Like you say no be only transportation. The thing cut across all the sectors of Nigerian economy. If we look into fuel now abi kerosene or diesel. We no go even talk of people wey dey sell goods self because them too follow dey take advantage that na why I talk say the thing spread for everywhere. For example now if filling stations hear now say government want increase price dem go stop to sell and wait for the new price and before you know am dem go begin sell old cheaper price for new costly price. But if government say price drop, dem go still continue to sell old fuel for that price wey e dey before government announce price reduction.

So na government matter be this. Government suppose put price regulation to dey active and checkmate some of these extortions.

You are having a point here that loneliness may not be the whole reason for going into gambling, rather what could push someone into gambling could be trying to double the money you have by gambling on it and gradually you become addicted.

Someone who is lonely has many means to get out of it and the surest way is to get busy and meet with friends and family members. If by extension depending on the level of loneliness, the internet is there to keep someone entertained. There are so many entertaining skit on the internet and different platforms like YouTube, Facebook etc only if you can provide internet data.

If a casino owner use his casino to bet or whether he bet outside his casino is the same thing. What matters is self control because the fear of not betting with his casino is not to over stake but he can also over stake in another casino so what matters is self control and not where an owner plays.

We should also remember that a casino owner is also human with feelings and emotions and so he is liable to make mistakes that gamblers do not necessarily in his casino. So he is at liberty of choice if he so chooses to bet, he is not barred from gambling in his casino excepted he may be tempted not to be professional and responsible to his betting.

A quick question to you. Can you sustain this thread with the prediction that you have started. The sustainability is what matters if you are looking at a long time update.

Or what is your intention for it, you want to introduce something else to it on a later time?

You could rather merge it up with some of the existing threads. We have both leagues prediction threads already.

Bull run is usually after bitcoin halving which could be between few months or 6months and the rally will begin in full. This time around some people are already forecasting that the bull run is already on and that the price won't go dack again until the bull is over. So if this is really happening that means the bull started earlier this time around even before the halving itself. In other words, the bull run may not have a particular time to start, it could be congestion and some other things that can lead to it. Like now we know that the congestion in transaction is high and that is enough to keep the price higher.

Government is the first culprit of corruption. When we say government, it means those persons at the corridors of power, those that have been elected or selected in the higher leadership echelon of the country. They are given the responsibility to run the affairs of the country and if they fail to do this it means they have corrupted the system.

One way to ensure that the country is not corrupt is to follow the law but those in government don't apply the law on themselves, family or cronies and that makes impunity to take over the country. But if government will be serious to cleanse themselves of impunity and corruption then they can sanitize the country by following and applying the laws on every offender. Most countries have good laws but it is the implementation of the laws that is the challenge.

This is always the case with the new year resolution. Ironically sometimes if you don't hold on to the resolutions too tight you get to achieve and I think when we make such resolutions and we achieve 50% of it we should still give ourselves kudos to try doubling effort next year. The next year is fast approaching and if we know the areas we didn't have good performance then we can strengthen ourselves by not doing the same thing we did. If you keep doing same thing same way then we are likely to get same result other than the change we want.

A new year resolution is a call for action, it is suppose to quicken our efforts to greater achievement at least 50% above should be better achievement.

Somehow there is a measure of fact on what op said but whether it is called trap is debatable and somehow too, most first time players tend to win their games maybe that makes them to want to play again and again. If you win the first time, there is possibility you won't want to back out because you have tasted the profit or doubling of what you had. However, you can only be trapped if you get greedy not to discontinue from playing whether losing or gaining from the gambling because there are people who are not losing much and they want to quit but greed for money keep them playing. So I think gambling itself is a trap not just for first timers.

I think this is more herculean. Penalty shootout in a football game is not always predictable and to want to know when it will be played in all the leagues seem difficult to achieve. Moreover, this a game whose outcome is most times not premeditated talk more of a penalty.

Also, the aspect where you said if you could get an alert to your phone on a penalty to be played is something someone should seek to understand what you intend to do on that. I know you want to bet on that but at the point where penalty shootout want to be played, can you still bet on it? will it still be available for stake? Or will the sportbook open it up for a bet just wetin the minutes it happened in the 18 yard box during normal play or after 90 minutes of play.

Even if bookies open odds for it to be staked, what time do we have to stake on it.

1. I can't remember the year but some few years back.

2. When a particular game that appeared in my two different ticket made me to lose the bet because I lost  that match.

3. When I won multiple bets.  

4. For new gambler, play responsibly and don't over bet. Stake as you can afford to lose. And for those struggling in sports betting, take a break and restrategize.

So if there is a third war globally, yes there is a possibility for a new currency to show up because there is likely possibility of disruption of the current currency world order but that is if the US fall and losses her grip on NATO, world economy and other influences. Therefore, the currency that could emerge may come up from the newly formed BRICS organisation and not solely the ruble from Russia or yuan from China but maybe the BRICS new currency if it succeed.

That is true, I believe bookmakers are watchful about the likely outcomes of matches and what analysis cum options gamblers could go for.

Have we wondered why in some football games, some betting options are not available to be staked in that match? I'm beginning to reason that out too myself, probably they understand it could be a likely easy outcome and so they rather make it unavailable. Probably so, and gamblers have no option than go for other options without choice. This could be likely so, that bookmakers are really at work to read the minds of gamblers on likely outcomes of predictions.

If a friend was introduced to gambling at first and he doesn't see anything positive about it for him then he should quit and not to be engrossed in it after the friend has left him to himself and later he comes to start complaining or blaming the friend for introducing him to it because he has been losing, what about the times he won 

It is only a child that could be excused for that kind of complaint because he may not have the capacity to think himself out of such a dilemma and this is why child gambling or underage gambling is prohibited but for an adult to complain after he has relished some positive vibes of winning, he caused himself whatever pain. He should know the risk involved at least at a point.

I'm responsible to my actions if I want to gamble or not and not to blame anyone.

Well for me I was also thinking the price will dump before now and it doesn't seem like it will be a reality this year so I have dumped the idea and  given up on it that price will fall to the extent of $15k.

Regards to whether there are expert predictors, I don't think so. People rely on the season to predict even when they don't have any technical understanding of the market. Like usually during the year before halving, price use to fall and that is why the speculators are still predicting price to crash before the end of this year. So whether that will happen or not is for time to tell.

As it is now, the price of bitcoin is close to your prediction of $45k because at the moment it is standing at $44k and nothing stops it to going beyond $45k within the weekend, so the prediction is already being taking over within the week. No doubt bitcoin is now on fire making people to be confused whether we have already entered the bull run without the halving. However, for me I do believe that the price surge already being witnessed is a sign that the halving for next year will cause a lot of volatility and price increase.

The thread no dey difficult to understand , it is as simple as the reality on ground that investors and companies are not feeding it easy to do business in Nigeria and they are packing up to go to countries around west Africa where they can produce at more cheaper rate so that they can maximize their profit and also give customers satisfaction.

Me I no blame these companies as dem don try even produce small brands of their products and to the extent companies don reduce quality and quantity but nothing is working. President wey dey carry himself go look for investors, na for on top which amenities dem go take operate? As if the price of fuel don reduce, light wey be the most important for production matter no kukuma dey, so why him dey do the more you look the less you see to Nigerians.

Anyway, these companies exit from Nigeria no be today, e start since electricity begin be problem for Nigeria at least since 30 years ago, only say e con worst now. Michelle wey dey do tire, PZ and plenty other companies dey leave.

If government fix electricity only self, you go see companies dey rush come Nigeria, no be government go waka go find dem.

This is unfortunate for this group here. Well life is like that and we pray to God to do our best while we are still having his grace to live and let our dreams be fulfilled.

There is always a reason to do good and death is what we can't stop when the time comes.

Condolence to the family of our brother.

It is a lot of emotion to take a break in gambling if you are already in loss. Most gamblers understand this and it takes you to be bankrupt before you can try to stay away. So except the first instance of staying away because of lack of fund takes a long time than necessary then you can gradually start to forget your loses but if you are able to get additional funds almost immediately your bankroll was exhausted, you are likely to refund the account and start gambling again. So it takes a whole lot of effort and commitment plus lack of fund to take a break.

The effect of such cantankerous behaviour and transferred aggression to the family is that the children will be avoiding the father and even the wife too will be trying to stay away from him because she never knows what he is going through at any point in time. Such behaviour for a gambler means such person is only depending on gambling for income and when he doesn't get it, he gets angry.

The act of addiction is also responsible for this when a player only have the mind that only winning is what can happen in his bet and he has not assume losing his game. Of course children don't know how to understand such harsh behaviour, if you get unfriendly to children you are sure to see that they will start keeping distance from you and that is not good for a parent.

Greed or emotion is part of human being and so it is also part of gambling. Therefore, I believe even professional gambler are faced with it.

The way that the both really affect our gambling is that if you have been losing alot in a roll and you have an opportunity for a big cash out, you will be tempted to go on it with looking at your bankroll that is being bankrupted because you have been losing but if you have been winning, then you might take some irrational decisions that you get right and it looks like it is not emotion or greed. Therefore is a part that winning has an effect on the gambler, it builds more confidence and they take decision that seem right.