A Superior Court judge has denied a request for an injunction that would have blocked a no-bid contract for Intralot to manage D.C. sports betting. The decision allows the District to move ahead with the contract, although the underlying lawsuit is still pending.

The District’s contract with Intralot had been on hold for several weeks while both sides made legal arguments. The lawsuit filed by Dylan Carragher, a D.C. resident and the founder of a sports-betting technology business, argued that the $215 million contract over five years with Intralot violated federal law because District officials awarded it without competitive bidding.

Earlier this year, the D.C. Council narrowly voted to suspend competitive-bidding rules and allow Intralot, which already held the contract to operate the D.C. Lottery, to continue running the lottery and to also manage D.C. sports betting. The lawsuit alleged that by suspending competitive-bidding rules for the contract, District officials violated the Home Rule Act, which established local government in the nation’s capital.

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