The lottery contract became the subject of a federal grand jury investigation, although no charges were ever filed. Evans is alleged to have had links to a lobbying firm that DC09 counted among its clients.<\/p>\n
Bailey is once again listed as a subcontractor on the sports betting contract, as is the law firm he hired to lobby for sports betting in DC.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow we see a contract before us containing subcontractors with even more significant political connections and poor track records\u2026\u201d said Grosso, as reported by local radio station WTOP.<\/p>\n
Yet we don\u2019t know what the subcontractors\u2019 scopes of work will be or how much they\u2019ll be paid because it\u2019s been withheld from the public. This still reeks of pay-to-play, even more now than before.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Meanwhile, Councilmember John Ray\u00a0questioned Intralot\u2019s financial performance.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow much money is it costing the district to finance this very weak financial company?\u201d he asked, as reported by Legal Sports Report.<\/em> \u201c\u2026 If you learned the retirement board was investing your money in Intralot, would you be happy? Would you buy Intralot shares? If the answer to that is no, why would you ask the district taxpayers to invest their money in Intralot?<\/p>\n“Mr. Chairman, you need to take a serious look at this contract,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
The final debate on the contract is scheduled for July 9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Calls are growing within the District of Columbia Council to shred a $215 million contract awarded to Intralot and start again with a competitive bidding process to find a new service provider for the district\u2019s future sports betting operations. Councilmembers are concerned about the perception of cronyism that lingers from the decision to hand the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":107968,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,61,13592,1,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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