The District government will have a new lottery administrator after the D.C. Council on Tuesday ratified a contract with an international gaming firm despite charges that the deal was steered and the bids mishandled.

Roughly two years after the procurement process first started, council members finally approved a five-year, $38 million contract with Mayor Adrian Fenty’s preferred lottery manager: Greek-based Intralot, with local partner Veterans Services Corp.

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