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• SciPlay Q2 2020 Earnings Presentation

  23-07-2020 23:53 via article.wn.com
  SciPlay Second Quarter 2020 Results Ended June 30, 2020 SciPlay at a Glance $166M 40% 80% 87% Revenue (Q2 2020) Revenue Growth AEBITDA* Growth Mobile Penetration (Q2 19 - Q2 20) (Q2 19 - Q2 20) (Q2 2020) $60M 8.1M 6.8% $101.13 AEBITDA* (Q2 2020) Average MAUs Payer Conversion AMRPU (Q2 2020) Rate (Q2 2020) (Q2 2020) 36% 2.7M $0.67 <6mos AEBITDA Margin* (Q2 2020) Average DAUs ARPDAU Average time to break (Q2 2020) (Q2 2020) even from install Note: "MAU" means monthly active users. Payer convers
  
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• Australian delivery workers to receive minimum $31 an hour under new ‘world-leading’ rules

  13-08-2026 06:54 via independent.co.uk
  
  Order takes effect on 17 August and is expected to benefit about 250,000 workers
  
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• Iran-US war latest: Tehran rejects Trump’s claim of ‘total control’ over Hormuz as traffic nears 3-month low

  13-08-2026 06:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump argued the Iranian navy has been destroyed and they cannot enforce the closure of the strait
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky says Kyiv has made significant battlefield gains ‘exactly as planned’

  13-08-2026 05:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  Earlier, Zelensky says his forces struck ‌Russia’s Novorossiysk ‌naval base with drones, ‌missiles and unmanned ‌boats
  
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• Alaska community split on plan to create a gold mine in the middle of a national park

  13-08-2026 03:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  Opponents of the project have voiced concerns over the potential effect on beluga whales and brown bears in the region
  
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• Bomb squad shuts down DC street for hours over suspicious device - that turns out to be a sex toy

  13-08-2026 03:31 via independent.co.uk
  
  The suspicious package scare prompted police officers, firefighters and bomb squad technicians to flood the area
  
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• Fight in restroom leads to student being shot at Georgia high school

  13-08-2026 03:07 via independent.co.uk
  
  The teenage suspect fled the scene and was later taken into custody
  
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• Two soldiers dead after Apache helicopter crashes in Texas

  13-08-2026 02:42 via independent.co.uk
  
  A military official said the helicopter was undergoing a routine training flight before it went down
  
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• New 2028 presidential frontrunner has emerged on a key prediction market site

  13-08-2026 02:15 via independent.co.uk
  
  Democrats still reeling from the 2024 election, where Harris replaced President Joe Biden in the late stages of the race and lost to Donald Trump
  
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• White House appears to troll Trump on eclipse day with meme of president staring at the sun

  13-08-2026 01:31 via independent.co.uk
  
  The infamous image of Trump ignoring safety guidelines has long been a source of mockery
  
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• Jeanine Pirro calls secretive grand jury in unusual move after Reflecting Pool debacle put her in Trump’s crosshairs: report

  13-08-2026 01:27 via independent.co.uk
  
  After repeatedly losing Trump-priority cases in DC, the DOJ may have discovered a workaround through Pirro’s office
  
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• Nevada man sues Lyft after driver allegedly drags him 300 feet by wedding ring

  13-08-2026 00:22 via independent.co.uk
  
  The freak mishap allegedly unfolded when David Morris knocked on a window and the driver ‘accelerated at a high rate of speed’
  
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• Two custodians found shot dead in apparent murder-suicide at Chicago elementary school

  13-08-2026 00:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  A 48-year-old woman and a 63-year-old man were reportedly found each with a gunshot wound to the head in a shooting that the school’s principal called ‘deeply concerning’ for families
  
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• Canadians are calling for ban on US ambassador in latest trade war salvo

  12-08-2026 23:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  The petition comes as new U.S. tariffs on Canada are set to take effect this month
  
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• Angler airlifted to hospital after being bitten by a shark

  12-08-2026 23:53 via independent.co.uk
  
  The angler had caught the blue shark when it ‘lunged’ for him and bit into his calf off the coast near Waterford in Ireland
  
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• Gas prices hit their highest mark ever for mid August as Trump’s Iran war drags on

  12-08-2026 23:43 via independent.co.uk
  
  Gas prices have hit a historic high as the president insists that the U.S. is in control of the Strait of Hormuz and has crippled Iran’s military
  
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• White House appears to troll Trump on eclipse day by sharing iconic picture of president staring at the sun

  12-08-2026 23:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  The infamous image of Trump ignoring safety guidelines has long been a source of mockery
  
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• Trump sued over selling early access to Truth Social posts

  12-08-2026 23:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  The lawsuit contends that Trump’s agreement to publish updates concerning tariffs, war and government actions first on his platform violates the Constitution
  
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• Todd Blanche plays coy on Reflecting Pool, Fauci and weaponization fund as he makes first appearance as attorney general

  12-08-2026 23:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump’s new attorney general was immediately hit with questions about politically charged prosecutions and checks to January 6 rioters
  
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• Former SPLC CFO charged in fraud case against civil rights group

  12-08-2026 22:54 via independent.co.uk
  
  Heidi Beirich faces charges including wire fraud conspiracy and conspiracy to conceal money laundering
  
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• Karoline Leavitt’s announcement in full on ‘bittersweet decision’ to leave White House role

  12-08-2026 22:52 via independent.co.uk
  
  Karoline Leavitt called serving as White House press secretary “the honor and adventure of a lifetime” as she detailed her decision to exit the role next month.
  
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• Tyler Robinson hit ‘intended target’ so he shouldn’t get death penalty, lawyers say

  12-08-2026 22:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  The defense lawyers also disputed prosecution’s claims that Robinson targeted Kirk over his political views
  
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• White House gets in the eclipse spirit by sharing iconic picture of Trump ignoring safety warnings

  12-08-2026 22:33 via independent.co.uk
  
  The infamous image of Trump ignoring safety guidelines has long been a source of mockery
  
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• West Virginia couple arrested after child found living in feces, vomit and decomposing trash, cops say

  12-08-2026 22:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  Child Protective Services was called to the scene, and custody of the child has been transferred to a grandparent
  
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• Possible price tag for Trump’s Kennedy Center renovation is more than double first estimates

  12-08-2026 22:14 via independent.co.uk
  
  Congress has already approved $257 million for Kennedy Center renovations
  
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• Karoline Leavitt quits job as White House press secretary, Trump announces

  12-08-2026 21:57 via independent.co.uk
  
  Leavitt, 28, will step down at the end of the month
  
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• ‘Bobble head’ woman behind Trump in Oval Office explains why she kept holding her stomach

  12-08-2026 21:57 via independent.co.uk
  
  Jayme Franklin, who went viral for nodding her head and holding her stomach behind President Trump, says she’s pregnant — not a “Zapper” keeping the president awake
  
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• Foreign student enrollment to fall 10% at US colleges thanks to Trump’s agenda, report says

  12-08-2026 21:45 via independent.co.uk
  
  Advocates worry the changes will cause tens of thousands of lost jobs and potential cuts at university programs
  
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• Nick Reiner laid in wait before killing his parents, new indictment alleges

  12-08-2026 21:43 via independent.co.uk
  
  Prosecutors also allege that Reiner personally used a knife in the commission of the crimes
  
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• Dick Cheney’s doc says Americans ‘deserve answers’ about the mysterious ailments impacting Trump

  12-08-2026 21:13 via independent.co.uk
  
  Dr. Jonathan Reiner asked questions about Trump’s fitness to be president, saying, ‘We have been kept in the dark too long’
  
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