its subcontractors without even looking at the competition.”