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1001  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Possible measures to stop online gambling addiction. on: August 12, 2023, 09:08:30 AM

Your browser will still collect your data from the past and will still feed you ads about casinos.
In fact, even if you are just thinking about poker, the ads presented on some websites you regularly visit prompts casino ads.  I think they are turning on the microphones in our phones so that if you talk loud about you playing online casinos, the bots will recognize what ads to feed on your browsing.

But you are finding a reason to blame your addiction, if you really want to stop, just think about stopping every time you feel like gambling again.
1002  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: What should I do if the cloudbet casino withdrawal is delayed for more than 56 h on: August 12, 2023, 08:49:37 AM

Until they haven't suspended your account all you can do is wait. As they said above, those complains in the past were resolved, I guess yours will also be resolved by just waiting.

I would also be paranoid about what is going on if they let me wait longer than 24 hours. That's enough to scream scam to a casino for holding it too long. Especially since we have seen many casinos just don't care about bad reputations as long as they still can operate.
1003  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Signs that indicate you are not addicted to gambling on: August 11, 2023, 07:43:46 PM
First sign is to have the betting apps on your phone, some of us see it as a means of survive in this poor economy, But its really eaten up the little savings we have already. Its very difficult to get away from gambling, its only God that can save one from this addict.
Some are just lucky to be winning everyday, and they never see any evil in it, but those that lose everyday called it evil, that's the problem of gamble.
Having a betting apps on your phone is not a bad idea, am having a betting app on my mobile phone and that those not mean that am spending all my money on gambling, i just prefer gambling on my mobile phone rather visiting a gambling shop to gamble. The set of people that see gambling as a source of income are the once that are addicted to gambling, and most of them are just wasting money in gambling, because at the end if the money spent on gambling and the amount they have won is calculated, it will show that they are just wasting money, because their loss will be more than the amount they have won.

I think he is also right about it. None of us really installed a casino app as the browser works for the most part. Not sure why there is the need to unless the casino is giving privileges to those who install the app and in that case the addicts will really dive into it even if it's just free spins. The economy is killing everyone including the middle class who has more savings than the regular McDonald's crew. If the free spins give hope, I see no reason not to try it.

However only a few casinos that has apps actually particularly crypto casinos. Those fiat casinos I guess will do, addicts wouldn't mind.
1004  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: The fight between Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk. Who you betting on? on: August 11, 2023, 07:17:17 PM

Elopn twitted today that the fight will be in Rome and not with UFC lol https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1689963696703848449
Okay, so they are serious after all. So it might really happen unless he is just trolling about that ancient arena of the gladiators. But yep he is promoting Meta and X.

Elon must have been banking on his height like he could really fight in this sport. This is gonna be a money-making business for them. Funny Dana White was scratched out after making the hype.
1005  Other / Archival / Re: [A Bit of History] The most generous airdrop in the crypto history on: August 11, 2023, 07:10:39 PM

BTC airdrop today will not be that huge anymore. It's impossible to happen these days. But during that time they were saying that Faucets was sending 5BTC per claim. You could only wish you were active during that time and had kept those coins as well.

There are tons of airdrops since 2016, they only require to join the telegram channel. The 400 UNI that was airdropped to its first users I think is also generous enough for me. Especially if you have used Uniswap with a few other ETH wallets you have. 
1006  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 🥊 The UFC Info and Prediction Thread on: August 11, 2023, 06:26:11 PM

I guess I'd be the first to list my picks for this  UFC Fight Night.

Luque could KO RDA in round 2 unless his nose malfunctions again.
Put my money on Dawodu as he is young while Cub is old. Nothing is seriously a threat since Cub still has his hard chin so maybe Dawodu by decision.
I would be hoping to see a violent Rountree again like in the old UFC and Daukaus is not his best too since he is cutting down to LHW. He'd be fighting while dehydrated.
1007  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Signs that indicate you are not addicted to gambling on: August 11, 2023, 06:04:07 PM
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3. They don't regret losing, but just think it's part of gambling.
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In my opinion, gambling addicts and non-addicts both regret when they lose their game. The only thing that differentiates them is that people who are addicted to gambling will continue to play regardless of their financial condition and they tend to be aggressive and don't care about their condition. Whereas people who are not addicted to gambling, they tend to think rationally and keep thinking about their financial condition and tend to hold back from gambling again.

While you have mentioned the emotions of regret related to gambling addicts and non-addicts, I will not agree with the point that non-addicted gamblers not be prepared for a loss. They should be prepared for both loss and win.

Why would a non-addicted gambler will be sad about the gambling loss? I think such a gambler already knows the risk involved in the game and he would be prepared for the loss. This means that he would not risk too much that a loss from gambling will lead to a change in his mood. He must have a money management plan with him and therefore we put him in the non-addicted gamblers category.


A lot of people would say emotion should be controlled whether you are trading or gambling, but it's not true. You can't control emotions, it's the action that you can control. Anyone who loses will feel sad or regret losing money but whatever he does after that is what he can control. If he drinks and does drugs after it, it's up to him. If he can control and not chase the loss, it's good.

If one nongambler or a gambler just stops gambling and resumes back to what he was doing before he strays into gambling then he is not addicted.
1008  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Tyson Fury vs Francis Ngannou Boxing October 28 on: August 11, 2023, 05:08:43 PM

So much for the Fury vs Ngannou clown show, Mike Tyson vs Fedor Emelianenko might just be among the card this October.  Consider this post as a filler though it's a bit of an off-topic, I just want to insert the info to leave a bad taste. So who you got and how does it play out?

This is Fedor's death wish by the way I guess Tyson wouldn't say no to someone that is dying. Mikie still got it, somehow he showed it in his last with Roy Jones.

1009  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Tyson Fury vs Francis Ngannou Boxing October 28 on: August 11, 2023, 09:17:08 AM

It sounds like Tyson wants Tyson to lose according to his interview this isn't such a lopsided fight after all after examining Francis. But of course, he will be saying this since he is paid to train Francis.

Mike knows that at a certain age like 37, it's a lot harder to train someone to become a boxer unlike Fury who had been boxing his entire life. However it may end, Francis will still have the greatest story of his life from rugs to riches.
1010  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Sudden Wealth Syndrome (SWS) In Gambling on: August 11, 2023, 06:37:16 AM
Sudden changes in a person's financials is never a good thing. A poor person who became rich in a very short time will have difficulties to adapt to the new reality.

I can imagine. If you live in a modest neighbourhood and you win a fortune, what do you do, do you tell everyone? If you do, you're putting yourself on the target of thieves and kidnappers, plus a lot of people will start asking you for money. If you don't and for example you move without telling anyone, you disappear from the neighbourhood and move to a rich area, suddenly you are friendless and you have to try to adapt to the new reality.

That's why I think the best way to get rich is slowly and if you get something, make sure it's a big but not exorbitant amount, although you can't choose about that.

Not the kind of reality, something worse. When money gets into the head of this person, he may start demanding and oppressing people who are less fortunate.

I can compare this to someone I know who after his sister became a lawyer, got friends in the government position and after a short period of time land grabs the farms belonging to their cousins. People suddenly fee like they are above the law when they have money.
1011  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Tyson Fury vs Francis Ngannou Boxing October 28 on: August 10, 2023, 09:13:28 PM


Imho, the fact that he was a boxer, does not mean he can be a good coach. Punching people is one thing, but seeing everything (opponent) from different angle, building strategy, planning, training is different.


It's different when you have someone in your corner who's been there and have one everything, Mike can impart some of his skill in the ring but of course, Mike Tyson is different from Ngannou, in Mike Tyson's heydays he has no strategy he just goes there and goes for the kill, he believes that everyone has a plan until they get hit, so if Mike can teach how to throw a more powerful punch and hit the target at the right time, Ngannou has a good chance, checking the poll here it's a close one, but we have a long way to go, and there's plenty of time for Mike to teach Ngannou everything he knows.


Tyson   - 19 (54.3%)
Ngannou   - 16 (45.7%)
Draw   - 0 (0%)
Total Voters: 35

Yeah, a prime Mike Tyson is very scary, but I do think that he trains hard as well during his early days that's why he almost knockout his opponents.

But going back to this fight, he could motivate Francis too and maybe gives one or two pointers on how to throw that devastating knockout if he sees one. Votes though are very close in our community. But if you look at sports bookies, they really favor Tyson Fury and Francis is like 6:1 underdog. So it's just a matter of execution for Francis and he should be aware on how he can preserved his energy for the later rounds.

Ngannou might only be good if he is the one dictating the game because this would be what Mike would teach him to be. Not like a technical fighter who will identify patterns of how Fury reacts to certain approaches. Ngannou may fail in being a pressure fighter against Fury but he only needs one punch.

Like what Mike was always quoted. Everybody has a plan until they got punched in the face. Though it's a long shot, I would still hope for Ngannou to win. A new face coming from a very depressed country rising like Pheonix.




1012  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: The fight between Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk. Who you betting on? on: August 10, 2023, 06:49:40 PM

Dana is also behind the hype of this as he had been setting up the two yet he can't give a final date of when the battle will be.
But in an interview no one is ducking anyone and he got a point when he says the two are not professional fights for a living.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boRl-jOJ9IM&t=362s

I still think this is not happening because of Dana's response. If he had been talking to both of these billionaires and still are unsure of the dates then its the billionaires is the one playing Dana.
Yeah, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerburg are one of the most powerful people in our world right now and it is still their decision if they will get along with the hype of Dana created. Both of them are had their own footage of doing MMA trainings and both of them are trained or guided by professional MMA fighter. There's still a chance that they will both fight and honestly I'm rooting for them to fight. I'm speculating that if the fight happens, the losing player will either X(twitter) or facbook stocks will be affected by the outcome.

I can only assume Zucker vs Musk fight will happen in the metaverse since later in this interview, you will learn that UFC and meta ventured into the metaverse. I guess only their avatars will fight in the Metaverse. Nothing serious about this especially because they are not really into combat sports.

In the Metaverse, anything can happen. Everyone onboard in meta can have their own avatar created by AI and can do all sorts of sports. Thats where we are heading I guess yet we still can bet.
1013  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: The fight between Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk. Who you betting on? on: August 10, 2023, 05:23:14 PM

Dana is also behind the hype of this as he had been setting up the two yet he can't give a final date of when the battle will be.
But in an interview no one is ducking anyone and he got a point when he says the two are not professional fights for a living.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boRl-jOJ9IM&t=362s

I still think this is not happening because of Dana's response. If he had been talking to both of these billionaires and still are unsure of the dates then its the billionaires is the one playing Dana.
1014  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Sudden Wealth Syndrome (SWS) In Gambling on: August 10, 2023, 05:12:20 PM

If you show the world you live a high life once upon a time and then suddenly you couldn't afford it anymore then your friends will really wonder you are not going out anymore when you used to like hanging out back when you still have a lot of money. So this SWS will affect your socialization.

But I don't see this as a disorder. Anyone who suddenly got a huge wealth that you are not used to may really decide to do something with the money after especially if they earn it easily.
1015  Other / Off-topic / Re: Keeping your gambling habit a secret. on: August 10, 2023, 04:59:00 PM

Some of these people are professionals and don't wanna publicize what they are doing as can hurt their reputation or be judged. A doctor and is also a father who is looked up to by their kids. Their kids look at them as their heroes so it would make sense to just keep it a secret. Just let it be known to no one and continue their life as it should.

When kids turn teens somehow a prejudice is created in their minds and think less of their parents.
And at the same time, parents protect those kids so will not gamble if they know their parents don't gamble.
1016  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: The fight between Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk. Who you betting on? on: August 09, 2023, 08:38:27 PM
I still feel like Elon Musk was and is just bragging about it but things get little bit too big. I think Elon Musk is probably gonna use that surgery thing as excuse, nothing other. I would definitely love to watch billionaires fight each other - not denying this - but it still feels too awkward and weird and probably not gonna happen. Youtubers did these fights many times for likes, subs, money and also gambling sponsors but billionaires don't exactly need those in their lives. I hope Elon Musk is not misleading us all.

I didn’t see this fight being a reality then and I still don’t see it happening now. It definitely would be really good to watch billionaires trade blows and knock each others teeth out. But as much as I along with a lot of people would love to see this fight become a reality, I doubt that it would. In my opinion, both men have absolutely nothing to gain by fighting in a cage match. They don’t actually need the money nor publicity that would be gotten from the fight. They’re both wealthy and famous already and don’t stand to gain anything from the fight.
Concerning this fight, I think Elon isn’t being serious and perhaps is having a few laughs at our expense.

These two are not like Jake Paul who makes money out of it, they are wealthier than anyone in boxing nor form UFC. Why they would fight physically is just beyond the understanding of billionaires, any of them who will lose this fight will be shamed to death on social media which the two also own each social media site.

They will not fight literally in the cage but will just keep bashing on twitter after all, this is kind of an index to watch out or Elon so he'll know people are still using his X than that new Threads.
1017  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Reckless gambling starts after a win round. on: August 09, 2023, 07:33:37 PM
Do you think its possible to become addicted to gambling when you haven't win a dime or after you win?

When the person starts chasing the loss he'd made. That's when he takes a dive deeper and will probably end up gambling more and losing more as well. At first, he will look for strategies to win and tries these strategies with some amount of money. The next he will try another game as well he never knew before just thinking he would win.

It doesn't really start with a win before a person will try over and over but usually, it is after a win that drives his hope.
1018  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: It's on! 2024 US Presidential Election Biden+Harris Vs Trump Bitcoin betting.... on: August 09, 2023, 06:56:34 PM
Basically it is all about Trump is a "criminal", we know this now, you can believe it or not but that's the official fact, you can consider this as just "they are attacking him" or whatever, but he has been indicted and officially on the record as a criminal. This means that, "democracy", as in we can vote whoever we want, is working if Trump is nominated, but is it really what everyone needs?

By this logic, could they have voted for Dahmer as well, I am talking about in theory, if a criminal is capable of being elected, by that logic Dahmer could have been voted, he was a criminal too, why the difference? If someone committed treason while they are on the job, then I am sorry but this is beyond democracy, he shouldn't be allowed to be elected at all.

Legally Trump is not a criminal, he is a defendant. He is not guilty until proven otherwise by a jury of his peers in a fair trial.
Though, I understand your point, he is being politically attacked by his foes both in national TV and in speeches for the crimes he is being indicted for and sadly that is how news and social media work nowadays.

The hosts on TV are more interested to label Trump as a criminal (before there is a final judgment) and convince their viewers about it than presenting facts and events in a neutral manner.

Let us not commit a mistake, though. Trump is far from being a good person, but the political left can be equally as extreme as their political opponents when it is about throwing dirt on them.  Roll Eyes

He is less evil though. During his time, he fought no war. Media prosecution is just too much and Biden is winning that battle but in social media, it's a different platform where the legacy media has almost no influence. It's just facebook and twitter trying to censor those posts and ban users.

Even when the time Trump was the president a single tiny mistake is magnified by the media but in the time of Biden where evidence shows how corrupt the big man is, the media just ignores it.
1019  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Peer pressure as a substantial gambling catalyst. on: August 09, 2023, 05:31:42 PM

My cousins play cards on most weekends and I tend to go visit their place every weekend too. I'm not sure if it can be considered peer pressure as I always play along after all we are just cousins and the money won are often chip-in for the drinks. It doesn't need teasing for me to sit on the blackjack table even with just $10 capital.

It's the social media influencers that promote casinos who are really converting non-gamblers to start exploring since they show it's easy to win from games like Minesweeper.
1020  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: List of casinos that allows "free spins and no deposit" on: August 09, 2023, 05:07:04 PM
The Decentralized casino that supposedly will not ask KYC is even asking when you try to withdraw. It's hard to come by the kind of casinos OP asked but free spins are offered to the majority of the casino and it's just unsure whether the user can withdraw.

I don't see any reason why you would be looking for these kinds of casinos unless you are just going to keep playing the free spins hoping for your lucky strike. Or promote them in an article with your ref link, that's been done every now and then as newbies are attracted to these publications.
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