Gambling Restriction Zones in Washington D.C.

June 2019 data identifies two-block restriction zones around gambling entities for licensing procedures in the District of Columbia. The layer is used to determine if a location is within a restriction zone for gambling license applications. It is provided by the District of Columbia government and was last updated in February 2025.

Use Cases

• Analyze the spatial extent of two-block restriction zones around gambling entities for urban planning.
• Determine if a specific property's SSL (square suffix and lot) falls within a restriction zone for license eligibility checks.
• Integrate the GEOJSON or KML layer into a GIS to visualize gambling entity buffer zones across Washington D.C.

Strengths

• Data is provided by the authoritative District of Columbia government organization.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOJSON, KML, and OGC WMS for flexibility.
• Released under a permissive cc-by license for reuse and redistribution.

Limitations

• The underlying data is from June 2019 and may not reflect recent zoning changes or new entities.
• No sample data or column schema is available to assess data structure before download.
• The description lacks quantitative metrics like the count of zones or geographic area covered.

Provenance

Source

District of Columbia government

Collection Method

Created as part of the Districts gambling licensing procedure, defining zones from entity locations.

Time Range

June 2019

Freshness

Last updated 2025-02-05, but the core data is from June 2019.

Geography

Washington D.C., District of Columbia