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Fast Action: Tennessee Sportsbook Bets Service Quality On Instant Payments

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Hodges, known as the “Rookie Bookie” on social media, made her comments less than three months after Tennessee became the 20th state to launch sports betting on Nov. We’re growing a market of people who have never bet before in Tennessee.”. We’re bringing sports gambling out of the shadows,” she said.

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Ingo’s Edwards Plays The Inside Straight On Online Gambling

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A problem compounded, he said, when in many cases those rules have requirements that successfully push players like Ingo out of the market and ultimately slow progress. Tennessee, he said, is his favorite example. Untangling Red Tape. We’re not going to do that, and neither will any public company really.”.

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Restaurants Expand Into Grocery To Mitigate Coronavirus Impact

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Also, Subway is providing groceries at 250 locations in Oregon, Connecticut, California, Washington and Tennessee. Given the chain’s expansive number of locations and advertising cloud, it could capture some market share from the coronavirus-fueled market.

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Second Google Lawsuit May Be Filed Next Month By State AGs

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The states involved include Colorado, Iowa, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Utah, according to Reuters. The DOJ suit came after a probe lasting over a year in which the department looked into the company's 80 percent dominance in the search engine and advertising markets.

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Connecticut AG Launches Antitrust Probe Into Amazon’s eBook Business

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Our office continues to aggressively monitor this market to protect fair competition for consumers, authors, and other eBook retailers,” Mr. Tong said in a statement, per WSJ. Amazon had a 76 percent market share of all eBooks sold in the U.S. in September, according to Codex Group data, per the WSJ.

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Jack Daniel’s Introduces AR Experience For Phones That Turns Bottles Into 3D Stories

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Tennessee whiskey distillery Jack Daniel’s has released a new marketing tool that turns any bottle of its product into an interactive augmented reality (AR) experience, according to reports. “In In today’s world, it’s important for us to reach fans and consumers where they are,” said Jeff Cole, modern media director for Jack Daniel’s.

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KFC To Offer Meatless Fried Chicken At Select Locations

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Fried chicken fast-food restaurant KFC is partnering with Beyond Meat to bring meatless fried chicken to stores in Tennessee and North Carolina, according to a report by Reuters. The meat will be tested for a few months in stores throughout Nashville, Tennessee and Charlotte, North Carolina.