The District’s controversial Internet gambling program got the Gray Lady treatment today.

This afternoon the D.C. Council overwhelmingly voted to repeal the District’s first-in-the-nation Internet gambling program.

It seems that Internet gambling in the District is going back to the drawing board.

If you’re an avid online poker player and are just waiting for the District to flip the switch on its planned first-in-the-nation Internet gambling program, you might be waiting for a while.

Whether you want to call it “iGaming,” “Internet gambling” or “non-traditional games,” the District’s first-of-its-kind online gambling program faced withering criticism from members of the D.C. Council at a hearing yesterday.

A D.C. Council hearing on Internet gambling today has attracted 117 public witnesses. While that’s a lot, it’s not as many as have showed up to speak on other controversial issues.

Even though Internet gambling has been legal in the District since early 2011, it remains but an idea that hasn’t yet become reality. Ongoing controversy over how it came to be has led its proponents to hold off on implementing it, and tomorrow a D.C. Council committee will hold a hearing on legislation that would repeal it altogether.

Two councilmembers want to repeal a law that would allow internet gambling in the District, kicking off what may be a contentious battle over a controversial initiative.