D.C. Lottery contract award put on hold

Lottery Post — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:01:51 GMT

Washington, D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty is withdrawing a controversial proposal to award a $120 million lottery contract to a start-up firm in a maneuver designed to prevent the agreement from dying in the D.C. Council.

Fenty (D) will resubmit the proposal in September, when the council returns from a summer recess, interim Attorney General Peter J. Nickles said.

That would be the third time Fenty asks the council to give the contract to W2I Ventures instead of extending the agreement with... [ More ]