Was all the hubbub about the District’s intranet gaming plan a lot of hot air? That’s the impression one might get after reading this report in the Washington Times, in which representatives from the D.C. Lottery say that most people they spoke with during a series of town halls on the matter were “supportive.”

Residents should take note of some minor changes to the remaining slate of public meetings regarding the District’s online gaming program.

If yesterday’s Ward 5 town hall on the District’s controversial new i-Gaming platform is any indication, it’s not really the idea of online gambling that has residents put off — but rather how the idea came to be and where the money it’s supposed to generate will go.

No, really, officials from the D.C. Lottery now say they are finally ready to answer your questions about the intranet gaming system which the D.C. Council quietly and controversially approved earlier this year.