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Google, Amazon Tech Help States Handle Jobless Claim Boom

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Google and Amazon Web Services are assisting Rhode Island, Kansas, Illinois and New York in processing the unprecedented number of unemployment claims prompted by the coronavirus crisis, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported. Help is on the way for beleaguered states facing a record number of jobless claims.

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Citizens Access Targeting ‘Optimizers’ to Grow Deposits Beyond the Bank’s Footprint

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Citizens Access, the digital-only arm of Rhode Island-based Citizens Financial Group, has grown to about $4 billion in deposits, mostly from new customers outside the bank's traditional footprint, since its launch in July 2018. If you build it, the optimizers will come.

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Report: 80 Pct. Of NJ Gamblers Place Wagers Online

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About 80 percent of gamblers are now betting online. Legislators in Rhode Island, for example, debated allowing mobile sports betting after extending it to casinos. According to an analysis released in January, “New Jersey’s online sportsbooks accounted for $241.05 In May, New Jersey surpassed Nevada for the first time.

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Google Play Policy Changes Will Extend Gambling Apps Across More Countries

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online casino games are only allowed in Delaware, Nevada, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Sports betting is only allowed in Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee and West Virginia. . Currently in the U.S., Earlier this month, New York Gov.

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The Digital Evolution Of The Online Gaming Ecosystem

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The decision opened the floodgates to legalized sports betting – both in-person and online – in the U.S. All in, counting online and in-person wagers, Super Bowl betting was worth roughly $6.8 In a microcosm of the national expansion, New Hampshire’s newly online sports gambling program raked in $2.31

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Big Tech Antitrust Hearing Rescheduled For July 29

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The House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law’s change is reflected in an online scheduled updated this weekend. The hearing’s official subject is: “Online Platforms and Market Power, Part 6: Examining the Dominance of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google.”

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US Rental Marketplace Zumper Closes On $60M Series D Round

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The site has a 100 percent year-over-year revenue growth and has expanded its employee base to 200 people in offices in San Francisco, Scottsdale, New York, Chicago and Rhode Island. Zumper CEO and Co-Founder Anthemos Georgiades said the company was formed in order to build the first online resource for apartment rentals.