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Not too long ago we did a post about people on Quora who brilliantly exploited loopholes to outsmart those in power, and they were oh-so-satisfying to read. Well, members of the BuzzFeed Community chimed in with their own stories, so here are nine more deliciously clever loopholes people exploited, followed by the original ones from the first post in case you missed them. NOTE: Some of these are stories about loopholes from years ago, or from different countries, so don't yell at me if they don't work anymore. OK, love ya! 1. "I was staying in a big Las Vegas casino hotel when I noticed a slot machine that paid out a collectible coin. Watching people play the machine, I realized it paid off every second time. What most people didn't notice, though, was that at the bottom of the machine, it said in small letters that each coin had a face value of $14.95. So, I started playing the machine, collected an entire bucket of collectible coins, then went to the exchange cage and told the lady I wanted to cash in my coins. She said, 'Oh, no. Most people don't do that. These are collectibles.' I said, 'They're worth $14.95 according to the machine,' so, after discussing it with her manager, she paid me 1,000 bucks!" "I happily went about my business, and then later that day, when I went to hit up the machine again, it was gone. I guess after all these years, I was the first person to actually read the outside of the machine." —Anonymous 2. "Starbucks used to have a holiday special: Purchase a thermos in December for about $35, and enjoy one free coffee a day in January by presenting the thermos. So, in January, I would go to three different Starbucks a day, seven days a week, and get free coffee (of course, I would always tip). One cup of coffee at $3.00 x three cups = $9.00 a day, $63.00 a week, and $252 for one month. Bwahahahaha!" —Anonymous 3. "I had a small food-based business and participated in farmers' markets four days a week for 10 years. When you show up at a market, you need a tent for obvious reasons. I bought a tent from Dick's Sporting Goods and, for an additional $10, got the extended warranty which was good for a year; the warranty also included wear and tear. Every year I would go back to Dick's with my tent from the previous year and show them the 'wear and tear.' They would give me a new tent, and I would purchase an additional extended warranty for another $10. This went on for 10 years! New tents were close to $100, and I managed to spend no more than that for 10 new tents. That was the only time I remember an extended warranty really paying off!" — marvelouspony48 4. "When comedian Dick Gregory campaigned for president in 1968, he passed out 'Dick Gregory for President' lookalike dollar bills. They were the size of US currency and had his image instead of George Washington's. I got a stack of them at one of his appearances at Temple University and found that the campus bill changers would accept them and dispense four quarters! I ate well that semester. Fast-forward to 1982. I was driving taxis in Boston when Mr. Gregory got in my cab at the Copley Plaza Hotel. I told him the story, and he was astonished, laughed, and said he had no idea!" —Anonymous 5. "I worked at a 7-Eleven store in the 1980s, and back then, the Sunday newspaper routinely had coupons for $5.00 off a carton of cigarettes. The store was next to a busy interstate exit in a state with the lowest cigarette taxes in the country, so it was common for people to see the low prices for a carton of cigarettes and buy all we had on the shelf. When working on a Sunday, we would go to the newspaper rack outside the store, feed it 50 cents, and pull out all of the cigarette coupons. For the rest of the day, we would hold on to the unwanted receipts for the sale of cartons of cigarettes, staple the coupon to it, and pull the $5 from the register. We easily tripled our hourly rate on those days!" —Anonymous 6. "Panera has a beverage club where you can get unlimited coffee, tea, and fountain drinks for free for the first two months (then $14.99 per month after that). I would sign up and use it for almost two months, then cancel before my card was charged. Then I would get an email saying, 'We miss you,' and if you sign up for two more months, it will cost you nothing or maybe $3–$4, I can't remember. So I'd sign up again and cancel again right before the free trial ended and get the same email again. That worked for a couple of years." —Anonymous 7. "Decades ago, during our first quarter at a state university, my best friend and I lived in a dorm room. As part of our contract, we were required to buy four coupon books worth $40 each, with tearaway tickets in various denominations, for our cafeteria meals. It was $160 for food over a three-month quarter...as I said, decades ago. Late in the quarter, we noticed ads on the dorm bulletin boards where students (who were obviously eating out instead of at the cafeteria) were selling unused coupon books for prices as low as $10. The coupon books could be used for the entire school year. That gave me an idea." "We bought as many books as cheaply as possible, then went home on holiday break. While there, we each went to our family doctor and told them we had stomach issues, which we thought might have been the result of the cafeteria food. The docs wrote letters on our behalf to present to the university, which meant the school had to let us out of our $160 per quarter coupon purchase requirements. We then ate at the cafeteria for perhaps 25% of what we would have been charged. We did this for the two years we lived in the dorms (school requirement at the time). Granted, it was cafeteria food, but it was cheap, and we were never hungry." —Anonymous 8. "Movie theater popcorn — it has unlimited refills if you buy a large one. There is no restriction on when the refill happens, so I go to the theater, buy popcorn, and don’t even watch a movie. So far, I have refilled it over 12 times for free. It only works if you live near the theater; I am within two miles. And I LOVE movie theater popcorn!!!" —Anonymous 9. "ASDA Groceries in the UK used to do a price match promise. You took your receipt home, input the barcode on their website, and if there was a price discrepancy between the other supermarkets they checked against, you'd get a voucher for 2x the amount of difference. It didn't need to be YOUR receipt, of course. Did someone leave a receipt in the carrier bag? Take it home and check it. Receipt lying on the ground? Take it home and check it. I was unemployed at the time, and always took home whatever receipts I found." "I found one around Christmas with about £10 of a difference, so I ended up with a £20 voucher. The checkout people were supposed to mark your receipt to show it had been used, but if it didn't get marked, you could use it again and again until it was. This was exceedingly helpful during those lean weeks when you had to decide between the choice to 'heat or eat.' ASDA stopped doing it after a while, though." — teeldubya 10. "When I was 10, my parents signed me and my younger siblings up for the Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Kids Birthday Club. I gave Krispy Kreme my address and birth month, and they were supposed to send me a coupon for a free dozen doughnuts every year on my birth month until I aged out of their Kids Club at age 12 — because it was just for kids, right? But Krispy Kreme forgot to ask for the year in my birthday. They had no clue how old I was. So that's how, at 29, I'd been a member of the Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Kids Birthday Club for 19 years." "That's 228 free doughnuts for me, plus another 228 for my sister and 228 for my brother, who signed up at the same time as me. 684 free doughnuts. Our family barely purchased donuts in years. Krispy Kreme has since closed the loophole to new signups. First, they made people list their full birthday down to the year to join the Krispy Kreme Kids club ( which they temporarily and unfortunately called "KKK " , no joke), and now they don't even offer it. Adults can sign up to get one single donut on their birthday and some special days (Tax Day, Halloween, National Doughnut Day), but that's it. But the fun continued for me...until it finally ended in 2023. I am now forced to buy my own birthday donuts. Hooray for adulthood." — McKayla K. , Quora 11. "My Dad's Lexus was stolen right out from his carport, so he reported it as stolen to the police and insurance company. After two weeks, when the car never turned up, the insurance company paid him for the car. Another week goes by, and he gets a call from the police saying they found his car parked two towns away. There wasn't a single scratch on it, and not a lot of miles had been put on it either. So now the insurance company owns the car, and they put it up for auction. My dad goes to the auction and bids on his car to get it back. He won the bid with $10,000 to spare. So he drove home in his car with an extra $10,000 in his pocket." — Pam W.H. , Quora 12. "I'm not sure how widespread this 'trick' was, but a close childhood friend taught it to me. This was back in the day when public pay phones were all over the place. He showed me that if you dialed '10ATT1' on a pay phone, you would get another dial tone and could dial out for free. We placed many 'free' calls back in the day. This method also allowed me to make long-distance calls, and even to call those 976-CHAT numbers (normally $1.99 a minute)." "One evening, a bunch of friends and I hit all the pay phones in a shopping center, and each called the line. Other people were on the line, and we all acted like we were 'regulars' and knew each other through the chat line. I have no idea where my friend learned this trick. I figured he had a relative who worked for the phone company." — Taylor P. , Quora 13. "Every year, I purchased McDonald's Trick or Treat books. These books sold for $1 each and had coupons for 12 'free' items, such as ice cream, burgers, apple slices, yogurt, and fries. The idea was to give one of the coupons to each trick-or-treater who showed up at your door. The coupons were good until December of that year. About 10 years ago, I purchased my customary 10 books and noticed that they did not have an expiration date that year! I went back and purchased an additional 50 or 100 books (I forget how many), but the store was sold out of them when I got done." "We used those books for YEARS! I still have a couple of coupons left, waiting to be used. There was NO AGE RESTRICTION and NO EXPIRATION! The missing expiration date meant that ALL McDonald's had to honor them no matter the month or YEAR. I presented some to one location that had never even SEEN these coupons." — Christine K. , Quora 14. "Instead of paying for Netflix, I profited. I accidentally discovered this loophole when I wanted to upgrade my account from Basic (€8 a month) to Standard (€11 a month). A few weeks later, I changed my mind and downgraded to Basic — exactly one day before I was supposed to get charged like every month. Since I had used the Standard account for most of the month, I assumed I would be charged €11. However, I was surprised to find out that they had charged only €8. I thought it might have been a glitch, and I was curious to find out if it would work every time, so I upgraded my account again and then downgraded it one day before I was supposed to pay. Again, they charged only €8." "I knew I had found a loophole, so I continued to exploit it. After three months of using a Standard account, I decided to try if it would also work if I got Premium. I have three siblings who also like watching Netflix, so Premium would be great. Guess what? It worked. So, for the next five months, I would share a Premium account with my siblings, and we would pay only €8 for it. But here's the most evil thing: I didn't tell my siblings about the loophole. They believed I had to pay €14. Since we had agreed that each of us would pay €3.50, I received €10.50 from them. And I had to give only €8 of that to Netflix. So, not only did I get Netflix for free, but I also profited €2.50 every month. And all I had to do was downgrade my account back to Basic just before I got charged (which was at the exact same time every month) and then upgrade it to Premium right after. It worked great for a few months, but then I started to feel a little guilty. My siblings watched a lot less Netflix than me, but they were the ones who had to pay for it. Around the same time, I also read an article that said Netflix was losing millions every year because people didn't pay for it. This was too much, so I stopped using this loophole. I still have a Premium account with my siblings, but we're paying the full €14. I'm from the Netherlands, so I don't know if this works in other countries. It might be fixed by now. It also might have been a glitch that only worked for my account. Who knows. I don't recommend using it." — Marie G. , Quora 15. "I’m currently attending a large university in the US. My minor has simple requirements: I must pass at least 4 of 10 offered classes. As it turns out, 4 of the 10 classes are taught by the same professor. He teaches two in the fall and two in the spring. By chance, I took him once. I’ve taken him three more times and have earned my minor, getting A’s in every single one of his classes. And I guarantee you I couldn’t pass a basic class with any other professor. This professor gives weekly quizzes and monthly tests in person, but via the computer. We sign into a special software that doesn’t allow us to search the internet, and take the test with him there. Everything was multiple-choice. But here’s where it gets interesting..." "Many of his questions had more than one answer. So, he set the test so you could check as many answers as you wanted. For example, we could select both A and B because the answer could be both. But the test never counted how many answers we selected. It only made sure you checked the right box, not if you checked a wrong box. So, if the answer was A and B, and I checked A,B, and C, it would count as right. So what’d I do? I checked A, B, C, D, and E for almost every single question. The software would see that I checked the right answer (because I checked every answer) and mark the question right. Sometimes, to maintain realism, I’d purposefully check only one box for a few questions to get them wrong. My average scores stood between 95%–100% the entire semester. And quizzes and tests made up 75% of his grading, the other 25% being just menial homework. These classes boosted my GPA noticeably, and now I have a particularly impressive minor to put on my résumé." — Anonymous , Quora 16. "I was accepted by Harvard Medical School without all the prerequisites and without taking the MCAT. It was the fall of my junior year at MIT. I was studying/hanging out with a girl I had a crush on (a senior), and she was upset that her MCAT scores were not good enough. I was flipping through the brochure for Harvard Medical School and saw what I thought might be a major loophole. I told her not to give them the MCAT scores, as they were not really an admissions requirement. Of course, she didn’t believe me and challenged me to apply and see if that 'loophole' worked. So I did." "I sent in my application on the very last day applications were accepted, despite being a junior and not having all the prerequisites, finishing my application at 4 a.m. after studying for a couple exams and doing a problem set or two. Not surprisingly, a few weeks later, I received a letter from the Dean of Admissions for Harvard Medical School informing me that there was no record of me having taken the MCATs, so unless their information was incorrect, they would have to withdraw my application. I called the admissions office, and after several tries was finally able to speak to the Dean: 'Dean Paul, I received a letter telling me that you would have to withdraw my application because I haven’t taken the MCAT.' 'I understand. Is that incorrect; have you taken the MCAT?' 'No, I haven’t.' 'Well, I’m sorry, but we will have to withdraw your application; the MCAT is an admission requirement for Harvard Medical School.' 'With all due respect, sir, I beg to differ. The MCAT is not an admission requirement for Harvard Medical School.' 'Wait, you’re telling me, the Dean of Admissions, what the admission requirements are?' 'Yes, sir. I believe you are referring to the paragraph on page 29 that lists the entrance requirements for Harvard Medical School and includes the MCAT.' 'Yes, exactly.' 'Well, it clearly states that the MCAT is an entrance requirement; it doesn’t state that the MCAT is an admission requirement. So if you admit me in April, I will gladly take the MCAT over the summer and have it for you by the time I enter in September.' 'Ah, I don’t think that’s what it means.' 'I realize it may not be what you intended, but I’ve checked with two of my linguistics professors, including a Nobel Prize winner, and they agree that is what the paragraph means.' 'Hmmm. Well, I’ll talk to the members of the committee and get back to you.' A couple of days later, he called me back and told me that the committee had discussed the matter, and that while it was not what they intended, they agreed that it did indeed mean just that, so they would not withdraw my application. At first, I was very pleased, but then I realized that all that meant was that they were not going to officially withdraw my application, but they could still just unofficially withdraw it, i.e., ignore it and reject me. So I really didn’t think about it much until I got a call to come in for an interview (that’s a whole different story!). April rolled around, and a thick envelope arrived with my acceptance letter. A couple of weeks later, I received another letter reminding me that I had not yet fulfilled all the entrance requirements, including the English and Biology requirements and the MCAT, and asking me to let them know when I would. Of course, the next year, the language in the brochure was changed to close this loophole!" — David M.J., Quora 17. "In high school, I had a part-time job in a local chain supermarket store. I did the usual: stocking shelves, helping in the butcher shop, cleaning floors, and bagging groceries. The store began running a promotion where, for every $100 in receipts, you could get a free dish in a set of 'fine' china. It was kind of silly; the reality was that most people would never accumulate enough receipts for a place setting, let alone an entire set." "But in my tenure as a bag boy, I noticed several things: 1.) People often just put the receipt in the trash can on the way out; 2.) They often told the cashier they did not want the receipt, and she put it in the trash can under the register; and 3.) If I was helping people, especially the older ladies, take the groceries to their car and asked them for their receipts, explaining I was trying to get my ma a set of dishes, they usually gave them to me. So I became the most willing volunteer to bag groceries, the most diligent emptier of trash cans, and the most solicitous helper to people who needed assistance getting groceries to their car. A week before the promotion ended, I presented thousands of dollars in receipts to my ma and explained what she had to do, omitting to the store, of course, that she had a relative employed there. That is how we got the 'fine' china that is still used by my ma to this day — complete with soup tureen and gravy boat — and the highly sought after 'Giant Serving Platter.'" — James V.D. , Quora 18. "I'm sure you're familiar with Starbucks Coffee. Starbucks offers membership cards that cost about $5. These cards aren't super useful at first glance. It's putting your money on a card that can ONLY be used to buy coffee, after all. Why do that when you can just use actual money? Well, there's more to it than meets the eye — for us cheapskates. You see, being a member and getting your own card means that you get a free drink once a year for your birthday. And you don't have to show your birth certificate for them to determine your birthday. You simply fill out all that information when you first buy the card. Now, this is technically illegal, but if one HYPOTHETICALLY bought 365 cards and set a different birthdate for each of them — one for each day of the year, of course — then they could get a free coffee. Every day. For the rest of their life." — Gabren , Quora 19. "Many years ago in Canada, I lived in an apartment shared with a couple of other students. Canada is cold. As students, we each had a room and a central kitchen. Heating was included in the rent, which was great. We just set the kitchen heat control thermostat to 72oC (21oC). This was great in September, even October. Into November and onwards, we enjoyed the comfortable ambient temperature you would expect for a heated apartment. Sometime in late November or early December, the landlord began to complain that his heating costs were too high. He asked if we would mind setting the heat to 60oF (15oC) while we were on campus in classes and overnight sleeping and 70oF (20oC) when we were there during the evenings. Sure. No problem. Reasonable. We complied." "In January, the landlord complained again about heating costs being too high. We thought we had been flexible enough. We were doing his reasonable austerity measures, and were paying the same rent as we had in September–November. Heat was supposed to be included in the rent. The landlord asked if we would do 50oF (10oC) for days and 60oF (10oC) for evenings and overnight. We declined. Not reasonable. We were paying for heat. There was a discussion and some negotiation. Then, that landlord made a strategic blunder. One day, he said he would be doing maintenance while we were in class. When we came home, we discovered he'd put a locked plastic box over the thermostat and set it for 50oF (10oC). Colder than cool. It was frigid in both the rooms and the kitchen. Doing that while we were out for class had been a mean and dirty trick. Not to be outdone, we got a plain old bucket. Canada, as you might expect, has snow from sometime in December until mid–late April. Our standard practice became for the first person going into the house from class and the last person going out for the day to hang a bucket packed with snow on that locked thermostat box. The landlord just couldn't figure out why his costs went up and why we stopped complaining. That bucket of snow kept that heat-controlling thermostat thinking it was FREEZING in the apartment, and it kept the furnace running just fine. It took a while to get the right amount of snow to get a comfortable temperature. Soon, we were warm and cozy. The landlord had to give us a day's notice for any inspections, and the bucket was always standing in the corner with a mop in it by the time he arrived. He'd always find the apartment a frigid 50oF (10oC) during his inspections. We used that bucket for the rest of the lease. It wasn't a paper loophole but a technical one. And we exploited it to the fullest." — Ian S ., Quora 20. "In a discussion with a Luxor Casino host, she mentioned that my fiancé had done 'very well' during her last visit. She hadn't actually done all that well, so we suspected that her record had been crossed with somebody with far more money. We decided to see just how far we could push that." "We scheduled our wedding at the Luxor wedding chapel and demanded a suite. What we got was five nights in one of the four VIP suites in the penthouses of the two towers, reserved for high rollers and celebrities. It was easily big enough for our wedding reception with a bar, dance floor, and disc jockey. They tried to stop us from bringing outside liquor into the building, but after a short discussion, they relented. Luxor management even brought us a wedding cake. When we checked out, we expected to see a bill for a few grand to cover all the food and amenities. Instead, we were shocked when they told us that everything was complimentary. We laughed all the way to the cruise ship for our honeymoon. Over the next few years, we returned to Luxor for a few more complimentary stays until they eventually figured out that we weren't big gamblers." — Wiley W. , Quora 21. "When I lived in Tempe, Arizona, I lived in the back of my apartment complex and got my own little sheltered parking spot for my Toyota. Unfortunately, it was not uncommon for people to park in my designated spot or block it with their cars. Being as polite as I could, I would go around and knock on doors to try and get that person to move their car. Often, I would be late for class. One day, I was looking through the tenants' rights of Maricopa County, Arizona, and I found a clause that stated that the tenant had the right to remove an illegally parked vehicle." "The clause then defined 'an illegally parked vehicle' to mean a car that is parked in such a way that it hinders the tenant from entering or exiting their designated parking space. The clause also said that the owner of the illegally parked vehicle is responsible for fixing any damage caused by the removal of the vehicle. The clause never stated HOW the tenant might do that, however. The county legislators probably thought that 99.99% of people would call a towing company, but I had places to be and was honestly fed up with these illegal parkers, so I was part of that other 0.01% group. I bought towing straps on my way home from class one day, and I didn't even have to wait a full night. Parked in my space — a space I was paying rent for — was a black Tesla. I hooked it up to my Toyota diesel pickup and dragged it out of there, tires squealing. I left it in the middle of the street, and the next morning, the owner came out and stood perplexed at the new positioning of his car. A few days later, there was a Prius parked in front of my truck. I had to get to class but couldn't. So, I gently pushed the Prius out of the way with my bull-bar and left it in the middle of the street. The Prius sustained a minor dent in its passenger side, and that evening when I got back from college, there were several police officers on the scene. The owner of the Prius tried to charge me with a hit and run, but after I showed the officers the picture that I took of the Prius blocking my truck in, the clause from the tenant's rights document, and the lease proving that I was the rightful occupant of the parking spot, they determined that the Prius owner was at fault and responsible for the damages. Several more times this happened, and eventually, word got around that my parking spot was not safe to park in front of. Everyone could tell if there was a newbie in town because they would park in front of my spot and subsequently get yanked. Thanks, Maricopa County!" — Dave S. , Quora 22. "Pizza Hut used to have a guarantee at lunch that you would have your personal pan pizza in five minutes, or your next one was free. The 'scam' was that if they didn't have the pizzas made and waiting to be served, they wouldn't take your order (which started the clock). So I walked in and placed my order 'to go' at the register. Since I wasn't sitting at a table, they couldn't delay taking my order. I also knew the manager worked weekends and took Tuesdays off, making Tuesdays rather chaotic. So, on Tuesdays, I would order my two pizzas and get two coupons for a free one next time, which would give me two more. Of course, there were times when they would make the five minutes, and I'd have to pay the next time. My record: I bought two pizzas, got 14 free." — James O. , Quora 23. "In a month and a half, I would have had 20 years with my company and become fully vested in the retirement system. But then I received notification that I was being terminated in four weeks. They gave a couple of reasons for it, but I knew the real reason. The new president of the company used to be the general manager of an operating unit for which I'd been called in to fix a production issue (I worked for corporate as a 'firefighter'). I fixed the issue in three days and gave him a full report. He offered me a job. Now, remember, I was part of the corporate staff, but he was offering me a position in an operating unit. It was kind of a step down, and only a 4% raise was involved. I respectfully declined the offer — and my corporate boss was so happy that I was staying that I got a 22% raise!" "Well, the general manager was named president, and he went through his list of people who had crossed him. I was way down on his list, but I was still on the list. So was my boss. But my boss was old enough to retire comfortably. I was 45 and nowhere near retirement age, and now it seemed like I was going to be screwed out of my pension. A friend who happened to have some HR experience heard I was being let go and gave me some pointers. I called the head of HR and asked if my position was being eliminated or if I was being terminated. I was told that the position was being eliminated. That was very important information because, according to the law of my state, a person being terminated must be given two to four weeks' notice. However, if the position is being eliminated, then the person must be given no less than eight weeks' notice. Hmmmm. Apparently, HR realized what I was asking, did some research, and called me back, saying that they were giving me those eight weeks, which meant I would reach 20 years and collect my full pension. Fortunately, I was in good standing with HR. After all, we worked in the same office for many years. I was also given a year's severance pay. Cool, I could now coast for a year." — Tom C ., Quora 24. "Back in my college days, there was a place in town where someone put a needle in your arm, removed the blood from your body, harvested the plasma, and then returned the blood to your body. It was easy money — $20 for your first visit in a week and $30 for your second visit. It was good money for what it was back then. I had been doing this for about a year when the plasma place sent out a mass mailing to all the dorm buildings on campus. The mailing contained a coupon for a new donor special that entitled you to an extra $5 if you brought the mailer along. As I watched nearly everyone dispose of the mailer in the recycling bin, I struck upon an idea. I dumpster-dived the recycling bin, retrieving every single discarded mailer." "When I was done, I had a huge stack, and I took one with me every time I visited the plasma place, increasing my weekly payout by 20%. But all good things must come to an end. One day, the attendant there told me that the mailer was for new donors only, and since I had already been going, I was ineligible to use the mailer to get the extra $5. That was the end of that." — Matthew R. , Quora 25. "United used to overbook flights from Portland to San Francisco all the time, so anytime I needed to fly to San Francisco, I would ALWAYS book the earliest flight out the day before and then volunteer to take the bump over and over again. I would then take the last flight out with my coworkers who booked that flight in the first place. I picked up two or three vouchers a day, and if they didn't have a bump, which was rare, I just got to SF early and crashed in the hotel. Later in the year, I used the vouchers to fly the whole family to Hawaii." — William E ., Quora (Entries have been edited for length and/or clarity.) Did you ever exploit a loophole like these folks? If so, let us know in the comments below or via this anonymous form . 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Global stocks mostly cheer Nvidia results as bitcoin gainsCOLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Arkansas defensive end Landon Jackson was carted off the field and taken to a hospital with a neck injury late in the first half of Saturday's game at No. 24 Missouri. Jackson appeared to injure his neck while trying to tackle Missouri running back Jamal Roberts. Medical personnel tended to Jackson for approximately 10 minutes before he was placed on a backboard and driven to a waiting ambulance. Jackson gave a thumbs-up sign as he was carted off the snow-covered field. Arkansas athletic director Hunter Yurachek said Jackson had movement in his arms and legs but was experiencing pain in his neck. He said Jackson was taken to the hospital as a precaution. Jackson leads the Razorbacks with 9 1/2 tackles for loss and 6 1/2 sacks, and is considered a potential first-round pick in next year's NFL draft. Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-footballTWIN FALLS — It took time for College of Southern Idaho men’s basketball freshman Amarco Doyle to adjust to the United States. Time to adjust to a 17-hour time difference from his hometown of Brisbane, the capital city of Queensland, Australia. Time to adjust to being without his mom’s cooking, something no amount of Chipotle, Mo Bettah’s or Panda Express can replace. Time to adjust to the quickness and physicality of the game in the U.S. So far, Doyle looks like a quick adjuster on the court. Entering this weekend's Wright Physical Therapy Shootout, Doyle is averaging a team-high 17.1 points per game and his 8.1 rebounds per game rank second on the team. No. 21 CSI (7-2) will host Eastern Wyoming College at 7 p.m. Friday and Lane Community College (Oregon) at 7 p.m. Saturday. “He’s versatile,” CSI head coach Jeff Reinert told the Times-News . “He can handle it. He’s not a one dimensional type of player. He can step out and hit threes, he’s a good post up player. He plays the game the right way.” CSI’s Amarco Doyle dunks during the CSI Basketball Bash on Tuesday evening, Oct. 1, 2024, at CSI in Twin Falls. Doyle has averaged 17.1 points and 8.1 rebounds per game in the Golden Eagles' first nine games this season. This year isn’t the first time Doyle has had to adjust. He moved around quite a bit for high school to try to find the best opportunity for his basketball career. Then he spent the past year playing for the Mackay Meteors in NBL1, a semi-pro league in South Australia that featured players 10 years his senior. Possibly his biggest adjustment though, came on the fly this summer. Doyle was set to attend NCAA Division II Seattle Pacific University but the NCAA blocked his amateurism certificate in July because he repeated 11th grade, Doyle told the Times-News . That meant he lost a year of eligibility, though he entered CSI as a freshman. He’s still not sure the number of years he has left, though is working with interested Division I schools to try to get three years so he can have the full four-year college experience. Reinert watched Doyle’s AAU team this summer when they played in Phoenix and Wichita, Kansas, but looked for point guard at the time. Reinert decided to take a flier when Doyle became available. Doyle had never been to Idaho before coming to CSI. So, he did his research on Twin Falls and realized it was like other places he had been in Australia. There isn’t a ton to do outside of basketball, but that helps him become a better player on the court. Plus he liked the sense of community at CSI, not just on the team but being in a place that cares about junior college basketball. “I was big on community,” Doyle told the Times-News . “The community here is amazing, they support us every game win or loss. We just hope to keep the crowd entertained and have an amazing season.” Doyle is comfortable playing on the wing or inside, with the ability to knock down 3-pointers or soar for dunks in transition. There’s a physicality to his game too, something he learned growing up playing Australian football and playing against grown men in NBL1. Even while being held back from practice this past week because of a knee injury, he still scored 20 points and nine rebounds against Western Nebraska on Friday night and 17 points against Northeastern Junior College on Saturday night. Doyle knew he was versatile when he came here, but is working to improve his ballhandling ability in his time at CSI. “The guards over here are a lot better, a lot quicker,” Doyle said. “Everyone’s handles one through four, even the five over here, their handles are amazing compared to back home where you could get away with it.” His teammates have picked up some of his Australian slang like “mates,” which means friend, and “heaps,” which means many. Doyle tried to introduce them to Vegemite, a popular spread back home, but they didn’t take. After hanging out with teammates all day, he spends night time talking to his family and friends back home on WhatsApp or Messenger. It’s a routine Doyle will likely continue for the next few years as he continues his basketball career in the U.S. He already has offers from Oakland and Weber State. Reinert expects him to commit before the year is over. Reinert isn’t complaining though. In his ideal world, everyone would leave after one year because he’s done his job. But until then he’ll be happy to have Doyle as part of a deep team chasing an NJCAA National Tournament appearance and more after missing out last season. “The pieces are there,” Reinert said. “The main pieces are there and if everyone buys into the role, we can do a lot of things.” Your story lives in the Magic Valley, and our new mobile app is designed to make sure you don’t miss breaking news, the latest scores, the weather forecast and more. From easy navigation with the swipe of a finger to personalized content based on your preferences to customized text sizes, the Times-News app is built for you and your life. Don’t have the app? Download it today from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store. Justin Fitzgerald is the sports reporter for the Times-News. Prior to coming to Twin Falls, he was the sports reporter at the Cherokee Scout in Murphy, North Carolina for 2.5 years. Despite growing up in Maryland and graduating from the state's flagship university, he thinks Old Bay is overrated. Get local news delivered to your inbox! Sports Reporter {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items.The Nevada Wolf Pack , led by quarterback Brendon Lewis , face the No. 22 UNLV Rebels , led by quarterback Hajj-Malik Williams on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024 (11/30/24) at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. How to watch: Fans can watch the game for free via a trial of DirecTV Stream or fuboTV . You can also watch via a subscription to Sling TV , which is offering half off your first month. Here’s what you need to know: What: NCAA Football, Week 14 Who: Nevada vs. UNLV When: Saturday, Nov. 30 (11/30/24) Where: Allegiant Stadium Time: 8 p.m. ET TV: CBS Sports Network Live stream: fuboTV (free trial) , DirecTV Stream (free trial) *** Here are the best streaming options for college football this season: Fubo TV (free trial): fuboTV carries ESPN, FOX, ABC, NBC and CBS. DirecTV Stream (free trial) : DirecTV Stream carries ESPN, FOX, NBC and CBS. Sling TV ( $25 off the first month) - Sling TV carries ESPN, FOX, ABC and NBC. ESPN+ ($9.99 a month): ESPN+ carries college football games each weekend for only $9.99 a month. These games are exclusive to the platform. Peacock TV ($5.99 a month): Peacock will simulstream all of NBC Sports’ college football games airing on the NBC broadcast network this season, including Big Ten Saturday Night. Peacock will also stream Notre Dame home games. Certain games will be streamed exclusively on Peacock this year as well. Paramount+ (free trial): Paramount Plus will live stream college football games airing on CBS this year. *** Here’s a preview capsule via the Associated Press: Nevada (3-9, 0-6 Mountain West) at No. 21 UNLV (9-2, 5-1, No. 22 CFP), Saturday, 8 p.m. EST (CBSSN) BetMGM College Football Odds: UNLV by 17 1/2. Series record: Nevada leads 28-21. UNLV will make the Mountain West championship with a victory and play at No. 11 Boise State with a potential shot at the College Football Playoff. The Rebels could lose and still make the conference title game, but it becomes more complicated and their chances to make the playoffs would almost be nil. UNLV offensive line vs. Nevada defensive front. The Rebels, behind QB Hajj-Malik Williams and RB Jai’Den Thomas, average 245.3 yards rushing per game, which is sixth nationally. They should have their opportunities against a Wolf Pack defense that allows 179.7-yard average. UNLV: LB Jackson Woodard. He is ninth in the nation in tackles (108) and tackles for loss (15), but does much more than rack up stops. Woodard also has intercepted four passes and defended 12 passes. Nevada: QB Brendon Lewis. He is one of the Mountain West’s top dual-threat quarterbacks, having passed for 14 touchdowns and rushed for eight. Lewis also thrown for 1,998 yards rushed for 745. RECOMMENDED • nj .com What channel is Nevada vs. UNLV game tonight (11/30/24)? FREE LIVE STREAM, Time, TV, Channel for college foot Nov. 30, 2024, 2:00 p.m. What channel is Oklahoma vs. LSU game tonight (11/30/24)? FREE LIVE STREAM, Time, TV, Channel for college foo Nov. 30, 2024, 1:00 p.m. A victory will give UNLV 10 wins for just the third time. The Rebels reached double-digit victories in 1974 and 1984. ... This is the 50th meeting. UNLV will try to win for the third consecutive, which would be the first for the program since the Rebels beat Nevada five straight times in 2000-04 under the late John Robinson. ... The winner receives the 545-pound Fremont Cannon, the heaviest trophy for a rivalry game. It’s painted the color of the winning team. ... UNLV WR Ricky White leads the nation with four blocked punts, more than any team. ... The Rebels are third nationally with a plus-13 turnover margin. ... Nevada has played in eight one-possession games, tied for first nationally. The Wolf Pack won just two of those games. ... Nevada’s last victory over a ranked team occurred in 2019 when they defeated No. 24 San Diego State 17-13. ... Wolf Pack first-year coach Jeff Choate is 4-0 in rivalry games. He had that record as Montana State’s coach against Montana. (The Associated Press contributed to this report) Thank you for relying on us to provide the journalism you can trust. Please consider supporting us with a subscription.
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The shift comes at a critical moment, with several high-profile lawsuits — like those involving Coinbase and Ripple — reshaping how crypto companies operate in the U.S. A regulatory framework that balances investor protection with the sector’s need for experimentation could establish the U.S. as a global hub for crypto — something the industry has been clamoring for. Still, that’s not to say that crypto’s wild west days are far behind it. Regulators still need to keep an eye out for bad actors and fraud. News also broke this Wednesday that the United Kingdom’s national crime agency had uncovered a multibillion-dollar money laundering scheme run out of London, Moscow and Dubai that enabled bad actors such as Russian spies and European drug traffickers to evade sanctions using cryptocurrency. That’s part of why the next phase of the sector’s maturation will be so crucial. The Ongoing Evolution of the Crypto Landscape The convergence of Web3 and payments continues to pick up steam. Nuvei on Wednesday launched a blockchain-based payment solution for merchants across Latin America, saying it enables these businesses to make faster cross-border B2B payments and settlements. The new solution allows businesses to use a Visa -supported physical or virtual card to make payments using stablecoins from a digital asset wallet anywhere Visa is accepted. And with one of President-elect Donald Trump’s businesses, Trump Media & Technology (TMTG), reportedly eyeing getting into the crypto payments game, shopping with crypto is increasingly for more consumers than digital asset diehards and technophiles. Thanks to expanding merchant acceptance and dedicated payment processors, crypto holders can use their assets to purchase a variety of goods and services, ranging from food, airline tickets, jewelry, cars and houses . But trading and investing the digital assets remains their top use case, and one that crypto companies are innovating to cater to. On Wednesday (Dec. 4), cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase upgraded its Coinbase One subscription program and launched a new tier called Coinbase One Premium. Two days earlier, on Monday (Dec. 2), digital assets solutions provider BitGo debuted a dedicated retail platform , designed to offer retail customers access to BitGo’s digital asset trading, staking, wallets and qualified custody services. Still, it was reported Friday (Nov. 29) that retail investors may not be embracing the ongoing crypto boom the same way they did during the pandemic, perhaps because they’re recalling how quickly that 2021 bubble popped. Stablecoins and the Future of Finance Stablecoins have surged north of a $190 billion market capitalization, jumping 46% year over year. For example, Tether , issuer of USDT — the world’s largest stablecoin — has seen its stablecoin token’s circulation rise to almost $133 billion, accounting for nearly three-quarters of the stablecoin market. 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