Does anyone remember the old odds before the sportsbooks have taken them down? I remember it was close, however, Terence Crawford was the underdog. I also remember that much of the people were on Errol Spence except for maybe @Boafeng and 1 or 2 other people. I too was also on Crawford.
This is what makes things more interesting and exciting because even us here in the forum are divided very well, I guess the majority (assuming) are going with Crawford and some are into Spence Jr. as well. While it's true that their power appears to be equal but I certainly don't agree with Spence being the stronger, physically. I mean, what would be the basis of that? I think it's already fair to agree that their prowess are close which leaves most fans unable to choose what camp should they go into. Yeah, just take a look with the voting result, it's already clear majority of users think Crawford is better than Spence.  You're correct too, there's no way to say Spence is stronger than Crawford, just take a look from their both history, Crawford was winning easily by KO in his recent 8 fought while Spence was struggling when he fought a good boxer e.g. Shawn Porter. Spence only win from the total belts he currently have, but people are think Crawford will win. This situation quite similar where people think Tank is better than Haney. Right and I think it's an easy route for Spence too as he was given a chance to get the WBA belt from Ugas. While Spence is fighting undefeated fighters like Jose Benavidez Jr. and Egidijus Kavaliauskas. Nevertheless, it's style that makes the fight. So really hard to compare both of their wins against Porter or even Kell Brook for that matter. What's important is now we will finally see who is really the best of this division, Crawford just a slight favorite because of his shiftiness, he can just switch stance for orthodox to south paw very quick. It is understandable why people are rooting for Errol Spence Jr. and that is because he simply got 3 belts compared to Crawford who only got 1. But for us here who follows their story and watched almost all of their fights, we can somehow say that we pretty much know the real score between these two and it is already evident enough to see because the bookies are listing Crawford as a favorite. There is just no way that the bookies will make a dumb assessment and to have a mistake on their published odds especially in this kind of big fight that has been waited by many. And I think every sport bookies rely on the Las Vegas odds maker, so that there will be a uniform odds across everyone here. Yes, it seems though that even if Spence Jr has 3 belts, it didn't hold any weight for the odds maker, still they think that the kind of welterweight is Bud Crawford that's why he is the favorite. And I will agree with them putting him at a slight favorite and it will really give Spence a motivation here to show that they are wrong. I've seen though that Crawford is more on the media now, having interviews with different host in podcast, so the marketing for this fight has started. Yet to see Spence though, but we can see images of him in the gym already. |
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^^ Most likely it will be the Nuggets, maybe 6, or 5 will be the mark, at least give the Heat a chance to win at their homecourt and not be swept in the Finals.
I’m still on doubt about sureness of Nuggets winning the finals because I still didn’t see Jimmy Butler on fire. I will be convinced that Nuggets already got this finals if they will still defeat Miami while Butler is on clutch mode. But Er is very cold on game 1 same with other players like Caleb Martin that kill Boston in game 7 with his accurate 3 pointer. I like to see a real clash and shut down before we conclude. I understand that you think Miami Heat was ineffective and not at their best self and that is correct but the thing is, Nuggets made them play bad offensively because of number of factors. First of all, Nuggets are much bigger than Heat and it shows both offensively and defensively. They couldn't match up with Aaron Gordon for example. And if Adebayo goes to help, then there is open Jokic which is deadly for any team. He can score or assist, just easy. I think we saw a huge difference between Nuggets and Heat performance-wise, both from physical difference and from the fact that Nuggets were well rested while Heat was worn out, naturally after a long series against Celtics. I also don't expect a big reaction from Heat after this point. Nuggets seem just much better. Moving forward, it's going to be a battle of strategy. The Heat knows that they are no match because of the Nuggets height advantage, that's why they rely on their outside shooting which is non-existent on game 1. Just imagine if the shots are falling, it might have been a different outcome of the game. Maybe the Nuggets will post Jokic more to score, or Jimmy making those crucial shots. Still very early to predict how this series goes although majority thinks that it will be the Nuggets eventually winning in 6 games. |
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When a gambling failure happens for the first time or when we've got no more money to spend on our needs as a result of losing in gambling suicide thoughts used to pop. In my personal life I've gambled a lot and during the beginning days I've got good sum of money. At some point the luck was completely against me and I lost everything. That was the time I experienced such a big loss. My mind wasn't ready to accept and I was into the room for a long. I don't know how I came out of the thoughts and later on well understood about gambling and never think of suicide and self harming for the losses. Maybe this story will let more users understand gambling and stay on the safer side.
And I guess it really depends on the personality of the individual, I'm not blaming the kid here, because he is the victim, the failure of the system. But each one of us if we think logically, will not take our own life. On the other hand, we should be man enough to face any consequences of our gambling addiction. Maybe his parents will understand it in the end and perhaps cover the losing school fees and the kids strengthening his life up because of his bad experience. However, it's too late for that, again, maybe if he could have reach out to someone and spoke about it, this could have been aborted. And for those who are in the same situation, there is still chances though with our problems and never think of taking your own life to solve it. |
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In case you may not be aware, Governance protocols can also get messed up through vote manipulation. I think you have at least seen such cases before. The rich folks and corporations will still have away around this so long as money and human greed is involved.
Decentralization is something so hard to achieve. I am glad Bitcoin tried to achieve it. It may not be perfect, but we get a witness a live example of decentralization
And I think bitcoin could be the only true coin to achieved decentralization, yeah as you have said, it has flaws, but as far as perfecting it, I think it's all good. Unlike those projects who in the beginning we thought that are decentralized, and yet it has change a lot in the last couple of years and now beginning to be control by someone or some entity like the corporations or the wealthy. So I think there will be some logical or killer app for blockchain. Bitcoin could be the closest that we can see, but it will remain that old school but that's one of it's strength and that's why it remain the dominant crypto for many years. |
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I don't write that much in this section but what Jokic is doing is really something new, the team looks like one, they have good synergy the ball is going fast and Jokic is perfect center figure for that type of play. I think Nuggets will win the series in convincing fashion.
The first match of the finals has officially gone down in history. Nikola Jokic became the center with the most assists in a single game in NBA Finals history with 14 assists. Also Jokic became the second player in history to score a triple-double in his first game in the NBA Finals. The player who will carry the Nuggets to the finals is already clear. Jokic constantly adds value to his team and i sense a Tim Duncan vibe in him. The Nuggets are very good as a team and their block and steal rates are great. The Miami Heat were comfortable as if they were in a friendly match and were the losing side. The Nuggets dominated the game from start to finish and i think it will be like that throughout the series. Maybe they can reach the championship even without losing in the series. No surprises here, he said previously in many interviews that he pattern his game on Tim Duncan, but I guess he is a better version of Tim because he can pass the ball and like to involved his team mates more. But the difference is that Tim has many rings and that the San Antonio Spurs are one of the most dominant teams in the 2000's together with the Lakers because of Duncan's play and leadership. And who knows, maybe the Nuggets if ever they won their first ring will also start a franchise and dynasty like his idol. So let's see, they have build a momentum and a blue print on how to beat a tough team in Miami Heat. |
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I think that is the wrong word here, "force", we are already in the century wherein children and parents relationship are not that 'tight' anymore. What I mean is that the children know their freedom already. Although I believed that there are still society who is close knit today, but we all know that are children like to think for themselves already, which career path they want etc. Bitcoin is not that bad to be teach to them, but we all know that we can't just give them all that information and then suddenly we will find them studying it. Let them pursuit their own, whether they will involved themselves on bitcoin or crypto or not, it's not up to us.
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I have been able to turn $4,000 into $90,000 over the course of a week. Today, I am going all in on a bet I am very confident in.
FRANCE LEAGUE 2: GRENOBLE - GUINGAMP
UPDATE: A MISSED PENALTY AND A LOSS. BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD.
I see you lost your bet, but I'm curious why you needed to YOLO the balance? Why wouldn't you take what you had already made and start betting with some sense? 90k balance you could try to make smarter bets with less risk and lower odds. Maybe try and find a system where you make a few bucks daily and live the rest of your life without many worries. Maybe he is not smart after all? and just decided to go in and think that his luck will continue. So I do agree doesn't make sense and hopefully this kind of lost will bring him back to reality and next time he will do the smart move, not to YOLO anymore and at least keep some money on his pocket. And I guess it doesn't have confidence to win, you need to be smart as well. |
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Lol, bitcoin has survived may trials and tribulations in the past, we've seen this kind of spamming in 2017 and yet we reach all time high? Good title and click bait for the OP, but it seems he didn't understand and just hyping the ordinals or those privacy coins. But I do hope that you know that government is running after privacy based coins now and Binance has delist majority of them, Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange by trading volume, is planning to delist a number of privacy coins for users in Spain, France, Italy and Poland.
The coins that will be delisted are all privacy-focused coins that are designed to make it difficult for third-parties to trace transactions and get information about wallet balances.
The coins that will be delisted include Zcash (ZEC), Monero (XMR), Decred (DCR), Horizen (ZEN), Verge (XVG), Dash (DASH), Secret (SCRT), Firo (FRO), Navcoin (NAV), PIVX (PIVX), Mobilecoin (MOB) and BEAM (BEAM). https://cryptonews.com/news/binance-targets-privacy-coins-for-delisting-four-european-countries-whats-going-on.htm |
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Do you know of local movies that mention Bitcoin? By 'local' I mean those that aren't American or British, not something that people widely watch all over the world.
Not really sure if bitcoin has been mentioned in our local movies, perhaps it might have been, but maybe I'm not aware of it. Reason being is that bitcoin is very open in our country and adoption is slowly growing and the government doesn't have any problems with crypto as long as they are being regulated and exchanges are getting their requirements. So it's good to hear that in your local movie industry, it's also slipping in and maybe who knows, the director or the producer is also a bitcoiner and subliminally sending messages to the movie goers about bitcoin and the potential of it to disrupt everything. |
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How I really wish this could be easily followed. I tried but it seems very hard to stick with the plan because there will be emotional swings that are hard to control. Chasing losses, greed, and envy of those who made more than you. (If the profits are being shown in-game. i.e. Crash) There's a feeling of wanting to reach what they did and it becomes a pandemic.
But it's true if someone could discipline himself and follow those steps given then he/she might be a successful gambler with some luck provided.
Playing what you can afford to lose may be one of the important parts of it, this way you will know when to stop and you don't gamble much if you know the game will also stop because of lack of funds.
Exactly, in a perfect world, this might work, however, we all know this already, I mean if someone has been involved in gambling for so long, they already have a grasp on what gambling is and maybe they even devise a perfect strategy to follow. But when you are in a table, or trying to put a sports bet and then you lost, it's going to be very different, that sometimes you tempted to play again and forget about your so called perfect gambling strategy. So at the end, I do believed that this is just good o paper but it's hard to practice when when you experience a loss or unlucky day. |
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Sports betting with bitcoin looks good bitcoin is the first choice of gamblers and this currency is better than other currencies for gambling. But many gamblers do choose other currencies for being more expensive. One of the transactions bitcoin casinos are using is sports betting many sports betting sites now accept bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as payment methods. As the bitcoin casino space becomes more and more competitive, platforms need to find new ways to attract players to their sites. It usually centers on offering very lucrative bonuses.
That is because Bitcoin is also the first crypto. If you are one of the early adopters, you will be more confident about it than the other crypto. Just leave others if they choose altcoins and tokens over Bitcoin. It's already their problem once something bad happen on those cryptos. Sports betting is not a transaction but it's a platform used by the people if they want to have some fun and earn some profits. Deposit and withdrawing money in a sports betting site is what you call a transaction. Bonuses is one of the ways to attract a gambler but bonuses are most of the times hard to get, so a gambler should focus on other things instead like the quality of games, and how good is the design of the website. Yes, and we can say that gambling is the first use case of bitcoin per se, as we have seen our it turns out to be one of the favorite for gamblers around the world. Initially, we just deposit and withdraw it without going into KYC procedure. But since bitcoin has grown so much in the last 10 years or so and crypto based gambling becoming a billion dollar business, no wonder governments and regulatory body are now enforcing and mandating KYC for everyone. But still though, it didn't deter majority of us gamblers and we still continue to gamble despite this regulations now. |
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Seems like the SUNS have found a new coach: https://www.foxnews.com/sports/suns-hire-recent-nba-champion-next-head-coach-reportFrank Vogel is a good fit. He knows how to handle several superstars, as he has shown at the Lakers. I was wondering already why he wasn't in the conversation at other teams but glad he found a new home. I like his coaching style and after getting sacked by Lebron he definitely deserves a new opportunity. That leaves 3 teams without a coach now, Detroit, Milwaukee and the Raptors. Wonder if Doc Rivers will get hired somewhere. Maybe Detroit or the Raptors, I doubt a team like the Bucks who actually have a championship team and want to win will sign a coach that is actually not winning when it counts.  We will have to see how Frank Vogel will fit on the Suns roster. What he had to bring though is that he has the championship experience, specially handling stars. So he might bring a fresh set of mindset amongst the Suns team as they are in a disarray with so much drama as well. For sure, maybe Ayton is willing to stay for at least a year. As for the game 1 result, I'm sure majority is not surprised on how dominant the Nuggets inside and outside. Aaron Gordon seems to be enjoying his first finals appearance and wanted to make the best out of this experience. |
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Many cryptocurrency enthusiasts eagerly await the next bull run with a sense of anticipation and excitement. The previous bull runs in the cryptocurrency market have demonstrated the potential for substantial gains and wealth accumulation. As the market goes through cycles of ups and downs, patience becomes a valuable virtue. Investors and traders keep a close eye on market trends, technological advancements, and regulatory developments, all of which can influence the timing and magnitude of the next bull run. While waiting for the market to regain its bullish momentum, it is essential to stay informed, diversify investments, and maintain a long-term perspective, recognizing that the cryptocurrency market can be volatile and subject to unforeseen fluctuations.
As a investors who have seen the worst and the best in the last couple of bull runs, yes, it's really excited as we anticipate whether our portfolio of investments will grow or not. However, still depends on what crypto are in our portfolio, because some of them might not be growing as it used to be because obviously, maybe it was a shitcoin or memecoin that it just for pure pump and dump. And even if we saw the price going up in the bull run, we become greedy and think that it will continue to grow like 100x and that is really dangerous specially for a noob investors because all they want is to see a huge profits. So as much as we should be really excited, we need to be very cautious as well. |
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Naoya Inoue is no doubt already compatible with the 122 division and honestly seems looked overqualified even before entering officially that division. If let's say he loses to Stephen Fulton, it's just that he can't take the champion here but against anyone else in that division, Inoue can surely topped most of those. But I'm sure if he really loses here for real, the fight is a close one and a rematch is probably the next in line.
If Inoue loses this match, then we will all be proven wrong because we are expecting an easy victory for Inoue to claim the championship. I mean no disrespect to Fulton, but when you compare his record to Inoue's, there is a significant difference. So, even though Inoue is the challenger in this fight, many still anticipate his victory. I wouldn't expect a rematch because I truly believe that we will not witness a closely contested fight. Most likely, the fight will either end early or go the full 12 rounds if Fulton opts to avoid taking risks and decides to focus on surviving rather than engaging in exchanges of punches. So if there's a rematch, most likely the champ has succeeded in defending his belt. There is no rematch clause in this fight as per Fulton already. He admitted that this is just one fight and then see how it goes. He really wanted to go up in weight already and fight Brandon at 126 lbs it's that maybe his camp stop him from moving up because there is one fight that they need to settle and that is the Inoue fight. So if Inoue losses, then he will remain in 122 lbs and maybe fight for the belt again. And then Fulton will go on 126 lbs, relinquished his belt and then go for the champion Figueroa at 126 lbs. That will be the best scenario, in my opinion. We still don't know, yes, what if he beat Inoue? then for sure there will be huge money for him in the table in the rematch and if he is going to be wise and intelligent, then he might have to do that, have a second fight, but this time it will be in his own terms, like in the US so that he won't go back to Japan. Fulton is still very young, so the future is bring for him. It's just a matter of making the right decision in his career. And hopefully his advisor will really take care of him, on his career path, whether to move up to 126 lbs. Given that Steph Fulton wins their fight, and a rematch will happen, it's not up to Fulton if he chooses to fight in the US soil rather than making it in Japan again because that decision falls under the promoter's and organizer's hand because they are the ones who are capitalizing for this fight whereas the boxers are already have the guaranteed money. So, it will be their call where they think the fight would be more promising, but in-terms of purse cut and other perks, Fulton got that advantage as he is now in the A-side. But do you think he will be comfortable fighting outside of his US? Of course not, I believed since that Inoue is the A-side here, he was forced to go and fight to Japan. But I believed if he upset him and Inoue's camp inside of a rematch, common sense will tell us that it should be in the US wherein there's a lot of money, instead of Japan. Unless there is a rematch clause which says that both fight should be happening in Japan. But Fulton is some of his interviews says there is no rematch clause. |
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I voted for sideways, I think the bulls might have been exhausted for the last 3-4 months or trying to push the price to $30k. And we have the BRC-20 ordinals that has been clogging the network for sometime now that might have cause investors to be wary and not to pour their money on the market for now and till this month.
And history June lean on a bad month, so I'm not expecting significant movement, perhaps highs of $29k, but that's remain to be sign and it will depend on the sentiments of investors.
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Nuggets on Game 1 for me too. Although I doubt the high spreads if it can be covered.
If you believe that they will win in game 1, trust them to cover the spread. Currently, the Moneyline (ML) odds for the Nuggets are only 1.28, so I think that is too low for gambling unless you have great faith in them and would like to bet a decent amount. However, if you're not betting a lot of money, I think -10 with odds of 2.03 would be fine. Sometimes we have doubts about whether the spread will be covered, but often, when we have doubts, it's the easiest bet that we should take. In the end, you just have to be confident and trust your analysis. If you're having a hard time deciding which team to bet on, then I think focusing on the total score would be a good option. Typically, in game 1, the intensity is high and teams are fresh, resulting in a more defensive game. If that scenario unfolds, then I believe betting on the under would be the right choice. Currently, the total is set at 219, which seems high for a defensive game. This could be one option, but I seldom used this kind of betting though, I'm mostly on the handicap bet, but who knows, maybe I can change strategy because of the way this series goes, very unpredictable. You said defensive games but that's why East is all about. You have to factor that this is the finals already, and with that said, the West, in this case the Denver Nuggets, might not be a defensive team as compare to any east time as they love to run. And specially they have Jokic who can post triple double and who has the most in a playoff history. So if he scores 10 or more assists, then that is automatic 20 or more points for his team already. |
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He can't choose an opponent if it's mandatory. He needs to fight the mandatory challenger instead of being greedy and going for big money. Eventually, his time will come. He needs to embark on the right journey and build his name, just like Ryan Garcia and Tank Davis did. The best fighter he'll fight next is Ryan Garcia, and if he wins, he will gain popularity and possibly have a chance to fight Davis if the latter allows it. I think that's why mandatory are enforced, but we all know that sometimes, specially if the champion are great, not necessarily a mandatory will have a crack at the champion as he can choose whoever fighter he wants. But in this case since his win is very controversial, then he should follow what the organization dictates as of now, otherwise he could be ordered for a rematch. And I don't think that Romero has the making of a great boxer to be honest, he is just pure trash talking and then he can't back up his talk. |
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Boxxer/Sky Sports(UK)- Another upset, Chris Billam-Smith (18-1-12 KOs) is the new WBO cruiserweight champion with a majority decision win over former champ Lawrence Okolie (19-1-14 KOs).
This fight was another fishy judging from one of the judges who score the fight at 112-112. A tie? WTF? The champion Lawrence Okolie deducted two points because of holding too many times. Then, he was knocked down 3 times in the entire 12 rounds. Obviously, the score would heavily be on the side of the challenger, Chris Billam-Smith. But that was not the case because one judge seems to see the fight entirely differently. I don't know if his eyes are blurry or if he is just paid to do that job. This kind of garbage had been happening so many times in the sport and I don't think it will be stopped easily as judges become biased about the fight. Now, that judge is in the hot seat with so many fans fired up at how he scored the game. Anyway, Chris still won the WBO World Cruiserweight, thankfully, and he stained the record of the ex-champion, now with 1 loss in his career. I haven't seen the fight though, but maybe what we are seeing is the "Dave Moretti" effect?  But in any case, it's really hard to stop this kind of bias scoring for these boxing judges. The corruption is really deep-rooted in boxing right now and judges never knows how to be fair and score the fight live because they could have been in the payroll. Anyhow, it's good that we have a new champion and the other 2 judges score it to Chris Billam-Smith. |
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You want to get cured of compulsive gambling because you are too deep into it and you are under professional supervision to cure your addiction, your physician asks you to undergo hypnosis to cure your deep-rooted addiction, will you allow it
Yes / No Why
Hmm, I will say no, I don't know what will be the implications of this kind of therapy if done to myself. It's different when you have to fight it out yourself, as compare to some medical professional playing with your brains? The side-effects might be slim and rare, but still though there is that small chance. So if I admitted that I have gambling addictions in the beginning, then maybe there are other methods to control or even stop it without me going into this tool to treat my gambling addiction, just saying. Plus, it could be expensive? |
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I would say that Celtics got lucky on this one, they are on the brink of being eliminated as the Heat made a massive comeback and then Marcus Smart missed that shot.
But who wouldn't think that the ball falls on the hand of White at the right time and was able to put it back. Very sad lost for the Heat and now they are going to go on a hostile Boston Garden and I now I'm thinking that the Celtics could be on the verge of making a history as the first team to make a comeback from 0-3 deficit. And unfortunately for us who bet on the Heat at ML when we thought of cashing it out already. I really get the luck part where we agree that Boston Celtics's Derrick White was just able release the ball just before the clock expired, I'm sure if you watch that sequence you'd recall that it was just 2.1 seconds left on the clock but the referee reviewed and made it 3 seconds, if the clock had been left at 2.1, there was no way White would have been able to put up that shot right ? but at the same time, Boston Celtics were already in confident lead during the game by more than double digit but somehow let it slip, and why I really don't want buy the Boston Celtics were lucky card is simply because, it takes more than just luck come back from 3-0 down in series to even things up, I'd err on the side that they did their home work and it paid off in the end, than they were just being lucky. I would say that the Celtics were only lucky on the last sequence because Miami could have already won the game if the clock was properly adjusted based on the correct time left. That is the current debate, not what the Boston Celtics have done throughout the entire game. However, since the game is already over, the Heat could complain if they want to, but hopefully, that will not distract their focus in the last game of the series. I believe they still have a shot at winning. Everything really transpired on the Heat to lose that game, like you mentioned the clock, it was critical error? or it is that the referee knows, in any case, we really don't know what will be the scenario on the precious seconds remaining. I also have one scenario in mind wherein if by chance that put back by White will just send the game into overtime and the Heat has another chance? Anyhow, Boston on the verge now, the whole narrative has change for the Heat. But don't count them yet, just saying, if the Celtics is the lucky one on game 6, maybe the tide with change for the Heat. |
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