When Washington, D.C. passed a law allowing intra-district online gambling, it was heralded as a success by the gambling community. After all, D.C. became the first jurisdiction in the United States to regulate online gambling. Though the market is not yet up and running, it is already becoming more controversial. Michael A. Brown was the District Councilmember most responsible for passage of the gambling legislation. He pushed hard for it last year and eventually had the council include the gambling amendment in a supplemental budget bill. The bill passed last December and the time period for the federal government to [ Read More ]
