{"id":88497,"date":"2018-09-19T09:40:48","date_gmt":"2018-09-19T16:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=88497"},"modified":"2018-09-19T09:40:48","modified_gmt":"2018-09-19T16:40:48","slug":"washington-dc-moves-to-legalize-sports-betting-despite-no-casinos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/washington-dc-moves-to-legalize-sports-betting-despite-no-casinos\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington, DC Moves to Legalize Sports Betting, Despite No Casinos"},"content":{"rendered":"
Washington, DC sports betting could soon be coming to the nation\u2019s capital. While a handful of Congressmen are mulling federal regulation<\/a>\u00a0on Capitol Hill, District of Columbia Councilman\u00a0Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) wants to regulate it on a local level so the district\u2019s coffers can capitalize on this newly liberalized form of gambling.<\/p>\n