I'm happy for you on this bold step and I say congratulations. You have put to practice òur discussion in various threads regarding Bitcoin accumulation especially now that price is still very low.

I will like to know if you are adopting the DCA method that @JayJuanGee did excellent job at explaining or this is just a one off buy pending when you also have more funds. Personally, I have been using the former and the results have been incredible. 

This sequence of altcoins pump after Bitcoin huge growth have been around for a while and is called the altcoins season. What I do not know is if this trend will continue considering that a lot of altcoins have turned out to be shitcoins. Within few years now, we have seen popular altcoins with huge market caps crash, leaving people in various degrees of pain and agony. The recent being Luna is an experience no one wish to ever have again. This is why people are increasingly leaving altcoins for Bitcoin.  The continuous increase in Bitcoin dominance confirms this.

Even though it will be difficult to know exactly how things will turn out, it is obvious that the awareness of people about Bitcoin have grown so much following the role it played when the war in Ukraine broke out as well as that of Gaza. Many people resorted to Bitcoin which never fail to deliver irrespective of location. Therefore, the popularity of Bitcoin surely come with more inflow of capital.

I'm very happy that someone understands the post correctly and have seen some merits in it. Your example above is a clear indication that you are really following my point. Now let's be realistic for once, if your win rate is not up to 3/10, and you are actively gambling, then you are obviously sliding into depression caused by perpetual loses. In that case, you need to check your strategy if it is actually working.

The other part of your concern is how possible it would be to get 5 odds to make a single bet slip in that series. Well, I just check leagues and teams that are consistent in delivering one outcome and play just those teams. For instance, Bournemouth have been consistent in scoring this season so whoever they are playing, I give them to score atleast a goal and that is it. Another one is that Fulham have been very good at home, so whoever they meet at home will have a hard time winning them so I give them to score a goal or double chance, whichever I consider safer base on who they are meeting,  will be selected. 3 to 4 matches of these nature gives me the 5 odds for the bet slip. The success rate of things like this is high so the 4/10 expectation is realistic.

A lot of gamblers do not have gambling budget, they gamble until they are completely burnt. I consider this careless habit as addiction because it is only addiction that can keep someone hopeful even when it is obvious that day was not his day.

To enjoy gambling, one must be able to take it formally as a business and draw up budget that should be managed meticulous, employing the highest form of discipline to follow these pre-gambling decisions. You don't expect to go far in gambling when you follow it casually, gambling upon receipt of any funds.

When there is failure in planning, then all the outlined facial expressions of pains and agony are inevitable.

I don't blame scammers that come up with these obvious dubious schemes, I blame those who fall for them. Assuming people are not falling for these cheap scams, they will not have the motivation to continue. Hey, it's Christmas and scammers are on the loose again, don't let greed make you lose what you have... there is no investment that pays 40% per day!

I don't think that the decision to invest in Bitcoin should be taken in a hurry because to hold Bitcoin requires more than just investing any money at your disposal. You must make effort to plan your finances in such a way that some funds will be set aside for any emergency that may arise which was not expected, like the "financial need" you stated. If such provisions are not made, even if you adopt the option of investing $200 every month, you will surely sell your assets or some of them when emergency arises. Hence, it is better to think properly and plan well before starting the investment process if longevity of the asset must be assured.

I quite agree with you on the decision aspect but I seem to defer on the risk aspect. Bitcoin seems more risky for short term investors than long term investors. Apart from loss of assets due to hacks and others, holding Bitcoin actually have minimal risk from what we have seen so far.

I apply this method mainly in sports betting. I already stated that the target is 5 odds per bet. Just to be clear, the winning can be more that 4 times in a series of 10 bets, it can also be less but the target is usually to win 4 times in a space of 10 bets. Assuming I have $100 to gamble with, I will have to divide this amount into 10 equal parts for 10 different bets of $10 each. Each winning will give me $50 since the cumulative odds per bet is 5. 4 wins will give me a total of $200 which already doubles my capital and cancels all losses I could possibly incur with the other 6 bets.

From the example I gave above, 3 wins out of 10 bets will still give about 50% profits.

Any gambler that experiences 10 loses out of 10 bets should have to either reconsider his approach and pattern of selecting games or consider quitting gambling as it may not be something for him. Gambling is not that complicated if you one cannot get 5 odds after several trying unless the gambler is not well prepared to analyzed the selections with open mind and present form.

I'm supper excited to be part of this famous campaign; thank you for the privilege.  I have updated my signature and avatar at once.

I just felt I should bring this up here maybe it will help someone in managing expectations and the entire gambling process.

From experience, I have realised that many people run into problems when they focused so much on winning a particular bet amd when such bet fails, they easily slide into psychological crisis.  Considering that gambling is a game of probability with the chances of losing higher than that of winning, it is therefore expected we work out ways of approaching it so we can remain profitable.

One way of approach is to focus on winning certain number of bets in a series of bets. For instance, you can target to win at least 4 bets in a series of 10 bets with the odds being at least 5 odds. This way, you can lose 6 times and win 4 times yet you still remain highly profitable.

This is my approach and through it, I don't get depress over few loses. This method works for me and I feel it will also work for others. Your opinion are highly welcomed.

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10 years in this forum is a wonderful achievement. I do admire the courage, patience and foresight of those early adopters. Reading your early post reminds me a lot about how many of us started... without doubts, discouragements, fear but finally we are still here. Thanks for sharing this post that have motivated me so much and congratulations for spending a decade here.

I think this is a psychological problem faced by majority of gamblers. As a matter of fact, gambling is designed to make you hopeful of winning always and if you are not careful, you might become complacent.

It takes effort to overcome the urge to continue gambling after major wins. Those who have been able to master gambling and all it takes to remain in the business ensure they fix this psychological problem as soon as they can.

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Every gambling addict has a story similar to this, big win at the beginning before they become entangled in the euphoria of easy money. It is always good we discuss this kind of things in this forum so that people will learn from others mistakes. Gambling is a very profitable business when followed systematically with greed and fear under check.

He is neither a hero nor a fool but somebody taking proactive measures in solving his personal problems. You are not in his shoes so you will not know the extent of damage he might have suffered from his ordeal. Gambling is not for everyone, so since he realised he had to stop gambling, the approach he adopted may just be what he consider most effective. There are a lot of gambling addicts who cannot help themselves unless they adopt this approach.  

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It seems the participants Antotena have been accepted in both Rollbit.com campaigns. I don't know if this is an oversight.

Meanwhile I made application for this slot and will be happy to be part of this campaign if I meet your your requirement.

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Westham United do not have any reason not to give their best in this match even though they are playing away. Unfortunately,  Fulham is drilling them mercilessly even from first half. Should we say it is fatigue from too many matches on the side of WestHam? The game play shows that Fulham is not only scoring them but also playing better. The three goals lead in first half is not a mistake.

It seems the woes of Manchester City is not yet over. Maybe that is how things are aligning for Arsenal to carry the Premier League after many years of trying. If Luton holds their one goal lead aganst Manchester City  as it is as at now, it will begin to be clear that Arsenal will have a hitch free season.

Obviously, you made the best decision because Luton has taken the lead in the first half.

I don't have huge capital to put into gambling, I ensure I gamble with what am comfortable with and that has helped me maintain my sanity. I wouldn't encourage anyone to go beyond his limits so as to appear serious minded. Gambling is a long term investment for me so I try to see it as that.

As for consistency and profitability,  I have been doing so well lately following my adjustment of my method of play. I think the improvement is because the European season have gone far and have become easier to predict since we can already see the forms and performance of the various teams.

Wether we accept if or not, it is a matter of time before privacy will be dead I regards to Bitcoin and cryptocurrency in general. The recent developments have already shown that anything that has privacy attached to it will either be taken down tagged a bad name like "dark net". The authorities want to see everything and they will stop at nothing to achieve that, we don't have a choice other than to comply like we are already doing.

Maybe they have to find a new meaning of privacy,  like privacy provided by the authorities or controlled by them.

At the moment, we might still feel there can be privacy in the digital space but soon we will come to term with reality that nothing is and will be really private

The bookies are so designed that any option you chose will have a corresponding odd which increases as the risk increases and vice versa. Consequently,  direct wins have higher odds than 3ways.

I prefer direct wins after painstaking analysis of the match; since I play just few matches, 3ways will require I combine many matches to achieve a reasonable odd and this is not what I'm willing to do.