D.C. took in less than one third of the revenue that was projected from sports betting, says the D.C. Auditor.

The D.C. Council’s voted 7-5 on Tuesday to approve a $215 million, five-year contract with Greek gaming company Intralot to operate the city’s lottery and develop a sports betting app. 

Among the items the D.C. Council managed to race through in today’s surprisingly zippy legislative session was the long-controversial D.C. Lottery contract. In a 9 to 1 vote, the Council went ahead and gave final approval to a proposal to turn over the lottery to international gaming corporation Intralot. Two Council members, Chairman Vince Gray and At-large member Kwame Brown, abstained from voting, while Ward 4’s Muriel Bowser voted “present,” leaving At-large member Phil…

The Office of the Chief Financial Officer today announced that it will put forward a proposal to award the contract to operate the D.C. Lottery to Intralot, an international gaming management company. The contract is for an initial five-year period, and must be approved by the D.C. Council. The lottery contract has been an extremely sticky issue for the last year. Lottery Technology Enterprises, the company that’s been running the D.C. Lottery for over…