Sports Betting

The D.C. Council on Tuesday narrowly authorized the city to grant a sole-source contract to run its new foray into online sports betting, a move that concerns critics who believe the lucrative deal should be competitively bid.

Only two days after the Super Bowl — one of the most lucrative days for legal and illegal wagering — the D.C. Council took a first step towards ensuring that residents and visitors will be able to legally cast bets on the next big game.

The District of Columbia’s haste to get into sports betting is a sickening spectacle.

If D.C. officials have their way, residents and visitors will be able to cast legal wagers on sports at physical locations and by using an app by as early as this fall, beating every other jurisdiction in the Washington region and…

The D.C. Lottery wants the D.C. Council to approve a bill that would allow the agency to negotiate a new contract with its current vendor, circumventing an open procurement process and ensuring the city gets a sports betting platform…

WASHINGTON — How soon people can place legal sports bets in D.C. will depend on how city lawmakers decide to handle the March 2020 expiration of the D.C. Lottery contract.

D.C. officials on Monday defended efforts to award a sole-source contract to run the city’s upcoming sports gambling program, insisting that the normal competitive bidding process would delay legal bettingand cost the city tens of millions…

The District’s chief financial officer said Monday that online sports gambling could begin as early as this fall. Bettors could wage phone-based bets on outcomes and performances of both pro and college sporting events.

Attendees of a D.C. Council breakfast on January 7 could’ve heard a pin drop as Chairman Phil Mendelson moved to wrap things up and begin the legislative session.

As councilmembers decided how to establish sports betting, connected lobbyists swarmed the Wilson Building.

The debate over sports wagering in D.C. has a lot to learn from startups and the tech industry. In the world of tech, it pays to be first.

Bars, event venues and other retailers in D.C. could soon offer sports betting inside their walls under a new law the D.C. Council passed in December, and everyone from independent entrepreneurs to popular D.C. bar owners to MGM Resorts is …

When sports gambling is formally legalized in Washington, fans will have the option to place bets in convenience stores, bars, restaurants or from their living room couches. But the most visible and elaborate betting venues could feel…

The D.C. Lottery is seeking to bypass the city's bidding process for vendors to operate a tech platform for sports wagering and, instead, extend its existing relationship with Intralot, a Greek international gaming firm.

WASHINGTON — A move to fast-track legal sports betting in D.C. has hit a snag.

The D.C. Council put off a decision Tuesday on whether to skip competitive bidding and award a sole source contract for management of the city’s new venture into sports betting. Council members said they wanted to alleviate concerns about…

If the District wants to be first out of the gate to offer wagering on sports, it also needs to be the first to ensure the integrity of a system that’s certain to be prone to ripoffs

Washington Wizards fans will get a glimpse at how in-game sports betting will look later this week when NBC Sports Washington produces an alternate game telecast focused on gaming.