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The man accused of dealing the deadly drug ice with reality TV star Brynne Edelsten has been jailed after admitting to his role in the .  As Edelsten prepares to appear in the upcoming series of , Leigh Ellis, 39, on Wednesday pleaded guilty to drug charges.  Ellis appeared via videolink in the Ringwood Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday from behind bars where he has remained since he and Edelsten were arrested in May.   Leigh Ellis, 39, remains caged behind bars after being sprung dealing meth allegedly with the help of Brynne Edelsten …

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id=”article-body” class=”row ” section=”article-body” data-component=”trackCWV”> The driest place in North America bucked its reputation on Aug. 5 when a 1,000-year rain event dumped water onto Death Valley National Park in California. The deluge damaged miles of roadway and forced visitors to shelter in place. satellites tracked the flooding from orbit. NASA’s Earth Observatory on Wednesday. One image is from July 11 and shows normal conditions in the park. The other, from Aug. 7, shows in dark blue where the flood waters are. The false-color images aren’t quite like how it…

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Sports fans who want to bet on their favorite teams should be able to make their wagers in Kansas beginning Sept.1 if some final regulatory details are worked out, state officials announced Thursday. The four state-owned casinos in Kansas will have a tentative “soft launch” of sports betting at noon Sept. 1, with an official launch on Sept.8, Kansas Lottery executive director Stephen Durrell said in a video announcement. Durrell said several regulatory and administrative hurdles remained to make the launch a reality “but we´re hopeful we can get there.”…

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888 Holdings shares plummeted on Friday after the gambling group revealed a massive drop in profits. Pre-tax profits at the Gibraltar-based business tumbled by two-thirds to £14.4million in the first half of 2022 as loosening Covid restrictions and stricter safety measures led to a decline in Britons gambling online. Profits were also dented by costs associated with selling its bingo division and acquiring William Hill’s non-US operations, both of which were completed in early July. Slowdown: 888 Holdings saw its pre-tax profits tumble by two-thirds due to loosening Covid restrictions…

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A record 31.5 million Americans plan to bet on this year’s Super Bowl, according to estimates released Tuesday by the gambling industry’s national trade group. The American Gaming Association forecasted that over $7.6 billion will be wagered on pro football’s championship game set for Sunday. Both the amount of people planning to bet (up 35 percent from last year) and the estimated amount of money being bet (up 78 percent from last year) are new records. Bettors include people making casual wagers with friends or relatives, entries into office pools,…

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A huge payday looms for Cate Campbell as she powers towards becoming Australian swimming’s biggest prize money earner in a single year. The former world champion is in sight of a cheque for at least $A300,000 if she maintains her winning ways in the final leg of the World Cup series which starts in Kazan, Russia on Saturday (AEDT). And that’s not counting what is still on offer in the lucrative International Swimming League (ISL) which the Australian potentially has two more rounds to contest. Campbell’s immediate focus is the…

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id=”article-body” class=”row ” section=”article-body” data-component=”trackCWV”> Sure, the is all fine and dandy. But viewers who don’t know a touchdown from a tight end tune in just to watch the commercials. From the legendary 1984 ad for Apple Macintosh computers to the many Budweiser Clydesdales spots, some of the most famous commercials of all time have aired during the big game. We’ll pack this story with as many of the Super Bowl commercials as we can find online. If we’re spotting a trend so far, it’s that companies are stuffing their…

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