For me these days, I do wish I could gamble more instead of spending frivolously and indulging in cheap entertainment that cost me my funds, time and attention. Most times I don't get as much thrill and fun like when I gamble and have my blood pumping or emotions raving, but I know the importance of control and the need to instead save or reinvest my funds to solve a better need.
Investment is in the form of HODLing BTC as I have always said and perhaps in knowledge of trading and real world skill, hence why I heed to forming better money consumption habits than gambling which is easily addictive.

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Well, gambling in reality is that we already lose before we start gambling. Because we need to pay first the game before we are allowed to play. And if you’re not lucky enough, you still end up losing all your capital. This is the reality in gambling. Whether you win or lose, the house itself have already been getting initial profits from the players. That is why play only what you can afford to lose, and not end up blaming the casino site for not giving you chances to win.

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excessive frustration lead you to be more aggressive and instead of quitting or stopping it generate the kind of mindset that you needed to proceed and continue, more time to gamble can convert into more money to deposit, the moment you realize that you are doing wrong decision making is when you already emptied your bankroll together with your save money or money that's not supposedly for gambling and supposedly for more important things that it was saved or prepared.

Situation at the southern border is just appalling. 8,000 illegals are crossing the border each day, as per news reports. Just in the month of August, a total of 232,000 migrants crossed the border without any sort of paperwork. Rolando Salinos (mayor of Eagle Pass) was forced to declare state of emergency. Border agents can't just deal with the huge numbers who are crossing the border and it is quite possible that some may be slipping through without any background/biometry check. And from the pictures, I can see that >95% of the migrants are military age men, with very few women or children among them.

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Speaking of Wikipedia, that's what I found there about "realclearpolitics":

"In 2020, The New York Times noted that since 2017, when a large number of its straight news journalists were laid off, RealClearPolitics has had a rightward, pro-Trump turn"

And I went to Wiki because I was suspecting something like that. Trump "is back on top" for once, and they are happy to report it.

But Trump is not "well ahead", far from it. Even if we take the data from the same site, realclearpolitics.com, it looks like this:



I wouldn't call it "well ahead", to be honest.

Many sportsbetting sites are not accepting bets on 2024 USA elections right now, so, I can't say what bettors think, unfortunately.

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It's really hard to say which FIFA world cup will be his last world cup because I remember in 2018 Messi said that FIFA 2018 world cup was his last chance to win but out of curiosity, he participated in FIFA 2022 and he won it. He even said again that FIFA 2022 was his last chance but after the win, he even plans to participate in FIFA 2026.
Probably, he is not in phenomenal shape right now because age leaves its mark on the body but Messi's dribbling skills are constantly developing, every year he dribbles better and shows magic tricks, he still hasn't shown his limits. Such a phenomenal player. To be honest, I will not even be surprised if he plays in FIFA 2030. Simply there is no reason for him to retire, he will be way better player at the age of 43 than many other 20 years old players.

Addiction or using it excessively is not good. But we as humans have the desire to get more so it is normal when we see many people becoming addicted to gambling. But we have a way to prevent gambling addiction from coming to us. We must control ourselves well while gambling and have no desire to chase bigger wins. If they cannot resist that desire, they will only experience loss, resulting in them experiencing frustration and anger because they have experienced that loss. And if you are no longer a gambling addict, you must be truly grateful and never repeat things that could make you become a gambling addict again.

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actually no need to use vpn to access gambling sites, you can change the dns on your phone or computer easily, it can be useful for those of you who want to access banned gambling sites, you can use free dns such as clodflere or google dns.

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If they are skilled, it is because they learned it to the point of mastering it well. If it is luck, we can only wait for it to come, and it will not come to everyone. Only certain people can get their luck. Successful gamblers may own their casinos, but they hide their identity as casino owners and enjoy their lives peacefully. There is no point in showing off their success because that will only make them enemies.

And it is true that behind success, there are sad stories experienced by each successful person. And if they can learn from the mistakes he made along his journey to success, he will be a successful person. Successful gamblers also learn from their mistakes to become successful gamblers.

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Its interesting that a lot of people believe sports betting is just about data, but there's more to it than that, isnt it? The human element of the game is being lost if we only use AI to make predictions. Lets say a star player is injured and the replacement is a beast in training but has little to no internet statistics. That would be completely lost on AI, wouldn't it?

You make a valid point: AI might not be able to discern subtleties that humans do, such as the atmosphere created by instructional videos. Bookies will surely realize the significance of these "hidden gems" if we humans do. They may be ahead of the game, adjusting the odds in light of these revelations. Thus, perhaps, just perhaps, in the realm of sports betting, AI and human intuition go hand in hand.

currently, the reason is that young players or players who have high quality talent will refuse to move to the SPL as long as it is not known as one of the best leagues in the world. and that is very natural because Mbappe and Haaland definitely prefer to have a career in europe to improve their talents and experience more challenges and on the one hand, if these players have great careers in europe, of course the prices of these players will also increase.
like Ronaldo and other european star players who are currently in the SPL, initially they had career in europe until they were quite old and after retirement they would receive very high offers to earn large amounts of money before retiring and that is natural thing for me.

As this is the active World Cup thread, I'll post it here
If many here are already thinking it's bad that the World Cup will be played in 3 countries, take a look at this news that just came out:

The 2030 World Cup will be played in 3 continents and 6 countries

A brief summary: Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay (South America) will play the first matches of each team in their own country, to celebrate the centenary of the World Cup
After that, the World Cup will be played "normally" in 3 countries: Portugal, Spain and Morocco (Europe and Africa).

It was FIFA's way of holding the World Cup where it prefers, while still paying tribute to the 100th anniversary of the first World Cup

So, what do you think? A good way for FIFA to please everyone?

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yes, and it's even fascinating to consider all the possibilities on that
like a new world that opens up full of new things we have no idea will be created

I'm really amazed on the quality of images created by AI at this point, as an example

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on statistics there's this concept called regression towards the mean, if you win a lot the tendency is that over time if you keep playing you will lose some too

what can make your win curve ascendent is SKILL
but if you're only playing games of luck than skill doesn't matter at all.

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Exactly, if they already affecting other people and they are messing with them, that's another level of addiction, and we all know that it can really push a person to something that they are not doing in a usual way, something that most the time surprises those people around them, they are unable to figure it out if why that addicted person manage to go that far and do things unexpectedly.

My first experience with gambling wasn't that bad to be honest. I remember winning a huge amount of money during my initial bets and my friends jokingly called it 'the beginner's luck.' It was unexpected but I managed to win around $2k by placing bets on multiple football games over the weekend including some from the UEFA Champions League.

I was so happy with my win and that marked the beginning of my gambling journey. However, I did experience quite a few losses afterward. Eventually, I decided to step back and not think about it too much and nowadays, I play for fun and don't invest a a lot of f money into it.

I live in a predominantly Islamic country, and why does gambling sound unethical? Well, it's because religious guidelines explicitly prohibit it. In the local culture, gambling isn't openly endorsed by various segments of society, mainly because there are still many young children who should not be involved in gambling.

However, as one matures, there are numerous channels that offer gambling opportunities. Despite being discreet, it has many enthusiasts and is like an open secret known to all adults. Surprisingly, in a country where gambling is prohibited, there are still a significant number of people who engage in it. The governing laws may appear to turn a blind eye, perhaps due to clandestine monetary influences behind the scenes. Who knows?

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2026 is still three years away. Do you believe that Messi would still be motivated to take part in the next world cup? He has achieved whatever he wanted to achieve in football. So why should he carry on playing anymore? Lionel Scaloni may want him in the squad, but even if he includes him a lot of questions will be asked. Another factor that may impact his participation is the fact that Messi no longer plays in one of the stronger leagues. At this point he represents Inter Miami, in Major League Soccer (MLS).

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Well.. I would agree with that. Nowadays I am mostly dependent on Twitter to get day-to-day news. It has a wide mix of sources with left-wing, right-wing and center political bias, unlike the main-stream media and social media channels such as Facebook and YouTube where you will not find anything other than extreme-left. That said, Wikipedia is more unreliable than any of the other left-wing sources. I have noticed multiple times that the admins refuse to remove incorrect information, even if users point it out with reliable references.

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yes, and it's even fascinating to consider all the possibilities on that
like a new world that opens up full of new things we have no idea will be created

I'm really amazed on the quality of images created by AI at this point, as an example