Both are gambling but are different types.

That's the beauty of gambling: we have a lot to choose from. Personally, I am more interested in sports betting as I find it challenging. Casino gambling is fun, don't get me wrong, but I believe the people who say that you can never beat a casino because it has a house edge. So, if I gamble in a casino, I'm just doing it for fun. I'm not expecting a lot, as I know the house edge will make me lose in the long run.

Back to sports betting, I only bet on the sports that I know and love, which gives me a lot of entertainment value. It also convinces me that I can win in sports betting as long as I develop my skills in handicapping.

It was not only in boxing that corruption appears, it is also in other sports, they are not just too bulgar to see where we can tell that they are doing it now.
To the question if it is still worth to bet? Well, I still consider it worthy unless the fight is already manipulated. For now, it was still a good sport for me but not sure in the future if corruption and manipulation will at worse.

Besides, I don't bet just for money and winning opportunities but I bet in support of my favorite boxer. And since I am a sports lover, I don't mind if there is corruption inside as I enjoy watching the fight.

A lack of preparation makes someone a fool and most likely end up losing their money. If this person never changes his style and market approach, I couldn't think about success but rather expect failure. Yes, we better look at our mistakes in the fast and make this a reason why we should be careful next time and give extra effort to study the market well because investing is not all about money but it is more about strategies and approaches. If some people lose their money because of a lack of knowledge, then we have to do something not to be like them. It is not difficult to do that since information is available already, we only need time and make it serious because every mistake we make can turn our investment fail.

What I did is that I keep myself focused on small earnings rather than hunting big. I take the opportunity to sell when there is a price increase and not wait for its peak, at least if I could make 1% of every successful trade, I'm already happy and feel safe. It is really a matter of choice of coins and I use different styles of trading depending on the situation. Sometimes we also apply holding especially in times of correction. We need to listen to the market movements and not all the time is good for trading, there is time also to pause and wait for the price to recover as it is difficult to trade when the trend is declining.

That's what I also noticed, when the ROS shoots well, they likely win the game. Just like their game versus the TNT when they have a big lead at the beginning because of their great 3 point shooting, but the TNT had a big run in the 4th, lucky for ROS it does not translate to a win. Not only the 3 point shooting, I think they also need to improve their defense. It can't be denied that SMB is a very good team, but if DYIP were able to beat them in a game, then I guess ROS is capable of doing that also since this is a best of 7 series, more opportunity for them compared to the DYIP.

You have said it wrong, even next year is still after halving and the fact that bull season is not over yet, we can still expect a big bump in its price. So we have to stop assuming that there is no ATH nor do we think that there are no price improvements after halving because it is still possible.

Of course, I believe there are experts but their expertise never means they are always right as they can be wrong as well. Just think that the market is volatile and even if we are here for a decade or even since the start, we can't still say what really exactly happened in the coming days.

Don't ask, see for yourself. Because if I say no, will you follow? The same thing happens when I say yes.
It is an individual choice and investment decision, and since it is your money, whatever you do, that is okay.

 -invest in a project if you feel confident about it but if not, better leave and look for another.

In fact, there are a lot of coins in the market, so why not choose those projects that are already established well instead of taking risks in new and meme coins? Keep your eyes open and do research as much as possible.

Gambling promotions are not getting into the right people/person but they go to different classes of the society and ages.

I would agree and support how the school and other groups creating solutions to this but this is a big challenge on their part because social media is now a leading contributing factor that influences young people (and even kids) exposed to gambling. We understand that young people support sports tournaments but on the other side, they make use of this as gambling. They are having fun with sports but at the same time, they are gambling as well (illegally).

They can educate them but the question is if they are seriously listening and following it. I see that it works when parents give their participation as well and give proper guidance.

It was not gambling but rather a suicidal action and a very wrong investment strategy. It is very usual to read and hear promising words from developers but it is never delivered in such ways, most of them turn into a scam.

Yes, I've been buying new projects in the past years when I was just new in the crypto market and this is what I experienced after having some tries, my coins just stuck in my wallet and I was hopeless to sell them since it was not and never been listed to any exchanges.

Investing is not just about buying cheap coins but what we must look at is where it was listed and our opportunity to sell them high.

 -Can a newbie make investment before learning?

Investing in Bitcoin is not as easy as we think, therefore, it is not, newbies must know their priorities first before making a move so they will never find it regretful, and then no way to blame the market for their stupidity and rush. Learning first is hereby encouraged not just to have an idea of what is this all about but for the reason that investing without knowledge is just like we are throwing our money -- a waste of time either.

We don't need to spend a lot of time doing this but at least, we have an idea of how these things work as we can't invest like gambling. But we did this for the goal of success, not failure.

 

I too agree on that, it seems like the trend is, when a team got dominated, they'll come back strong in the next game. The same thing had happened with the Knicks when they loss by a huge margin, they also flip the outcome in the next game. So the game 7 is very interesting, everyone are sure tuning on this game because it has been 5 years IIRC that no defending champion have pass the 2nd round in the playoffs, maybe Denver will break that and will be a back to back champion, so let's see.

There has been a sudden movement of handicap, as mentioned, it was -5.5 when it opened, now it's already -8.5. If this line movement is a good indication, most likely people are betting on SMB so bookies decided to move the line. Now, with -8.5, I think SMB is still capable of cover the spread if they'll win the game.

This two teams face in the regular season, SMB managed to beat them by 12 points, so if we will witness the same scenario, it's safe to say that SMB will cover the spread.

here's the boxscore on that game. https://pba.ph/recap?match=2417613

Gambling addiction will not just ruin our financial status but also our reputation and trust. Yes, a lot of stories where people use money for the group/company due to gambling habits. A lot of stories that a person commits a crime (stealing), has huge debts and sells properties in order to sustain their gambling needs.

I couldn't say gambling is bad, it only depends on the gambler. If we can't handle our gambling habits, it leads to a worse and regrettable ending.
We don't need to wait for that moment before we change our approaches, instead do it responsibly now.

Success is not measured by means of how big you earn but it measures how responsible you are as a trader.
Now we are earning a lump sum of money but if our greediness is not controlled, sooner this will also bring us down and lose everything. Success can be determined not by today but by how we bring it after many years of doing it consistently.
 - fund management
 - self-control
 - long-term plan
 - consistency

We thought before that social media was a good source of information but not now, it is a medium of scams and gambling promotions which is not good anymore, especially to our young audiences.

20$ is a good amount that these influencers get tempted without thinking about the bad impact on the community. And I hope they are supposed to know that, not just consider themselves to earn but also how it ruins other life.

It is really a need for the government and the authorities to action. It is not about stopping the gambling industry but a need to align in the right way of promoting it. I am a gambler and I started gambling at the legal age.

Factors are:
First, we consider whether cryptocurrency is legal in our country or not.
2nd, if Bitcoin is accepted as a mode of payment in major establishments or not.
3rd, do we already have an idea about crypto?

If all the answers are NO, I don't think it makes sense to accept as our job salary but instead, accept fiat money. Unless, our intention is to use this for investment and we don't after receiving this every month, then taking this option is good provided that the #1 is yes and legal.

In general, we need to assess ourselves if this is applicable in our real life.

Because a wise person choose the option where they can guarantee profit, even it was not 100% but at least a higher percentage. Indeed, this does not involve psychology as people will choose where they can profit more and surely will choose the option that is less risky. If we are not a good trader, we are certain that we don't choose to trade, the same thing happens to investing. Especially for newbies, they should have to think about their capabilities, not just thinking about their money/capital as it never works that easily, it needs good knowledge.

At this point I think money is not the most important for Canelo as he can easily find an opponent that will ensure him big paycheck. However, based on my observation, he hasn't been fighting big names lately and as we can see, most of his recent wins are easy win. If he'll fight Crawford, that sure will bring a lot of money, but who would go down or go up? That's another thing as none of these two would fight not getting the advantage to win.

There's no other players from the OKC stepping up, unlike with the Mavs where their bigs have stepped up. SGA is good as we can see on his output, but him alone carrying the team would give them a slim chance of coming back. Well, a win in game 6 would bring this game to 7,  but how sure they are they can win game 7?  I don't know, the OKC have the chance to take the lead as they are at home, but that two losses at home resulting them to be down 3-2 in the series.

OKC only shoots 25% from 3, it was suppose to be their strength, so when they struggle in that area, we know they'll likely loss.

their average this season was almost 40%.
https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/thunder-3pt-percentage

It's too early for him to retire, if he wants to make more money, then he should take the opportunity to earn that while he is now the champion. It would be easier for him to find an opponent since he is a champion, maybe if he lose that's the time for retire, but for now, he should have a big fight next.  Davis or Shakur are good but I prefer to see Davis as the latter is very popular than Shakur, and imagine if Loma would beat him.