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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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Online Sports Betting Gets A Super Bowl Workout

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5), details emerged about the success and failure of the new online sports betting regime in the U.S. Compare that to Nevada, where bettors made nearly $146 million worth of legal wagers — about 9 percent less than the 2018 Super Bowl — while gamblers in Mississippi put up at least $4.6 But it stands as the major U.S.

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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. SNAP online . It doesn’t stop there.

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Target Won’t Back Down On Bathroom Policy

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Target’s stance in favor of equality for transgendered consumers has sparked a backlash and online petition from the American Family Association. The Mississippi-based religious nonprofit is headed by First United Methodist pastor Donald E. The petition and its 1.2

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Voters Want Big Tech Regulation On The Hill, Says Study

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Google has cemented its dominance in online search adverts, and shielded itself from competitive pressure by imposing anticompetitive contractual restrictions on third-party websites,” said Margrethe Vestager, the EU’s antitrust chief, at the time of last week’s announcement. Taxes And Other Matters. Beyond the U.S.,

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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. Integrity Fees.