In 2001, the year he married his first wife, gambling machines were rolled out in British bookies, offering largely unregulated games based purely on chance rather than real-world events.

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President Donald Trump’s on-again, off-again tariffs are putting many California businesses, jobs and the state budget at ...

From higher costs to export worries, California’s agricultural and wine industries face many possible tariff effects. But ...