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D.C. Council In Discussion Bash GambetDC’s Performance Thus Far 1u1g14

D.C. Lottery executive director pushes back amid GambetDC criticism 5b114s

Bennett ConlinBennett Conlin
July 13, 2022
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Washington D.C. Council Member Kenyan McDuffie hosted a virtual roundtable discussion about sports wagering in the District Wednesday, and McDuffie and several others voiced concerns and criticism of D.C. Lottery-run sports wagering app GambetDC. 

The app has faced losing the District $4 million in 2021. 

“From the council’s perspective, this can’t continue,” McDuffie said. 

@GambetDC please fix whatever is wrong with your system where player props have the wrong player names. there is no MLB player named David Andrews. @Intralot pic.twitter.com/Y8h2F496Pe

— Duncan Bishop (@duncanbishop24) May 9, 2022

Others on the D.C. Council shared similar feelings, wondering whether the District should consider ending the controversial sole-source contract with Intralot. The deal currently runs through July 2024. 

“Now, I hate to say ‘I told you so,’ but I’m going to,” D.C. Council member Mary Che said. “I told you so. I opposed this contract from the beginning. I said back in 2019 that awarding a contract for exclusive control over mobile sports betting was problematic. We were told we needed a sole-source contract to hurry up and beat the other jurisdictions and all this other stuff. It was all nonsense.”

Several council upset 53y65

Che was clearly frustrated during Wednesday’s discussion, and she wasn’t alone.

“We have an embarrassing sports gambling program right now that can’t even operate well on Super Bowl Sunday,” council member Elissa Silverman commented. 

Silverman got into a back-and-forth discussion with D.C. Office of Lottery and Gaming Executive Director Frank Suarez about the Super Bowl Sunday mishap. Suarez pointed out that DraftKings and FanDuel had Super Bowl outages in 2021, suggesting that GambetDC’s outage wasn’t that uncommon. 

What Suarez wouldn’t fully acknowledge (although Silverman helped to point out) was that Intralot paid $500,000 to the District as penalty for the failure. 

Super Bowl outage aside, several other issues with GambetDC were discussed at Wednesday’s event. The idea of leaving the Intralot contract or at least allowing more competition in the market seemed to intrigue several participants. 

Lottery pushes back 345n6u

Suarez isn’t ready to bail on GambetDC and Intralot. 

“The ship is righting already,” Suarez said. “GambetDC handle is up significantly this year. The transfer is up.”

Suarez shared that GambetDC has seen about 1.5 million wagers placed this fiscal year and a handle of $45 million during that period. That’s a 31% increase in handle compared to the same time period during the previous fiscal year. Suarez mentioned GambetDC providing $2.2 million in tax revenue to the District in this fiscal year. Suarez also expects an improved interface by the fall.  

GambetDC iOS app was down for the entire Super Bowl.

Yet the council/Suarez are hesitant to make big changes.

How can this failure not lead to drastic changes?

An embarrassing policy design that was obvious from the start is costing DC millions in tax revenue. https://t.co/TikZu0SrGr

— Fink (@datageneralist) March 4, 2022

When council brought up the idea of allowing other mobile sports betting operators access in the District, Suarez pushed back, saying the revenue creation by GambetDC is better than the potential of private operators. 

If private operators were given widespread mobile access, there would be a 20% tax rate on gross gaming revenue. By Suarez’s calculations, private operators would need to have a handle three times that of GambetDC’s to provide the same tax revenue to D.C., and he doesn’t see that goal being achievable. 

“Why would we want to increase the risk?” Suarez said. “Why would we want to make it so that we rely even more on a riskier revenue stream? To me, the model is working. It took a minute. It didn’t work quite as planned … but I think everything now points to it’s working like it should and should continue to grow and provide a bigger share of the profit to the District.”

Many of Suarez’s points focused on revenue generation for the District rather than difficulties bettors have had using the app.

Changes coming? 5r4ca

Caesars (Capital One Arena), and FanDuel (Audi Field) all have retail sportsbooks in D.C. If the council wanted to give those major operators increased market access, it could be a smooth transition that wouldn’t necessarily require the council to end the contract with Intralot prior to the scheduled 2024 end date.

McDuffie and Silverman each asked Suarez about the idea of opening up the mobile market to other operators. 

“What do we do to go to a private market app system?” Silverman said. “What would that cost us?”

Suarez didn’t have a dollar figure available, saying an analysis would be needed to determine the potential cost of moving to a private operator system. Among the necessary financial considerations for that scenario are alterations to the Intralot contract and potential regulatory costs for the Office of Lottery and Gaming. 

While council expressed frustration with GambetDC’s performance, they are also entering a two-month summer recess, with several working on reelection campaigns. It remains to be seen if sports betting poses enough concern for the council to generate changes before the Intralot contract concludes in two years.

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