No doubt, technology has helped so much in the casino industry, and with the AI initiatives and the way they are advancing on it these days, we should expect more. Just like you, in my country then, though, you may still count more than 30 physical casinos in an urban area, but you will only see those playing Pool and Lotto, nothing more. And if you needed to play games at that time, you will play it with a friend on a friendship level and not on a betting level. I mean the games like, Ludo, Whot, "Ayo Olopon" and many more. But today, they use the traditional idea to code them into computer programs which play a huge part in what we see in casinos and I do not think there are certain games now that are being played physically that are not playing electronically today.

For this, instead of having so many casino outlets playing numerous games, it is easier online, and a single casino platform can harbour thousands of game options in its system, which is not possible with physical casinos the way they are played then unless the casinos play it electronically as we see today. Aside from the starting capital, the new face of a casino is cost-effective in my opinion. The cost of building the physical house that will contain all the needed game options is a huge money compared to what it is online today where it can be easily achieved and cost less. You will not need more employees as well compared to old ways if the same number of games are to be observed.

Every country is formed on the law and constitution, if not, everyone would be doing as they like without being guilty of ill acts. There is nothing they would not capture in writing the constitution/law which includes that of gambling. It's a must that the position of the country would be clearly made known about gambling activities both offline and online and how they would be regulated and taxed for the benefit of the country, if allowed.

Now, it is either they are for it or against it as we see countries where gambling is allowed and countries where it is illegal. In plain terms, no country can be without a gambling law, so what you are asking is not just possible.

Your concluding part is not related to what you narrated in any way, you never added the money you are betting the game with, nor did you talk about the risk level you take by betting it. However, a gambler can bet the way they want and what you think you do not know might be well-known to you. Though all are about gambling but gambling could still be ignorantly analysed well. You have talked about it already, you may not know the teams playing from Adams but when you are watching them live, your observations and instincts could tell you a whole lot about what will happen and that is enough for you to speculate rightly.

Although all is still about gambling but in the process of watching it live, you can make an informed decision simply due to your instinct and still win the match easily. There are many ways gamblers speculate and we can't remove the one you talked about from it. But for me, I bet with the team(s) I am sure about and I use past records in all ramifications to conclude on the betting to be surer on what to do.

Emotion, Overconfidence, Fear and Anxiety are the four points I could extract from what you wrote, and the fact still remains that all of them can be encapsulated under emotions since Overconfidence, Fear and Anxiety are emotional factors and when we defeat the emotion totally, we have them all defeated as well. It is all about being disciplined and making sure that we are determined about what we want to do without any iota of deviation from it.

Now, we can get to regulate and manage ourselves entirely to avoid them by tackling them for the reasons that caused them in the first place. As we know, overconfidence is caused by the emotion of being overbearing about ourselves and what we are capable of. This actually shows that we believe too much in ourselves. Since this is the cause, we can reverse it by moderating the way we think of ourselves. It will be easy for us to change it if we believe that we are not perfect and we can make mistakes and rather be neutral instead of being overconfident.

As for fear and anxiety, fear is more the cause of the issues in gambling than anxiety, it makes us abstain from gambling when we should gamble but pushes us to gamble when we should not. It also makes us reduce the risk we take when we should increase the risk, or increase the risk when we should reduce it. But for anxiety, it is a lesser evil in gambling and I believe it often happens in line with impatience when we are expecting the outcome of our gambling.

Lastly, there is one important point that you clearly omitted, and that is greed. I fear Greed and Fear in gambling as the main factors that cause the loss of gamblers. Greed often happens when we are not contented but want more. This is especially true when we are gaining but want more until our greed puts us in trouble. Above all, we should be disciplined in gambling, we should have a good approach towards it even as we have the best budgets and plans towards gambling.

As simple as you called/viewed the Signature Campaign here, it is so powerful to deliver more for companies even as many are wasting their money for marketing purposes elsewhere. With a huge number of active users and readers here, there's no doubt that this forum is a huge marketplace where buyers and sellers are being brought together regularly. This may not be a direct engagement, but really, it delivers with the track traffic and converting records.

Besides, I do not blame the OP on this, and as he said, it is out of curiosity since the Signature Campaign style of marketing is not so popular, unlike the normal ads/banners, influencers on social media platforms and adverts on websites. But really, this is a huge forum that has more traffic than most of the websites that companies use for adverts, and many of the influencers on social media platforms do not have the high number of readers and SEOs that this forum generates.

And of course, those bonuses and competitions you mentioned are happening here, many would add it as a point of attraction with the design and writing on their Signature Campaigns to easily attract the target audience. For this, I am sure that brand new casinos can still come here straight away to advertise and get popular. However, one thing they need to put in place to help us with for better success is to have a good platform and give quality services that are worth making the needed conversion.

Responsible gambling does not have an alternative, and if we do not adhere to it because of ourselves, we should endeavour to do it because of our family and dependent(s). Gambling can easily carry us away if we are not careful, we can be addicted when we least expect, and if we do not further have self-control, it will lead to more issues that would cause us to lose miserably and uncontrollably. This is irresponsible but the love of our family is enough for us to fight and win against gambling addiction and all the irresponsible behaviour that can result from it. It is either we choose it or those who are dear to us. It would now be so foolish of those who would choose gambling addiction over their family, this would have shown the level of irresponsibility in such a person.

Besides, some would say that it is not their fault but the addiction in them, notwithstanding, I think otherwise, you can fight it if you want, especially if you love those who are suffering due to your ignoble acts. No one is stopping anyone from gambling, but we should rather moderate it and be responsible towards it. If not, we will only be losing money and still making our loved ones suffer. Now think of it, when the gambler loses his money, his life is miserable and also makes his family and other dependents suffer. Who loses? The guy is in fact the most loser in the whole world. So why not moderate things and not mismanage in gambling?

In a sane view, such people who are relying solely on gambling and who have built a career with it without having an alternative means of earning must have lost their minds. But really, this is happening, and I still had an argument with a guy yesterday about it even as I pretended that it was never possible. Instead of yielding, this guy started citing numerous examples and referenced how these guys are living large with gambling winnings, so it could be possible to have such a career though I have never seen a physical example myself. I only hear people saying this both offline and online.

Whatever gives them the mind to be doing that should excuse me, I cannot do that, I can't just imagine myself doing that since it is such an action that is risky as gambling is not a sure way to make money, it is not an investment and no matter how much you believe in yourself and the strategy you use, you may still lose when you needed money the most as no one controls the fate of gambling, we are all trying our luck in relation to our risk affinity. For me, it is better to have another job/work that will be covering up for the gambler so that it will not be an issue for him and his family if things do not happen as planned.

Trading is generally risky and another issue is that people do not often get prepared for what they are about to face in it, so it hits them very hard, so no one can blame anyone here. Like I now advise people, it is never a must you trade, and if you know you are sacred about it one way or the other, that means that you are not just ready for it as the psychology of such a person is not good and if pushes too hard, it will backfire on the person. Even at that, some would still summon the courage to try it over and over again when they fail, but the results would still not be fine. No one can blame that kind of a person if he is now scared about trading as no one wants to be wasting money on a thing and never see the good results coming out from it. In most cases regarding trading, there is not even hope not to mention of seeing the promising future.

Irrespective of that, I can advice people to try more until they eventually give up, but before giving up, they should understand fully well that the management and psychological apsect of trading has to be taken better serious for anyone trying it to be successful. Many would be busy around looking for the perfect strategies but it doesn't not work like that. Having a great coordination with what the trader knows is the best solution to this.

So you are counting the number of times that Bitcoin has breached the ATH and moved below it? Well, you can't get the accurate counting ever this way. How you can make the countable counting is for you to make sure that there was a daily close above the level. You can count how many daily closes to ensure that a true break is enforced. For now, there have been five daily closes above the level, which is so important, though there are both bullish and bearish candlestick closes above it, regardless, it means that the bullish trend is intact, so we should expect more bullish surprise overtime and not a serious dump.

Besides, there is one powerful indicator called "Trend Magic" whose support level on the daily chart is situated at $67,929. It will take Bitcoin to break below it and have a sustainable bearish close below the level before I will take any bearish trend in the form of correction seriously in this wider bullish scope of the coin. If this level is not breached lower, of course, the $75,000 you mentioned would be unveiled in little time. It remains a few bucks for the level to be hit this week as the ATH of the week is almost $74,000. But this time, Bitcoin might need more like news and serious positive events to get the job done quickly as the FOMO is somewhat fading at this time.

I don't know your country but it seems you are in one of the African countries. Bro, don't let me deceive you, you are not right about this, and do not let anyone in your country deceive you or give you the vain relief that hardship is a global thing, most countries are not facing hardship, though the economy may be challenged. The world has faced enough and the countries with wise leaders overcome, however, if your country lacks wise leaders, it can result in something else where the hardship will be so bitting and become unbearable. I said that to prepare you as it often starts from inflation, and from there grow worse to hyperinflation and it could be so bad if food insecurity is now added to this due to the bad leadership and lack of productivity in the country caused by many negative factors.

This could now be happening in your country but I must tell you that it is not happening in all countries of the world, it could just be inflation in some places and not hyperinflation. Even though many countries are facing inflation, you should certainly know that it is not an automatic hardship for them, they are merely paying more, the two (inflation and hardship) are different things. Hardship is when people cannot afford to buy goods and hire services. Despite inflation in some countries, they can still afford it and not slip into the poverty level the way most African countries are increasingly slipping into the poverty index level, which includes Nigeria.

Lol...the site still exists and I was surprised when it loaded among many websites I wanted to recommend for the OP. Well, about trading sectors, it is all about what we know and how we apply it, though you are right that people are losing through Forex trading, but the percentage is not as bad as you quoted it, the 99% is way too much. This is not peculiar to the Fx market too, even in the crypto market, people are losing, only that there are other opportunities for investment in cryptocurrency like buying and HODLing your coin in the wallet for it to yield for you without stress. Unlike in the Forex market that you can only trade it through platform trading which is the same as the futures trading in cryptocurrency. By that, we trade leveraged products, so the risk is high.

Also, 15 years is a long year, if you persisted, you would have understood the FX market better to be able to gain something from it. Generally, what people are mostly lacking in the financial market trading on leveraged products is proper trading psychology and management (risk and money). If one can possess the two and also have the needed trading strategy that can vouch for about 75% accuracy, success will be achieved. Even with 50% accuracy and using proper risk money and risk management, the trader can still be successful.

However, what is helping people in stock trading is that they can handle it similarly to cryptocurrency where one can buy and leave it for years. This trading/investment pattern is not just the same thing, and once it is a leveraged product, that means it is margin trading and the risk would be automatically be higher depending on the parameters set by the person.

You did not clarify this well. "Without the support of the government," did you mean if the government never invested or appreciated it or allowed people to do so? Well, if the first case is the issue, then heck Yes, Bitcoin will flourish with the lack of support from the government. After all, it is people's money that is making Bitcoin to appreciate this much, so the government is not needed here for it to continue to be appreciated and climb in price as we see now.

But if the government does not want Bitcoin in existence, No, Bitcoin may cease to exist. Many would just be running their mouths that Bitcoin is decentralised, private and anonymous in transactions. The latest discoveries have proven that the last two are not true, while the decentralization characteristics of the coin can only be useful with functions websites, apps and hardware wallets. If the government starts clamping down on all the hardware wallets, websites and apps that are dealing with crypto and also people they can trace with the transactions, then this will be a serious problem. The price of the coin will crash and no one would even want to deal with it again to avoid government issues.

Yes, the government has the power, and Yes again, they can suppress/restrain cryptocurrency if they want. I believe so and I have warned people about it since I joined this forum. We can see the trace of that through the recent regulations, and we've not gotten there already as the regulation of the crypto market is still very light and it's in its initial stage. Expect more over time as the government's concern is to move to lessen the decentralisation of the crypto market. Though it will retain the decentralisation in transactions if the coin/token is structured that way, nonetheless, the government would know more about it to reduce illicit flows.

I am a visionary, and just like AI, cryptocurrency is inevitable in the payment and financial industry and the advancement of any country, unless I want to cheat my citizens. So, I will allow cryptocurrency. But I will be thorough and strict with its regulations. I will make sure that tax for the country is not cheated and must know the inflow and outflow of all the registered crypto dealers in my country.

You have said well and your case is not so different from many people's case, which includes me. I knew Bitcoin a year earlier than you and missed so much due to the lack of interest. I'd thought so painfully about this miss but I do not like to remember it anymore. I would have made millions of dollars easily by now if I had shown interest and taken that risk just like I do now, it is never too late, and the future of coins and tokens is still bright for us to gain from them. Although no one who missed buying Bitcoin at a very low price would enjoy that grace again, it is gone and gone for good, but if one can understand how it works so well, money can still be made, especially if they are good in speculation.

This is better than being pained by the lost money, better smartness is necessary in this regard. One has to know that Bitcoin is heavy already, investing in it at this high level may not be the smartest idea. The coin will surely move up but we have to ensure that we put safety first, and the plan on what to want from it has to be taken seriously. If it is all about the immediate money, one may not gain much anymore with Bitcoin, because if Bitcoin moves x2 again until its next bearish season (about $147,000), then the coin has indeed tried its best. I don't even know if it can reach that feat, so the amount to make henceforth can't be encouraging. Your plan on altcoin is a good one as well, you are diversifying and there are still many of them with good projects, and are still low. You may want to plan around them and get the best from them even as they move in multiples of their current price within the next year.

Like I always say, Bitcoin is an asset, it is to be invested and earn money from. Thankfully, Bitcoin is such an asset that is so affordable and easily accessible by anyone who is interested. You may be buying it little by little until you are satisfied with your holdings. I started mine in 2022 and I continued to buy as little as I could afford till 2023 but stopped later in the year due to the high price of the coin. This made my focus shift totally to altcoins and I have never regretted buying altcoins too since it is the general cryptocurrency bullish season now, you will hardly see a coin/token that will not earn for you this season.

By now, many people would have been regretting not buying Bitcoin when it was still very low, they might have been waiting for halving but the coin disappointed them by breaching above its ATH before the expected time. Well, it is never too late, even if one loses now, the next bullish season is there, and they can prepare better and even plan long-term savings that will help them to have a sizable amount of Bitcoin for better investments through it. Even now, it is not too late to continue to buy it through futures trading after a sizable retracement like what it did on the very day it retested its former ATH around $69,000. By doing that, a good buy plan with little risk could save the day instead of them missing out entirely.

The luck is in the favour of this guy this time, it could be different with other people, and even with the same guy too, the case may be different next time, he could be unlucky and it will be terrible for him. It is senseless, no one should gamble with the money they can't afford to lose. The life savings of the guy can't be afforded to be lost, so it is not the right money to gamble with. What if this guy lost the money? He might just faint, or worse. People do not often take into consideration the consequences of their actions, and this is the type of situation that makes people get depressed, we all know what depression can lead to, it is better we avoid it from the beginning.

Gambling is an activity that should never be a must, we can invest our life savings rather than gambling with it. And if we must gamble at all, we should not make it an uncontrollable activity and we should never be greedy towards it. It could destabilise us if care is not taken, and the best thing about gambling is for us to have management towards it in terms of the money regarding the risk involved and self-control.

We should not live our lives in regrets due to gambling, the guy is not just wise and if he continues like this, he will surely regret it bitterly.

Well, let me first say that I am the kind of person who is always conscious and faces reality in all I do. Football or any other game is not going to make any difference, I use my head correctly and am not biased when it comes to judging rightly. I believe this would have told you that I am not an extremist in football, so I will not bet on my team when I know that they are not the favourite to win after carefully doing my analysis. It would be foolish of me to still go ahead to bet on the team that would lose, it is tantamount to wasting money senselessly, why should do that?

What I would also like people to know is that gambling and being a fan of football are two different things. If you want to support your club, just do it as you like, you can be an ardent supporter but don't be foolish about it. You can do all the supporting when you argue and watch the team playing, but when the money is involved (betting), play it sincerely. In this state, you shouldn't bet at all instead of betting on what you sincerely know that you would lose your money to.

This makes me come to the next question, Yes, I can bet against my football team, and also Yes, I have done it many times. To be specific, in EPL, I support Man U, and I often bet against them. Even at times when Man U played rubbish, I scolded them instead of believing that I could be pampering them despite not being impressive at times.

That's true, the casinos that have listening ears, and that are serious about the complaints and suggestions of people will make corrections if they want to continue to be at the top of their games. Their initial issues or ignorance can be excused, but becomes bad for them if there is no improvement. However, I feel that the casinos that truly mean the business from the beginning should at least prepare for the business and make sure that everything is fitting and competing with their rivals in the business.

They are not dumb, and if they were serious and professional indeed and not in a rush for the money to be made as most of them do, they would have put quality first about everything so that their customers start enjoying the best from the very beginning. They do not have any excuse because I believe that they would have a team and their team would have tested everything before they started collecting people's money. So, it's not that some do not even know some things are wrong but don't just care.

Well, being new casinos, the risk of dealing with them is higher than the old ones, we can never take out that fact since it will take time before they build the reputation and trust. While some would eventually build the reputation, others will never build it which makes dealing with the new casinos riskier no matter what.

But when it comes to issues/disputes, it is not peculiar to the new or old casinos. There are issues where the casinos could be guilty, but in some cases, it is the customers who would be guilty. For this, issues have to be treated individually and with the much-needed evidence so that the right judgement can be observed.

Specifically, when it comes to KYC issues, the customers and casinos could be at fault and this is irrespective of being old or new, and even reputation might not be a basis here as well. Imagine the person who signed up with a casino that is not a no-KYC casino and has played with them for 5 years without asking for the KYC. When the casino finally asked for it, the customers could now be frowning at it calling them all sorts of unprintable names. You can see that the customer is the fool here, a KYC casino will always have the right to ask for it now or later. Also, in the situation where a no-KYC that has served a customer for 5 years suddenly asked for KYC completion, is a breach of the agreement. These, and more examples have to be treated separately to ascertain who is guilty or not.

You certainly do not know what you are talking about regarding where I boldened in your statement above. Are you telling me that the licence is a reason here, that the authority would mandate the casino to restrict an account to the local IPs or not allow VPN to access them? I do not think so. VPN itself is good, it enhances privacy and even authorities know the porosity and threats to privacies online. So it is not a crime to use it in almost all countries of the world.

To date, only a less countries like Iran, Turkmenistan, North Korea and Belarus, which are not even popular with casinos thought it to be illegal. Many casinos allow the use of it but for the issues of mistaking it for many accounts by the same person when the IPs generated by it clash. That is the only downside to the use of VPN in my opinion. Regardless, we should ensure to avoid it if our casinos specifically forbid it.

Hi friend, I believe @paxmao is so much on point, only that he did not explain it well. As a fact, this is what is happening in real life, everything is monetised for the marketing's sake so that the company/casino stays atop in their games. You do not trust most of what you see as reviews these days, and the only reviews you may trust are the ones coming from forums like this and also those from websites that allow external people (both registered and anonymous) to write their experiences. Although, some fake reviews would still slip through by this means, overall, one would be able to know the truth on average after reading most of the reviews.

But those reviews that you see on controlled websites are often monetised as @paxmao tried to explain, you never can trust such reviews. They can monetise them through direct cooperation between the website owner and the casino. But in case they are just an affiliate, they will embed their links. Even under the affiliation too, some better/personal packages are given to some people which is higher than the general rates that can be generated through the normal affiliate codes. All these are enticements that motivate the reviewers to work tirelessly for the casinos since it is in the form of partnership, meaning that they can do anything to make them succeed so that they can have higher gains too. This is also the reason why you see companies/casinos fighting for the top spot of search engines, but this might not directly be the work of the casinos/companies, but their agents desperate for the money and using any means necessary.