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1441  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Lotteries and possibility vs. probability on: July 19, 2023, 05:59:29 AM
The point is that people can play the lottery with a dollar or so and still have a tiny chance of earnings millions, while to play at a casino they will have to spend more money on their bets, possibly doubling it on each winning, if we go for dice, roulette, crash, mines... It looks easier to profit from traditional casinos games on short run, although we can't say for how long we are going to manage to do this with success, as luck can change at anytime.

Lotteries are still a cheaper activity compared to casinos games, and that is why many people prefer this alternative, since they don't have more money they can afford to lose gambling. I would say it's a responsible decision by them. Moreover, they still have some fun checking lottery's results every week. It's a kind of habit which is part of their weekly routine already.
However studies show that the ones that gamble at the lottery the most is the sector of the population with the least resources, so while for many people a dollar may not seem like much, that same amount is not so easily available for those which earn just the minimum wage or even less on their jobs, and if they do this several times a week then suddenly something that may not seem like a big deal transform into a big problem, as the chances they will ever see a return on the money they spend at the lottery is minimal.
It is true that most people who take part in lotteries are from the poor side of the economy because they have the thought and hope that they might win something significant that will change their life for once, and that hope keeps them taking part in the lottery every single time when they can. People who are already financially stable don't need to do that because they are not in need of money and even if they do, they probably have other ways of earning it.

However, those who take part in lotteries have very small chances of winning a prize or the grand prize which might contain a life-changing amount, so most of the time, the money they spend on the tickets is lost and if they are not already doing so good, it is not a good thing for them.
1442  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Wagering requirements for withdraw on: July 19, 2023, 04:29:04 AM
Casinos without a doubt face a difficult decision, on one hand they may like for the wagering requirements to be as high as possible as this increases the advantage they have over the player by exposing them to their house edge for more bets.

But at the same time they do not want to antagonize their clients by setting wagering requirements that are impossible to accomplish, as this could cause them to lose customers over the long term, however we need to also recognize that a great deal of those which end up complaining about it are people that did not read the TOS and now they are mad they cannot make a withdrawal.
I don't think it's a difficult decision for them, they don't think about the players or they would leave if they have a very high wagering requirement, though they don't set it too high because they do that with bonuses they offer, having a very high wagering requirement for bonuses isn't an issue, but when a casino asks you to wager your deposit without any bonus more than 2x, that is when things start to get uncomfortable for the gambler.

So it's obviously important for a gambler to first read the terms and conditions before they create an account and start making deposits so that they already come to know about the requirements they will be entitled to which they will need to complete if they want to be able to make withdrawals.
1443  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Gambling effects on LGBTQ+ People on: July 19, 2023, 04:24:14 AM
It is quite sad to see even people here, in the bitcointalk forum where you are already in the high tech world for people who are usually young and more developed and smart to be able to do crypto trading, end up showing so much hatred towards them, just look at this topic, and see some people who has shown so much hatred towards them and we can easily say online gambling is much better for them but also for us as well because I wouldn't want to be gambling near a person who is filled with this much hate neither, even if that hate wasn't towards me, it's still hate and I rather stay away from that if possible.

At the end of the day, they are just normal people just like any of us and I wish them the best of luck on their gambling.
You can't help it, you will find people like this almost everywhere, even online where there is no physical contact or appearance, so people who can see others and their physical appearance somewhere outside like a land-based casino or something will surely show hatred that they have been raised with, I say that because someone who has been raised with love and care tends to have the same feelings for everyone else, but the opposite happens when you have been raised with hatred.

A person, regardless of their appearance, status, cast, gender, or anything specific, is allowed or should be allowed to gamble as there is basically no discrimination of any kind in gambling whether it's done online or done in a physical or land-based casino, everyone should be allowed to gamble.
1444  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season on: July 18, 2023, 05:49:39 PM
Everyone keeps talking about how Pep took a big club and made it just bigger and he never managed a bad team and all that. That's the only criticism that I have seen about him, but there are two points that are marginally wrong and I believe City will get it again. First of all, he always refreshes his squads, he does sell some players, and puts a bit of money on top of it and gets new ones, sure he spent some serious money at times, but he is not the manager who spent the most money, yet still managed to get the most cups.

On the other hand, there are plenty of big clubs that fail to win, does that make them suck? Like Real won league and UCL last season, but lost it this season, does that make Ancelotti suck? Aside from that, if you are as good as Pep, why manage some low level team? Of course you will manage big clubs, best clubs require best managers.
1445  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: July 18, 2023, 04:59:30 PM
Arsenal only managed to compete for the title with Manchester City last season. Towards the end of the season, the performances of Arsenal's players were erratic and the points gap between Arsenal and Manchester City increased. City's performance has improved tremendously due to coach Guardiola. The strongest team in the Premier League is Manchester City.

All the teams are trying to make themselves stronger in the coming season. Manchester United and Chelsea in particular are desperately trying to build stronger squads. But I think Manchester City will be favorite for next season's title. Because Manchester City already has a strong squad. And the bonding between the players is very strong.
Arsenal is unpredictable team in Premier League now in this season they are bringing few good players but still It's not sure if they can repeat performance like last season but on other hand Manchester City is doing this all consistently and their coach is also having enough sources to fix their problems quickly now we have no sure about Arsenal how they will be performed with Liverpool and Manchester United are also bringing quality players and things are not easy for the Arsenal, but Manchester City is surely on same level even they also lost few players, but they have enough replacements as well.

In upcoming season, most chances we will have no fight for the title as Manchester City is surely at the top of the game and can repeat their performance which was in last season with we will have just one or two changes in top four even this is also not clear because all are doing good work with competitiveness is also impressive in this league.
1446  Economy / Speculation / Re: Be patient and you will be there soon. on: July 18, 2023, 03:09:31 AM
It will even take time for the price to reach $40k in my opinion, and there isn't a lot of time until we reach the next month, so we shouldn't really be expecting such high gains every month since we are not in the bull run as of now. And Bitcoin might or might not hit $100k this bull season, everything depends on the demand and how much money investors pour in during or before the bull run to fuel the price up, but it is a very high target.

A reasonable target for the bull run this time would be maybe around $80k or something because the previous all-time high was $69k and the price will surely first need to reach there and then it will go above it, so for the price to reach $69k first it would take a lot of demand and investments.
1447  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Success or Fail? - Talking about Gambling as a major income on: July 17, 2023, 12:30:15 PM
What online gambling does is that it makes people lazy once they get addicted to it, people start thinking that they don't need to do any job and they can make some money each week from gambling by sitting in the comfort of their homes without any stress of any job or earning at all, these are the kind of people who can barely make their lives better in the future and are mostly dependent on others to feed them and their family out of misery.

And, such people never learn from their mistakes, they might regret doing something for a very short period of time, but after some time, they will start doing that again, especially if it's about gambling, they might lose a lot of money and morn for a while but start gambling again and forget what happened earlier.
They are wrong if they think that way because gambling is not to make money and they should find other ways to make money. They will only get frustrated when they lose so many times that they have to change their mind to find a job to make money.

Hopefully, these people can open themselves up to accept suggestions from those closest to them so that they can begin to realize that what they have been doing is wrong. And hopefully, they will regret it and won't do it again. Even so, they can still play gambling but must have good self-control so they don't experience the same incident as before.
It is not easy to gamble with discipline, and not everyone can do that because greed takes over and people simply forget that they have to follow discipline and have self-control, they just keep gambling until they have time and money and don't know when to stop even if they have managed to win a significant amount. That is why some people will never understand, even if they do, they just can't control the urge and will do the same again.

So only a few people can have discipline when gambling and control themselves and their minds and urges when they try to force them to gamble when they shouldn't, gambling normally is okay but excessive gambling is definitely not good for anyone because that makes you addicted.
1448  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Tennis League All Thread on: July 17, 2023, 11:48:05 AM
Novak Djokovic and Alcaraz's match has concluded with a surprising twist. My expectations of a fiercely contested and captivating battle were not misguided. This showdown had all the ingredients for an enthralling spectacle. Ultimately, Álvarez Garfield emerged victorious. Although both players put up a strong fight in the fifth set, ultimately, there could only be one triumphant player in this fiercely competitive contest. Novak Djokovic has a chance, I thought after the first set. But Alcaraz Garfia, number one in the whole world, showed why there is a reason.
As Novak Djokovic won first set I was really shocked and then have feeling most chances he will win this match by big margin and straight sets but after two sets things were looking fascinating, but Alcaraz's fight in third set completely change the momentum and things were at level for the both players but in last and fifth set we have early breakthrough which helps Alcaraz to win this historic event and Novak Djokovic have his first defeat in years.
 
This was fairly one of the best match while we have two top class players in our front in tennis court, and they were giving their best for the win now with this win we have big change in tennis future because big three eras is almost ended now who is going to rule it's surely interesting.
1449  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: An Intriguing article: How to Perfect Your Gambling Strategy on: July 17, 2023, 08:33:59 AM
Since I tried this strategy I believe more and more that playing casino is not because of strategy so it still depends on luck, because if this strategy works and makes people rich then I will use it every day, but it will never work because I've tried it and I lost more than 20x in a row so it drained my money fast.
In gambling there are no really effective strategies, even professional gamblers will not believe that the strategies used in gambling are just empty words. We will still be playing against the house, win business and being able to pick up that win means his mental destiny is under control but when he returns to gambling the next day and gets the win I am not sure he will be as successful with the same picks. Humans who can not be separated from ambition and emotion then anything can happen. Especially in gambling that will only slide into the abyss that has been prepared by the casino house.
People who believe in strategies and think that they might be able to maximize their wins using strategies tend to lose more money than those who don't believe in them, take the example of a person playing dice who believe in strategies, he will get a loss and start using martingale strategy so that he can recover every loss and don't lose anything, he might get his losses back once or twice but eventually, they will lose everything back to the house because of a loss streak.

Now imagine someone who is gambling but doesn't believe in strategies, he might face a lot of losses and might get a lot of wins as well, but at the end of the session, he might be at a loss but he won't be out of money but his bankroll will still have some balance because he didn't use any strategy.
1450  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: July 17, 2023, 05:51:34 AM
For now it looks like Harry Kane is getting closer to leaving Tottenham because his agent or his father has made a fairly advanced approach with Bayern Munich. Levy will eventually let Harry Kane go and that will be the final drama of Bayern Munich signing. Bayern Munich has pretty good prospects for Harry Kane career next season because he can achieve many individual achievements if he joins Bayern Munich.

Tottenham has indeed been the longest team Harry Kane has defended in his career so it will be quite difficult to make that decision if he really has high loyalty to Tottenham. That was where the situation made his transfer to Bayern Munich never end. Even a tempting offer has been rejected by Tottenham in the two bids that have been made by Bayern Munich.
Harry Kane is one of the best strikers in the world at the moment and probably the most consistent striker in the English Premier League over the last decade yet he has no major trophy to show for his goal scoring prowess.
He must leave Tottenham Hotspur now if his dreams of winning a major silverware is still alive. Bayern Munich will certainly be a good destination for the Englabd international because playing for Bayern guarantees him major trophy in his first season at the club
We were never been so close for this transfer but right now all indicators are showing things are clearly going for the possible transfer of Harry Kane with most chances Bayern Munich could be beneficiary party because little news are showing one English Premier League club can steal this show but nothing is official just Bayern Munich is increasing their bid and still in talk with his agent and Tottenham which is good move.

In current time he is one of the best player, and he deserves trophies to be won before end his career because he already good too much to this club but in return fail to have anything which is never been ideal for the world-class striker if he moves to Bayern Munich then surely we will have good race for the Champions League title because now few teams are gearing up and few are losing their momentum which can give good chance to Bayern Munich.
1451  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24 on: July 17, 2023, 04:50:42 AM
My faith in LaLiga is on Valencia this year to reach at least top 5 and be back into a European Competition for next year because it has been some years when we last saw them competing into Europa League ...because UCL is a forgotten competition for them ...Sad. If somehow , they won't perform this year , I'm afraid Valencia will have to re-think their entire strategy because it's clearly that defensive style is not suiting them as last year they barely avoid the relegation.
In last season, there were few hopes for having better results but sadly suddenly they were down with having chance for the relegation as well which was really sad news for the supporters their performance is surely unpredictable and most of the time having REDCARD is also having another issue for them now I have feeling most chances if they will be not improved in early half of this season then most chances they could be dropped from the La Liga and can go through down in next season right now they have enough time for setting good strategy which helps them for staying in above half of the league table.

Going into European competitions are never been easy as many teams are giving their best and their quality is also much better from them, hopefully we will have positive change and improved performance which helps them for staying into better spot of league table.
1452  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: This is not Practical on: July 16, 2023, 06:05:50 PM
Actually, it's true that no money that is earned after working hard is extra or is affordable to be lost, but when we have different expenses and activities that require money, we set a budget for each one of these things and we use them accordingly, now the money that one can afford to lose in gambling is basically the budget allocated for gambling or the extra money that remains after creating a budget for each expense for the month or the week.

Now though it's true that no one likes to lose money that they've earned in some way, even if it's being spent on something they like to do, it would still feel bad if they don't get anything out of it, I know gambling is fun and you get entertained from it but having some fun on the expense of losing money is not an easy thing to do.
1453  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: How was your first experience with gambling? on: July 16, 2023, 05:08:30 PM
Gambling was something I never wanted to do in my life,I didn't know how to go about it and I wasn't interested in it,until a friend that was very close to me won a huge amount of money,that was when my attention shifted to gambling site,I started gambling everyday,staking with my last card just to make money but I wasn't lucky atall,i gambled to the extend that I couldn't stop it again,I was addicted to it because I wanted to recover my money I have lost while gambling,but it wasn't easy atall,I havent been able to recover my money since my day one of gambling,and I am finding it difficult to stop it.
Sometimes I stop it for some months,and I will still go back again to play it,there is nothing I can do,but I just keep going.
In most cases, people start gambling because they've seen someone winning a significant amount through gambling which makes them think that what if they also manage to get that much money through it if they try their luck, that is when they start gambling to see if they can actually get something out of it but usually, they don't get any significant wins but they keep losing money to the gambling sites over and over again but still won't stop.

The reason why they can't stop is because they've already become addicted and the thought that they will win something now if they play again, they keep doing that until they lose everything they have, that is how someone ends up becoming a gambling addict and then never manage to get out of it.
1454  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Lost bitcoins on: July 16, 2023, 01:46:30 PM
Bitcoin has a maximum total supply, which has already created and no additional Bitcoin is going to create, in time's of lost Bitcoin wallet has no meaning if it replaced as long no additional Bitcoin going to be created but rather using the reserve to feel the gab of the lost wallet, I don't think such can exist, because lost of Bitcoin is a result of lost of private key, password and devices used to store your Bitcoin, in the near future Bitcoin will taken advantage of lost to keep increasing in price, because of scarcity in the cryptocurrency market.
Before there are talks about extending the Bitcoins supply I think they will use a technology called Taproot if I am not mistaken. I wonder if that development are still on going but we will see soon if they are successful with that or not.

There is no such thing as reserved Bitcoin that will replace the lost Bitcoin of others. Once a private key is lost, there might be a recovery method that we can use to find them, if not then we can declare that the Bitcoins are lost completely. We shouldn't wish that many people will lose their Bitcoins even though it can make the price rise. That's evil. Besides it is still possible for Bitcoins value to grow the natural way.
1455  Economy / Gambling / Re: 😺 RollCat.io 🚀 Provably Fair 🔒 Crazy Multipliers 🎰 Free Hourly Coins 💰 on: July 16, 2023, 09:23:41 AM
I think he is the one who is complaining in the chat because of the same username, there is no even someone who replied to his message in the chatroom. It means that there is no one from the casino who is active at the time he posted the message. Sending them an email is good option (he did it already) but I think it will be the same where this player need to wait until the owner/admin online. New site but treat player like this is not really a good sign, especially it is just small amount of withdrawal.
Yeah, make sense, no one is responding meaning no one is online to handle his issues or concern.

And thanks to this use for bringing this up and hopefully the OP can have someone to look at the issues and help their customers as we here in the forum are very much concern of new casinos.

If they are not paying then there could be scam accusations which is not good for a new platform being advertise here.
Not good to see something like that exist since this is bad for their business and people might dislike the fact that they are so weak on their support side. Maybe they need to fix that area and solve issue more faster since this is how a casino earn a good reputation. Solving issue is important factor for those people seeking for casino to play and if many see that they did not take an action on those existing issue maybe many will get discourage to tty this casino.
To solve the issue a little faster is better than simply having an active support. So many casinos are like this. It's still useless. It's like the support are only a display. There are still times where an issue will take time to be resolved especially if it's a big one so all must have a patience. Complaining won't help but it will only delay the problem more because the team can't focus on resolving it.

There are still other factors that makes the casino earn its reputation. It's not a long time since this casino here was introduced so they might still be new and they can still improve. Our feedbacks here are a good thing to them. Let's only come back later on to see if they already fixed some things.
1456  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: What kind of rewards/bonuses do you prefer? on: July 16, 2023, 07:08:10 AM
And by understanding the terms and procedures, we won't be wrong in taking the bonuses we want and missing bonuses we can't afford to achieve. As gamblers, we must be wise in taking bonuses and estimating which bonuses we can take so that it won't be difficult for us. With the requirements that we can achieve, of course, we can also get bonuses so that it's not in vain that we play gambling. While we are playing gambling, maybe we can also get big wins so if we want to withdraw the winning money, there will be no problem because we have complied requirements and followed the procedure.
Someone like me is not that bonus freak gambler, I will first ensure that i relate all the benefits together with the efforts am to provide and the probability of me getting what i want before working for any kind of bonus offer, that's why it something most gamblers ensure they got paid for the ones that achieved weekly than for staying long overdue for receiving payment, then the casinos we make promotions for must also respect our integrity by making swift response whenever a task is completed by the gamblers for receiving their bonus.
Imagine if you are already playing for profit and then you are also a bonus freak, I think that will be a double cost, as we all know that most bonuses have a harder terms. You will deposit a certain amount and play for the bonus and after that, you can also deposit only to play a normal game because you fail on achieving the bonus.

A proper understanding about the bonus is a must so that we can decide properly if we will go for it or not. In terms of payment, I think it depends. I know early payments are great but if I can get paid bigger the longer I wait, I won't hesitate to choose it. I think you are referring to sig campaign here. If so, don't worry because I am sure casino appreciates our efforts on promoting their company.
1457  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2023 NBA Season on: July 15, 2023, 06:56:31 PM
The fact that Lonzo played just a while and retired before 30 is a seriously sad thing to see. He was just getting better as well, at Bulls he became a bit better, checking his stats and all it looks like he was a good part of a decent team. Of course he wasn't the main part of it, but he was at least part of a decent team. In any case, seeing young players stop like this is always sad, I remember Brandon Roy as well and him quitting because of his knees, that was a terrible thing to see as well.

I hope he lives rest of his life good enough, he made some good money from NBA to be fair and if he invested them smartly then he will definitely have a lot of money, not sure if BBB ever made him any money, but his contracts were big.
1458  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 on: July 15, 2023, 05:31:20 PM
True, the aim of the saudi league is to become the most popular league in the world and they will not care about the harsh criticism from all those who do not like their way of attracting the attention of European players using money. Maybe no one would have thought that there were so many European players who were interested in joining the Saudi league team even though they could still be considered productive at their age and of course they had calculated well before deciding on their career here. Regarding the transfer market, there is still about 1 month left and that is still long enough for the Saudi league team to continue to bring in other European players. I think a big investment will also bring a big return and that is what the Saudi league is aiming for.
If these recently signed players do not demonstrate their most outstanding competence, the squad will undoubtedly suffer. The Saudi Arabian league would be a formidable and competitive competitor to European football. Saudi signing these tremendous names over, and checking the caliber of the players, it's pretty clear that they're not playing for the passion, love they have for the club, but rather for the money. Perhaps it's not such a bad notion; at the very least, they'd develop the desire to play for these Saudi teams with all their hearts, voluntarily giving their best performance at all times.
Right away having comparison between leagues is never been ideal because it's not going to happen with Saudi League is relatively new and just going through for their start with new players and have time to bring for competitiveness and European Leagues are without any doubt one of the best in world and their version of Champions League is amazing because it's dream of every top player in the soccer world.

As of now, Saudi League is going ahead for the better future and their first goal is having intention form the world about themselves as well as the competition and having better results in it's long run but here surely I agreed right now mostly players are going through for the money instead of quality or competitiveness because for this all we have to wait how things will be gone in near future.
1459  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Lotteries and possibility vs. probability on: July 15, 2023, 01:50:14 PM
That's true 1 lottery ticket is sufficient enough to make someone a winner of the lottery because in these games the more someone buys the higher are the chances of that person to win the lottery. Only those people who are extremely lucky can win with a single lottery ticket, and I believe that those people are exceptional few in the world.

The other lucky people also need to buy more tickets in order to have a winning lottery. The lottery games are 100% luck oriented and anyone who is lucky enough will win in those games with far more success than the less lucky people. Lottery games are also luck based games and anyone who is lucky will win in these games and those who aren't lucky will never win even if they buy 100's of tickets.
But some people buy lottery tickets just to see if they can win like everyone else or if they will lose. But it turns out that they managed to win the prize and some were even able to get the jackpot so this is a rare case in lottery games. Such people exist. They have probably never played the lottery before and have only heard other people talk about their losing lottery buys. And it was because of that person's luck that he managed to make him win the jackpot prize so he got a lot of money. But we can't be like him because our luck will surely be different.
There are people who are extremely lucky in this world, these people can even win a jackpot with a single lottery ticket or with a single spin in a slot machine, we regular people cannot match their level of luck, we become happy when we hit a 10x multiplier while they get about 1000x or even more without even spending a lot of money or making a lot of efforts or spending much time sitting in front of their computers and gambling for hours.

We can't help but envy such people but that's absolutely useless, we can't get as lucky as them if we envy them or do whatever, it's all about your destiny and luck and if it's not so good, you would never be able to win anything significant through gambling or any means in life.
1460  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Appropriate percentage of income for gambling on: July 15, 2023, 09:56:34 AM
I think there are a lot of factors that can affect that percentage, such as how much you earn, whether you are single or married, in which country you live to evaluate the cost of life, and a lot more things that come to your mind when you are about to decide a budget for a certain thing. However, 5% does sound like a reasonable percentage considering all your expenses for the week or the month because you should be able to easily manage everything else in 95%.

When I used to gamble more often back in the day, I used to save this money if one week or month I stay in profit, for example, if I used my 5% for this week and got some profit on top of it, I wouldn't spend 5% more next week and add it to the bankroll but I would just use the previous money and save the 5% that I had to use for gambling.
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