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201  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Should mentally unstable people be allowed to gamble? on: May 05, 2024, 07:39:34 PM
Those that just bet and don't steal money from the others so that they can bet, there's no problem with that. There are mentally stable people but they're even more that does a lot of crazy things for them to be able to gamble. And with that, they should be the ones to get banned from entering into physical casinos or betting shops. Because if they're harming people, that's best for them to stay wherever they are and don't bring ruckus to the other gamblers that are happily gambling.
If they're not going to stop from doing those unnecessary things that bothers other gamblers in the betting shops, that's one reason to bar them from going in to the casino because they're too naughty and they don't understand how irritating it is when they're bothered by someone who's also a gambler but doesn't respect boundaries. And with that, it's best for the management to do actions before some customers request it to them to do it.

No matter how stable they can be the fact that even very sound people,smart people like IT persons or engineers with high positions in work and society have ruined their life because of gambling.They have started out just like everybody else yet their being smart have not helped them to make sound decisions and to stop gambling when their mind were playing tricks on them.Gambling have destabilized really smart minds and persons and spares no one,this is what I am trying to say here,even stable persons,smart ones with a firm life and family can fall prey to gambling and should not be suggested to gamble,I am not at all talking about stealing money as that is going down in moral lows,yet again I repeat gambling spares no one so everyone should be extra careful.
202  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: If we lose in gambling, what do we need to do? on: May 05, 2024, 07:20:35 PM
When you lose, take a deep rest. Maybe that way it could clear your mind and it might help to make a good decision the next time you are back in gambling again.
The thing about losing is we are inclined to take revenge because we want out money back. That's wrong and it might just increase the  amount that we will lose because we are not in the right mind anymore. Don't chase your losses. Just like today, I lost my bet in sports betting but it doesn't mean I have to blindly bet in another sport that I know nothing about just to chase my losses. I will rest and wait for the next game instead.

What you say, is what most gamblers should understand. however, it's not just for understanding so that we can do as you say. In gambling, sometimes we get carried away by situations and conditions, whether it's a winning situation or vice versa. Talking about defeat, in this discussion is commonplace. We all know every part of the risks of this hobby, the problem is how do we return ourselves to our original position. I mean, so that we are not influenced to make deposits repeatedly, especially if we have lost many times.

Well, what you said could be the answer based on the question in the title of this thread. it's just, as I said above. Understanding is important in gambling, responsibility and self-control come into play. In the end, we know the limits of what we can afford. If we are involved in every gambling session we do, then at least we won't do anything excessive. It is also important, to discipline ourselves so that we know every limit whether it is our situation to stop the game or vice versa. well, basically it all comes back to how each gambler handles his gambling.


Gambling requires planning, like eating or renting. You must set a boundary or things get messy quickly. You stated losing yourself, which is a red indicator, pal. Check in with yourself honestly. "Am I having fun, or am I getting desperate?" You should leave if it's not fun. Being careful with gambling goes beyond money. Understanding your motivations. For thrills? An getaway from stress? Real change comes from understanding those causes, guy. You must limit your budget and mind. It's about long-term strategy, not just betting. That keeps gambling a choice, not an addiction

This is to deal greatly with your emotions which is something very difficult to do.I start always by doing this ritual,I say to myself now I am going to play like 30-50 bucks and I use IDR-Indonesian Rupee so I can play much longer and have a lot of fun because I can use 0.02 dollars minimum bet,differently from playing with dollars which is 0.10-0.20 dollars minimum.Even so there are times when I get so mad at myself that the 30-50 bucks can easily be going to well over 500 in some worse case when I lose control and the rage cannot be controlled at that time.I mean,I know that I am doing it all wrong yet the rage is incredibly high that I keep playing.I doubt or I don't know anyone who is that fine in the art of controlling emotions that he has never overdone it like in the case I am talking here.
203  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Freedom of speech in the Zionist infested United Dictatorships of America on: May 05, 2024, 07:02:35 PM
It makes me think how the most democratic country in the world in which the constitution is build in the first of all rules in the free speech is showing such signs of aggression.I am neutral and do not want to judge any country or anyone but it is completely unprecedented for America to behave in such a brutal way against their youth and arresting thousands of them,what is even worse I think it shows that the Americans and America is owned by Israelis as they immediately put a law who passed through their congress and was approved that anyone who talked bad about Jews would be antisemitic and prosecuted putting fear into their citizens.I just have one question now,where is the difference between USA and Russia,I am just disgusted at the world not anymore double standard but hundred standards,I personally do not believe anyone but me from quite some time now.
204  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Sportsbet.io's English Premier League Football Pool Discussion Thread on: May 05, 2024, 06:41:07 PM
I have made a side bet with someone so I want him to remember to me as I think I am losing this bet so I can start collecting some money to pay him when the Premier League season is over,most likely I will pay after June 5th when I hopefully will get a prize from the Champions League pool where it is a sure thing most likely I will get a good prize,I maybe pay him before depending on my budget but one sure thing is that on June 5th he will get his money or as soon as I will get the prize from the prediction pool.

As far as I remember it was aramall the username of the person who made a side bet with me this season or something along those lines,so that is why I want to bring this up again,so I know who I have to pay the money to  Grin.I have to pay him 0.001 Bitcoin which is a much better value than when did the side bet.
205  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: How my gambling life started. on: May 05, 2024, 06:25:51 PM
I don't doubt the fact that you said it got to the point where you guys started to rebel amongst yourselves, because that's one thing that open gambling (or street gambling) can do; it can even separate friends or destroy a good relationship if time is not taken. But now that there are rampant online casinos, you don't have to do gambling the old way any longer. The only way you can have issues with yourself or anybody else is if you become so addicted to gambling and start taking loans from your brother or friends and using the money to gamble. 

I remember you saying it was more business than fun, but you must not handle gambling as a business or you might soon become addicted. 

Gambling can only be a business if you are the owner or investor of the casino, in all other cases you are just a player.

When you talk about the fact that gambling can quarrel between friends, maybe this is possible, but I think that more often it will be the other way around, when friends can share with each other opinions about gambling, about where they lost and how much, and also about winning, so I would say that there is more positive than negative in this. If one of his friends loses a large amount of money, he will dissuade his friends from repeating his path.

That is absolutely 100% true.You cannot have a gambling business if you are a player and not the owner of the casino,every person who plays in the casino and call it a business then most likely they are referring to losing business not bringing any revenue in the long run,as in the long run the house edge is always put in place exactly for the simple reason that the casino to be in profit over the long run.The reason why people still keep playing in the casinos is that in the middle of losing there are a few lucky guys who hit for example some max wins in the slot machines,they put that replay of such win in Youtube/Twitch and other people get interested to start out and try,that is the reason we see many new comers to gambling.Also the economy in our time in most countries is only worsening so more and more people look at gambling as trying to recover some money through it.
206  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24 on: May 05, 2024, 06:06:22 PM
When girona have secured a place in the champions league next season of course there is nothing for them to worry about anymore at the moment, girona have 4 games left although they lose all four remaining games of course no longer affect their qualification to the champions league next season, I think girona will not care whether to end the position at the end of 2, 3 or 4 at the end of the season after now they have secured a place In the Champions League, the win over Barcelona certainly makes Girona quite safe this season in the La Liga table, I think for now Girona no longer has the motivation to win the game because it looks like they would prefer to secure their players from injury.

Xavi decision to stay in Barcelona next season is certainly a breath of fresh air for Barcelona fans and management at this time, although indeed Xavi is only able to bring Barcelona to the quarterfinals of the Champions League and also runners up in La Liga but still it is an extraordinary achievement from Barcelona which is indeed hit by the current financial crisis, with a few additional players next season of course Barcelona has a great chance to compete again in the race for the La title league.
Girona managed to beat Barcelona on their last matchup as well, which is quite a serious problem for Barcelona. I assumed Barcelona would finish the season second and that was a locked in thing in my brain, the fact that they are third now looks terrible for them. I really do hope that Barcelona manages to bring themselves back to second place because that is going to be quite important for them.

Not just because they would make more money, but also because they need it to sustain the team as well. If Girona finishes third instead of second nothing huge would happen for them, but if Barcelona finishes third instead of second then it won't be good for them at all. This is why in the remainder of the games I am expecting Barcelona to get full wins, which will not be easy at all.

Girona is still the best fairy tale of all the major European football leagues this season,they at some point were almost thought to be having a go at winning the La Liga but at which because for some bad luck or some lack of concentration they could not keep their winning streak that long.They are still going to be playing in the Champions League for the first time in their history I believe and they are still fighting hard to keep the second place,they have beaten Barcelona twice which says a lot about their performance and both times with quite some goals scored,now that is some dream season still despite not winning the title.
207  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Sportsbet.io's English Premier League Football Pool Discussion Thread on: May 05, 2024, 05:43:31 PM
So how many lost games has Tottenham in a consecutive way as I cannot remember the last game that they have not lost as of lately,sure they had some pretty strong opponents one after another but going and losing all these games without even taking just a single point,I think in 4-5 games even a weak team could have gotten one point.This shows how unpredictable the Premier League is and the teams that are there can show us quite the opposite performance compared to what they did show in the first games of the season,we see how Tottenham is losing every game while we also see how Chelsea is winning every game and they are barely conceding goals while doing so.
208  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Motosport General discussion tread --- Formula1, MotoGP, WTCC, ETCC, DTM..... on: May 05, 2024, 05:21:53 PM
Hamilton spoke in an interview a few days ago and spoke about Adrian Newy saying that it would be an honor for him and Ferrari to have him on the team after Redbull.

It would certainly be the lucky hit of the century for Ferrari to have both Hamilton and Adrian on the team at the same time.

In the latest interview though Newey at least in the F1 official Instagram page they have a photo of him and the statement in which he says that he does not exclude the possibility of taking a bit of vacation as he said all the work at Redbull,the battle against Mercedes in 2021 has made him a bit tired.Of course I would be happy that Ferrari would have Hamilton next year,as most likely Hamilton with the car that is done 0.150 seconds laps slower from other drivers most likely can be a Pole if Hamilton was driving it and no,no offense to the drivers of Ferrari yet this is what I read,all doubts will be clear in 2025.
209  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: May 05, 2024, 02:20:24 PM
I think that Chelsea is truly having a go at trying to win all these last games and hope that the other opponents will make mistakes so they can have a chance at participating in the European competition next season and no one would have thought they to achieve such results in the beginning when they were only losing games.Today they are thrashing completely West Ham as they are winning 4-0 already in just an hour played and I don't know what happened to them but I think the fact that they are playing carefree without having much pressure to achieve anything is showing us that the results come when you play free of psychological pressure.
210  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Motosport General discussion tread --- Formula1, MotoGP, WTCC, ETCC, DTM..... on: May 05, 2024, 12:35:15 PM
Once again Max did the fastest lap and got the poleposition.
Ferrari was very close but in the second attemp something happened to the track and it was more slippery infact not a single driver improved their timer with the new red tires.

Only Hamilton improved with harder tired, he did his fastest lap with the yellow tyres over the the red tyres.

This means that the strategy will play a big role during today race and I hope Ferrari does not screw up like they have done several times when there is to gain they have gotten and lost points,I believe honestly much more in the drivers of Ferrari rather than the management there.The fact that Ferrari was so much near Verstappen with these partly upgrades they have done to their car makes me think that it won't be so easy for Verstappen and adding the uncertainty that some of the tires bring it is going hopefully to be a good one to watch,usually this has been a boring track but let's hope things changes exactly because of the slippery and tire behavior.
211  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: How much of my salary should I use to gamble on: May 05, 2024, 12:02:41 PM
Gambling is becoming a popular thing in my locality almost everyone gamble and even colleagues gamble and engage in gambling related discussions at work,  so gambling is legal and very popular so there is no Shame in using part of a salary to gamble with that is why I am asking the question of what the right percentage from my salary that I should use to gamble?

It would be great to use funds you can afford to lose and not regret a lot or fall prey of addiction if you lose,so if you can afford to lose like 5% of your salary then most likely that is the max amount you should gamble from your salary and only do this if you want to really play gambling yourself and not because other people are doing it or in your locality is in the mood.I personally use like 5-10% of my net salary every month which is 150 EUR to 300 EUR depending which amount I feel like spending playing gambling,where I live this may be a high amount as I don't live in Germany which this is normal so it all depends on how much money you can afford to lose without regretting it,that is the right amount.
212  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Do you care about what people say about you gambling? on: May 05, 2024, 08:37:04 AM

Normally, people will always talk about other people's habits, whether it directly affects them or not, so it shouldn't be of much concern to a gambler when people talk about their habits or their participation in gambling, well except my gambling habits is a problem to me or to them and is either affecting them directly or indirectly.
But as long as I know that I keep my gambling habits in check and I try to be as responsible as I can be in my gambling, then what others say or thing shouldn't be of importance and concern to me.
People should care nothing about our activities as long as we are not giving  them trouble about our gambling activities , because it is our time , money and life that is in risk and spending .
though at some chances we are giving consent to our love ones so they can support nor advise us whenever we have troubles or we are in success ,that is the importance of other people but in totality ? idon't care about what they say to me.

Nowadays only in not so well developed countries people like to talk about each other life,in people where life is rushing and is very fast paced in general no one has time to deal with what you are doing or with what activity you are spending your time.Of course in the offline casinos in any country people will talk,look at that person going to the casino and losing money and we cannot stop this general judgement against gamblers,this is passed on by generations to generations.I mean in a country not really fast paced like the one where I live,people invade your privacy and ask you things that they shouldn't like coming near you and trying to see what are you doing with your phone,making you at risk even when you do online gambling.
213  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 🏁🏎️ Sportsbet.io🏁 FORMULA 1 2024 Season🏁🏎️Prediction Pool Discussion Thread on: May 04, 2024, 10:34:47 PM
So nothing really changed in the qualifying with Verstappen doing first again yet I am happy with what I saw from the Ferrari pace during this official qualifying,they are 2nd and 3rd and this upgrade they have made is not final,I will check how they will do in the race and if they manage to be 2nd and 3rd in the race and the distance to Verstappen to not be that big of a distance then most likely I would be really hopeful when the full upgrade they will have at Imola,maybe we can see some other team fighting for victories in the true meaning of a battle and not sporadic wins like that of Sainz in Australia which was due only to Verstappen car failure.
214  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Motosport General discussion tread --- Formula1, MotoGP, WTCC, ETCC, DTM..... on: May 04, 2024, 07:19:14 PM
Verstappen for a change won the sprint race ahead of the Ferrari of Leclerc and his Redbull teammate.
Riccardo managed to maintain fourth position ahead of Sainz.
Disaster for Norris out at the first corner and cause of safety car, quite boring race, one of the worst sprint races so far since they were introduced.

The Safety Car surely impacts for the bad small races like the sprints yet the track of Miami does not let you overtake that easily and that is why the track is boring,I remember last year season or the season before that where Ferrari was fighting to win races and they were attacked by a better Redbull and the Redbull took a lot of laps to overtake.I hope that the race of tomorrow is not of the same quality as the sprint or the races that we have raced here before,despite being a relatively new track still we have not seen a race full of emotions,I think the only good race from the USA is Austin,Texas,every other race has been boring in the USA.
215  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 🏁🏎️ Sportsbet.io🏁 FORMULA 1 2024 Season🏁🏎️Prediction Pool Discussion Thread on: May 04, 2024, 06:16:46 PM
Sprint race has also been left behind. It looks like there was a chaotic start at the beginning. The podium didn't change. Ricciardo did a really wonderful job by maintaining his position during the sprint race.  Smiley  He did a quite good job with keeping Sainz behind for so many laps. However it looks like Ricciardo has a 3-place grid penalty left from the Chinese Grand Prix to be applied in the race tomorrow.



Guys don't forget to make your predictions before qualifying session. By the way in the last season we had to make them before sprint races on sprint weeks. But it looks like this has changed on Superbru this season.

Yes it has changed,I just saw that I needed to enter my picks before official qualifying which is tonight at 22 PM European time.It is great that this has changed as I saw the performance of the drivers during the sprint race which helped me decide how to go for my picks for qualification and race to follow tomorrow.I hope we will see a good race as most drivers are performing well,even Ricciardo was so high in top 4 during the race,the small sprint race.Let's see how qualifying will fold out and for the weather no tricks are expected,much different than in Europe where is changing like crazy from 30 degree Celsius to less than 10 degree making us all a bit not OK  Grin.
216  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Motosport General discussion tread --- Formula1, MotoGP, WTCC, ETCC, DTM..... on: May 04, 2024, 01:21:26 PM
Did not expect Ricciardo to be at such a good place, but if I learned anything from watching f1 for this long, I can say that he has a huge risk. Cars behind him, at least a few of them, have better pace, which means that they will try to just go past him right on the first lap, even maybe first corner as soon as the race starts.

That poses some risks, because when the race starts fresh, overtaking is harder, when it is like lap 25 or something, it is just you and the other car and usually most often is on a straight, with drs, that is how majority of the overtakes are, here though on first lap, you get no drs, and it is almost always on the corners. If Ricciardo can end up being fourth by lap 3 or so, he would definitely end with a great result, but I fear that he may get hit by someone.

Ricciardo has a high rate of making an incident in the start of the Sprint race unless he is very careful and willing to let himself lose some positions in the beginning,he has Ferrari and McLaren behind him which should have absolutely no problem overtaking him in the very early stages of the Sprint race.Anyway this is just to entertain us as the official qualification starts today or better for us in Europe tonight at 22 PM so there is quite some time until then and I would love to see some really drastic changes in the top 10 of the starting grid for the race of tomorrow,that would assure us of some good racing and not a boring one,as I said before I am very much curious to see how the upgrade as benefited Ferrari although the full package will only be available at Imola later.
217  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: May 04, 2024, 12:55:40 PM
Arsenal was suffering until they scored though now I don't think they will have any problems getting the result they want,only a victory would do for them and I don't think they are going to miss it from this game.The games of this week look interesting with Chelsea coming from quite a recent good form dealing with West Ham at home tomorrow,for me it will be interesting to see how they will react to such game,they have real chances in these last 4 games that they have to play to get to the last European spot and if they do,then who would have thought so in the beginning of this season where they kept losing game after game.
218  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Why do casinos require users to verify their identity through a KYC policy? on: May 04, 2024, 12:10:44 PM
I've read a lot of comments in this board stating that a user is required to undergo KYC if their account is suspected of cheating. Can anyone explain how it is necessary related to the subject? A detailed explanation would be better, but everyone's ideas are welcome, as I believe it's worth discussing so gamblers will not be misled regarding this matter, which pops up from time to time.

I think that the KYC can be also used for that,for suspects that are suspected of cheating but I think the KYC can be beneficial if you play with big amounts and you want to withdraw them,you will have absolutely no problems if you are KYC verified,also like the title of this thread,they,the casinos have such policy as they have it easy to audit all the game play of a certain individual as they know every detail of this individual,the browser,the OS,the IP-s and how he behaves most of the times,if they spot a change of behavior for example to make an analogy,most antivirus software nowadays have that change of behavior built it which suspects for a virus if the behavior changes,the same for the casino,they have the right to suspect if the behavior changes.
219  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Motosport General discussion tread --- Formula1, MotoGP, WTCC, ETCC, DTM..... on: May 03, 2024, 07:47:25 PM
according to the latest news circulating in formula one we have some news.

Williams is trying to talk to Adria Newey to try to bring him home after so many years, but they are unlikely to succeed.
Max Vertappen said that he will not go to Mercedes neither for 250 million year if the car will be stuck for 5th 6th position.



Of course he would not love to be paid 250 million dollars and not win anything.The level this drivers fight is not for money anymore,they fight for pride and glory and this is something Mercedes cannot give him yet.He waited many years at Redbull before winning his first Championship and now he is winning his 4th with them,he makes enough money to make an easy life for generations to come if he is not stupid with money management,what he fights for is to become the greatest driver of all times,he has clearly expressed it and wants to achieve it with Redbull,until at least the end of 2025 he should be able to make the most out of such ambition.
220  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 🏆Rollbit.com | Champions League Pool | $11,000+ in Prizes ⚽️ Discussion Thread on: May 03, 2024, 06:52:47 PM
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BVB is really known to be weak in important games Cheesy

But at least one German team playing in the final would be really nice.  Smiley

So good chances that they might screw up their next games?
For Dortmund, it's always possible to screw up important games.  Cheesy Cheesy

I'm rooting for Dortmund to win against PSG but it's quite possible to see PSG to advance.
Bookmakers have PSG to win at home against Dortmund at 1.50, so quite likely we'll see a PSG win or a PSG win and at least overtime or penalties.
A Dortmund win or draw, which would mean Dortmund is going to the final is at 2.50 currently.



I think Dortmund can bring quite an upset and since I really hated Paris in the first leg as it costed me 0 points in those two games together with Real in Pot A,I think I am going to bet on Dortmund +1 at about 1.6 or a bit more,something along those lines.I don't think though that Dortmund can qualify for the final although I would extremely love a Real vs Dortmund final,it would be a much better one than Real vs Paris as if Real finds Paris in a day like that of the first leg at Dortmund it is going to be a very boring final with Real having a training game more rather than a Champions League final,yeah I know I exaggerated,I simply hate Paris since 1 May,those losers.
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