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101  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Ethereum will still be my choice this year. on: May 18, 2024, 02:59:26 PM
Correct . There are many types of coins on the market, but it will take a lot of time to look and examine them. One mistake, our money gets stuck there and we lose money. Yes. For ETH, besides being the king of altcoins, it is also the best to invest in. If the ETF is approved, it will likely fly without other coins adopting it using the Ethereum network's smart contracts.

You should be specific about the ETF, the ETF has been accepted and approved by security exchange commissions in other other places but US to be specific have not there own and with the way news are going, the chance of the approval is very slim. I could remember when everyone was waiting for Bitcoin ETF approval, there was some kind of green flag vibes that the approval was given but right now, it seems a lot of red flags are included in his fillings, so if you are holding ethereum because of ETF, then you have to reconsider.

I respect ethereum as the king of smart contracts and the community are very loyal. They don't snitch of abandoned the project for any team that want to compare and contrast, so if you want to hold base on the community bullish on the coin, then it's a good coin to hold for the long term.
102  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Why People Naturally Chase loses in gambling.. on: May 17, 2024, 05:36:18 PM
Besides what you point out, it is human nature to take advantage of every opportunity presented. Some call it greed, some call it fulfillment, but whatever the name, there's a human side that wants to take a chance because this is how we evolve in our existence.

So many of our characteristics show up in how we gamble, but our failures in gambling in not understanding how the gambling platform works, thrive in tempting us to put our wants into action in gambling platforms so people naturally chase their losses in gambling.

You see that greed, many people who imdulge in such kind of risk don't use the money they can afford to lose, they see that opportunity as a smart move but what they don't know is that gambling itself has some smart characteristics in the sense that if you don't look well, you are going to regret using that money in the first place, so when they are caught in the act of loss, they tend to chase the loss which in the process they lose more again.

It's just natural for human to take advantage of anything that comes their way but gambling isn't what you do like that, most often you will make nothing and when you put money that you really need that badly, the end result is regret and if you don't want to see the madness, don't try to chase the loss.
103  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Concerns grow over online gambling among teens on: May 17, 2024, 05:29:17 PM
That's the bad side of online gambling, you can't really control the users you get, even with the under 18 rule, teenagers can just lie and still get access to gambleing features, I think they have to get more strict and find better ways to keep teenagers off gambling sites, maybe by taking some birth certificate as part of their kyc verification, I think that would reduce the amount if teenagers in online casino.

The problem here is that there are national lottery and gambling platforms, such platforms doesn't request for KYC rather they used account number to determine users and such system give rise to increase in number of teens in gambling, anyone can literally open a gambling account and then used an adult account to fund the gambling platform and bet his games while the casino might be using the account number to think it's an adult that is behind the account.

Strict kyc requirements is what casino need but even the casino doesn't request for KYC from th beginning and it increases under age gamblers and this is done deliberately to make money from people, it's after the person has gamble they later request for KYC and users that don't request for withdrawals on time might have gamble for months before making withdrawals.
104  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season on: May 17, 2024, 04:47:00 PM
one of Dortmund advantages that can be utilized perfectly against PSG is that Dortmund has very good defensive abilities and even PSG was unable to break down the very strong defense that Dortmund has even though this team is really not the favorite but Terzic managed to prove that Dortmund is worthy of the given praise.
however, even though Dortmund hopes look very big, beating Real Madrid is not something easy because mentally Madrid is always more prepared to be able to look for empty places to continue to put pressure on Dortmund defense until Ancelotti sees where Dortmund weaknesses are and will be attacked strongly in the second half second.

Look beyond PSG match against Dortmund and you will understand that Dortmund aren't that good like that, it was easy for Atletico Madrid to print goals on them but there is one thing they are so good at, they are good at quick counter attack and then guide in defensive, they rush to make goals and then come back to guide and defend, that was what PSG didn't decode in both home and away, they were attacking and Dortmund were defending and attacking together.

Anceloti will break that guide strategies under some minutes in the first few minutes of the match, they did that with Liverpool in their last Champions League final and they hold them down till the end of the match. I'm even expecting atleast over 1.5 goals from Real Madrid on that game day.
105  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Understanding the Impact of Social Media in Gambling. on: May 17, 2024, 04:34:35 PM
A lot of social media influencers especially vloggers and YouTubers are promoting gambling usually at the end of their vlogs or videos.
I could see a huge contribution and spread of information that they made especially during this time where the majority are using smartphones already. In fact, we've been seeing a massive increase in gamblers and online gambling sites. But how this could affect the mindset of the kids when they are also seeing these ads/promotions from the social media influencers they followed? I could be wrong but this has a mental effect on them and at a very young age, they are exposed to gambling already which is supposedly not the right time.

I think these influencers must know their target audience before accepting the offer or should not be included in their vlogs or videos?

Not only on YouTube, they are very popular on TikTok, X formerly Twitter), Facebook and what they do is that they don't directly advertise gambling platforms, they do their normal videos like joke, comedy, football bant, sport analysis and then they tell you to click on the link on their BIO and when you do, you will be directed to a particular gambling platform with 100-300% bonus on your first bonus, so many of them without remorse for underage.

Underage this days are very inquisitive and they want to know what's you actually mean by that % increment on deposit because everyone literally want to make money these days, and it's even funny that nobody speaks about this actions because it has become the norm in the society but it's bad.
106  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: May 17, 2024, 04:23:35 PM
The Premier League is always interesting and there are many surprises that often occur in this league, it cannot be denied that this season there are many surprises that occur, with the battle for the Premier League title between Arsenal and Manchester City still ongoing, this week will determine who will succeed. brought home the Premier League title this season.

I didn't see any surprises here, if Arsenal actually is the one at the top, then I will say that indeed I'm awed by the outcome but the fact that it's Manchester City that still dominate the tittle got 3 seasons in a row, then there is nothing new here, just a monopolistic league that other teams are trying to change but they are always unsuccessful with the outcome. Chelsea last week's come back are my only surprised and how they win games without even expecting it.

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Since the start of the season, the competition for the Premier League title has been very heated, but currently there are only two remaining between Arsenal and Man City, but talking about who is successful in fighting for the title this season, if you look at Man City, they are very superior in terms of play and they are also 2 points ahead of Arsenal, and will later meet West Ham to determine the title, West Ham is not a tough opponent for Man City. This will be an opportunity for Man City to successfully defend its title starting in the 2021 season.

Arsenal had it all, even Liverpool was just doing follow but I knew they will fell off along the line, their quick exit from the first top of the tree didn't come as a surprise but even when Arsenal was losing some much, I knew they will come back stronger which they did but still lose some important matches. After my calculations right from Atson villa, winning those matches would have given them a better place but they lose that important match which was the light to all this struggles of winning the league.

107  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Why sports betting? on: May 16, 2024, 08:24:14 PM
I doubt this statement. I mean, obviously, dice, slot, and any other pure luck based games are easier than sports betting, because you don't need to think deeply or analyze something to be able to minimize your chances of losing. Unlike sports betting, you will need to analyze the odds, watch games to understand how the game works, be updated with the news around the league to better understand why the bookies came up with a specific odds, and a lot more things that you need to learn and analyze before placing your bets. Well, it could be easy if you just place your bets in any team and any odds and any type of betting, mindlessly. That for sure is gonna cost you money.

I think the easiest was coming from his own contest. For instance, if not now that gambling platforms are trying to make players to play casino games, we don't have much casinos games here especially the physical ones, we are not conversant with them and the alternative is sports bets and that's what many people play here and if you watch matches, you can make predictions easily even from the leagues you don't frequently watch bit casino games might probably need experience before one can win.

Sport betting also don't need much of your presence, once you are done making your picks, you can go ahead and stake whatever you can afford to lose on it and you are good to go, you can go and do your job, work and anything that will require your presence but that's different from casino games, if you are not there you can't win because you need to play.
108  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Do Owners of betting companies bet? on: May 16, 2024, 08:19:37 PM
Owners of betting companies don’t have the time to place a bet and it may not be useful because he is also paying himself, unless it a business that has a share holders and maybe the owners of the company has 50% and he can know gamble because everyone in the company deal with percentage

I believe that a person who runs a business and generate their targeted business will be busy with how efficient the business will last and how it's going to be generating more money for the company and not be busy playing. I'm not sure if the company is even going to allow it's staff to play in their own personal casino because it's wouldn't go well for the casino, imagine the owner of the betting company playing and then he won millions, who is going to pay him the millions?

If a person runs a casino, the aim and objectives will be how to accumulate more money instead of how to remove the money from company, even the staffs employed wouldn't be allow because they will suspect and will think he cheated, everyone will think the same thing especially if it's a casino games or any game that will be running from the system which they know it's possible to manipulate from within the system.
109  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Who should quit, and why? on: May 16, 2024, 08:08:15 PM
Both spouses can easily combine work, household, child rearing, gambling and other entertainment, if they have a desire to have a strong family and they are responsible people. If they are not, they will find problems without gambling, because we know many stories when spouses who have never been into gambling, divorce, have problems with outstanding debts, etc. Everything depends on the spouses themselves and their goals, not on gambling.

I don't really think gambling will take one away from family responsibility, not like you are going to office work where you will spend the rest of your day in the office doing all the work without having any time for even yourself. Gambling can be done in the comfort of your home, even if a woman is a gambler, it shouldn't be an objective for not taking care of family unless she's an addicted gambler that prefer to spend time with gambling than his family.

My only issue with women gambling is financial stability, most homes women are subjective to their husband and they are been taken care by their husband, so when they decide to go route of gambling, where will they be having the money to gamble, who will fund the gambling lifestyle. If she doesn't and use the family money to gamble, they will run into problems later unless she is a type that is naturally good at winning.
110  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: May 16, 2024, 07:57:40 PM
Chelsea's chances are minimal, but they will definitely try to maintain sixth place. I think this plays into Pochettino's hands, and Boehly will be determined to keep him as head coach. Chelsea had a few fewer matches played, and in the end they were able to take advantage of this. In general, they had a weak season, but since Manchester United and Newcastle also had very noticeable declines, Chelsea was able to get past them at the very end. Lately there has been no talk that Pochetno could be fired, I think his recent achievements will allow him to remain in the team for another season.


All this effort coming from Chelsea, if Pochettino has good eyes, I'm.very sure there are many ways he can make use of Cole Palmer to push the place of Chelsea in the Premier League but he was divided, the pressure from everyone and the inconsistency was not helping him but I can say that this style play works better for him. Comfirmation of Bournermouth will help him know if this style is okay or if there is a need for more tweak but I can say in satify so far with their last 4 games.

I'm not sure if Bournermouth has the capacity to beat Chelsea in Stamford bridge, their last 2 matches is poor and but Chelsea is cool, they should be able to get to Europa place but only with the condition that Tottenham fail to win their last game but I don't see any difference between Europa and the conference, Champions League is the only one I respected more.
111  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Gambling is not place to make money is place to lose it? on: May 16, 2024, 05:09:54 PM
Hi everyone,

Gambling has become very popular in the world , especially after the changes that have occurred over the years with modern technology and the abundance of games, we can now gamble with one push    anywhere and anytime . More money is flowing to sites and casinos in huge quantities, and everyone’s goal is to win more ,As is always known, if there is a loser, there is a winner, and I don't think that the percentage of losers is greater than the winners .

Is this true gambling is not place to make money is place to lose it?

You are one side with your statement. The discussion ought to have been a place to make money and also lose money. The more you risk, the more you have potential to win but the winning depends on the outcome of that event if you are playing a sport and for casino game, the outcome the depend on the probability of the game you played. You can make money from gambling and you can lose money from gambling but because everyone are eager to make money, they lose often.

People that has made fortune and a living from gambling are not special or been favour by casino, they just play what works for them and they make money from it. If everyone actually lose money from gambling, I don't think we will have more casino trying to make market for new customers and I'm not sure people will even play in the first place.
112  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Is this true or some superstitious believe about gambling? on: May 15, 2024, 09:43:32 PM
Probably this is really the case. He's giving advice based on his experience as a former gambler. Thus, obviously as a gambler with such past, it's just normal to discourage others to not gamble. Because it can really lead to addiction if a person has no control (he's quite right about that).

The older generations see gambling then as an activity of a irresponsible person, an activity of a jobless person who lacks direction with their future but what they don't understand is that the ways in which gambling were played back then is different with the way gambling is played today. The evolution of internet has made everything smart and fast that the things that wast your time gambling are now of the past but because of the "parent" signature, not all of them will understand this.

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However, I don't agree that gambling is satanic and there's a demons behind casino. Keep in mind, casino is a business, and it's in the gambler's discretion on how they want gambling to affect them. There are gamblers who can play in moderation and doing fine. Because it depends on the gambler itself and not the casino. You became addicted? Well, it's because you have no discipline.

How can gambling be satanic when I have seen a prominent man of God gambling by my side. I have seen a man that was gambling by my side. It was in Saturday and that been Saturday which leagues do play and because he forgot to stake it before leaving the house, he did it while on journey sitting right next to me and heaven didn't fall, some of this statement are nothing but ignorance and lack of exposure.
113  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season on: May 15, 2024, 09:34:47 PM
Real Madrid are overhyped with the looks of things but I'm not surprised because they've worked and earned every praises and accolades they're receiving today, they truly deserved them. Unfortunately there's always a time for record to be broken and Borrusia Dortmund have slim chances of breaking them. Edin Terzic just have to push his team to reach extreme end for accumulating good points and also ready themselves to face a fierce team build with experience.

When it comes to hype and PR(public relations), give it to their fan base, they can make impossible to become possible. It's because of their PR Bellingham was confident to make those goals he made in that short period of time, they know how to cook very well. Last week during the celebration of their Laliga, many of them were chanting Vinicious as Balon D'or winner but forget about the hype, they are better this season and will likely win the Champions League.

See how they made a good call for Mbape, they wanted him badly and they(Perez) make sure that was possible, if Mbape was actually wanted to be in their team, I'm not sure they can actually make that happen the way they did.  Yesterday in Real Madrid stadium, some fans went outside to display Mbape stature, that tells you how desperate that club is and that always help them.

114  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: May 15, 2024, 09:21:36 PM
Chelsea had to fight with 10 players from the 88th minute due to the red card received by Reece James. And Brighton almost equalized by scoring 1 goal in the 90+7 minute. But the match will be over soon and I hope Chelsea maintain the advantage they have at the moment. Because this team needs more motivation by continuing to win every remaining match. So that you are more excited for next season. Because I think next season Chelsea will improve soon. Because even now the young players at Chelsea are getting used to it and have more expectations. And now the match has ended with a score of 1-2. Congratulations to Chelsea who have managed to win for 3 weeks in a row.

The way Chelsea is moving, I'm afraid for Tottenham that if they don't win there next match and Chelsea win, they will have the same point but the interesting thing here is that Chelsea actually has more goal difference than Tottenham spur and that will give them automatic qualifications to Europa League than the Europa champions league they will be going to if they finish here.

Haaland was given a penalty kick yesterday which gave him another hedge against Cole Palmer, I wish Haaland didn't go far. Palmer has tried this season and deserves it in term of hard work than what Haaland has done this season but anyways, it's not easy competiting against your former team most especially if it's against the manager that coach you for many months, you can't outsmart Guardiola just like that and go scot free.
115  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Does gambling excites you ? on: May 15, 2024, 09:12:21 PM
That's kinda true, but alot people do bet not , for the fun but for the profit they might endup with if they hit the jackpot. Though gambling is fun and all that , and it is way more exciting whenever yah doing it with friends. But honestly speaking I don't actually take gambling as something that exciting. I have other stuff that I may find exciting, like having quality time with my love ones.

Would anyone actually debunk this as false narrative? We gamble for money and whatever comes later is just a compliment. The money is the main motivation while the fun is just the spare part that comes with gambling, there is no fun when you don't win. Most of the time, if we want to be honest with ourselves majority of people are after the money in gambling, if they really want to have fun, there are other outdoor activities that will give them more fun.

About the excitement really depends on the mood and the outcome, how I'm going to be excited when I didn't win anything, what's the excitement about when you have loss your money. There is excitement but it comes with winning money first, if there is money involved I will be more than excited but again that depend on my mood for that day.
116  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Fake website on: May 13, 2024, 09:55:40 AM
Bitcoin investment has been so good to people, but to some they got scammed because they invest in a wrong platform, and now with the way things are going scammer are alway busy creating fake website to scam people

My question is that how can someone dictate a fake website? because is getting too much, is there anyway the comonas need to know things like this if there is any.

What do you mean by fake website? Bitcoin investment doesn't have anything to do with a generic website. If you want to buy Bitcoin or make investment in Bitcoin, all you have to do is to make use of any decentralized available exchange or centralized ones and the only way to avoid been phised is to go to coingecko >> click on exchanges tab and you will see list on all the available exchange, click on any of them and buy your Bitcoin, then withdraw your Bitcoin to an external wallet; it's as simple as that.

People that you see get scams from website are ignorant of Bitcoin investment, you don't invest in Bitcoin from any website and you don't fall for the scams where they promised to give you a percentage in return from investment, they are scams especially when you see 10% return and above on Bitcoin investment, I repeat they are scams.
117  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: CZ Sentenced, Your Bitcoin in their Custody on: May 12, 2024, 09:16:15 PM
Every bitcoiners should understand why they need to have in custody their own digital financial asset and not with third parties like exchange ss, they can be attacked, hacked and if any of these happens, our asset with them are gone, we should learn to avoid the use of exchange, hold our bitcoin on cold storages and remember that not your keys not your coins still ever remains verdict in bitcoin network.

One thing about this is that if CZ comes out of prison after his time and Binance remain functional by that time, the trust with Binance will increase, people who are planning to see Binance becomes top exchange to lower will be shame and people who might have panic and left Binance would go back and deposit money back into Binance, they will never practice self custody simply because they don't want, if they really want to, they have the means to buy and practice it but the just don't care.

I just hope any exchange doesn't just collapsed again like FTX, it happens between 2022-2023 but it looks like something that happen years ago and many people has moved on but creditors are sideline waiting to get their money back, they should be our significant lesson rather than just using exchange to keep coins that may vanish one day because we don't have power over to the private keys.
118  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Tesla may once again accept bitcoin payments whether this is capital snobbery or on: May 12, 2024, 08:52:35 PM
It may be that the recent news of BTC has been touched by the recent activity of Tesla CEO Elon Musk (Elon Musk), which once again triggered fluctuations in the value of bitcoin. He recently tweeted that Tesla may resume accepting Bitcoin as a payment method

Is this capital support for BTC or the hot event of BTC again? Which leaves us guessing

You actually believe this con artist Elon Musk? As for me, I don't believe a single word that comes out of his mouth regarding any discussion about Bitcoin, opinion about Bitcoin or what he see when people discus about crypto because he had the opportunity to change Bitcoin for good but he screw us up, he mess up a lot of people's investments when they found out he sold almost all the Bitcoin Tesla was selling making excuses of liquidity testing.

If he is going to accept Bitcoin as a means of payment, he should be my guest but I know the guy is having an agenda to either push the Bitcoin price perhaps he has bought some and he want to try again using the bull run that is coming but I guess last bull run losses has made everyone learn their lesson.
119  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Share your top mistakes in crypto - learning from others experiences! on: May 12, 2024, 08:41:21 PM
Share your top 1-5x most important mistakes you made during your journey in crypto that you won't make again and have brought you closer to success. I think we can learn a lot from the mistakes made by others.

I have made many mistakes but there are some that I still remembered most and the first one is selling Bitcoin I once bought even before coming here. It was during before corona, I bought ₦30k in Naira worth of Bitcoin, it was with money I don't need at that time but it was a lot for me until one guy introduce me to airdrop and when I made $11, I sold my Bitcoin because I think I have arrived, I have had a way to be making dollar instead of holding my Bitcoin and the market went hard and I couldn't make anything out of that run and Bitcoin has refuse to touch that lows again.

The airdrop frustration made me to do some bounties but I later realized it doesn't worth it and I just quit them and I start paying attention to the forum and after I ranked up, I started signature and I have some Bitcoin but the golden opportunity like then is no longer here again, I mean $6k is now a good bye but hopefully we might have another good ride so I can forget that past mistake.
120  Economy / Economics / Re: Choosing Between the IMF, World Bank, or Direct Borrowing on: May 12, 2024, 08:31:51 PM
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How does a country determined  which of these organizations to approach for funds. If these institutions are always availed to receive. Some countries are not going through these structures rather they borrow directly from the bank of another country. Which is better?

You see IMF and World Bank, that two institutions has destroyed a lot of countries than they have helped all this while. These two institutions wouldn't borrow any country money until they meet their terms and conditions. On a norms, it's their right to give you conditions for a loan either with collateral or no collateral or base on mutual ground but you see that condition of making countries do as they want is a no for me. If IMF and World Bank don't like the way you tax your citizens, they will tell you to do as they want you to do.

Recently, Nigeria has been trying to take loan from World bank and it seems it's due for approval very soon by June 13 as seen on blog but what that institution did was they instruct the government to remove subsidy on electricity, pms and dollar and they increased the taxes among this hardship everyone is under going, I will never take loan that will make me push my people to the extreme.
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