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Casino Reopenings Draw In Gamblers Despite Online Gaming Surges

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Casinos in Mississippi and Louisiana are reopening this week, and visitors are traveling long distances and waiting in lines to enter the facilities, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. New Jersey made closing orders for its physical casinos on March 16. And, even though revenue for its casinos dropped 61.7

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Sports Betting Moves Forward In The U.S. — With or Without ‘Integrity Fees’

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Supreme Court ruled in May that states may legalize sports betting — it was already allowed in Nevada — four other states have approved such wagering: Delaware, Mississippi, New Jersey and West Virginia. The state reportedly would impose a $250,000 licensing fee on betting providers, along with a 3 percent tax.

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Online Sports Betting Gets A Super Bowl Workout

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million worth of wages with legal New Jersey sportsbook operators, but that gambling operators lost $4.6 million worth of wages with legal New Jersey sportsbook operators, but that gambling operators lost $4.6 But it stands as the major U.S. Figures from early this week show that bettors placed $39.5

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Food Stamps Online: The $75B Grocery Game-Changer?

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Low-income consumers are far more likely to find it difficult to secure mainstream credit sources and are thus much more likely to make use of high-cost alternative credit sources when financial emergencies hit, often in the form of a payday, title, tax refund anticipation or installment loan. And that’s just accessing money itself.

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