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Crawford discussed additional benefits of his bar having more money from the huge success of the sports betting.<\/p>\n
He said, \u201cIt\u2019s life changing for the people that work here. It\u2019s life changing for the city, it\u2019s bringing more and more income, in taxes for the schools and roads in those connected communities.\u201d<\/p>\n
And the draw of the sports book continues to grow. Crawford added, \u201cWe started off with two kiosks, and now we upgraded to four kiosks.\u201d Patrons can either bet in person at one of the kiosks or scan QR codes placed around the bar to their phones to bet live during games.<\/p>\n
Crawford said that the NFL season brings in regulars every Sunday to watch, bet, or just drink, though there\u2019s an existing crowd of regular customers that contribute to the bar\u2019s main income. Crawford is also expecting large crowds drawn by the MLB postseason which began this week.<\/p>\n
The sports betting has drawn enough of a crowd that Crawford said Grand Central is opening a second location on H Street in the Northeast Corridor sometime next year.<\/p>\n
Grand Central currently hosts the only independently operated sports betting in the United States, though more are on the way for the D.C. area. Ozio Lounge and other future locations like Cloakroom in Mount Vernon Triangle will also be independently operated.<\/p>\n
D.C. originally legalized sports betting in 2018, but both Grand Central\u2019s existing stations and Ozio Lounge\u2019s soon-to-open system are the first locations to host sports betting outside of the stadiums in the area since legalization.<\/p>\n
Like Grand Central, Ozio Lounge will carry a Class B gambling license. This particular license allows any type of business such as hotels, bars, or restaurants to offer sports wagering on site. The license also specifies that there is no restriction on the type of business the Class B license holder can operate as, though it cannot be in business for the sole purpose of offering sports gambling. For example, a bar or restaurant can obtain a license for sports betting while still maintaining its operations as a bar.<\/p>\n
D.C.\u2019s stadiums offer sports betting with a Class A license, which operates differently. The stadiums are not operated independently. The stadiums that offer betting in D.C. include Capital One Arena, Audi Field, Nationals Park, and St. Elizabeth\u2019s East Entertainment and Sports Arena.<\/p>\n
According to D.C.\u2019s Office of Lottery and Gaming, the types of wagers allowed in Class B operations include \u201csingle-game bets, teaser bets, parlays, over-under, moneyline pools, exchange wagering, in-game wagering, in-play bets, proposition bets and straight bets on sporting events.\u201d The website\u2019s FAQ section also provides a list of sports<\/a> allowed and other limitations and information for businesses considering a license.<\/p>\n The Office of Lottery and Gaming is the D.C. government\u2019s regulatory body over privately-operated sports wagering in D.C. OLG operates under the D.C. Lottery. A spokesperson for the Office of Lottery and Gaming did not respond in time to requests for comment.**<\/p>\n According to Ozio Lounge staff, the Covid-19 pandemic flattened nightlife attendance in D.C., and nightclubs like Ozio are still feeling the effects and trying to fight their way back.<\/p>\n Management declined an interview request about details of its new betting station approval.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the post-pandemic resurgence of the nightlife scene is instead happening in more suburban areas like Arlington rather than in Washington. Bars like Ozio Lounge are hoping the addition of sports betting will draw new crowds and re-inject life into Washington\u2019s diminished club scene.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Washington, D.C. bars are hoping the draw of sports betting will help revive the city’s shrinking club scene<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":171,"featured_media":13485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[135],"tags":[460],"coauthors":[425],"class_list":["post-13482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dupont-circle","tag-sports-betting"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewash.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewash.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewash.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewash.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/171"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewash.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13482"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/thewash.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13583,"href":"https:\/\/thewash.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13482\/revisions\/13583"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewash.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewash.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewash.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewash.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13482"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewash.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=13482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}