I simply do not buy your idea, my friend, it seems that you are giving all the kudos of gambling winnings to luck. But you are so wrong. Luck might be part of gambling indeed, but to be factual, it is merely an expression, though I am fine with it. But believing that you must be lucky all the time before you win, then you are still not ready for gambling. Many aspects of gambling might need luck truly, but many other aspects of gambling rather need your expertise and management and not luck. If you are good at what you know and do, you will certainly make the money and will also be making it consistently. Many sports betters have always talked about the good side of it, they are making their money consistently and I must say that I am not taking the backseat in this regard as well.

So, as long as you know how to work things through with it and do not believe that one certain term called luck will be your saviour all the time, then it is highly likely that you will be successful via it. You need to know how to select the right teams, and also at the right time. You will do this through a whole lot of analytical means of sports, and by this, you will often know the team that will win mostly, which is so easy for me. Also, there are some aspects of the lotto as well to buttress this, for instance, that mathematical calculation will tell you the result (expertise). I've witnessed this many times where people win based on their calculations and expertise, but not luck. However, if you continue to rely on luck rather than know-how, you will continue to suffer in gambling.

Enough is expected from the part of the gambler and the more such gambler erred in them, the worse it becomes. Gambling needs our balanced psychology, we need to think straight towards it and not believe that we are so certain of anything, that is a lie, and even if it works for us today, it will not work for us in most cases. Also, the risk we take matters, aside from the fact that gambling is not certain, we are only always taking risks no matter how much we believe in that specific outcome, we might still lose it. This is why we should not be risking unnecessarily, yet, we should risk reasonably and not fearfully at the same time.

For me, the 1% risk is too much and increasing it is never greedy. It also depends on how big the money we are looking at is. You can't tell me to be risking 1% of $10 on gambling, it is too small. To some people too, risking as low as 1% on $100 is too small for them. Increasing the percentage might not be a dangerous risk but could be the standard individuals set for themselves. For me, I think that 5%-20% is still very good for gambling, but like I said, it still depends on the money we are talking about. If the money is large enough, I may even use lower than 0.5% in that case.

This is a matter of choice and there are options for you aside from this, we have many alternatives. Although, telling them to block the account looks somehow to me and some casinos will not even block it at all, and I can't blame them for it. The fact that you didn't see the options you wanted now doesn't mean you can't see a reason for you to use them again in the future. So leaving it active is the best choice for most of them, especially when it will not affect you at all. They will only tell you to look away and that your details are safe with them. Still, I wish you could name the casino we are talking about, it would be so bad of them if at this age people are still complaining about the scarcity of gambling choices, which is not so professional on their part. If they are serious about the business, they should rather be more competitive than causing a customer to abandon them.

Well, about your questions, let me say that it depends, the first winning might convince me. After all, it is about winning, and you can imagine the first bet you placed, you were able to win with 2.0 odds and your withdrawal was processed to you itch-free. So, they should not be entirely abandoned in my opinion, it may be my alternative, especially when I want to play the games in which I will have to only choose the options they offer.

No doubt, gambling is risky, and it is the reason why it should not be an option for those who are looking for money desperately. If not, they will rather lose more instead of making that money. Gambling is such that is not so friendly when it comes to emotion, and desperation is part of it, it will only put pressure on you, and if you are such that is not relaxed enough, the feeling that you want the money so badly will always cloud your judgement and you will continue to make mistakes.

If you need money like that, sort it elsewhere, it is only a few people out of many who have been lucky enough to go scot-free in this regard. Can you imagine what the guy opted for, the slot games? That is the reason he lost the money, he didn't even give it the needed fight and thought. Slot games are not games that you rely on your belief and what you know, it is almost absolutely reliant on the luck of the gambler which makes it not the right door to knock in the time of desperation. Or else, you have a higher chance of losing that money.

We share the same view about this and I strongly support your opinion and suggestion too, such a father should be severely punished so that it can be a deterrent for irresponsible people like him. Although this irresponsible act happened in relation to gambling, we should still not totally loud it as gambling is not the only excuse that people are using in a situation like this. They often use a lot to dodge responsibility or look responsible because of what they did as the case may be.

The act is so different in my opinion and it is not caused mainly by gambling but by the insensitivity of the father. No matter what we do as parents, our first goal and responsibility are to our children and the people around us, not our selfish interest, even at the risk of our loved ones. I can only say that I am happy that nothing bad happened to those children, it would have been worse.

Regardless, the father shouldn't go unpunished by both the wife and the government. There's always a way around this to fulfil the punishment.

There is no aspect of gambling without its risks and I do not believe that when a gambler has taken his time to study a team, he will still not be able to make some well-informed predictions that will often be true in terms of the outcome. I believe that just like football, all other aspects of sports betting are the same when it comes to winning probability, only that we are not paying attention to them or not just conversant with them. As we all know, opinion might not be the priority for companies because gambling companies are offering games based on popularity, they will not want to be wasting their time and resources on the games that are least prioritised/patronised by gamblers.

Irrespective of that though, Badminton is a very good one for me. It is such that is so unpopular with bookies, and if it is added, I think I can have a better shot with it.

Well, the two questions are so easy to answer, and for the age part, it is a good thing to understand the law of the land you are living in. This law varies among countries, and in some countries, it is until you are 18 years of age before you can gamble, and in some, it is about 21 years of age. I believe that the countries resolve into these different ages due to some considerations, and if argued out can only point to the maturity of the person. Gambling is an adult activity, which is why the government would be so concerned and would want the person to be fully matured into adulthood before gambling, which could have birthed the 3 years extra added in the case of 21+ years.

However, age is not always strictly adhered to in gambling as I've seen young people entering offline casinos to play their bets. They often say it's their parents or an older person who sent them. Are the operators verifying the claims? I guess No. And for this, a young boy/girl with money could gamble conveniently with no questions asked. Also, for the second part which is the professionalism of the person, I guess this can't hold any water. Is there any government agency following this up? In the absence of that, I think people can always bypass this even if the government wants it, it may not stand. So far there is no provision for the examination of people by age, anybody can gamble as long as they have something to cover up for it.

Are you kidding me right now? I can only advise you to be more strict about this because since you've ever thought of it, it could still come back again to you. This is your choice to always fight it with strictness and discipline, it is not just worth it. If you continue like that and have the strong will to say no, it may not come to you again. Always think of loan-taking for gambling as a thing that is ill and unthinkable, gambling should not be that tempting, and if you ever find yourself in such a mess again, one thing that should first come to your head is that you are already addicted and not yourself anymore. If you are not careful too, it will get you into trouble. This mindset alone will help you to caution yourself.

I must say that I am more surprised about yours than that of the OP itself, and I've been hearing about this but I never knew it was rampant as such. So, people will stoop so low and apply for a loan, and after being credited the same, they will gamble with it? This is so unreasonable. I can't even think it not to talk of applying for it for the sake of gambling. Loan has to be treated differently, the money is for good purposes, and gambling is not among these purposes. The good purposes of securing a loan entail buying properties and investments, saving yourself from a financial mess, payment of medical bills and many more.

Above all, use only the money you can afford to lose for gambling.

Let me assume that you are referring to sports betting because there won't even be time wasted in the casino for all that. Also, I say that I am not a gambler like you, I do not have reasons to change my bet options, and this is because I have them put together even before I open my gambling platform or bet at the gambling house. The fact remains that when you bet on sports, you are doing yourself a big favour if you speculate very well before proceeding to play the bet.

By this, you would have done the needed selection and know the options to choose. This is just like in an exam, if you have a good knowledge of what is before you in an objective question, you will surely choose an option without doubting it. This is my own case here, and I do not have that change even as speculation would have guided me before choosing. But it is possible that I deliberately delete some games myself and I see this as a different scenario, and not changing the options.

This story is pathetic and it is not the first time that either the gambling company or their agents are trying to play smart. I've heard stories that they will print a fake ticket for a customer and they will hold the original ticket and even worse. Maybe the same scheme is playing out here again, time will tell. How can a gambling shop owner who was supposed to pay winnings travel without proper arrangements for settlement? Well, the best thing to do has been done by the guy for taking them to court, and by doing that, they can't escape justice.

The headquarters will be one of the responders in this case as well. This is to clarify issues and ascertain the genuity of the operations of the agents/branch. I hope that it is not more than this though, because if the owner had outsmarted the guy, he could have run away with the money believing that it is huge and he had nothing to lose by doing that. This is more reason why it is good to bet online, you will be able to treat the issues directly with the company involved and not some kind of agents.

Bitcoin has not been priced the way Gold is, so I do not always look at them as competitors the way people do. They also do not have the same importance if not for the people's money that makes them assets. Going forward, a tight race between them is possible, especially this time when Bitcoin is now advancing with the ETF arrangements. If it works it may attract more investors and that will surely increase the market capitalization. But Gold is not growing so much and not reducing so much too, this means that it is somewhat stable. It is slowly increasing and reducing in the market capitalization, and at times, it would have a higher cap that will still be significant. I have loved the sustaining part for so long, nevertheless, it is still holding it above $13T in most cases.

But for Bitcoin, I do not have so much to say about it other than it has a bullish and bearish season, it is highly volatile when it comes to market capitalization and so unstable. Unlike Gold, it can drop multiples of its price and liquidity within 2 years, and it can gain it back pretty fast too, even within just a year. Such an asset is highly unpredictable. Coupled with the age, one can only guess the market capitalization but it may not be able to be consistent about it unlike Gold has maintained it on the high side for long.

The more you are private with some things, the better and more mature you actually are. You do not have to be running your mouth all the time, and the fewer people know about you, the better. This is not about strangers alone, even friends and families shouldn't know everything about you because you do not know the content of their thoughts toward you and how they will feel about your progress, not to mention what they can do to rob you of your joy.

Particularly about the stranger, though it is unspeakable to be allowing strangers to interfere or have the privilege to know so much about you, at times too, the country you are in and your status matter if we are using social media to judge. Some countries are more secure than others, so telling the media stranger about you based on the question they asked might just be a mere interview. It could bring you into the spotlight but no harm may happen. If not, people would have stopped disclosing such.

But for Bitcoin, I do not think it is good to disclose your worth in it whether it is for media purposes or not. Crypto is a different asset entirely that attracts privacy risk if disclosed.

I think the OP should better differentiate between investments in Bitcoin and trading of the coin. The confusion is that he mentioned trading whereas what he explained looks more like investments. Aside from that, no one can force anyone to do what they do not want to do, that's why it is good to learn what we want to do with our coins and act appropriately and independently. What if the expert advice is based on a condition but the coin did otherwise?

This makes investments independent affairs. But we must learn and understand how to go about it to make profits from it. If anything goes wrong, we should face the music all by ourselves as well, just the way it can be good for us if we are right in the prediction. After all, we are all speculating, no one knows it all.

ETF this, ETF that, I think that people are now reasoning better, this is unlike how it was so lousy before the approval. Even then, I wonder what difference the ETF would make in the crypto space if not for Bitcoin shifting hands from one means to another, and from personal storage to company storage. I see no big deal in this, but it's nevertheless the hype of people. However, it is plainly the means by which the corporate entities will be able to control Bitcoin indirectly. The more we make it accessible to them, the more centralised it becomes.

Sincerely, I just didn't feel it the way people felt it at that filing time, Bitcoin was already accessible before it, so what? As it is now, I do not know the model at which they will operate eventually and start allowing people access as they've not started fully, but no way this will not increase government oversight.

You have good options there, although there are enough of them to call out, notwithstanding, the INJ and AVAX are among the best sincerely, and I see them continue to grow. But if I am still told to choose the best among the two, I will go for INJ. This token is good and resilient, and what happened in the second half of 2023 is a witness to that. This is still the beginning, I expect it to move upward better and will keep most of the gains for a longer period of time.

The AVAX is also good but I base my decision on the fact that AVAX is older with a higher market capitalization of about $14.5B. It is only being appreciated because of the Ethereum link, but for how long? It still has the chance to move higher, but might limit it to a certain price over time of stretching higher even as it's currently 9th on the table judging by the position based on liquidity. But INJ is newer and is merely $3.2B in market capitalization. It's also a Layer 2 application which makes it more unique. The way it moved during the last mini-bull run speaks volumes too.

This is a serious problem and I blame those gamblers for this. No one should start a thing without knowing the good and the bad sides of it if they are wise, and it is through this that the preventive measures would be known for those who are clever. Gambling is good and many have testified to this, but as good as it is doesn't mean that it doesn't have its own evil, it is this evil we have to plan against so that it will never affect us. Even if it does affect us, it will be less if a good plan is enforced. Gambling, if learned from the beginning, people would know that it is addictive and could cause us to lose just as it could earn for us. By knowing this, they will have to get prepared better for it, and if they are well cautious of the addictive part, they will not be too engrossed with it to the point that it will be compulsive to them.

Just like me, I gamble when I want to and I shun it when I want to, this is because I am fully aware of the danger in it. So it helps when we have that prior knowledge, our mindset would have been on the alert, so there will be a strong Willpower to say no when we don't want to play it. Also, about the wastefulness, it is all about our calculation and the right budgets, if we get it right and are disciplined as well, we will not have a wasteful issue with gambling. No one should just gamble because they see it as cheap, informal and accessible, it requires ethics and styles before we can maintain a responsible gambling characteristic.

What you just said is one of the reasons why traders often fail in the market, they are not properly informed in most cases, while some do not even believe that "what is right is worth doing." I don't know if you are privileged to read my posts about this in the past that traders need a lot in the market before they can be successful. If they lack any of such criteria, they will never be successful.

Traders need;

1. Good trading strategy which they can use to form a timeproof trading system.
2. Proper money and risk management.
3. Balanced trading psychology
4. Great trading plan that will coordinate all that they know about the market trading.

However, the knowledge of one or some without the knowledge of all is bad, not to mention the application of them. All must be known, established and applied rightly before success can be made in trading.

I don't think you are being appropriate here, perhaps you are ill-informed on how these things work regarding the exchanges. If it were to be the traditional broker, well, I would still say that it is true of the market makers, but for the crypto exchanges, I think that you are so wrong about them. What I have noticed about the crypto exchange is that their trading (spot and futures) is structured in such a manner that their customers are the liquidity providers, and this is in addition to others who are willing to stake their money directly. The system works for itself and within itself, and this is evident by the times that they will specifically allow some people to join their liquidity pool.

So, it is practical that they are not the liquidity provider, and even if they are part of it since they are entitled to it, they are justified but are not the lone risk taker. But what the exchanges practice mostly is to create a crypto marketplace within their system where anyone can participate in it. If any trader loses, he will lose to the liquidity pool and this will be shared among all the providers of liquidity, which includes yourself if you invest in it, and it depends on the proportion of your stake in it. And the traders who win will win from you inclusive too. This is the fairest practice I've ever seen if you ask me even as the exchange itself is not greedy to take all the business and the money associated with it.

This is a typical madness and I advise the guy to work more on himself and not act based on emotion. It also shows how immature the guy is, a person who has not worked on himself. What if it is worse than that? He should be very careful, and people who are opportune to know about this should confront him and advise him on the need to be calm in the face of losses and provocation if they have access to him. If not, such would do things he would regret for the rest of his life. I see this beyond gambling, so he should be very careful.

Imagine, losing the money and also the TV, this is crazy. It also points to the fact that we should only gamble with the money we can afford to lose. Had it been that the guy had risked a small amount of money gambling, he might even have more money to try again maybe he would have won the next time. Not in this way that he lost everything due to his folly. Gambling requires accountability from us and not 100% assurance, we should think about the possible outcome and not be blinded by the assurance of any bet no matter the belief. Even the surest bet in terms of possibility had failed some people, so we should not be senseless. Nevertheless, I hope he has learned his lesson, next time, he will gamble safer.

All you said is true, we all see them around us and how such means are effectively working for casinos. But these are simply not capital-intensive, the options are for the big boys who have carefully planned for it and are fit for the task even before they start actualizing them. It is the casino that has all that it takes mainly financially that can be able to achieve these in order to in turn achieve their goals. Marketing is so powerful in this digital age, and there is nothing you sell through it that will not prosper unless it is such that people hate it.

In the absence of that, it will prosper, just like gambling, people like to gamble, so informing them of a good casino, particularly if this is coming from their trusted handles online, that has concluded what will happen. It will be so easy for them to open an account. Not to mention how some casinos are so aggressive in their marketing online. You will see their banners on virtually all websites on the internet, and also google and social media. I do not know how such casinos will not achieve their goals easily, they will just be irresistible, especially if they package it better on their websites so nicely since that is what people will first see after redirecting from the main page that introduced it to them.