It found that the District took in the least money in wagers.... The auditor’s office suggested that the District keeps too much money on each bet rather than paying out better odds to winners, a complaint shared by many gamblers who have tried the GambetDC app.... The audit suggested raising the tax on these private sportsbook operators, noting that D.C. collects 10 percent of their revenue while Illinois collects 15 percent....

D.C. Council member Kenyan R. McDuffie, a Democrat who has represented Ward 5 since 2012, announced Thursday that he is relinquishing his seat and running for D.C. attorney general next year.... That same year, the council unanimously passed a separate bill written by McDuffie to promote public health approaches to crime prevention, after he battled with Mayor Muriel E. Bowser( D) over the best solution to address a spike in homicides.... Months earlier, he had voted against the idea of averti