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• Illinois Lottery Player Uses Favorite Color To Pick $1 Million Winning Ticket

  02-03-2024 16:00
  
  An Illinois woman bought a purple scratch-off ticket because it was her favorite color and ended up winning a cool $1 million. And here’s the kicker, it also happened to be her birthday. 
  She recently stopped at a BP gas station in Palos Heights, a suburb in Chicago, for a fill up and purchased a $25 Diamond Crossword 10X ticket. What she didn’t expect was the staggering return on investment.
  “When I scratched the ticket in my car, I kept seeing wins that were getting bigg
  
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• Black Women Billionaires & How They Made Their Money

  02-03-2024 15:30
  
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  Many successful Black women have net worths in the millions of dollars, but very few have the rare distinction of being billionaires. Sheila Crump Johnson made history as America’s first Black female billionaire after co-founding Black Entertainment Television (BET) alongside her husband in 1980. After breaking the racial barrier and carving out a career as a successful multimillion-dollar entrepreneur in the sports space and hotel industry, her achievement made way for
  
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• Loan Applications Open for Licensed Social Equity Cannabis Dispensaries

  02-03-2024 14:00
  
  Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity on Friday announced that applications for Round II of the Cannabis Social Equity Loan Program are open. Through the program, $12 million is available through Direct Forgivable Loans fully financed by the State. Loan amounts, up to $240,000, will be provided to qualified, licensed social equity dispensaries.
  “In Illinois, equity is front and center in our work to expand the legal cannabis industry,”
  
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