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1141  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Boxing Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: May 25, 2023, 09:27:59 AM
Let's say Fulton spoils the chance and we have Inoue that just got defeated in his first fight at 122, (although I'm not hoping for that to happen) that is a much better way because Casimero's chances to face Inoue is likely to happen much sooner especially if Casimero will make another bout before this year ends so that his ranking will increase further until he will be inside the Top 3 to 5.

Other than that, Fulton have also said that he will leave the division regardless of the result and if it turns out that Inoue has been defeated. We might see Casimero and Inoue chasing for the belts that was vacated by Fulton as I know both of them is targeting those said belts in the first place.
That's what I see too if ever Naoya Inoue is defeated by Fulton. It increases the chances of Casimero finally having that bout against the boxer who he really wants to fight for a long time. Because if Inoue wins, he will pursue the other two belts which means it will be Marlon Tapales who will be next instead of Casimero and I doubt the camp of Tapales could easily avoid that especially if they also have a chance to unite all 4 titles in the process.
If Inoue wins again, he might go up another weight class so he should be defeated. Grin
Not only that, it will be the biggest purse of Tapales for sure and it will also be a privilege to fight one of the best and to pound for pound. Just watching how Inoue dismantle Emmanuel Rodriguez in two rounds, reminds me of Manny Pacquiao knocking out Eric Morales and saying no mas.

Regarding ranks, I think Casimero is also in the high spot in WBO now after defeating Fillipus Nghitumbwa for the Global Super Bantam Title. The chances they will meet are getting thicker after winning 9 consecutive bouts. Maybe one more win for Casimero and they can start making a trend about their fight.
He is really being held highly by the WBO. Casimero is their former champion in 118 lbs and actually he didn't lost the belt in a fight. It's that he can't make the weight anymore. He needed another good dancing partner to bring the best out of Casimero.
1142  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Terrence Crawford vs Errol Spence - June 17 on: May 25, 2023, 07:53:41 AM
If this happened in July 29 as scheduled, it will be one of the biggest event of the year together with Fulton vs Inoue on the same week. Just imagine that, this fighters are all undefeated and most likely in the p4p rankings (maybe except Fulton).

Fulton vs Inoue - July 25
Spence vs Crawford - July 29

Now the only thing to do is wait for the announcement of this fight that it is all set. And yes, it's all over the social media now.
1143  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2023 NBA Season on: May 24, 2023, 01:49:07 PM
Now, it's the Heat and Celtics, they need to win a 4 straight to win the championship. It's a bit impossible but we can't predict the time they might still win, and it will become history if it happens.

Nope, the Celtics only need to win three straight games because they have already won one game. It's not impossible, though based on the record, no team has ever come back from a 0-3 deficit. It would be the Celtics who would be the first to do so, but I doubt this series will reach Game 7.
Yes, it's really hard to do it, with the way the competition is against a very tough team like the Miami Heat who stole 2 games from them in their own Boston Garden. So the Celtics will still be the favorite in game 5, however, that has been the case since game 1.

Not discounting the fact that they can do it, but then against the statistics are not favoring them here. So it's going to be a very close game in my opinion in the next game and its hard to predict who is going to win. But perhaps at the end of it all, the Heat is going to the finals.
1144  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Boxing: Josh Taylor vs Teofimo Lopez on: May 24, 2023, 12:09:17 PM

He will be tested again by a real champion. If he struggles against Kambosos, I don't see him having a good chance of winning against a more complete boxer. I believe that Teofimo Lopez is overrated. He gained popularity by beating Loma, but his career is not going well yet. He still needs to prove himself again, and it starts with beating Taylor.

If he can beat some strong fighters with no doubts or controversy, he will be no doubt to be recognized as a really strong boxer but if he continues to struggle in his every fight, I guess your right Lopez is truly an overrated dude who is just there to fool the fans and he is not worthy of any blockbuster fight at all. if he continues to show such performance, he will also lose his value because after all, the fans need some real entertainment and therefore they wanted to watch a skilled boxer that will gonna finish his opponent with a strong knockout power.
Maybe not overrated but when he move up in weight class, that's where he will have to face tougher opponents and that's what happen to him at 140 lbs. Very close but not impressive win.

But the good thing is that since he is with Top Rank and the champion right now is with the same promotional banner, he was given instant gift by Bob Arum to fight for the belt against Josh Taylor. And then we will see if Teo is really and elite or just maybe a good boxer in this stack up division.
1145  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Devin Haney vs Vasiliy Lomachenco - May 20 on: May 24, 2023, 11:35:44 AM
It was reported that this fight just did 275k-300k buy in the PPV market.

Way off when you compare it to the Garcia vs Davis fight which did over 1 million PPV. And that's the difference really between a fighter that can market themselves like Ryan and Tank as against the belt holder in Haney. And that is one thing that they said against Haney, is that he did poor in PPV. But let's see if Tank or Shakur or anyone calling him is going to happen and see if the numbers will do good against his fight with Loma.

Although personally I thought that Loma vs Haney will do like at least 500k buys.

What's there to expect? I mean, it was already expected that this fight will have a much lower PPV buys compared to the mega fight that Garcia vs Davis did recently or any fight that Canelo did. Although it's a much awaited fight for most of the fans especially because Lomachenko will be seen again and many have been asking if he was already at the sunset of his career and then there's Haney that has been known to be boring because of his style. I bet at least 300k was their target.
There is hype in this fight, but it can't be compare to Davis or Ryan Garcia because they have a big social media following. Ryan Garcia alone could be boasted of 1 million+ on his social media accounts. So perhaps some of those fans really buy that PPV and same with Tank Davis.

Although this is a true belt fight, nothing beats a hype of 2 young fighters who hate each other and put the boxing world in notice with that huge PPV numbers they have. Haney and Top Rank should be happy that they got that numbers and the money.
1146  Economy / Speculation / Re: 2023 Bitcoin can take a position discussion. on: May 24, 2023, 11:19:15 AM
Today the market can grow again and increase more than 2%, the price that was previously in the range of $ 27K, can now return to $ 28K, this further strengthens my predictions that in 2023 the price will pass ATH in 2021, now continues to focus on buying And don't miss the opportunity.
I think a 2% price increase and a short term cannot be used as a benchmark to determine the price of bitcoin this year. 2% increase or decrease in price is commonplace and almost every day the price of bitcoin experiences this kind of price change. and it seems that getting past ATH in this year is very difficult because until now bitcoin has failed to penetrate $ 30k.
Bad benchmark indeed. But if there's one thing that we have learn in this market is that everything is possible, 50% increased/decreased can be achieved. So short term very hard to predict the price.

That's why smart investors are really putting their money here for long term. Or at least let's say everyone should test how a long bear market accumulation will do for us. So start in the bear market just save bitcoin whatever way it will be and then just wait for the bull run to sell and to profit.
1147  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Nunchuk wallet on: May 23, 2023, 09:13:58 PM
For those of you that point to Nunchuk to be a good bitcoin what, what do you think about this? Continue reading.

I can see that some people are saying that Nunchuk bitcoin wallet is good. I tried the wallet and it is very good. It has legacy, compatible, segwit and taproot addresses. It has many good things that a bitcoin wallet should have. But when I was checking Nunchuk official website, I saw that your seed phrase can be stored on a cloud.

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Before that can be done, I think you have to register or maybe you will also pay. I do not care to know what is what about this.

I want to try their testnet, I was taken to registration page to register.

I have worked on the wallet, it is a good wallet but this about cloud backup make the wallet look very bad.
Good thing is that they are open source: https://github.com/nunchuk-io

Bad thing is that as you have said, backup is thru the clouds. And as we all know of, this is one of those 'no-no' that we as bitcoin holders shouldn't do. Have our backups online. And yes, you have to pay:

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1148  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Do we know about lazlo's other contributions on bitcoinnet besides buying pizza? on: May 23, 2023, 08:43:08 PM
Yes, he is a developer or computer programmer, he even has correspondence with Satoshi himself.

And that is why he wanted to proved that we can used bitcoin as payment scheme, as what Satosh's original design that's why he buy that Pizza and the rest is history. With that, even if you talk to him as he was interviewed many times he didn't regret anything he did.

Another fun-fact is that he try to do it as well using LN.

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1149  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Boxing: Errol Spence vs Keith Thurman on: May 23, 2023, 12:48:51 PM
The truth seems to me that Spence is not very well regarded from a sporting point of view, I don't know why he doesn't give him a rematch, ...


Wait, who is the fighter that you are referring to that Spence should give a rematch to? Is it Thurman? Because the last time I checked, they haven't fought yet. Thurman has only one defeat, and that came from Pacman. Thurman and Spence have a similarity in that they both beat Shawn Porter, but I can say that Thurman did better compared to Spence.

Yes, obviously Thurman's, but the one that is really on everyone's lips is the one that has not yet happened and the fight between Spence and Crawfoerd is the most anticipated, many speculations have been made, in fact I recently shared an article I know it wasn't fake. but since things in boxing are handled from another point of view, which is that of money, I don't know what forces are influencing there so that this fight does not take place, the truth is that I don't see the point, since Spende has pending that of Thurman, well let it happen, but really the one that is most important I think is against Crawford.


Wait, slow down for a bit mate. Did you just say that it's obvious, Thurman?
I reckon that you should check your facts first because I don't think that Errol Spence Jr. and Keith Thurman have already faced each other in one same ring because certainly, that kind of bout did not happen, so there shouldn't be a rematch in the first place because these two haven't fought each other yet.

What really happened was when Spence Jr. was still in his early days in this industry asked Thurman for his chance to fight but the latter did not agree because Spence was not known at that point and he doesn't have at least any interim belts on him, so there's no benefit for Thurman if he will fight Spence at that time.
Yes, they haven't fight yet, and this should be the first time but we haven't heard about if this fight is on the making or not.

Thurman held the belt and one of the best at this division when Spence is still trying to make his name. So obviously, he wasn't given priority by Thurman yet.e But time has change, Thurman got injured, and he was not the same anymore as he lose his prime years and then he was beaten by Pacquiao.

On the other hand, Spence became the champion when Thurman was absent.
1150  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2023 NBA Season on: May 23, 2023, 12:14:02 PM
It's a sweep! I thought this was going to overtime but Gordon had other plans hehe. He also redeemd himself with that block after missing crucial free throws.

What do you think of LA's final play? I was thinking the coach should give it to AD to tie the game during the last timeout.

The last quarter was really a struggle and you can see how hard for them to defend and also make some baskets against the Denver Nuggets. the Lakers are tired and cannot shoot well in the 4th quarter and they are terribly missing despite their great performance in the first half. Well! that's just the way it is, clearly the Nuggets are way too much for them this year and what we want to see next time is the Miami Heat vs the Denver Nuggets in the NBA finals this year. I wonder how far will Butler's luck bring him this season because we all know that they came from the play-in tournament and beat every team to soon reach the NBA finals when they beat the Celtics tomorrow.
The Nuggets are the better team, I think it just shows how they really are the number 1 team in the West as they finished the job here, sweeping the Lakers. And even if they are down like 15 points at the end of the first half, they didn't panic or what, because they know the caliber of the team.

Thus, when they started to make a comeback in the 3rd with Jokic and Murray taking over you can sense that the Lakers are going to lose this game already. So congrats, and I think it could have been a blessing for Jokic to not win the MVP 3rd straight year, but at least now they are going to the finals.
1151  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Nonito Donaire vs Alejandro Santiago for WBC bantamweight title on: May 23, 2023, 11:56:54 AM
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That's because Donaire doesn't struggle yet against any other boxers at 118 since fighting Naoya Inoue. Just for a recap, after suffering the defeat at the hands of Naoya
Donaire already has a limited time left in his career and then here's another obstacle. Aside from him being inactive already for a year. He should speak and tell Schaefer to let the other promotions do the job temporarily.

I think everything is clear with Donaire's promoter, Richard Shaefer is no longer with Probellum, so he has no connections with the supposedly financier of that company which is suspected to be tied with the Irish mafia. And if I'm not mistaken, Probellum has dissolved already or being taken by a different entity now.

But I do agree that it has been like months already and we haven't had anything from this fight, no news and everything is quiet from both sides that I suspect that this fight might not going to happen.

Yes, Probellum already ceased to operate. But literally, it won't make Schaefer automatically free from US suspicions. Because Probellum is Schaefer himself just like Eddie Hearn has full control of his own promotion, Matchroom Boxing. So whatever connections happened, it is because of Schaefer and he is obviously facing an investigation by now.

Maybe the WBC should provide a deadline for both camps to reach a deal. Or is Sulaiman paid not to pressure Donaire's camp just like the way he babysit Errol Spence?
Probably it really fall on the lap of the Sulaiman's, but if they are not doing anything so perhaps they are not into this fight, or at least there are no pressure for them to let this fighters be in the ring and have a belt or champion in their division.

As for the Probellum and Richard Schaefer saga, yeah, it might have a impact in the US, but we all know that Richard though has been in the business and could have done his due diligence before working with Probellum.
1152  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Tank Davis vs. Ryan Garcia betting and discussion (May, 2023) on: May 20, 2023, 07:28:55 AM
But it seems that Garcia has find a new trainer already, so no more Eddy Reynoso for him and it's Derrick James and I think we have discussed it several pages back.

It's now official though, I have seen pictures of Ryan together with Errol Spence Jr training together since James already manages Spence Jr. But as we have said as well, if Ryan is not discipline enough regardless of who the trainer he will get, it will still be the same result. Disciple + Hard Work + trainer is the recipe for someone to be a elite fighter.
1153  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2023 NBA Season on: May 20, 2023, 06:54:52 AM
Miami went crazy at the end of this game to get the win. It was fun to watch. Butler and Williams got into it and Butler came out on top in the end. I’m a believer in this Miami Heat team now. If they can go get 2 at home in Miami they’ve got themselves a chance a lot a ring. Looking a lot like Miami vs Denver is coming at this point.
I guess Grant Williams just "poke the bear" in Jimmy Butler, because after their trash talking, Jimmy got mad, and takes over the games in the Heat side and still taunts Williams every he hits.

And then it was Gabe Vincent who put the final nail in the coffin.

I doubt that the Celtics can recover down 0-2 going into Miami. Most likely it could be a swept here, in my opinion. The Celtics are mentally defeated and exhausted at this point. So we might see the Heat (Cool vs Nuggets (1) for the NBA trophy.
1154  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Factors that's why others are hesitant to start in crypto on: May 19, 2023, 05:55:57 AM
And that's why we are in this community, we learn and at the same time shares our experienced with all of the newbies. If they ask, and if they are sincere then they can stay in the crypto world for as long as they can and maybe one day made them self made millionaires.

The problem with newbies though is that they think that crypto is a get rich quick scheme. It's not that they are afraid of scams or there are not mentors. It's that idea that they can earn money big money very fast. And that is the wrong mindset in the beginning and that's where I believed that once they got into crypto they stay away for good because their mindset is not right from the start.
1155  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2023 NBA Season on: May 19, 2023, 05:15:03 AM
If we have learned one thing in this series it is this. Never count the Lakers out before it's actually over.

Sure, they lost both games. But in both they also have been down by double digits in the 4th quarter and bother times they came back to make it a 1 possession game.
Just the final punch to get over the hump was missing, Denver replied when they needed it the most.

AD with yet another showing that was expected. He had a big game in game 1, so he had to make a weak game now. That's how he rolls.

Lakers now with their back against the wall already. If they lose one at home you could say it's over. But like I said, neer count them out too early.

Schroeder must also get his shit together. Combined 10 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists in over 60min of play in the first 2 games is just not enough for him.
They could have stole one here, specially this game, they had a good lead in the second quarter, but it was not sustainable and they have been missing their outside shots.

If Davis could have hit that 3 in the corner or Lebron's layup, they could have a better chance. The only player that is consistent is Austin Reaves. So I will expect him to play in the next games with 20+ or more points. Schroeder so far has one of the worst game for the Lakers, he will just run circles and doesn't have the intention to score points as compare to the series against the Warriors wherein he is more aggressive driving and looking not to pass.
1156  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing]: Eimantas Stanionis vs Vergil Ortiz Jr - April 29 on: May 19, 2023, 04:26:36 AM
So the bets are going on Ortiz Jr with a knockout.

@OP Also better if you will update the date on the thread as well since we have a new scheduled date. As far as the winner here, yeah, the governing body should be allowed to fight Spence since his fight with Thurman is in limbo or at least there is no fight in the horizon for Spence this year. There's too much controversy around this 147 lbs, no superfight and then mandatory fights are not exercised by Errol Spence Jr and Terrence Crawford but they continue to hold the belt.
1157  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: NBA 2020-2021 betting on: May 19, 2023, 12:53:50 AM
I got in late but Bet the Heat+8.5 for second half and Heat over 51.5 total for 2nd half. Both looking good currently since Miami came out on fore and scored 46 points in the 3rd quarter. Never would have thought that turnaround was going to happen at all.
That's a win. Every + for the Miami Heat is a win tonight. Nice catch there and Congratulations.
@morvillz7z congrats on the props.
Admire your guts mate, although it was a good first quarter for them, the Celtics have built a good momentum in the 2nd quarter.
And my instincts were right. 11 point lead by Celtics was gone in the third quarter. Every Heat player offers their contribution to the team. Adebayo, Lowry, Struss, Love, and especially Jimmy Buckets Butler. That man is a damn thief. Bad man!  Grin 6 steals!
They just played the same high level of defensive aggressiveness, that's all they did the whole postseason and it's still working so nothing needs to be changed yet.

Perfect bets.

Celtics should find a way how they will make Jayson Tatum open. He should not hide as the offensive player of the team, demand the ball, lead the team, and create space for everyone.

Congrats mate, it was just a great game for the Heat, specially in the 3rd quarter wherein their shooting was outstanding and then the Celtics really don't know what hit them on that quarter alone, as the Heat scores 46 points.

Yeah, that defense is the key for their big win at Boston Garden.

And they have accomplished it, stealing 1 game and then try to make it again game 2.
1158  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Boxing Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: May 18, 2023, 07:32:23 AM
Casimero continues to challenge Inoue while Inoue has no answer. It seems like Inoue is focused on his upcoming fight, and Casimero might not be given an opportunity if Inoue wins the championship. I mean, it's possible for Inoue to fight Casimero and defend his title, but what if he decides to have a unification fight with the other champion? That would leave Casimero with no chance of chasing Inoue.

If Inoue becomes a unified and then undisputed champion, he might move up again.
That's true. So Casimero's dream of fighting Inoue lies in the outcome of the results of his upcoming fight against Fulton. If Inoue loses, he might just get it because I doubt Marlon Tapales would just easily agree with him considering his rank will go down after that defeat. And there's a long line of super bantamweights who want the title so bad so he needs to wait.

But I highly doubt Casimero's performance against Fillipus Nghitumbwa would suffice to defeat Inoue. He better increase his stamina first because he cannot just throw those haymakers and expect it to land as always, plus it's more exhausting if it misses. Casimero definitely has the power punch but fewer jabs will make him lose if ever the fight will turn out in the judges' decision.
I want to see it happen though and just end that long trend about why Inoue is avoiding him.
I agree and even his performance against Nghitumbwa will not be suffice to be challenge rank fighter in my opinion.

Although when I check the rankings now, and if I'm not mistaken, Casimero is rank 8 before his fight and with this win, he bolted to rank 5. So most likely, if I wanted who Casimero should fight next, it could be Luis Nery or Ra'eese Aleem in WBO.

Him and Nery has been calling each other out since Casimero become a champion at 118 lbs and Nery that time was a champion too at 122 lbs. And now that Casimero has move up in weight, it make sense that they can now fight.
1159  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: NBA 2020-2021 betting on: May 18, 2023, 01:42:19 AM
No one is taking the Miami Heat ML? Fine. I will take it.  Grin @4.00

I trust them to put on a great display of defensive awareness against the Boston Celtics. There's no doubt this will be a difficult feat for them against two offensive players like Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, and then there's Malcolm Brogdon who had been phenomenal as their 6th man.
When it comes to offense for the Heat, Butler, and Adebayo must be aggressive on the paint if they want to answer back if the Celtics will score.

Let's go! Take Game 1 Jimmy Buckets!
Good luck everyone.
Admire your guts mate, although it was a good first quarter for them, the Celtics have built a good momentum in the 2nd quarter.

So I'm talking the -6.5, still good odds at 1.80 during the half-time. And just what you have said, the trio of Butler, Adebayo and Lowly might make this game very close. But I'm leaning towards the Celtics because they have the depth and have for me the best duo in Tatum and Jaylen Brown.

Plus I read from interviews that Brogdon says that he will play hard against the Heat and yes, so far 29 minutes with 12 points.
1160  Economy / Gambling / Re: Is this considered a safe practice on: May 18, 2023, 12:53:39 AM
Is it safe or dumb to use your Credit card for online gambling because of free bonus rewards on signup and initial 3 months purchase? Will you take such risks with your card for such rewards? A friend informed me that some casinos gives better reward if you have a credit card with high credit score at around 800, he mentioned how he make 200$ from Freedom Flex after using over 600$. He also mentioned other like capital one

What are the disadvantages of using a credit card on online casinos? Any? Would you dare do such to earn more money?
Not sure if this is a good idea to give your credit cards online, we all know that it's one of the most hack items in online, so I wouldn't go that route. Of course casinos are going to give you incentives, to attract you to used your credit card with them, but the risk is high though.

So for me, it's better not to, not even bank accounts. And that's why most of us really are into crypto including in gambling because it doesn't take this kind of information to be released to the casino itself. Although there is KYC, but it's better if it will not involved your credit info, in my opinion.
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