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Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale made it clear how important it was, for him and the overall racing industry, to place his massive Kentucky Derby bet on-track at Churchill Downs. He told the Thoroughbred Daily News:
“It s crazy that some people in the horse racing business bet with a bookie or go offshore to a place like Costa Rica. They re not supporting racing.”
While there are plenty of legal arrangements for betting on U.S. racing, be it through any ADW account, at the track, an OTB outlet, or even for those abroad betting through licensed bookmakers who have agreements in place with U.S. tracks, there are many illicit operators which seek to skirt the law and share no revenue with horsemen or track operators.
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Coalition politicians who champion Donald Trump’s right to free speech have passed numerous laws making it a serious criminal offence to exercise this right in Australia. Labor parliamentarians have also helped pass laws criminalising speech that’s clearly in the public interest or simply innocuous.
When Prime Minister Scott Morrison was invited at a recent press conference to condemn far-right conspiracy theories promoted by government members such as George Christensen, he refused. He also defended another Liberal backbencher, Craig Kelly, who has undermined the government’s health message by spreading false information about COVID-19. At the time, Morrison said: “There’s such a thing as freedom of speech in this country and that will continue.”
Bitcoin is surging to record highs on FOMO and Joe Biden stimulus bets
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Bitcoin climbed to $US19,783 in December 2017, before crashing spectacularly.
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You ve probably seen headlines like this way too many times recently, even if you have no idea what bitcoin is.
What is bitcoin?
It operates on a decentralised peer-to-peer network, with no central authority or government backing
It can be bought with fiat currencies like Australian dollars from online exchanges or created through mining
Speculation, FOMO (fear of missing out) and inflation hedging are some of the reasons why this volatile digital currency has surged more than 400 per cent in the past year.