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Sports betting was officially legalized in Arkansas in 2018, when Arkansans voted for casino gaming. In 2022, the Racing Commission said that they were going to allow the casinos to accept sports wagers via apps. The regulations for this are that the individual would have to be at least 21 years of age and physically within the state of Arkansas.
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1 year ago Read more at KATV

iStock If you are one of the 80,000-plus CAO applicants for 2024, I would not vary the advice I always give: list the courses you would like to study in order of preference without reference to possible points score requirements. The five recently created technological universities (TUs) have now restructured their course offerings, and all are now listed, with the location of each programme on the right-hand side of the CAO Handbook.
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1 year ago Read more at The Irish Times

South Korean company's memory chip sales nearly doubled in the first quarter from a year earlier. In the second half of 2024, business conditions are expected to remain positive with demand - mainly around generative AI - holding strong. Samsung's own estimate of 6.6 trillion won flagged earlier this month, its highest operating profit since the third quarter of 2022.
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1 year ago Read more at Yahoo Finance

AD PsiQuantum believes the best approach is using individual photons as qubits, by manipulating single particles of light. This is among the most difficult methods of quantum computing, but it made a bet that it was ultimately the most practical for large scale quantum computers because of the existing infrastructure built around photonics. It plans to build its quantum computers inside cryogenic cabinets built by a company that makes meat lockers.
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1 year ago Read more at Semafor

Samsung Electronics said its first-quarter operating profits had risen nearly tenfold year-on-year -- a 931.8 percent increase -- amid recovering chip prices and growing demand. The firm is by far the largest of the family-controlled conglomerates that dominate business in Asia's fourth-largest economy. Sales were up 12.8 percent on-year to 71.9 trillion won, the company said in a statement.
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1 year ago Read more at Legit.ng

Over the past year, the insider has sold 49,375 shares of Old National Bancorp. The company's price-earnings ratio stands at 9.03, lower than the industry median of 9.44 and also below the company's historical median.
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1 year ago Read more at Yahoo Finance

Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi has called for unity among the people of the Yoruba race in the pursuit of progress. He spoke through his spokesperson, Moses Olafare, in his palace in Ile-Ife on Sunday evening at the 6th edition of the Omoluabi Royal Icon Award.
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1 year ago Read more at Punch Newspapers

Keith Thornton has an impressive career spanning five decades from the 1980’s to the present day. You don’t listen to Kool Keith for consistency, you listen because he’s a completely unpredictable eccentric scientist of rap who makes albums like “World Area.” “Pet Her Like a Doggy” gets two favorable marks — I didn’t predict Keith doing a track with Three 6 Mafia style production.
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1 year ago Read more at RapReviews

Wisconsin voters weigh in on immigration and economy ahead of presidential election. In Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, most voters said the economy will be a major factor in deciding who they will cast their ballot for. Seventy-two percent of voters ranked the state of democracy as one of the issues that matter most to them. Other lower-ranked topics included candidates' stances on gun policy, crime, the U.S.-Mexico border and abortion.
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1 year ago Read more at CBS News

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free email Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In the first study of its kind, experts explored how the odds of survival can be improved through exercise, a healthy diet, getting enough sleep and not smoking. Meanwhile, people with unhealthy lifestyles have a 78% increased chance of early death, regardless of their genetic risk.
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1 year ago Read more at The Independent