The terror group isis released a disturbing manual that describes details on how to properly beat and rape nonmuslim women held and beaten as slaves. According to their rules, they can have intercourse with a girl before she reaches puberty. It is quite an alarming document. And joining me now is cnns ian lee with more on it and reaction that is probably there to come in the region. Ian . Reporter well, natalie, this is something we have been hearing and know has been going on for quite sometime. It now has been coming out in a formal way, we talked to three residents in mosul in iraq about this pamphlet, and they confirmed it. And like you said, some very horrific things coming out from it. As you said, the fighters having sex with young girls, owning them as slaves, beating them if they get out of line. Really a horrific manual on how to own slaves. And looking at it even further, it talks about trading women. It also talks about having them or also talks about having them do your be
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Looking for the next big thing in lottery
14th April 2021
| By Joanne Christie
Amit Lakhani, investment director at Zeal Ventures, explains how Zeal’s investments in lottery start-ups are aimed at attracting new audiences into what is often seen as an ageing vertical. By Joanne Christie.
When Zeal Network abandoned lottery betting and shifted its business model to focus on brokerage back in 2019, it signified a clear move towards a more traditional type of lottery operation.
Despite the lower margins of brokerage, the company was convinced the legal position of lottery betting had become too precarious to be sustainable. The company’s financial results since the change would seem to indicate that the decision to work as partners of rather than competitors to official lotteries is paying off.