{"id":97783,"date":"2019-02-06T08:10:10","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T16:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=97783"},"modified":"2019-02-06T08:10:10","modified_gmt":"2019-02-06T16:10:10","slug":"dc-sports-betting-council-suspends-competitive-bidding-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/dc-sports-betting-council-suspends-competitive-bidding-process\/","title":{"rendered":"D.C. Council Suspends Competitive Bidding on Sports Betting, Handing Monopoly to Intralot Despite 2009 Contract Scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"
The DC Council has all but handed a mobile sports betting monopoly<\/a> to its Greek lottery provider Intralot. On Tuesday, the council narrowly voted, by 7 to 6, to suspend the competitive bidding process that normally precedes the award contracts to vendors.<\/p>\n