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Tennessee speaker intervened after lottery board moved to suspend Action 247

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Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton intervened in 2021 after the Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation moved to suspend Action 247, according to a media report. The report said Sexton later backed legislation that transferred sports betting oversight to a new body appointed by legislators; Action 247 closed on 16 January 2026.

The reported oversight changes allowed Action 247 to keep operating after regulators moved to suspend it.

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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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