{"id":113571,"date":"2019-08-29T14:45:36","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T21:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=113571"},"modified":"2019-08-29T15:33:44","modified_gmt":"2019-08-29T22:33:44","slug":"intralot-local-partner-on-dc-sports-betting-has-no-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/intralot-local-partner-on-dc-sports-betting-has-no-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"Intralot Partner in DC Sports Betting Contract Has No Employees Apart from CEO and His 75-Year-Old Mother"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Washington Post<\/em> has uncovered new revelations about the DC Council\u2019s $215 million sports betting contract<\/a> with Greek operator Intralot, a contract the newspaper has previously described as \u201creeking of cronyism.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Emmanuel Bailey, CEO of VS and DC09. The former is controlled by Bailey\u2019s 75-year-old mother, Barbara, and has no other employees, the latter is controlled by Intralot. (Image: Washington Times)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The sports betting deal was handed to Intralot, the district\u2019s existing lottery provider, without a customary competitive bidding process \u2013 a controversial move because the awarding of the original lottery contract back in 2009 later became the subject of a federal grand jury corruption investigation, although no one was charged.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, questions remain surrounding Councilmember Jack Evans<\/a>, who spearheaded the sports betting push and is currently under investigation by the FBI for possible ethics violations. And questions, too, surround local subcontractors on the Intralot deal, some of whom have links to district politicians.<\/p>\n

Under DC law, companies with large public contracts are required to subcontract work to small local businesses as a way of boosting the economy and creating jobs. Intralot partnered with a company called Veteran Services (VS), as it did on the previous lottery contract. Prior to these contracts, VS had no experience operating either lotteries or sports betting.<\/p>\n

Intralot says VS will be responsible for just over half the work, but it\u2019s unclear exactly what that work will entail or whether the VS has ever employed anyone at all.<\/p>\n

HQ: Mom\u2019s House<\/strong><\/h2>\n

According to <\/a>The Post,<\/em> VS is run by Emmanuel Bailey, a friend of former councilmember Kevin Chavous, who lives and works not in DC at all but Maryland. The company qualifies as \u201clocal\u201d because it was originally registered at Bailey\u2019s 75-year-old mother\u2019s house in DC, who also happens to be the majority shareholder.<\/p>\n

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The Post<\/em> has discovered that several people who were until recently listed as executives on VS\u2019s website have in fact never worked for the company.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

VS and Intralot formed a company a decade ago to run the lottery together, DC09, of which VS owns 51 percent.<\/p>\n

But Intralot bankrolled the creation of DC09 and controls the company, according to its own financial statements, because it \u201chas signed agreements with other shareholders under which the Company has the ability to direct the business decisions of the subsidiary.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bailey\u2019s mother\u2019s controlling stake of VS does not extend to DC09, which means it\u2019s questionable whether it is a local company at all. DC09 not VS will operate DC\u2019s sports betting operations.<\/p>\n

Maryland Says No Thanks<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In 2017, Intralot and VS approached the Maryland Lottery during a procurement process to find a lottery operator, but Maryland rejected the bid. Officials reported that VS \u201chas no capital; has very limited business or industry experience; and was unable to provide a coherent and consistent explanation of the role it will play in the operation of the gaming system.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Bailey \u201cacknowledged to the Evaluation Committee that he and VS had no financial resources whatsoever to undertake their contract responsibilities during conversion.\u201d<\/p>\n

The committee concluded Intralot in partnership with VS was \u201cweaker than Intralot on its own.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Washington Post has uncovered new revelations about the DC Council\u2019s $215 million sports betting contract with Greek operator Intralot, a contract the newspaper has previously described as \u201creeking of cronyism.\u201d The sports betting deal was handed to Intralot, the district\u2019s existing lottery provider, without a customary competitive bidding process \u2013 a controversial move because […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":113573,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nIntralot Local Partner on DC Sports Betting Has No Employees<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"DC sports betting contractor Intralot has partnered with a \u201clocal\u201d company that with no employees apart from Emmanuel Bailey and his mother.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/intralot-local-partner-on-dc-sports-betting-has-no-employees\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Intralot Local Partner on DC Sports Betting Has No Employees\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"DC sports betting contractor Intralot has partnered with a \u201clocal\u201d company that with no employees apart from Emmanuel Bailey and his mother.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/intralot-local-partner-on-dc-sports-betting-has-no-employees\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Casino.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-08-29T21:45:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-08-29T22:33:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/emmanuiel.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1770\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1032\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Philip Conneller\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@casinoorgphilc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Philip Conneller\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/intralot-local-partner-on-dc-sports-betting-has-no-employees\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/intralot-local-partner-on-dc-sports-betting-has-no-employees\/\",\"name\":\"Intralot Local Partner on DC Sports Betting Has No Employees\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/intralot-local-partner-on-dc-sports-betting-has-no-employees\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/intralot-local-partner-on-dc-sports-betting-has-no-employees\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/emmanuiel.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-08-29T21:45:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-08-29T22:33:44+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/58769b72851c8cf117fb58ca150ebf8b\"},\"description\":\"DC sports betting contractor Intralot has partnered with a \u201clocal\u201d company that with no employees apart from Emmanuel Bailey and his mother.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/intralot-local-partner-on-dc-sports-betting-has-no-employees\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/intralot-local-partner-on-dc-sports-betting-has-no-employees\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/intralot-local-partner-on-dc-sports-betting-has-no-employees\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/emmanuiel.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/emmanuiel.jpg\",\"width\":1770,\"height\":1032,\"caption\":\"Emmanuel Bailey, CEO of VS and DC09. 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