They should be affected to some degree especially since I think being affected by dopamine and entering that rush can be quite entertaining for viewers BUT at the same time, the fact that you're presenting yourself and you're gambling sessions to a group of people is kind of like a limit in itself. It's like a constant reminder of sorts that you shouldn't let yourself completely loose but at the same time, let yourself loose. It's the middle ground so to speak and if you've been streaming other content for so long and gambling came in like later on, then you'd definitely be able to do this really well imo.

And there's the issue that well, if they show negative signs they're entire career of streaming may go downhill and may even be sued or something, both by the company their advertising and the streaming platform (not sure about the streaming paltform though).

Take your time to read and scroll through the various threads and discussions to pick the best casino that you'd like among the many casinos out there. Just make sure to visit their ANN thread and scour around to see whether they're reputable or not. I'd upvote on trying to check out https://www.btcgosu.com/, it's a pretty good site imo with a pretty long and reputable list of casinos that you can find and play on. If it's a matter of KYC then you can refer to this thread:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5381143.0

Happy gambling!

It should be safe, I and my sister have had experiences with it and we never had any issues with the experience. There's a bunch of stuff you need afaik, KYC being the first, before being able to transact so I think that gives enough for Binance to stand as the middle man. You should also be able to report suspicious transactions directly to Binance in case you get hit, they are a centralized exchange and can freeze an account if they deem it necessary. Just keep a record of every transaction and conversations you've made to be safe in case they want more info.

I think it depends on what you're planning to teach? If it was Bitcoin in general then simple history and use cases should be more than enough as a topic for discussion, maybe even some of the technical stuff if you know about them (or you can study them together with your neighbors).

If it was the investment side then you have a lot of topics you can consider. It's also going to help to at least let them know Bitcoin isn't a quick get-rich scheme and identify what are the things they need to know to start investing. It can also help you study it yourself, it's much more efficient especially if you're going to do regular study meetings like this.

And I don't think there's something wrong with that. A lot of people in the industry are investors, after all, I don't think the market being bearish would affect their decision to invest in projects they deem to be interesting or would generate profit, projects would still develop properly regardless of the market after all. Additionally, a lot of the profits come from the initial release of the projects, so early investors can generate way more than they invested across multiple investments if done properly. So it's kind of like one win offsets the losses of the rest kind of thing.

I normally use Binance as my exchange, I don't think it matters what you choose that much early on, just test around on what you think would suit you and makes it easy for you to buy/sell crypto. After getting used to it you can then use bots and whatnot, but early on I don't think you need to stress yourself out of looking for them. As for monitors, I don't think you need a big one or multiple ones early on, though it might help later on (I never really tried it even though I had multiple).

I don't use Bybit but a quick lookup announces that they "announced" night mode so I think it's safe to assume they also have a day/light mode with the white background you want.

Why is Billiards (or pool, or whatever you call it) considered a gambling game...? Pretty sure it's a separate sport altogether, I do know there are different types of pool games but they aren't really connected to gambling afaik. I mean if you compare it to card games like poker, then yea it's pretty far from being considered as a gambling game imo. Not to mention that billiards is a pure game that requires skill, unlike poker where luck is still in play.

On the topic though, poker would be the most general answer here imo, it's a well-known card gambling game after all. Other than that I don't think there's any other that comes close. The others are just different renditions of poker, or are purely luck based which is probably why they aren't considered sports.

DEX would probably win in a general consensus since the release is open to the public, letting users themselves judge whether the exchange is worth it or not. Just that Centralized exchanges would probably offer a lot more QOL at the cost ofc of some things, such as KYC, which I think a LOT of people don't mind, or regardless if they DO mind, they'd still use it just because it'd probably be a lot easier on their part compared to using DEX. There's also the issue of fees which vary so take that into consideration as well when picking between two.

I'd do a little bit of both. I wouldn't really risk all my assets on Bitcoin, not as crazy as that one family that sold all their assets for Bitcoin (which paid off, but really, what are the chances of that happening again). I'm still going to manage my assets properly so I can respond to both emergencies and for saving up for the long term. I still haven't really withdrawn my initial investments on Bitcoin and I DCA as well so I don't think I'd have issues there. I still keep a part as fiat though, separate from the amount I invest and the amount I use for daily expenses and monthly bills.

Basically sums up the entire situation imo. Though the fact that the match went on goes to show that it was a possibility for the match to have traction and for people to pay for it. If the so-called "entertainment" they were looking for was one small laugh from me after seeing that immediate K.O. then they got it. Otherwise I wouldn't really support these kinds of exhibition matches, maybe against retired pros or experienced ones, but this kind of matches? Hard pass.

It needs a little bit of everything to be able to be financially successful, especially if the considered success is those sky-high levels of being rich. Your starting point would inevitably affect the result, but it isn't everything in the grand scheme of things, as I said, that's just a small part of that "everything" you need. The effort is one, luck is also one, then it just assembles itself bit by bit to be your path towards success. That doesn't mean that it can build itself up though, so start moving, build up skills, knowledge, and relationships (especially this one imo) and it'll just fall in place later on in life.

I think this is more of a "when it started" kind of thing instead of when it popped off and grew so big which was what OP was pertaining to. It was something that was growing pre-pandemic but afaik it was the age during the pandemic that really boomed its growth (the streaming industry in general) since well, people had nothing to do.

Agree. The self-insert can sometimes be very enjoyable to do, and heck just messing around with the streamer involved after a big loss (or win) can be very fun as well. Not to mention that they do giveaways at times depending on what or how much they win in their games.

Anything related to winning in gambling should never be an inspiration lmao. Maybe consider the losing experience instead as the inspiration to not actually gamble. You'd probably have a higher chance of getting money over doing your hobbies in a professional way instead of gambling. Though if you're already in the hole of gambling, think of this as an instance where people who put in enough money can actually achieve. In most cases, those winners probably spent more than the amount they've actually won.

It's why poker has been a pretty dominant game not just in casinos, but rather in simple gatherings and the like. It's easy to understand without the complex rules but factoring the bluffs and mind games you can perform, poker can become something fun to play really quickly. There's also the issue (I consider it as one) that in the case of casino games, There's only a limited number of games that introduce player vs player, Poker being one of them which makes it a more popular pick.

I honestly think it wouldn't be much of an issue for most casinos to prepare the requirements that they need for payment gateway implementations since it would've originally been needed for registration and a bunch of other official stuff needed before they could officially say that their casino is running. Plus as others have said, crypto itself is an option that doesn't really need much in terms of doing paperwork or requirements in general. Might need some work though if they want to create a local wallet of sorts.

It's probably misunderstood but people who can't remove addiction from their lives do not mean they DON'T want to. There's a variety of factors involved when it comes to resolving addiction, and it isn't something that most people would really understand. The world isn't so fantasy-like and such that you'd expect to be able to fix something just because you want to. The examples we mostly see of people being fixed from their addiction are the cases of success but the thing is, it isn't the only case out there. There are cases of failure out there that have tried, but couldn't really push through and their "want" is not the only factor at play here, but maybe others as well such as financial issues, proper access to help, environment etc.

If we were to not mind anything else and just choose between the available stable coins out there, I'd go for USDT and BUSD. I've used them for quite a long time now and I don't really have any complaints nor have I actually been inconvenienced afaik. There really weren't any big issues as well that troubled me when I was using them (If there were issues with it, I wasn't really updated with it most of the time).

If you consider how stablecoins are though, I don't think you should use trust on them with how they can basically pull out and ruin whatever amount you have to oblivion. I've never really held stablecoins, I mostly use them for my transactions.

I mean it is true for the most part, that additional expenses can sometimes kill the way you budget your finance but finding other ways for income to pay for those "additional expenses" can help. Examples would be some beer money jobs out there that are pretty easy to do (but yet pretty far apart in terms of being able to do one most of the time). I've been trying to find alternative sources of income, mostly related to my hobbies which is drawing and it's been helping me in paying for a LOT of stuff related to it.

I don't think it's a matter of what its value for that long (10-20 years) but rather the value it can bring (brought about by mostly hype) in the short term. A lot of projects were brought up by hype imo and well due to the success of a few projects here and there, everyone initially assumed that other projects would do the same. The NFT craze did happen in the middle to end of the pandemic, a lot of people had extra time in their hands ranging from investors themselves to students wanting to invest in something which lead to an insane amount of people talking about it. 

Is the link down or is my ISP just being bad? I tried opening the one in their Twitter post and I also couldn't open it.

The fact that there's at least not one casino we know of about is the odd reason, not just the fact that it's here in this forum. Though it may be a case of really, really old casinos or just simply casinos that are more of an offline one instead of an online one that just recently integrated crypto or something similar. Whatever the case may be, I wouldn't really try to go for unknown casinos, especially if most of us here don't know about them It's one thing if some people don't, it's another if a lot don't. Not the type to explore stuff, especially if it was a matter of casinos where I play.