Because it is commonly known as vice, at least, regulatory speaking. Gambling, alcohol, prostitution. The illegal versions of it, anyway. In fact, almost anything that can be illegal, is portrayed negatively almost everywhere. That's just how the world is. Just look at Bitcoin. Apart from the forums and some media, it's generally still portrayed negatively.

Accept that some things can never be accepted.

Hi Nitro. First time I have ever seen this. My IP seems to have also been banned so I cannot go in and bet or even view any odds now. I know you say to contact support, but I would rather just wait - my account IP will often change as I usually log in from dynamic IP so whitelisting IP is most likely useless. Can't you guys just whitelist old accounts? You know a lot of us access gambling from restricted countries so it is very likely you can see people on recycled IPs from our "providers".

I love these kinds of hunches, love it. I've also got a hunch Digibyte, on the way to "beating" Bitcoin, will shock and awe everyone by the sheer number of people using it. I see online Digibyte casinos even, which I guess must be raking in all the wagers. When alts can see even 1% of their market cap being used in volume OTHER than trading, then they can start talking. Looks like it's still profitable to shill after all these years.

I gamble with Bitcoin only at the moment, and a very small amount of ETH which one of my sites accepts. I have to say since all the limits there did not change, I did not change my habits. Always played in BTC values, and yes at the back of my mind I am thinking of dollars but at the end of the day this just means in the peak I was gambling two or three times more in dollars than I am now.

Small effect on thinking, but no effect at all I would say on gambling.

I want to make one bet before World Cup starts and it will just be a quick guess to put some money down that I can forget about and maybe win at the end of the tournament. Brazil is always favorites no matter what. Germany are not the same team they used to be, and we have guys like Ozil (of Turkish descent) who will now not even get all of the German support due to his Erdogan appearance.

Brazil to reach final at 5/2 and 12/5 is most of the odds offered so that is my bet.

Don't be unnecessarily stupid. First of all, you do not have to declare any of it. You will just be laughed at or treated like a criminal. If the rules do not state you have to declare, then don't. Don't be a wise guy.

Also, why would you need to carry any of it with you anyway? Carry your private key or seed if you REALLY want to.

So, Mt Gox whale selling off + South Korea authorities clampdown + US Dept of Justice scrutinizing everything crypto = 20% crash in prices? If this is the worst that happens after all these threats come together, then we should be in for a real ride upwards when even 1 good thing happens in the near future. Come on guys, there is no reason or rhyme, we should have understood that by now. Just another day in crypto office.

Look at the old threads in the ANN section and token ANNs and you'll get your answers there. In fact, list all new ANNs from today until the end of the year and have a look on 1 January 2019. I guarantee you'll quickly find the first failures. This year will also see the failures of many ICOs from last year. We've seen plenty of huge projects already fail in deadlines, much less products. Monaco comes to mind. Hyped to high degrees. Cards gotten delayed and delayed. The list goes on.

Wow, what a find. And this thread was made almost around the time I first started learning about Ethereum.

The ending point is the chief point of all my arguments against Ethereum as well. Yes, I have learnt to respect it. Yes, I have even bought a little to add to my "holdings". Yes, I can even marvel at some of the achievements.

But I cannot forget that every time I consider it long term, I ask myself: can I trust that Vitalik is smarter than Satoshi? Or. Can I trust Vitalik?

It never ceases to amaze me that tokens like these continue to develop and grow... and even pull in more hordes of people. Even after all the early signs that would normally make any company ashamed of itself for trying to get away with amateur things. Tron and EOS are the two most recent examples in my memory that I just stayed away from as soon as I saw their painfully obvious coding deficiencies. But here we are today and they are both still pulling in the crowds.

Does anyone think Tron getting a mainnet only now is such an incredibly funny thing?

LTC is nothing compared to ETH? You would have to compare coins in the same class, actually, and this is where the oranges start to look less like apples. I have grown to have some respect for Ethereum over the last months, though not yet converted to their cause, whatever it is. I even bought a little for mid term holding, but ETH's status in the market is derived from all its marketing push and currently game apps. Don't tell me about utility tokens and commercial dapps other than games. Take a look at tx on networks and it all speaks for itself.

Well, that's what stop losses are for, aren't they? I'm honestly always surprised to hear that most traders buy the dip, thinking they made the smart move, only to lose it all and more just buying more into dips. Get yourself straight first. You're a trader, not a holder. If you buy to hold, then fine, every dip is your cheaper entry point. But if you trade, keep to the basics. Entry point Exit point. Simple. Win or lose. Then you survive several dips until recovery happens.

Bear markets actually mean the opposite of what you're thinking. Yes, I know, there are those who look to buy specifically in bear markets, but the bear is defined by the majority of sellers, not buyers, defined by the weak demand, defined by the encouragement to sell rather than to buy.

It is the bull that encourages people to buy and hold.

I was more nervous when it was approaching and then hit past $800 to be honest, although the nerves were more related to Bitcoin's climb to 10,000. I'm really keen to see crypto move around these tight ranges (for ETH that's 600-800) for a very long time, as I feel this is the important consolidation phase that's been neglected for too long. Further dips would be okay too.

Sweeping statement but true enough for everyone who is in this forum and reading this thread. Greed is the motivator for profit, which is the objective of gambling. True, some people only gamble for leisure but these will never be considered "good gamblers". I don't believe in such a concept, but I definitely agree that there are bad losers, and bad winners. Those who don't know when to stop, basically, whether losing or winning.

Site opens for me. It's not a business opportunity or a site claiming to offer insider tips on rigged matches. Just a rather simple site of about 5 pages explaining how sports rigging or match fixing happens.

Has a form to submit information, but I don't know why anyone would do this when they would prefer to just report to enforcement authorities. Whistleblowers thankfully are still alive and well in sports.

Thanks for the post. I rarely thank people for these type of posts but I had NO idea these types of scaling solutions existed for Ethereum. To be honest, I'd already heard about Plasma, but I thought it was simply a tech upgrade (like Lightning Network is to Bitcoin?) that would help scale, so I guess I still have a lot to learn. I'm going to spend time now looking at these, Striim looks a little quirky at first glance.

Phew, hard to decide. I've made a lot of profit from Verge already and the ones I hold left are for pure speculative value, but I wonder if the recent hacks + market dip in general mean this is a super discount? Always tempting in these dips but I will want to be cautious in case the floors give way more.

I'm adding to my general hoardings: Waves and Stratis platform currency, Litecoin.

You missed out on one of the big things about this token, other than the fact that it is associated with one of the most famous names in dice gambling. You usually only get one kind of hope for holding a token, and that is whether it grows in price or not. But CSNO gives you an additional bonus for holding out, dividends! All holders get share of BitDice profits, distributed proportionally to the % of tokens they hold. That's almost guaranteed profits every quarter (barring losses, which is long term unlikely with casinos). House always wins.

And here comes all the panic. Was really surprised to see ETH drop so hard but with Bitcoin just falling, there was really no other way for this to not slide. Just slipping below $600 as I speak in one market. Guess a lot of people sold when it hit $820 weeks ago, then again when it recovered to $720 just a few days ago. People aren't patient, you see.