If all things were suppose to be the way we expect it, the government is suppose to play an important role in times of drought by providing adequate irrigation service. Large farms are suppose to be supported even when the small and rural farms will be too strenuous for government to deal with. Government know the big farms so I believe if they are sincere to feed the people time in and out of season then they should focus towards providing support for big farms at least that will go along way to help reduce hunger during drought season until the rain come back.

I will not also agree with op or from the link he got those from and no doubt that he has done a good background on gambling exposing various histories and kinds of gambling from different geographical locations that were covered. So what about those regions that had their own "crude" ways that they gambled at different level?

In Africa for example, they had their own ways of gambling which perhaps have not been recorded as at the time they started existing. Africa had a way of life that was sufficiently robust and all encompassing and satisfying their socio political well being but most of the things recorded in Africa was as a result of the missionaries expedition visit to Africa that opened Africa to the scrabbling of it (Africa). So there are gambling games that have existed even till this time that are not in casinos.

Something like this are being analysed by some political analyst that perhaps France is trying to play the devils advocate here by surreptitiously installing military puppets that will still do their bidding but how true this is I can't tell and it still remains a mystery to be unravelled in the times to come but for the people on the streets of these coup ravanged countries, they don't feel the presence of democracy and I think this feeling is across Africa except those who find themselves or relatives in power could support the impunity of corruption going on in leadership in West Africa and Africa at large.

I don't see leaders and dream like that of sleeping on the bed at night and dreaming only because you can also get inspired or get confirmation to what you want to do to take the society forward by dream, I don't see it like the type dreamt by Joseph but I see leadership dream as aspiration of what he wants to achieve for the society in the future. In other words the future comes in as very important for the leader. A leader who doesn't have clear positive future for the people obviously will crash the people on a place they won't be able to move away from in a long time and this includes economic stagnation and redundancy. But having a positive dream for the future will improve the lives of the people and the generations to come because of the positive policies that were implemented.

Gambling doesn't have low or high season for winning or losing. It is not like in transfer of coins when you think of low traffic and high traffic times like night and day. No it doesn't happen that way for me. What I notice is some days are good days, some days are very good, some fair and some bad. It then depends on what we do with our bets on such days , we need to calculate on what is working for us and if it is good we take the opportunity to ride it but if it is a bad day, no need to continue.

If you are betting on soccer for example and the season is already ending then we should know teams that will win easily against those in relegation zones and those that are likely going to sell out their matches. Except maybe what you are talking about season is related to such time, and when teams are playing champion's league, they might relax some good players from the league which might affect their performance during that time but apart from that I don't think that season winning exist.

You won't say gambling is not important to the society even though I feel you made that statement because of op's choice of topic. What he is trying to narrate is the importance of gambling companies to the society. Casinos are like business organizations through which government raise money from in taxes that they are charged for operating in their jurisdiction. So such taxes are used to develop the society and building infrastructures. Like some companies also have MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) to help the society in aspects of giving scholarship and other social responsibilities to the society where they are but I don't know if casinos are that big and established to carry out such obligations, I know they are taxed anyway.

Meanwhile regards to the angle you are looking at on the impact it has on the gambler, it is just as the cigarettes companies. You are not forced to smoke just like you are not forced to gamble. Gamblers aim for the multiplier at their own peril.

I don't think there is something wrong with staying with what you already know how they are or doing business with outlets that you have spent longtime business atmosphere with. Moreover, it is reasonable to say that these fiat payment gateways are only trying to be safe in the government where they are operating to avoid bringing in new casinos that have some illicit deals and money laundered through them. However, I don't think new casinos should bother their head on fiat payment because quite a hand full of gamblers prefer privacy and are transacting more of cryptocurrency. I can't imagine linking my fiat bank account to a casino when I could just transfer crypto, that is the point.

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If the casino is not required to have some kind of medical services or first aid to take care of immediate health challenges then it might be free but if it is mandatory like I know there are laws to provide such services where people gather or work incase of such emergency and the casino is found wanting then it will be a problem for them. Worse of it is the negligence on the part of the casino for not at least support a dying customer but was only interested in serving cards and continuing business.

It is not as if people feel superstitious out of the blues but it is the occurrence of things or event and their outcome that people see as sign which they try to guide themselves against the occurrence. Usually bad incidence or things not working smoothly may be a sign to discontinue. So I won't blame a gambler who  leaves because before hand had got the premonition that network glitch is a bad omen waiting to happen. Of course people would like to have such magical discernment to know when a game will not favour them, so it is not annoying.

I think also that the reason that successful gamblers succeed is because they see gambling like business. In other words, in a business, it requires adequate plan and execution so also do  they gamble. They refuse the temptation of continuous gambling because they have lost some bet like it is used to gamblers who don't understand the withdrawal strategy.

Those who are addicts are the less successful gamblers and that is why they are always found gambling to win or recover losses, and the successful gamblers are not addicts because they don't display the desperation sign.

You don't have to be fearful about that but it is better to use the office to serve the people and not to increase their pain because you will be their enemy.


It depends on the level of politician you are. If you are a politician who is current government like cabinet member or minister, they earn salary and steal public money too


How? Politics is like work for some people because that is where they feed from.


What kind of death precisely, do you mean natural death or death caused by the mob. Anyway, I see some politicians that are protected and those that are not protected, so it depends on where you fall under.

Some friends keep bringing you back to gambling even when you decide to just be a passerby after losing your life savings 

Leaving gambling is not just what can happen overnight, you need effort to make a personal decision on it to stop and stop for real, some people after stopping they will still go back to it because they lack the discipline. It is discipline that will make you even when you have gambling app on your phone, you won't open it. So it is not about keeping your phones or laptop off internet but a discipline heart to go pass those contemplation to play.

I read a headline on the internet referring to Ali Bongo Ondimba as Gabon life president. Ali bongo has been the third president of Gabon since they were independent in 1960 and he came to office in 2009 which means he has been in office for 14 years while they are in a democratic government. Seat tight syndrome is one factor affecting the African governance system and until a democratic government becomes democratic indeed then this revolution that is gradually sweeping the shores of the west African will not abate.

Apart from the natural resources in situ in Africa soil, the leadership is very much rotten and that is why they allow neocolonialism in their midst. It is unfortunate or fortunate that all the countries that have witnessed these coups, the people are in support of the military which is a signal that the people don't feel the presence of the government because they are not those genuinely elected but were forced in or rigged their way in.

I think those are coincidence. It is the mind and emotion that brings such calculation. Except we are saying that the games are manipulated to allow players win continuously so as to encourage the gambler to play more or maybe do a huge bet after which the casino starts winning the money back from the losses of the gambler. But I still believe that those days that I win that it was my luck and if I start to lose, it all my luck. What I have to do is to decide to continue or not at the days I begin to lose.

This is my simple response. If the civilian government or democratic government have become a pain in the flesh of the people the why not stay in military regime.

Many African government are corrupt and will rig and force themselves into power. So if they are forcing themselves into power without the will of the people being allowed then it is as good as military rule. African leadership is corrupt and they won't allow for free and fair election but to manipulate themselves into power. Like in Nigeria, the presidential election conducted on 25th of February is still in tribunal court , so the legimacy of the present government in Nigeria is still in question in court.

Streamers in gambling are like commentators who are outside from where a game is played but hyping the game for others to come watch the outcome. Like we know that is the way they are seen with the heavy bet that they stake which is mostly to lure players to the site. Casinos are always in competition so streaming is an avenue to show what they can offer to new sign ups, bonuses that you get if you signed up and other marketing strategy will be displayed not only the winning alone, it is more like marketing strategy for casinos.

You simply don't believe in yourself that is why you would want to go with someone to the casino and share your bet with them to get approval of the bet you want to play. It is not bad to share your game from time to time but to always do that with the way you have said it, it means you are not a regular bettor. This is unlike those who like to keep their game secret from others, those gamblers believe they have the magic game and so won't like every other person to partake from the bet. Anyway, it is just the way we feel best and anything that is best for the winning is acceptable.

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Like in 2017 when they announced the ban on trading of crypto, ico and crypto related transactions. China has been in the news as one of the most hater of bitcoin related transactions because they want their people not to promote it, I guess they are capitalizing on their population to believe some of those restrictions would affect the global influence of bitcoin.

Now the ban of gambling streaming. This will not affect the gambling population because they can still access casino ads and play in their favourite casino since there is no ban yet on the gambling itself and in any case where that is done, VPN will still be used on some casinos. The Chinese government is only depriving their citizens the benefit of freedom of choice.