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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. And while gamers flock to the casinos in some states, in others they are swarming online gambling sites. million in March of last year.

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Caesars Puts Stake In Online Betting Co DraftKings

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Caesars Entertainment announced that it has reached an agreement to offer DraftKings , the leading sports-tech entertainment brand in the country, providing market access for its online gaming products. In New Jersey and Mississippi, DraftKings Sportsbook mobile and retail allows players to bet for major U.S. and Australia. .”

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Facebook, Online Lending, Cash – And The Twilio Surge

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This week it was Minnesota, and then yesterday Walmart really got warmed up and announced the expansion of their new payments service in: Michigan, Virginia, the Carolinas, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi and Washington, D.C. Online lending . Costco Card.

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Voters Want Big Tech Regulation On The Hill, Says Study

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Much has been said about how Europe is shaping up to be ground zero for seismic changes in Big Tech, as regulators are, have been and will continue to impose mandates on what can and cannot be used in terms of consumer data. However, in the U.S., That’s up eight percentage points from a year ago, according to the data.

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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. Iowa, for instance, is considering letting casinos and racetracks offer on-site and online wagering. Since the U.S.