Information is key. Without any information, we’re left clueless on how to go about doing literally anything but with the right and adequate information, there is no limit on what we could achieve and get done.
It’s obvious this could be applied to gambling as well. With adequate information on strategies and strengths as well as weaknesses, it would be possible to predict an outcome that could actually come to reality and allow you achieve wins along the way.

I won’t say it’s exactly a strategy as one would be considered not so smart if one doesn’t posses some or the required amount of information needed to knowingly and safely place bets.
Information is important in our everyday lives and the more information we acquire, the better we are in living our lives.

You win some, you lose some. You can’t win it all. This would be added to his growing list of losses he has made during the years he has had gambling.
This loss like others and despite the amount, will probably not have any effect on him or his finances and it’ll probably be just like any other loss he has had before.

$615,00 is no small amount to lose but I guess with his history, he’s not a stranger to losses like this.

I don’t think people ordinarily focus more on the negative aspects of gambling. But you would admit that negative aspects of gambling are all over the news with people still being irresponsible with their actions. And with news like this always making the rounds almost all the time, people would quickly forget about the positive aspects and dwell more on the negative ones.
And I don’t think one who lacks self control in gambling would automatically have same with other aspects of his life. Having self control in gambling doesn’t necessarily mean you’re going to have such a trait in other aspects of your life.

I think there mustn’t be any reason if one decides to be private with his gambling activities. There is only going to be a problem if one decides to be irresponsible with his gambling actions and that in turn could have a negative effects on his life and others.
But a person who gambles responsibly could have a healthy gambling lifestyle and could also be private as well. People are quick to say stupid things and literally judge someone without knowing anything. Keeping up it activities private could also bring one peace and rest of mind from judging eyes.

I originally wasn’t happy that Manchester United had won the game by scoring two goals through a penalty shootout. The goals might seem to some as easily gotten. But then, it really didn’t matter on how they won their games as long as they did win it, claiming the three points.
They did play well though especially in the first half of the game and they had some good attempts at goal as well. They also came out of the game having a clean sheet and that I think, is quite telling.
United defenders did a great job in keeping the ball out of locating the back of the post and were rewarded with having a clean sheet and the win also.

I don’t think it would be as difficult for Manchester City as you may think. Despite playing at Anfield, Manchester City still has a good chance of winning the game. They’ve got a tight squad and won’t be so easy to have a win over. Pep has shown time and time again how his lads has delivered for the team against some tough opponents.
I don’t think Liverpool has that much of an advantage over City just cause they’re playing the game at home. They may have an effect but not much to hand them the win.
City itself would likely bring out the big guns to enable them have the win. I see both teams each scoring a goal. Looking forward to the game.

No one would feel comfortable always or love to hear negative news from people unless you’re one who loves to hear bad news about people and that would show the type of person you are.
I’m also not a fan and quite tired of hearing about people talking about their losses. I’ve also heard tales of people recounting their losses and most of the time, they are quick to point the blame at others and fault their losses on the actions of someone or something else. It’s always crazy how people are quick to claim all the glory when there are wins but quicker to absolve themselves of any responsibility when there are losses.

There are people that are not influenced nor moved by wealth. They prefer a modest and average lifestyle to that of a wealthy and luxurious one.
But living a modest and average lifestyle doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy quality goods and services. Everyone likes and appreciates quality goods and a high level of service and would go for it whenever possible.

Your topic head should read; “when quality becomes a necessity” and not luxury. Luxury isn’t really a necessity in the life of an individual.

It’s not advisable to have a single source of income. It may be possible to live and cope fine with a single source of income but with the rate of inflation, your single income would start to be looking small for and wouldn’t be enogh anymore to keep up with living expenses.
How much you earn would be a good determinant on your lifestyle and even if you earn a whole lot of money, it would start to tell on your pockets later on with the rate of inflation and inflation with the prices of goods and services skyrocketing, it’s advisable to have a second means where income incomes in.

There is a limit to which friends and family can help an addict. It’s just like trying to save a drowning man; you’ve got to be careful so as to not get drowned yourself.
Someone that’s not an addict that makes a promise and fails to keep that promise over and over would have a hard time getting people to believe him anymore. Then an addict that makes a promise repeatedly and doesn’t keep it, he’ll never be believed.

Someone with an addiction is going to lose everyone that’s close to him. Everyone has issues of their own and wouldn’t want to get drawn into your bullshit anymore than they have to.

Yes, I would think so too. Mbappe had left some shoes that Osimhen could be able to fill in quite comfortably. And perhaps, his skills would be more pronounced playing for PSG than it would playing in any club in the premier league.
He could very well be touted as the new prince of France if such a move takes place later on.

I wouldn’t exactly say racism affects the outcome of games of most leagues. Perhaps it does affect the outcome of matches of smaller and somewhat unknown leagues. That’s why I place bets on known and familiar leagues like the EPL.
There’s too much at stake to openly be racist about your decisions and some people is kind of being coerced into behaving like a normal decent human would. You’ve just got to bet on leagues you’re familiar with. Unless of course, you decide to still place bets on those games you think the outcome could be affected by racism.

I really wish Mike would give Jake a bloody nose and hopefully two black eyes to match. But then, Mike isn’t a young man in his prime anymore and if I’m being realistic, I honestly don’t see him winning this fight but I think It’s a good chance to make some money alright.
Mike is a legend and would always remain so irrespective of how the fight would turn out. I see Netflix has rights to broadcast the fight live to its subscribers. The money to be made would be quite substantial.

I think people could and likely would bet heavily on this fight.

Those games are won and lost at random. I’ve played quite a bit and may have once thought of the possibility of having a pattern. When you think you’ve discovered a pattern, that’s when you’ll get thrown off. If you’re the stubborn and persistent with nothing else to do, you’ll keep on looking for new patterns after your previous one fails. Until you get convinced of it’s randomness.
No casino would have or keep longer than they should, a pattern for some of their games that could be cracked by someone smart and used to beat the system.

You’ll need more of luck than you’re going to need any analysis or pattern.

It’s not a fact that drop outs do better and if there ever was a theory stating so, I would likely disagree with that theory. Admittedly, people drop out from school for various reasons. One likely reason is having lack of financial support to continue your education. But then people have dropped out for lesser reasons and due to their irresponsibility and lack of focus on their studies.

People that dropped out due to carelessness and irresponsible decisions.. how then can such people do well in life when they can’t gather enough motivation and focus to finish what they started.
And without having relevant educational qualifications to make him more relevant and wanted for employment purposes, he’ll be majorly overlooked as his chances would be slim or next to zero.

The first half lead Manchester United had didn’t give me much hope as the opponent they were facing weren’t a small team.
Rashford scoring a goal made me happy as I like the player and hope he does score more goals. But the first half lead quickly turned around as the second half saw Manchester City waking up and scoring three goals to help give them the victory. I had hoped Man United would hold on and hopefully score more goals to increase their lead but that wasn’t to be.

I didn’t have high hopes of Man United having the win and I really wasn’t disappointed when they lost the game.

Gambling does pay and that’s why people still continue to put in money in hopes for a win. Not entirely surprising too.
Congratulations on your win. That’s how gambling works. You win some and you lose some. Your predictions came out right perhaps cause you actually did some research and didn’t bet blindly.

Although the losses incurred in gambling could be significant, having a win most times restores one’s faith in gambling and allows for more betting. If one doesn’t win, there would be no one playing.

Parents still have a great deal of influence in the life of a growing child. But parents today are beginning to share the responsibility of bringing up their child with lots of other people. For some, I would think babysitters wields a great amount of influence in the life of a child than the parents themselves who spend little to no time with their children.
Despite having access to smartphones and all of that, parents still have a great deal of influence. It’s left for them to use it properly in bringing up the child right. In this case, the parents have a share of the fault in the stealing habits cultivated by the child in order to gamble.

I think the OP is taking about gambling and how it can have an effect on your behavior. Aside other factors that could affect your behavior, I think gambling as an activity could have quite an effect on the behavior of individuals.
Like the OP noted, people cope with wins and losses differently and those emotions could then have a spill over into other aspects of our lives. Imagine a gambler who’s on a losing streak and his finances being in the red, tat person would likely be frustrated and would have a not so pleasant interaction with others.

On the contrary, I believe your life is yours. If it doesn’t belong to you, who then do we “borrow” life from?
It’s our lives and like all living thing, we’re all going to die someday. Although, I agree with you that taking one’s life due to irresponsible actions and choices made is not cool. If the individual here was alive, there was always a possibility that he would bounce back from the loss.

People do need to be more responsible. You made a mistake? own up to it and learn from it so it doesn’t happen again. Taking your life over losses incurred is not reasonable to me.