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Stardust Social Casino is a bet on enticing players with Las Vegas history

GamesBeat Summit Watch every session from the annual event On Demand Watch Now When Boyd Gaming launched Stardust Social Casino recently on iOS and Android, it was one more entry in a crowded social casino game market. But the Stardust casino played a significant role in Las Vegas history, and …

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Why Haven’t 19 Million Homeowners Refinanced Their Mortgages Yet?

Photo by Dean Drobot / Shutterstock.com Originally published by Jeff Ostrowski on Bankrate.com. As the mortgage refinancing boom rages, millions of homeowners have yet to swap out their old mortgages for new loans at record-low rates. A significant number of Americans are hanging onto 30-year mortgages with rates of 5% …

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Defying the Family Cycle of Addiction

I am the mother of four, but addiction is my ever-present extra child. My grandparents died of alcoholism. My father-in-law did, too. My 43-year-old brother died of a heroin overdose in May. He became addicted after taking prescribed OxyContin following an appendectomy. When my 13-year-old daughter needed hernia surgery as …

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