Tennessee Lottery ordered to reinstate Action 24/7 license
A county judge ordered the Tennessee Lottery to reinstate the sports betting license of Action 24/7 after the operator was suspended for accusations of fraud.
Davidson County Chancery Judge Patricia Head Moskal sided with Action 24/7 attorneys, who filed a lawsuit against the state lottery following the suspension.
As Gaming America previously reported, the Tennessee Education Lottery’s Sports Advisory Council held an emergency meeting last Friday where the operator was accused of credit card fraud, proxy betting and money laundering.
The Action 24/7 site and app was taken down right before the start of the NCAA Tournament, one of the most wagered on sporting events of the year.
Action 24/7 attorney E. Steele Clayton IV admitted the operator’s “business is being destroyed” as it misses out on NCAA Tournament action. Clayton said a lottery investigator exaggerated the extent of fraud by claiming it was in the tens or hundreds of thousands. Clayton argued the actual amount was $22,601.
In ordering the operator’s license to be reinstated, Moskal wrote, “Action 24/7 has clearly shown the likelihood that its rights are being violated and it will suffer immediate and irreparable injury.”
The Tennessee Lottery responded in statement, “We will continue to work with Action 247 to implement appropriate minimum internal control standards that protect the public interest and minimize risk to the integrity of sports gaming in Tennessee.”
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