Thing is, why would you one-sidedly believe your brother in this case. Or any of us for that matter. Make a judgment of your own especially when asking here, don't take it at face value and decide based on what you see. Most of the answers here would probably swerve towards your brother being wrong since it is, well, a Bitcoin talk forum. Not to mention matters of the future, are well, for the future us to take care of. Not something we can really touch or know about.

And just saying, a LOT of people have said that Bitcoin will die in XXXX years, and I reckon they're more on the know-hows of things than your brother and yet Bitcoin didn't die. I think that speaks volumes for itself.

The best signal group is to have no group at all! People who join signal groups are on for a wild goose chase since it doesn't exist in the first place. And with you trying to pursue that non-existent place, these "groups" will simply use your ignorance for their benefit and then throw you away to cry at some random forum about getting scammed.

So no, there's no "best" nor is there any actual group at all.

So it's something like forcefully making the state of mind of a person return back to normal? It's helpful but also kinda scary really since we'd then be able to pretty much force the body to produce the emotions that we want. I mean Pheromone exists but that's a different thing than this which is a simple stick that could control the state of a human being.
A simple mindset to have is to think of the money you spend to pay being like an entrance fee of sorts. Imagine computer rentals and stuff like that, you pay to play kind of thing (though the game being something simple like dice kind of kills the idea ngl).

The list is more like a game guide rather than winning on casinos ngl. Same with slots. To be specific, an efficient way to maximize the time you'd spend (and money included) when playing on casinos and/or casino slots. Just that some of them are outright dumb or weird with no sense, such as 5,6 for casino tips and 6 on slots. Like bro, If all it took was looking at the jackpot to win, everyone would've won. Idk what or how the article writer even come up with these so-called "tips". They won't help you to win in casinos at all, no one does.

Should we include lotteries here or is that a separate category? Cause I think some lotteries might just feat those results (might!). Wouldn't really think that it could happen to just anyone though tbf, I mean if you were to look at the gaps between those events they're quite a few years apart, not to mention the number of players would probably have increased compared to back then.

I don't think anyone would publicize that they won millions of dollars in public ngl, that is unless their salaries or incomes are already of that level or somewhere close, basically high-level business man and people like that. Families and friends can be quite scary when you suddenly become rich overnight.

I'd suppose the mega threads would still be the same? I rarely post there but it is filled with discussions about team/match situations and their opinions, heck even team roster changes are discussed there, hardly doubt it'd disappear if casino sig campaigns disappeared. The creation of other threads though, the majority of them would definitely disappear. There's definitely going to be a decrease in the number of threads being created and we'd definitely see the threads on the first page being the major threads for discussions and the like.

Both are fine as investments imo, Gold is more on stability though so you can't really expect big gains, but as I said it is stable. BTC on the other hand is volatile, so you're either up by a lot or down by a lot. Gold is the reliable option that has a history as its backing, crypto, on the other hand, is more like a toddler that you wouldn't really know whether would go up or down (though if you look at it's history, if played well, can bring a LOT in the plate). I'd suggest putting your investments into both if you can't really decide.

Pretty sure the amount of information you'd have to gather and study would be the same whether it be crypto or forex trading. Wouldn't really bet on one being easier than the other as well, they're all difficult to do and enter with since you'd need a lot of time to study the market, might take years at the very least if you want to study it in depth, as well as a bit of luck to take advantage and profit off of the market. There'd be differences in some areas like the crypto being more volatile so possible profits are pretty big compared to Forex.

They're pretty general tips, really helpful for starter players but old timers wouldn't really need to think about it anymore, they're pretty much doing most, if not all of these rather instinctively. I'd honestly just say that enjoy the process and bet on games that you love to watch. The process shouldn't be find a game to bet on then love it, but rather find a game you love and THEN bet on it. It's much quicker to adapt and you pretty much know the game and the basics about it already.

Booooooo just kidding

Nah, depression, stress, and stuff like that that you feel due to losing isn't really anything odd or weird, I'd be weirded out instead if you weren't sad when you lose money cause there'd only be 2 scenarios then imo, you're either filthy rich or you've just given up on life in general. It's really simple, I'd consider people to be addicted if they forego the consequences of what they're doing continuously. An impulsive reaction once or twice may happen, but if it continues over a period of time, then something is really wrong and should be taken care of early on.

This mostly happens due to people generalizing that anything in relation to the activity "gambling" is negative. It's like how the media portrays only one side of the story sometimes, and people would immediately believe it and never really bother trying to understand it deeply. Gambling isn't wrong, being addicted to it is. And in fact, any type of addiction is bad and would pretty much experience the same thing as what you would if you were under gambling addiction, if not worse. Moderation is something that should be practiced in pretty much everything.

China is a rather well-known country for the number of superstitions and the like that they have (and follow), wouldn't be surprised if gambling was one of them. It doesn't have any negative connotation as well so I think it's fine for them to do so. Especially if it's part of their culture, it might even turn out to be a family type of bonding thing (and would also be helpful to actually educate the family about knowing what gambling is). Heck, that might be a useful thing for people to start doing.

I do consider the process entertaining (for some games). Wouldn't really consider the process of waiting for a dice to roll entertaining after some point.

I mean ask yourself, would you find a competition with Dice to be fun to watch? Where it's basically instant and even if you argue about using many rounds to determine the winner, it's still a boring process to watch. Poker on the other hand involves quite a lot of factors that enhance its own appeal, making it entertaining for both the players and the people who watch them play. The fact that the people are able to compete against each other and where winning and losing can happen regardless of how good one's hand is (e.g. bluffing) makes it really entertaining for most people. It's like watching a dark horse get the top in a competition, an unexpected but welcome surprise.

I honestly don't think it's going to matter unless the developers/investors or whoever is actually in charge ( as well as the people who're going to participate, aka the players) move off from the idea that this is not a cash grab and is instead a community to be developed. Not to mention that a lot of gamers who aren't really keen on the idea (since they know people are just milking the idea without doing any actual development), and I say that it matters because the probable first group that would experience and test the development of metaverse are those kind/types of people imo.

It's nothing that weird, if we remove the fact that Elon/Tesla had a huge amount of coins, it's just a matter of an investor cutting his losses, especially if we consider how his (public) opinion has been pretty negative in the past months. He may convert again later on but I doubt he'd be able to bring that much hype compared to the first time he did it. I also wouldn't put it much past him not entering Bitcoin again when the market recovers, as I said, he's an investor/Businessman. If he sees the market as profitable again, then he'd probably come back.

I'd guess it's for self-satisfaction for me? I never really considered playing for money. Sure, I entertained the idea of me earning money if I won my bet, but never have I considered that it was a guaranteed event, more like it's just a nice addition to my self-satisfaction. I've always aimed for the win and the inclusion of money in the experience, it just adds more to the feeling that you get. I've always, and will always want to go for the win, not because of wanting money, but rather simply because I want to win.

More variety and the possibility of building up groups and community games that are more concentrated on group vs group instead of individual vs individual.

Honestly, this is more like developing into something in the middle between an mmo and a gambling game. I consider a LOT of games to be gambling games, just that most games considered as gambling directly use money and are more of an everything or nothing type, unlike other generic games which are more forgiving and give out other minor rewards even when losing. With multiplayer developing into the hardcore gambling games, there'd be a lot more competition which is more intense compared to regular games imo.

I'd recommend trying to make your own or hiring people to develop/manage the payment gateway to be used on your shop if you want it to be decentralized. Payment gateways are Centralized to help the process of conversion from fiat to crypto be a lot smoother since you may be paying in crypto, but that doesn't mean that the shop will store it as crypto.

On the Shopify note though, based on the link @Bttzed03 gave shouldn't the only gateways accepted be the ones listed there? Cause if so then I think looking for alternatives or developing your own wouldn't really do anything. I'm not familiar with how Shopify works so I might be wrong, feel free to correct me then.

Facts. Imo it's just that the development of advertising and commercialization has developed in a way where censorship may exist, but it isn't an effective way (or rather, doesn't work at all) to completely do its work. Actors are simply people under a contract, simple as that. By your analogy, I guess people who own gambling businesses are responsible for the deaths of a LOT of people, same with other vices such as alcohol and smoking.

Things are probably at this level because there's a different need for each gambler (ones that are addicted) need and that needs a different level of customization of assistance.

Nope. I'd consider land as any good land imo since development would come and surround it sooner or later. If you were able to partake and join in developing that land together with the surrounding lands, then you'd be able to make profits in the later years. Ofc lands have different values in themselves but that's a different issue imo, a land would always have value that you can take advantage of if properly done, especially with the amount of commercialization the world has already experienced.