D.C. Council knocks down gambling, strip clubs

The D.C. Council took on vices Tuesday, repealing what was the nation’s first law to allow Internet gambling and enacting a ban on new strip clubs in an area of Northeast that’s already home to four strip club licenses.

Both votes were decisive. The council unanimously approved a measure that placed a moratorium on strip clubs in Ward 5, which has also been targeted by would-be medical marijuana growers. The vote to repeal Internet gambling was 10-2.