If you go strictly by the definition of gambling, then no not really since these types of machines use other types of tokens to be able to play and you're technically not getting money back but rather items. Not to mention claw machines aren't strictly luck-based games.

I wouldn't really consider this as them learning of addiction or considering this as gambling, rather this kind of thing actually gives off an entertainment vibe instead due to the prizes that you'd be able to receive or redeem. It's pretty far from it to be honest. If I were to be completely blunt though, it's just business. If this was considered gambling, a LOT of businesses would be considered as one imo.

Bitcoin was more of a case where they wanted to make their own (which was a success), and pretty much replace it with what they made so that it's still under control. It'd probably also be against them if they were to turn it back after so long. I'd actually imagine that China is using the idea of NFT minus the usage of it in a decentralized blockchain, basically putting the idea to use but under their own control and administration. I'd say it's actually like China to do it like that. I wouldn't really mind it imo unless you're a Chinese citizen, I'd reckon the system they use (or planning to use) would mostly be centered around their country anyway and doesn't really reach out in foreign countries.

There are like 2 replies from 1xbit users out of 6 pages of replies, I think the silence from them basically answers what OP requested in itself imo. Not to mention that both answers don't actually answer the question, (which is a simple yes and no tbf). I'd actually just say that most of them actually aren't playing on the site or don't even gamble in general at all. Wouldn't really surprise me if a person who doesn't know jack about gaming suddenly made an article advertising a game (It's a thing alright), same thing here imo.

Shouldn't it be $25k? We're presently at $23k and we even moved up to $24k afaik. If you're saying that it's because we went back to $23k, then it's just that, it failed the check at $25k so it dropped down. Wouldn't really consider it to be that big imo, its something that often happens anyway. Not to mention that we've only been around a month in ever since Bitcoin dipped to the $20k levels from above $30k. Wouldn't really expect (nor want) a big pump all of a sudden.

So is every other money-laundering case that used fiat. Pretty sure we should be blaming the people involved that did the crime instead of anything else.

https://beincrypto.com/fiat-still-accounts-for-the-majority-of-financial-crimes-us-treasury-department-report/
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That would come to question whether people in Africa are even capable of being able to do those services. It's not exactly an environment where learning is readily available (afaik), especially since the majority don't have access to the internet, quick look-up indicated that only 22% of the country had access.(and even then, I'd still think it'd require a lot of work to transition them from being able to offer these services). Before giving them actual tools to prove their skills, it'd 100% be better to make them or let them develop it first beforehand.

So about the same as the article OP mentioned then I guess? At the minimum of 5% that is, which I imagine is rather true since crypto casinos and fiat casinos would generally be the same imo. Even if there were changes as you said with the taxes, I don't think it'd be that big since it'd call to reason that it'd then be regulated if it actually was.

Here's an article to read: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/26/tech-gambling-alcohol-helped-nfl-earn-almost-2-billion-in-sponsorships.html

NFL is big though, so it may not be the case across all sponsorships, not to mention this isn't exactly with crypto itself. Here's another article that involves crypto itself though.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/14/cryptocurrency-companies-take-multi-million-dollar-step-into-sports.html

To quote the specific part I found, (Not a football club though)

Basically summed up the entirety of his experience. There'd always be instances like his in our lives, it just became more apparent in his case imo due to the fact that he did it at that point in time, at a point where he needed money. I mean, I might not need money immediately but I can still gamble and win big. Right place at the right time I guess.

Actually an interesting take. If he had failed, he would've basically been forced to start 0, which in the end I guess is kind of a closure to all the problems he would've had which would've honestly been a lot better than trying to fix a fixless problem.

Well, it's a lot easier to adopt analysis on stuff that would make sense compared to, well, something that doesn't. Not that I'm denying it or anything, it has happened already after all but it also doesn't deny that Doge was simply a pump and dumb cycle repeat without any sense. I mean you yourself sold it so you also saw that it isn't exactly something you would have held and judged that there was no sense in holding it (and might've been better for other assets).

I don't really think you selling them back then was a mistake OP, rather you regretting it right now and blaming what, others, maybe yourself as well for not seeing the future, well now that's a mistake. No one can see the future in the first place.

The main issues with casinos being handpicked instead of only one being used are mainly due to the coins used on them and the ease of access to the site in terms of deposit/withdrawal options and, well, access to the site itself. It's not exactly rare or odd and I doubt others haven't seen it, but there are some casinos that do not allow access to specific countries. Even with VPN, there'd still be users who wouldn't exactly like going to casinos that do not allow them. Then there's bonuses and such, which is another thing altogether.

It's almost the same sickness as beginner traders of crypto feel to be fair, they feel like if they got lucky then it's a really easy way to get rich, but the thing is, it's called "lucky" for a reason. Not to mention that if we saw the said luck in social media being announced then here's a surprise (not really), media news only announce positive news, they don't really say 1 out of xxxx amount but rather just the amount of winners/lucky people.

There, corrected it for you. It's never a guaranteed method. It's only a (hopeful) thought of most people who get into gambling.

It's actually pretty normal if you go outside of gambling and go into the general idea of a "gaming" experience. I guess casinos take it to a next level since it involves money but if you consider it, simple gaming kind of involves money as well since you use your time to play it. It isn't that obvious but they should really be taken in as the same thing imo.

I mean you can be risky in casinos imo, just keep it in there and don't bring anything else inside or outside once you start a session. It's just simply letting yourself loose at an environment you want BUT limiting yourself in that specific environment.

I'm rather confused with what markk1's claim is, according to OP minimum deposit was $20 yet markk1 was able to deposit $1? Wondering if markk1 was able to access the site prior to the system being updated for the $20 requirement or something, but anyway not that it's changed he can't really do anything but deposit the said amount.

Anyhow welcome to the forum! A number of games still seems small so you might want to get some providers to expand it, plus improvement of the UI so far. It might also be better to add a checkbox mark on the start where you ask the user if they accept your TOS when entering instead of a close/login button just to make it easeir for people to know what to do when entering (if they don't want to login/register anyway).

Checked their Twitter and the most recent news about development was about their game. I think the recent pump was too much for it to call just that, so it might've been a whale that's temporarily pumping it with the game dev announcement being a coverup for it. Would set up stop-loss and just adjust it if the price continues to rise up. I'd think you'd be able to profit in the short term considering how the hype about the new releases they'd have would probably last for a bit. Maybe until the release of the game.

You'd be asking this if you were shorting Bitcoin or you're basically a newbie trader who needs to look at how much their investment lost or grew, which is dumb. It's like min-maxing to an extreme degree, to the point that even if you profit, it isn't worth it (not to mention you might not even profit that often). Even people who short probably don't overdo it. Not to mention doing it like that tend to create panic moves even though the price decreased by only 1-3% or so, you'd sell it and then buy again at a higher price, inevitably lowering the initial investment you had bit by bit.

An additional tip I got was to stop paying for monthly subscriptions if you can. Some of them aren't exactly needed or there's a better and cheaper alternative, they're more of like a premium kind of thing imo. I also constantly DCA out of my salary so I can constantly invest so as to not let my money just, well, sit there on my bank doing nothing. I'm starting to look for possible ways to invest in properties/land, kind of like a faraway thing but I'm preparing for it now.

Facts.

I'm hopeful that it is, we haven't seen any big dumps after getting past $20k and even though it's slow, we're seeing a gradual increase in the price. I might wait till at least it goes past $30, $35k though before actually putting past it crashing back down the gutter. We might end the year at around $40k. After that, it's just a waiting game again to see if it drops back down or continues its gradual increase. Not expecting any big pumps though.

Tried looking for it with a quick lookup but I couldn't find it. This is highly unlikely imo for real estate since they don't necessarily accept crypto as payment in general, they only accept fiat and even if they actually did accept crypto, you'd understand that they have at least some form of understanding about the crypto scene. Now if these "fake tokens" were actually valued at the start of the purchase but dropped at some point which lead to the value dropping to zero, I think the real estate agent would be at fault (since they should know about the volatility of crypto at the point when they actually accepted it as payments). It'd be a different thing if it really was a fake token though and for some reason, the agent still accepted the purchase.

About $2.3k I guess? Maybe even higher if hype about it goes well beyond what it is right now which might push the price temporarily to above $3k. If it proves to be rather disappointing though after the merge, then it might just plummet back to around $1.5k, maybe lower if again, the hype brings it back up, then it can also slam it back down if the response to it was very disappointing. I'd honestly expect at the minimum for it to breach past $2k and maybe go around $2.3 as I said earlier. Wait and see for the rest imo.

Mostly entertained. Sure I do feel sad when I lose money and I feel happy when I win, but I pretty much leave those feelings behind whenever I stop gambling. Win or lose, it's just a matter of me trying to enjoy the process. I do sometimes extend my sessions depending on what I generally feel though, like if I'm feeling pretty excited after I was supposed to end, I'd probably add a few more minutes into my game till I lose that excitement. I generally don't want to put my excitement out there while I finish gambling already since expectations may build up, so I just release it there and then.