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Interesting slide shows about the world Slideshow World by [ArcaMax](?ezine=782&r=J18ZDyjEyPVxl_0_WDRm2BMhp4u3KG72UFvqRognHaVDOjMyNzAwODM2NDpKOjIwNjc4OTM6TDo3ODI6UjoxMTkyNTY6VjoxMzE) Sponsor Yes! You've Been Selected for Complimentary Yankee Candles®! [GetItFree]( - no costs, just FREE Samples to your mailbox! Our latest batch of free samples has just shipped. Sign up and start receiving yours today! [Get my Yankee Candle® freebies delivered today]( [Top issues being lobbied today--and the companies that support them]( Morgan Mullings [ Top issues being lobbied today--and the companies that support them ]( [See full slideshow »]( Voting isn’t the only way to have your voice heard. If there’s a company with a vested interest in how the government can help them achieve their goals or the goals of those who support them, lobbying is the way they do it. With entire firms dedicated to influencing and convincing lawmakers in Congress to support the funding or bills they want, all kinds of groups can keep the federal government aware of what Americans care about. One of the nation’s favorite coffee chains spends about a million dollars each year lobbying for their interests, like sustainability and immigration rights. Defense companies maintain their close relationship with the U.S. government by lobbying for budget appropriations to be sent their way, and footwear giants lobby to make foreign relations easier on their bottom line. They all use companies with a wealth of research and resources at their disposal to build relationships with the politicians who can keep them in business. To find out the top issues that lobbyists are working on today, and which companies are hiring them, Stacker used 2021 data from OpenSecrets based on data from the Senate Office of Public Records. The most recent data was released on October 22, 2021. Below are the top 10 issues currently being lobbied, and their clients—which include companies, trade groups, labor unions, and other types of organizations. Many clients and lobbyists focus on multiple issues, and not just because they may benefit monetarily. Some companies on this list don’t receive a direct benefit from lobbying these issues but rather use their money and influence to support them politically. Whether it’s for reputation or compensation, here are the companies supporting the top issues on lobbyists’ radar right now. Visit thestacker.com for similar lists and stories. © 2021 Stacker Media, LLC; Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC [Tweet It]( - [Facebook It]( Sponsor [Congratulations [firstName] - You qualified for the free entry.]( See if you won $50,000 today in the December Instant Win Drawing... 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So how do you ever truly get the upper hand against a system that is mathematically designed—what is known as the house edge—to prevent you from doing so? Well, some people have tried cheating. There’s card counting (which is technically not illegal, according to federal, state, and local laws), card switching, card marking, dice sliding, dealer bribing, and good old-fashioned peeking (or hole carding). But to even have an advantage by cheating, you must play every hand perfectly, like the infamous MIT blackjack team. Determined to beat the house with even more complex math—if just theoretically, for now—researchers at MIT are studying whether quantum entanglement can give players an advantage at the blackjack table. For the average person without a quantum computer or the skills to count cards flawlessly, any attempt at cheating is almost always noticed, monitored, and in some scenarios, permitted, says data scientist Jeff Jonas. And he should know—he developed the programs casinos use to detect even the subtlest hints of fraud. NORA, or Non-Obvious Relationship Awareness, is a software program of Jonas’ creation, which uses available data to sleuth out connections like whether a dealer and a player are related, live in proximity to one another, or if a casino employee has any connections to known criminals. Any edge that the house hasn’t already secured through tamperproof mathematics, they’ve accounted for through surveillance. So, if you can’t gain an advantage by playing by the rules or even by breaking the rules, what’s left to do? Any level-headed person would tell you to reset your expectations or avoid the casinos completely. Some people throughout history have decided they simply weren’t going to play the game at all. Instead, they chose to rob them blind. Casino heists are the ultimate underdog stories, and as such, it is a favorite subgenre in film. While Hollywood has given us its own edge-of-your-seat, romanticized take on the topic, the reality is arguably more dramatic and more impressive when one considers how unlikely success is. OLBG compiled a list of the 10 biggest casino heists ranging from “Ocean’s 11”-style complexity to stunning simplicity. Visit thestacker.com for similar lists and stories. © 2021 Stacker Media, LLC; Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC [Tweet It]( - [Facebook It]( [ Viral Animal Videos! ] Viral Animal Videos! Check out the Internet's cutest and funniest animal videos with this daily ezine. Share these videos on Facebook, and your friends will love you even more! 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