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Well... I was joking when I posted that Brazil may miss qualification for the FIFA World Cup of 2026. But even if they qualify as the 3rd or 4th ranked team, it is going to be a big humiliation for them. Brazil used to be the no.1 ranked team for so many decades. Their recent decline was quite unexpected. And even more insulting for them is the fact that their traditional rivals (Argentina) has now become the no.1 team replacing them. Brazil used to be a well balanced team, not overdependent on any one player. But that has also changed, with a lot of burden now falling on Neymar.

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That's one of the bad side of monitoring your records, as you will keep remembering your losses and the amount that you will try to recover,
most of the time, a gambler who knew the amount that he had already lost, got that mindset to try and recover.

Factors that will possibly bring you to keep trying, though the good catch is if you know your limits and you can control your emotions, since you
can stop and you can enjoy it if ever that you win some, having those records will let you keep on track and update regarding your finances.

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That's not what I meant. That Ronaldo himself is in great form and not going to retire just yet is understandable. But the question is, will players move to the SPL with the same fervour if Ronaldo isn't there? It's essentially a question of whether Ronaldo's move has had an impact in the long term

How did this unemployed person got addicted to gambling in the first place?
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In the process of becoming a good gambler we need to understand; money management, self discipline and self education on the effects of gambling. What works for the next gambler may not work for us. Hence, it's the duty of every gambler to manage their risks by following the right routines. When a player lose their control in gambling. They'll be controlled by gambling addiction. And it'll be much difficult for them to withstand the gravity dragging them towards every day gambling. The difficulty of curing gambling addiction depends on the decision of the addicted person. Yet, it's always hard for them to fight against what's eating them up mentally. But, if any addicted gambler try his best to stop, he'll achieve it. Given time. If they read news articles about what gambling addiction has done to gamblers, it can help in reminding them about their mistakes. Families has been broken because of gambling. Many have wasted money meant for the growth of business on gambling. Another important aspect of maintaining healthy gambling habit, is having a personal gambling technique. Which money limitation is also a nice gambling skill. I still don't get why the addicted gamblers don't feel the pain of the punishment they cause themselves and family members. Changing themselves can take longer time, but when the family tries to help, the time it'll take can be slashed into two. Thereby facilitating a fast healing process for the gambler.

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FIFA made many changes to boost the reward they are getting. Even splitting the World Cup between many nations means developing better infrastructure for football, extend its supporters and with the more games you have, the more advertising you have and more sponsors you get which in the end turn to more money for them.
I agree that basically every match in World Cup is watched by millions of people around the world and most of the time by people who aren't even the citizens of these countries. Imagine hearing Saudi Arabia are owning Argentina in football. Everyone will turn the TV to watch this humiliation! World Cup have its own charm

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It's not that the GOAT is the Saudi Arabian but I think Ronaldo is the GOAT in the world and regardless of his age, he can still have good performance in the time he plays for them.
We know Ronaldo had good performances when he was a younger player in Real Madrid and Manchester United but even after the age of 30, he still had good performances and Ronaldo even scored more goals after this time. He is definitely a player who can play for a longer time.

In a situation where they make it 48 teams, with 4 teams in each group, that would be 12 groups, if they do 2 teams from each group that would be 24 teams, how are they going to handle that? They would be forced to make some teams play more games of knock off stage, and I do not think that would be fair. If they want to make it bigger, I would say 32 is the ideal number, let them stay with that, getting it to 64 would be way too much, and putting extra teams to groups would just make more teams lose at groups that's it, nothing changes, the fun is at the knock off stages not the groups.

In the end, this is just a small cup, a team plays a maximum of 7 games including finals, most teams have like 3 games, and some have something in between, trying to make it more games doesn't change a thing. This cup is already making way too much money too, not like they are not making any money, so they do not really need to change anything at all, feels like it is as normal as it gets.

No one put me in gambling I do it my own. My dedication help me a lot. I have seen my some big brothers who loss a huge amount in gambling. After that he left gambling because it was huge amount. Then I realized that is game of experience not luck. Form now to then I face losses but not that big amount to left gambling.

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Don't you think it's a benefit that whenever you are back reviewing your spreadsheet with your win or loss data, you will think not twice but more than that before you gamble? Because in my opinion, it's a kind of reminder, not like guilt-tripping or anything, but the reality check on your spending. The real benefit of keeping a record is that you can analyze not only your lose and win record but also your actual financial spending on gambling, and you can verify it with your actual financial savings. And I don't think every gambler should have to keep their record, because if you're not a gambling addict, then you will definitely think before spending.

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One issue I often find among people is that they do not take their finances as seriously as they should, they think that since they plan to only use a small amount of money to gamble then it does not really merit for them to be that careful when they do.

But that is precisely when a person will eventually spend more money than what they originally thought, and when this behavior keeps repeating itself not only in gambling but on several other aspects of their lives then it is not surprising we see people being unable to save any money and getting a lot of debts for stuff they did not even need.

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Overthinking it could sometimes take away all the fun out of it and anxiety slowly replaces the feeling of excitement that was initially there. And that’s why I think people dream up notions about the possibility of earning an income from gambling.

Casinos, being in business to make profit, is not really different from any business that has profit oriented goals. would create a suitable environment for anyone willing to gamble. After all, it’s only natural for businesses to be innovative and want to provide the best environment for customers.
I must admit. Not having clocks or windows so people wouldn’t be time conscious would go a long way in making people stay much longer and spend more money.

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This is incredible, because most of us have always seen the USA as a clearly developed country in all senses, this is something that could help a lot to make others believe that this country can make a difference in the world, if we put our minds to it. Let's see, the world economy is given because the entire world economy is given by a clear hegemony of the dollar, every advance and every category that has to do with economic progress. The first Indicator is the dollar, so based on this, we realize that the USA It has many economic activities, because for what their economy is currently, they have clear inflation, people know that to make a good market you need more than 500usd and this in comparing just a few years with 100usd the things that could be There were many changes, this without taking into consideration the services that I have also been told are cheap, so I believe that this high cost of living is due to that very thing, how expensive this is becoming.

With respect to politics, they have a tone that is becoming very fierce , they are already resembling the policies and actions of my country where it is being shown that the oldness for power is too much, and that is not good, for one thing. On the other hand , I think that they are waging a lot of war on Trump, whether it is true or false about the accusations that have been made against him, it seems that the same politicians are putting him in trouble and that I consider to be playing very dirty, and something that I have Expectations about It's when politicians play dirty against others, because I live in a country where being a politician guarantees you a full life because what they do is be very corrupt, and that apparently is what generates more money , money that they blatantly steal, and even though This is not the case in the USA, I see that there is a lot of fighting for power, and perhaps people see that and do not want things to turn out the way They want , surely the president who Remains will have strong protests..

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I’m sure it’s only a matter of time before someone creates and AI bot that can sit around making thousands of bets per day and winning at a rate slightly higher than the average gambler. I still don’t think AI can beat the odds over a casino in the long run, but I imagine it could probably bet a massive amount of money with a ton of bets to make gamblers inflate their amount bet numbers like never before.

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yeah we are all aware that consulting in a specialist is a bit expensive and this is the best way to seek help, but I think it depends in every country because there are some that offers Therapy and check up's for free by the help of the government and insurances like HMO, they covered consultations as well. Since OP seeks low cost but effective solution for gambling addiction, the last thing that possibly may help an addicted gambler is by the help of family; Console, listening to them and giving an advice but most importantly, gambler should have to help their self to overcome this matter too. 

How exactly can one enjoy gambling playing just one game? i have not gone through the comments and honestly do not think that there will be anyone who have focused on just one game for over a year or more, every gambler must have shifted from one game to the other in the search for luck, except for those who are just starting out in gambling.

For me, i have played a lot of games in all my gambling journey, i have played slot games, casino games, sports betting of different types like football, handball, volleyball, table tennis and so on, when it comes to slot games, i have also played a lot of slot games, of which most of it i can't even remember their title or name.

So, for me, i think the fun in gambling is trying out one game after the other, one never knows which of these games he or she will find good luck in, so this is why i personally believe that it makes more sense to play from one to another, than just focusing on just playing one game all through.

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Stats are for people who want to present or have a detailed report on something and while I’m yet to meet someone who would want to be continuously updated on the sizable chunk of money he has lost overtime compared to peanuts he most likely felt really happy to have won, there may actually be some people who have and keep such detailed report of their gambling history for whatever reasons.
I think the average gambler which includes the group of gamblers who play for recreational purposes as well as those who aren’t frequent and play at random could care less for records of their gambling which would probably show more loses than wins.

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There are countries that offer free sessions or rehabilitation and the government is the one sponsoring it, so check with your government if they have a program like that there are charitable institutions that will sponsor rehabilitation too, so the first thing is to check the availability of these services in your country, these sponsorships by the government and charitable institutions will last until you are fully healed.

Here in our country, we have free counseling and rehabilitation but there is an agreement that you need to fully commit yourself until you are fully healed because you will be called to also offer help to those who need treatment that you've gone through.