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It looks like I have not played any of the listed skill games. My best understanding of poker is that I suppose it can also be classified as a skill based game.
It is difficult to say which would prefer from the proposed by you. On the one hand, I love games in which everything depends on the skill, but on the other hand, in order to succeed in such games, you need to spend a lot of time and therefore money to acquire mastery.
In slots everything is simpler, it all depends on how lucky you are, you are either lucky or not. I think this is the reason why most people choose slots.
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You will find gambling to be addictive if your system or your lifestyle get use to want or call for wanting it on a daily basis of your life. Addiction on gambling plays a significant role ones an individual have not take any further control on his gambling habits because of the perks it give to him such as instant money when winning and satisfaction gained from experience of fun on playing. There is nothing wrong on playing gambling, it is just that the society told so because of what they see it on the shallow manner. The individual's playing habit is the one making gambling an addictive game for he loose control because of what he can gain from it and not of what he cannot. Playing gambling is a sort of fun thing to do as long as you play on moderation and being disciplined and responsible on the game plays you are engaging. Better look after your gambling habit to avoid getting addicted on playing it.
Almost any habit is a loss of control. Habits control us, whatever. The more we indulge our habit, the stronger it becomes. At some point, we no longer distinguish our own desire from habit. This is the main problem of any addictions, because at the moment of habit the brain turns off and we do what we are used to, and only after that we begin to regret it and think rationally. |
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A very unpleasant story. However, there is little that can be done here. Everyone chooses for himself how to live, how to act, what kind of future will be. Your friend's actions in the past have caused him to become unhappy in the future. It is his choice, one way or another, whether someone likes it or not. In his example, you began to show more resistance to gambling, and this will also affect your tomorrow.
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Even if we all speak out, create a petition, I see no reason for casinos to listen to us. They make money, why should they think about the mental health of their clients? The worse it is, the more money the casino gets.
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I strongly disagree with this. First off, if you think that casinos are so evil, stop working for them. But I have a good news for you, they are not interested in worsening of the mental health of their clients. Quite the contrary, they want as many as possible of healthy clients playing on their platforms, and losing only what they can afford to lose. In that scenario casinos can keep profiting from the house edge. But if the percentage of addicted gamblers crossed a certain threshold(it is below 5% currently), gambling would be banned by the legislation of most countries. And casinos definitely don't want that to happen. I do not blame or say that casinos are to blame for all the troubles. It is a fact that most of all profits are brought to them by dependent players, otherwise you would have significantly fewer people going to the casino than we see now. The question is about the mental health of an individual, not how casinos affect it. But government can push them to do so right?we as individual has nothing to do but if we will let government or authorities to take over the issue(as they are also their concern) for sure they will do what is needed to.
Yes, it can, because it usually happens. The state dictates its own rules for casinos. But there is one nuance. The state will do what is beneficial to it. |
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I prefer a live casino. I have played slots several times and interacting with them seems dead and soulless to me. I come to the casino for emotions, for drive and excitement.
But for me all this is not possible without interaction with other people. Slots for me are too mechanical than a live casino in which completely unpredictable, people-dependent events constantly take place.
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Crypto exchange Gemini has added support for "shielded" Zcash (ZEC) withdrawals for an additional layer of financial privacy.Gemini said the move makes it the first regulated exchange to offer this feature. Gemini's rival, Coinbase, does not yet support shielded ZEC withdrawals. ZEC addresses are of two types: "Transparent" that start with a "t," and private or shielded, which begin with a "z." Transactions made with t addresses are traceable, while transactions with z addresses are all encrypted using a technology called zero-knowledge proofs. Gemini said using a shielded address allows users to protect their identity and size of transactions. "If you'd like to take advantage of a shielded withdrawal, simply withdraw your ZEC to a z-address," said the exchange. A Gemini spokesperson told The Block that the exchange has been able to implement this feature following "ongoing conversations with regulators and further education on privacy-enabling cryptos." When asked how would Gemini trace fund movements via shielded ZEC addresses, the spokesperson said: "Gemini maintains a record of every withdrawal that leaves our system. While we have full transparency into the flows at this point, once the funds are in the shielded pool — and at that point encrypted — we no longer have insights and we don’t track customers’ withdrawals after they leave." Gemini already supports ZEC deposits from a shielded address, and so does Coinbase. https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/79098/gemini-supports-shielded-zcash-withdrawals
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I think the main reason lies in the banal ignorance of the fact that slots can be illegal. I see the reasons why people use illegal slot machines to make money on them, but as holders and not players. As a rule, it is not profitable for players to play with such machines, because their internal code can be compromised in advance and set up for worse values for winning than in legal slots. In addition, no one will give you any guarantee that the winnings will be yours when using illegal machines.
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Even if we all speak out, create a petition, I see no reason for casinos to listen to us. They make money, why should they think about the mental health of their clients? The worse it is, the more money the casino gets.
In addition, no one forces people to become addicted, we do it ourselves. Our health, including mental health, is our responsibility, there is no point in asking third parties to help us be healthy.
We either do what is necessary to be so or we do not.
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The DeXe token sale has officially started! The first strategic round is held for those participants who will be able to bring value to the product and will be able to support the platform in scaling and development! Sale duration will be 22 days, where 1 round continues 24 hours. Participants of the rounds will receive daily dynamic staking rewards in case they continue to hold DEXE tokens in the next rounds. DEXE price will be formed at the end of the first round and will be announced tomorrow! https://sale.dexe.networkhttps://t.me/cryptodiffer/3420 |
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Binance has unveiled a new “decentralized” stablecoin system called Venus.The system is built on the Binance Smart Chain and will mint the decentralized stablecoin called VAI, backed by a basket of various BEP-20 tokens (BEP-20 is Binance's token standard). The Venus protocol can be seen as a mixture of MakerDAO and Compound, said Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao. "VAI is minted by the same collateral that is supplied to the protocol. Users can borrow up to 50% of the remaining collateral value they have on the protocol from their vTokens to mint VAI," said Binance. "The collateral provided to Venus will be represented by vTokens (such as vBTC) which will enable users to redeem the underlying collateral as well as to borrow against it." Using the Venus protocol, users will also be able to stake their Binance coin (BNB), Binance stablecoin (BUSD), and Swipe (SXP) tokens into separate pools to farm Venus (XVS) tokens, beginning Tuesday. Binance will then list XVS into the Innovation Zone on October 6 and open trading for XVS/BTC, XVS/BNB, XVS/BUSD, and XVS/USDT pairs. The protocol is developed by Swipe Wallet, which Binance acquired earlier this year for an undisclosed amount. Binance said the protocol removes “current pain-points” of Ethereum, such as network congestion and high transaction fees, as it is built on the Binance Smart Chain. Binance first revealed a project called Venus last August. At the time, Binance said Venus would be a "regional version of Libra." unveils a new ‘decentralized’ stablecoin system, Venus https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/78968/binance-new-decentralized-stablecoin-system-venus
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Researchers from the Santiment team recorded a weakening of interest among Twitter users in bitcoin. The number of posts mentioning the largest cryptocurrency fell to a two-year low. This trend is a direct result of the recent drop in the value of BTC, analysts say. Recall that in September Bitcoin could not gain a foothold above $ 12,000 and fell in price to $ 10,000. At this level, the support grew every time. Traders are clearly not interested in a more significant weakening of the bitcoin rate. According to the co-founder and CEO of Gemini exchange Tyler Winklevoss, the $ 10,000 mark is essential for BTC. It is from this level that a new breakout is expected to start. The Santiment review says that typically, a drop in interest from Twitter users in Bitcoin precedes a sharp increase in volatility in the crypto market. This is the trend that was observed before the March fall in BTC ("Black Thursday"). Then, on the contrary, positive sentiment dominated among Twitter users. However, instead of growth, the market crashed. https://cryptocurrency.tech/kolichestvo-upominanij-btc-v-tvittere-upalo-do-dvuhletnego-minimuma-stoit-zhdat-rosta-tseny/Translated from Russian
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The hacker, who stole about $ 200 million in various cryptocurrencies and tokens from the KuCoin exchange, is gradually exchanging the assets at his disposal for Ethereum using decentralized services. According to the analytical resource Whale Alert, 50,000 LINK ($ 530,000) were sent from his wallet to an unknown address today at 11:53 Moscow time. In total, several such transfers were recorded. OKLink analysts claim that he decided to use the Kyber Network decentralized exchange to exchange LINK for Ethereum.   The hacker has at his disposal about $ 2 million in LINK, which is significantly less than in some of the other assets he stole. Not long before that, he conducted similar transactions with SNX tokens worth $ 6.7 million and OCEAN. To exchange them, he used the Uniswap decentralized exchange. https://cryptocurrency.tech/haker-nachal-likvidirovat-tokeny-pohishhennye-s-kucoin/
UPDATED: The hacker sold:
320k OCEAN (worth $ 120K).
578k SNX ($ 2.9M)
10K COMP ($ 1.35M)
203k LINK ($ 2.16M)
10k DIA on the go |
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Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex has launched tether (USDT)-settled perpetual contracts that track two European equity market indices.CryptocurrencyPerpetual contracts on Europe 50 (EUROPE50IXF0: USTF0) and Germany 30 (GERMANY30IXF0: USTF0) will go live at 09:00 UTC on Monday, the firm said in a press release. Each contract offers up to 100x leverage and will be settled in stablecoin tether (USDT). A perpetual contract is similar to a traditional futures contract, but has no expiry and mimics a margin-based spot market. The STOXX Europe 50 includes 50 stocks from 18 European countries and provides a blue-chip representation of supersector leaders in the region. Meanwhile, the German 30 or DAX 30 is a stock index that represents 30 of the largest and most liquid German companies that trade on the Frankfurt Exchange. “This is the first time that an exchange from the digital asset space has launched a product that bridges the gap with traditional stock markets, representing a significant milestone in the evolution of crypto as an established asset class,” said Paolo Ardoino, CTO at Bitfinex Derivatives. Using tether – a so-called stablecoin designed to maintain a value of per token – will facilitate settlement in cross-asset class trading strategies, hedging and risk management, Ardoino added. The perpetual contracts will be open for trading 24/7, unlike equity exchanges which are open for business for a limited number of hours, five days a week. As such, traditional market investors may turn to Bitfinex’s perpetual swaps on data- or event-heavy weekends for price discovery ahead of Monday's opening bell. “Over the weekend, we may reasonably expect lower volumes than on weekdays in the normal course of a business unless there are significant economic developments over the weekend, such as a central bank policy shift, etc,” Bitfinex told CoinDesk in an email. The exchange will aim to ensure price stability by putting a +/-5% cap on the final mark price from 4:30 PM UTC until 8:00 AM UTC on the following day. exchange Bitfinex has launched tether (USDT)-settled perpetual contracts that track two European equity market indices. https://www.coindesk.com/bitfinex-tether-perpetual-contracts-european-equities-dax-stoxx
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Uniswap becomes first DeFi protocol to hit $2 billion in total value lockedTop non-custodial exchange Uniswap has become the first decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol to cross $2 billion in total value locked (TVL). Uniswap's TVL, or the total value of all assets deposited in the protocol, stands at $2.03 billion at the time of writing, according to tracker DeFi Pulse. Ether (ETH), Tether (USDT), and Wrapped bitcoin (WBTC) are Uniswap's top three tokens by liquidity. Uniswap's dominance, among other DeFi protocols, is about 18%. The combined TVL of all protocols has hit more than $11 billion as the yield farming trend continues. Decentralized lending protocol MakerDAO is not too far away to hit $2 billion in TVL. The builder of DAI stablecoin has $1.95 billion in total deposits. Aave follows next with $1.54 billion in TVL.  https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/78943/uniswap-2-billion-total-value-locked-tvl
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After unplanned movement of $150M in funds, KuCoin discloses hackSingapore-based cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin has been hacked. In a blog post released on Friday night, the exchange disclosed that it had "detected some large withdrawals since September 26, 2020" from its hot wallet. While the exchange has not disclosed the amount lost in the hack, one of the Ethereum addresses associated with the hack shows roughly $150M in funds stolen. On Friday night, users across various social media platform platforms began to complain that they were having issues withdrawing assets from KuCoin. While the KuCoin team assured users that "funds will be safe," that no longer is the case. In a livestream, KuCoin CEO Johnny Lyu reassured his users that funds in this hack will be "covered completely by KuCoin and our insurance fund." Lyu also noted that hacked funds were only "a small part of our total assets holdings" and that KuCoin is currently working with other exchanges like Binance and Huobi and law enforcement to track down the assets. https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/78912/after-unplanned-movement-of-150m-in-funds-kucoin-discloses-hack
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Hey. I am leaving the company. Thanks for the opportunity. Hopefully in the future we will work more!
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