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2081  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Your Mantra After, while playing And Before You Gamble on: June 24, 2022, 04:18:52 PM
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In the world of gambling, you should put it in your mind that you are always lost because that's reality and if you gamble because it's your happiness then it's okay, but if you gamble for the reason that you will gain more money them that's a bad idea.
If we put the mind always accept defeat then we don't care about the strategy for the chance of winning, even though they already consider losing 65% in every bet but still have to look for opportunities to win, because winning is not the goal of getting a lot of money but feeling happy because the strategy has worked. I think the pattern described is incorrect because it is also not wrong if some gamblers want money from winning, but it is important for them to avoid greed and accept loss without risking any other money.

Well, even if we consider the money as lost, the winning part still gives us the adrenaline rush.
In fact, we become overjoyed when we are not expecting any win and suddenly we win out of the blue.
So the feeling happy part is still there.
2082  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: A police officer (ASP) in Bangladesh was detected as crypto investor on: June 24, 2022, 03:48:34 PM
Also, we can't tell if the money that police invested in crypto is from a genuine source or not.
For instance, may be he's corrupt and is buying crypto with all his black money but I do hope it's from a genuine source instead.
Very much likely. In our country, Police has been dominating the country with various aspects. Most of them are corrupted and we don't have anything to do. Well, I blame ourself for this, we don't have the ball to raise our voice against it (risk is to get jailed for no reason lol). They take bribe all the time. I myself have been a victim recently without any reason, I have done nothing but faced a lawsuit.

Maybe the policeman salary in Bangladesh is not huge enough which is the reason why seek out crypto as investment.
I don't think so. They are enough paid in my opinion. Its most likely black money as Police is one of the biggest terrorist in Bangladesh.

I am from your neighboring country India, so I can understand how it feels because things are quite similar here too.
It's easy for a police man who understands crypto well to take the black money in crypto.
But the funny part is that the police man was holding LUNC rather than established coins. LOL.
Black money going down the drain if he holds for a long term.
2083  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: A police officer (ASP) in Bangladesh was detected as crypto investor on: June 23, 2022, 04:14:01 PM
It's funny to see a police officer who was supposed to working as per the law, has recently been detected as a cryptocurrency investor. Well, I'm happy to see that personally to be honest.
Last month, the ASP has posted on twitter that he was holding 130 million LUNC which was around ~$70k at that moment. We all know what happened to Luna. He has invested in LUNC after the LUNA crash.
Though I'm personally happy to see that, but it shows how people in Bangladesh are breaking the laws. A lot of people are active in cryptocurrency trading despite govt discouraging it many times.
It's sad they have picked shitcoin instead of bitcoin.



You don't have to be surprised because he's holding cryptocurrency. There would be many government employees who invest in crypto despite the strict laws.
Also, we can't tell if the money that police invested in crypto is from a genuine source or not.
For instance, may be he's corrupt and is buying crypto with all his black money but I do hope it's from a genuine source instead.
2084  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Your Mantra After, while playing And Before You Gamble on: June 23, 2022, 03:58:52 PM
I don't know what is my mantra as long as I play in gambling for my happiness then it's okay even if I won or I will failed because in the world of gambling in every single play there's a 50:50 chance of winning and losing so you can not say that this is my day I will win in every bet and we must remember that if we win in the first draw in the second and upcoming draw we can not predict that we can win too.
precisely. I have the same thought as you.
and one important point in gambling is that we should not expect to make gambling as a source of income. because it won't work. Gambling can only be used as refreshing and entertainment in the midst of a hectic life. So as a gambler, you must be ready to accept between losing and winning because this is a matter of 50:50 chance. and about luck. like you said that we could win today but we don't know tomorrow and so on.

To be honest, it's not even a 50-50 chance because of the house edge is on the casino's side.
So lets say there's a 45% chance for you to win while 65% of times you would eventually lose.
It's better to consider your money as lost when you start gambling because after that we can gamble with free mind.
That's where the actual fun of gambling is.
2085  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin Food for Thought!!! (Bear Market Special) on: June 23, 2022, 03:51:52 PM
Even though I do understand what you are getting at, Investors and traders alike have their different reasons for how they keep their cryptocurrency assets, whether in the CEX or in personal wallets. That said, the same way you think of it, people could have sold at $60k and bought back around $30k, but we have noticed that the market dropped way below that to around $17k+ actually, and if you have bought around $30k and still seeing the market continue to drop wouldn't you have panic sold again? Thinking you could have sold around $60k, most people didn't believe that the market was going to go full Bear mode from there, in fact, people were still saying it would reverse to $100k but that didn't happen.

You are actually right because I could have done the same thing yet I didn't do it because even I didn't expect the market to go full bear mode.
In fact, now I remember making a prediction when the market dipped below $40k and recovered to $47k that the market will keep rising from here.
But eventually it dumped harder and here we are now. Expect the unexpected because that's what crypto is.
2086  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Why is it so hard to win at gambling? on: June 22, 2022, 03:52:44 PM
Gambling is not meant for winning. Its meant for the dopamine/adrenaline rush.

Unfortunately a lot of people fall for the big shiny prizes and gamble their lifes savings away in minutes. Others become emotionally compromised and keep betting and betting, determined to win back their losses.

But mathematics, more accurately, statistical mathematics is not on the side of the gamblers. They are on the side of the casinos. Why? Because the games have been designed that way, so that the probability of making money weighs heavier on the casino's side of the scales.

Don't feel bad if you lose, but keep yourself under control.

That's exactly what it is. The games are designed in such a way that most of the bets are in the favor of the casino.
Most of the gamblers lose money in it and there are only a few who win. Even then casino still ends the day with hefty profits.
Having self control is the only way by which we can enjoy gambling and let it not overtake us.
2087  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin Food for Thought!!! (Bear Market Special) on: June 22, 2022, 03:49:45 PM
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That hit me hard. It's the same people like us who "bought back" at right times multiple times and are now the whales.
I never sold my bitcoins. I only sold some of them when I had the necessity but otherwise I kept HODLing on to the rest.
If only I had sold and bought back then I could have accumulated more coins. But then I am happy to not lose those coins by not buying back.
I still have a chance to buy more right now while it's low and keep accumulating. May be I may sell later at peak and buy more later again.
Beware that you have to find a good balance between selling, buying, buying back and HODLing. After all using exchanges is always risky, trading is an extra risk on top of it. I personally dedicate a small portion of my bitcoins to trading which is why when Bittrex scammed me and stole my coins I wasn't devastated, that was simply because I was trading with a small amount that I could afford to lose.

If you get over that, trading could give you some good profit. For example I sold a small amount above $30k and bought back above $20k and I'm happy with the profit I earned regardless of what the price currently is.

So that basically means you have a little portion of your portfolio on an exchange for active trading while the rest is in a wallet.
So a major portion of your portfolio is still untouched which again means your portfolio must be down by 70% too.
Does that make you feel stressed or haven't you wished that you could have sold all of it above $60k and bought back around $30k.
2088  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Your Mantra After, while playing And Before You Gamble on: June 22, 2022, 02:34:07 PM
If only these so called mantras would work then every person on this planet would be a magician.
These are just coincidences which happen at times. We may think that the mantra worked for us but sooner or later it proves to be wrong.
We lose money and keep losing money trying to repeat the mantra over and over again.
I dont see any problem if you have mantra everytime you gamble. Its an old belief that some of us had not only about gambling. Sometimes if we are applying for work or want to pass the exam, its like a lucky charm. Anyway, it cant really influence if you'll going to hit a jackpot or not but there's no pain in trying. As long as you know the consequences if you gamble your money and not relying in mantra alone (because gambling is more on luck) then its fine to believe it.
I don't think it's just a mantra but lucky charms that people like @lienfaye already said because I've seen people carry lucky charms everywhere. The existence of auspicious spells or charms is always present in every country and it doesn't look like it will be easily lost for some time to come. So the trust issue has been around for a long time and there are still people who believe in it and continue to use it.

So that basically means that those people are relying on those lucky charms for them to win.
Or may be if not relying on them then they are believing that the lucky charm will give them positive results.
Both of these things are a myth in my perspective. Although I respect others beliefs but for me, I wouldn't buy a lucky charm just to win at something.
2089  Economy / Gambling / Re: FreeBitco.in-$200 FreeBTC⭐Win Lambo🔥0.2BTC DailyJackpot🏆$32,500 Wager Contest on: June 22, 2022, 02:31:01 PM
Seems to be a lucky day for me. Had some 33 WoF spins and spinned it all. Voila, got some nice 1500 RP which was most needed.
Need to collect these RP while the returns are high. Still half way left for the 100k RP.
]https://i.ibb.co/H452vb0/60419424.png
Well, considering that you made 33 spins, what isn't small number, I think that your winnings isn't something special. I'm lazy to count, but I think you mostly got 50 Sat worth prizes, not even 500. I don't really like that when Bitcoin goes up, WoF rewards goes down to. But when Bitcoin hits it's lowest level in recent year, rewards can't exceed 50 Satoshi.
You should not "expect" big wins, there is no point in that, you should just gamble with 50 sat and 50 reward points in mind for all of your bets, if something outside of that happens then it is great but that should be the exception, generally you should get the most common rewards instead.

I am not expecting a rolex just because I do hundreds of spins every month, I mean even if I reach to thousands eventually which I will if we calculate the totals, then it is still a thing that I am not expecting it to happen. I can wager 1 million times, and I will expect 1 million rewards of 50 sat/rp, not a rolex. Hence this isn't exceptional, but expected result.

No one should expect a Rolex,you have everything explained in the page of prizes,the number needed to roll and the chances in percent for that prize to happen.We all know that no one yet has won the Iphone 12 Pro Max let alone the Rolex so we should expect as you say the lowest prizes for a spin,if we hit something bigger then good for us,otherwise we will always be disappointed with the prizes we receive from the WoF spins daily.

That is the limit of prizes in the WoF spins,you can't have more than 50 Satoshi as a maximum base prize which I think it is fair.

That does make sense. After all, the base rewards are quite decent in itself, provided we get multiple WoF spins daily.
On a side note, I wonder why hasn't anyone won an Iphone yet. So many people spin the wheel daily for the past few years.
Someone should have got one of these rewards eventually.
2090  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: The cryptocurrency market is currently a hot spot for whales. on: June 20, 2022, 04:08:36 PM
Whales simply use it as a playground. Even if there is a crash, you cannot rely on price movements. When there are liquidations for longs and shorts, the market takes a big swing to screw as many people as possible.

Every whale was once a beginner. They have become whales because they used opportunities like the current one to their best.
They kept doing it and that has what made them the whales. So we have the equal opportunity right now.
Lets hit the rod when it's red hot. The markets are red which is the best time to fill our bags.
I would call it a hot spot for everyone but the whales are utilizing it to the best.
2091  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: crippling losses on: June 20, 2022, 04:04:05 PM
Practice makes a man perfect and practice makes a trader better. How you practice is the key here.
You have to keep trying different techniques and strategies with lower amounts and this will improvise your efficiency at trading.
Once you improve enough then the game is just about the quantity. The profits you earn will keep growing then onwards.
2092  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Your Mantra After, while playing And Before You Gamble on: June 20, 2022, 04:00:20 PM
If only these so called mantras would work then every person on this planet would be a magician.
These are just coincidences which happen at times. We may think that the mantra worked for us but sooner or later it proves to be wrong.
We lose money and keep losing money trying to repeat the mantra over and over again.
2093  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Why is it so hard to win at gambling? on: June 20, 2022, 03:49:22 PM
To win in gambling we need some extra ordinary luck for a regular period of time which is not possible.
Gambling is always designed in such a way that most of the games goes into the favor of the house edge which is the casino.
This is one of the major reasons why we lose gambling frequently.
2094  Economy / Gambling / Re: FreeBitco.in-$200 FreeBTC⭐Win Lambo🔥0.2BTC DailyJackpot🏆$32,500 Wager Contest on: June 20, 2022, 01:54:32 PM
Seems to be a lucky day for me. Had some 33 WoF spins and spinned it all. Voila, got some nice 1500 RP which was most needed.
Need to collect these RP while the returns are high. Still half way left for the 100k RP.
]https://i.ibb.co/H452vb0/60419424.png
Well, considering that you made 33 spins, what isn't small number, I think that your winnings isn't something special. I'm lazy to count, but I think you mostly got 50 Sat worth prizes, not even 500. I don't really like that when Bitcoin goes up, WoF rewards goes down to. But when Bitcoin hits it's lowest level in recent year, rewards can't exceed 50 Satoshi.

Yes, all of them were base rewards of 50 but the special thing is that most of them were in RP.
So the reason I said I am lucky is because I value Satoshis and RP more than lottery tickets.
Out of 33, 10 spins got me 50 sats each, 11 spins got me lottery tickets and 12 spins got me 1500 RP.
There was one spin which got me 500 RP  Grin

2095  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin Food for Thought!!! (Bear Market Special) on: June 19, 2022, 04:41:40 PM
I've always said that there is no problem with selling bitcoin, I'd go as far as saying there is even no problem with panic selling bitcoin either. The problem is not buying back soon after. Imagine if this person who panic sold below $20 had bought back when the panic sell ended and before the price started shooting back up again.

It's the same scenario repeating itself every time we have a drop. A large number of weak hands panic sell but they don't buy back, only a smaller percentage of people are buying these days. People who would be called whales a couple of years later.

That hit me hard. It's the same people like us who "bought back" at right times multiple times and are now the whales.
I never sold my bitcoins. I only sold some of them when I had the necessity but otherwise I kept HODLing on to the rest.
If only I had sold and bought back then I could have accumulated more coins. But then I am happy to not lose those coins by not buying back.
I still have a chance to buy more right now while it's low and keep accumulating. May be I may sell later at peak and buy more later again.
2096  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: BTC is being too nice. Most people don't deserve the chance to buy it so cheap. on: June 19, 2022, 04:35:11 PM
Since there is no positive news regarding bitcoin and crypto right now,we can still wait for more "discounted" price.You know the usual method,buy the rumor,sell the news.So if there are no solid rumor yet,wait till the market started to show slight recovery and then go in.

That's the thing. This time is certainly to wait and watch how the market is behaving.
I think it will take a while before we find the bottom and even after that we will get ample time to enter our trades.
So better to wait for bitcoin to settle down and then buy the freaking dip.
2097  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Did Bitcoin Disappointed You ? on: June 19, 2022, 04:25:30 PM
Do you get disappointed when you buy an item at 70% discount ? I guess not.
That's what is happening right now because is at 70% off from it's ATH price.
We should be happy because we may NEVER see this prices again.
What if the next bull run crosses $100k and then we never see this price of $19k per BTC again.
So this might be a moment of history that we are witnessing bitcoin at such cheap prices.
2098  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Deriving pleasure in gambling even while losing. on: June 19, 2022, 02:49:20 PM
Almost everyone that engaged in gambling did so with the sole aim to making money through winnings from their bets, and I don't think there's any reasonable gambler that goes on comfortably smiling in the process of losing his money to gambling no matter how little in amount the stake might be.

For I often wonder how gambling will look like for a gambler going on for days or weeks be it with online casinos or betshops without winning even a stake but then I discovered a certain guy around my neighborhood that I met within one of the betshops around my street that enjoys and derives pleasure in just playing gambling even without winning any stake. Like this guy has no big deal with losing his bets as long he keeps on playing and it baffles me if it's a psychological issue or what?

For it baffles me that someone could decide to engage into gambling only because of the pleasure he claims to derive while engaging in it as opposed to making profit or winning money which is every gamblers most concern.
Just yo raise some discussion, could this be a psychological related issues or is just a normal thing?
Also, have you come across such persons and what was your expression?

It is absolutely normal to have mindset like that where you keep gambling and losing money yet you have fun doing it.
Even I do gambling some times and while I know I am going to lose my money I still proceed with that.
I gamble the money which I can afford to lose which is the reason why I have fun while gambling.
If gambling is not fun then there's no point doing it.
2099  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: The digital ID for Gambling on: June 19, 2022, 02:13:08 PM
The problem is that by using digital ID there are chances of identity theft. Since the IDs will be stored online it might become vulnerable to hackers.
They must have high security on their site if not the outcomes might be disastrous.
Further more, using digital ID the government will be easily tracing the users for how much they gamble.
So that is kind of a privacy issue and the governments can very well take advantage of it.
The only useful thing that I find using digital ID is that it will restrict children under 18 from gambling.
May be if the government put a certain restriction on people from over gambling then may be that can help.
I think that governments are taking advantage of entering people's privacy using the most vulnerable possible excuses of "protection", I respect everything that has to do with security, but I know that trusting governments or banks is suicide, they they want to have total control over people, make sure that no one has their privacy, see and track all the operations that have to do with money, how many people move money and why they move those amounts, I think that will be a trap to apply all the acid in the future, of course as I said before, these are my thoughts.

Yes ofcourse, the governments are already doing that by implementing mandatory KYC for bank accounts.
So in a way, they are already tracking us and what we do with our money.
Cryptocurrency is the only way to get out of this trap yet people are not willing to adopt cryptocurrencies.
People are getting used to the comfort of fiat currencies giving away their control over their money instead of owning their money by having an initial struggle to control it.
2100  Economy / Gambling / Re: FreeBitco.in-$200 FreeBTC⭐Win Lambo🔥0.2BTC DailyJackpot🏆$32,500 Wager Contest on: June 19, 2022, 04:05:46 AM
Seems to be a lucky day for me. Had some 33 WoF spins and spinned it all. Voila, got some nice 1500 RP which was most needed.
Need to collect these RP while the returns are high. Still half way left for the 100k RP.



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