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Dominican lawmakers consider independent gambling oversight body

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Dominican lawmakers are considering an independent body to license, supervise and enforce rules across the gambling industry, according to the report. The debate has gained urgency amid concerns about unregulated betting operations and charges in the United States against MLB pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz, who deny wrongdoing.

An independent body could centralise gambling licensing, supervision and enforcement amid concerns about unregulated operations.

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Quaest poll puts bets and social media at 7% as source of hope nationwide

A Quaest poll found that 16% of respondents who were optimistic about Brazil's future cited regulation of betting and social media as a source of hope under President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. That group represented 44% of respondents, making the combined issue about 7% of the full sample; the poll did not separate betting from social-media regulation. The survey interviewed 2,004 people from 30 October to 2 November.

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