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Virginia Senate subcommittee advances gaming regulator bill, rejects online casino proposal

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A Virginia Senate subcommittee advanced SB 195, which would create an independent gaming regulator, while rejecting SB 118, the report said. The subcommittee cited insufficient safer-gambling measures in the online casino bill; a separate House proposal, HB 161, remained under consideration.

Virginia advanced an independent regulator proposal but rejected an online casino bill over insufficient safer-gambling measures.

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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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