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221  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) on: January 14, 2024, 01:05:31 PM
In today's French Soccer League match, Marseille vs Strasbourg, the two teams scored 1-1. The Marseille team started the game well. S. Gigot scored a goal in the first three minutes of the game. The players of the Strasbourg team were in the first position.  Didn't play well but scored a goal before the end of the game to draw the match. Due to the draw the points had to be shared between the two teams. However, I thought that the players of the Strasbourg team might not score any goals but they scored a goal at the end of the game.  Due to which Marseille team could not win today's match.
Marseille had an amazing start and they could win the game today because just after the game started they scored the first goal and it was good enough to say they could end this game while getting the full three points from this match but Strasbourg didn't lose the match and they scored the goal in the last moments of the game to make this game 1-1 and now there is still a little gap between Marseille and Reims in the French League.
Now race is interesting with Marseille lost important points at home even they were leading with one goal after having early lead, but Strasbourg give them shocker in injury time and bring themselves with one important goal and also increase their better streak which give them 9th spot into league table after Marseille draw we have loses for the Monaco and Nice which are currently at the second and third spot which making better chances for the other teams to keep things at better level if they want to have chance for the Champions League into next season.

Nice is surely on bad run as after having impressive start now they are lost third game from their last five which is surely poor from them with still needs to increase their attack if they want to keep things better for staying at this level.
222  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread on: January 14, 2024, 06:24:15 AM
The impressive performance of Bayer Leverkusen since the start of the season have made Bayern Munich to know how important every league game is and how it might affect their quest to win the league should they for any reason draw or lose any game. They were ruthless against Hoffenheim in their match week 17 game and I didn't expect anything less from the German champions.
Bayer Leverkusen are still unbeaten in the league and are also at the top of the German Bundesliga table. They don't even look like a team that's gonna decline in form anytime soon so I expect a very competitive battle for who wins the German league between Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich this season
A spirited performance from the Augsburg unable to give them anything positive from this match as injury time goal allows Bayer Leverkusen stay at the top and extend their winning streak in Bundesliga as now they are unbeatable into 17 games and now also leading with 4 points from the Bayern Munich even they have won in this game, but now it's time for the Xabi Alonso and his players work on their strategy and keep things on other level because now in this second half they have to work hard for staying at the top and keep Bayern Munich in chase.

RB Leipzig unable to bring themselves as victorious and lost at home against Frankfurt which is also not looking for the improvement with having third win from their last four games and RB Leipzig is going to host leaders Bayer Leverkusen into next match.
223  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Look out for a good Altcoin and buy now! on: January 13, 2024, 06:18:10 PM
The term altcoin is too broad, when it comes to bitcoin we know that we are only talking about a single asset, but there are 12k altcoins at the moment and those are the ones we know, as there are probably thousands of altcoins no one has ever heard about, then if someone is interested in investing in an altcoin they can do it, but they need to make sure they are investing in an altcoin that will do well during this bull run, otherwise it will be preferable for them to just buy bitcoin and ignore those altcoins instead.
Agree and there are more and more tokens and coins generated every day. I don't buy anything outside the top 100-200 because then it's a gamble. If I am investing in upcoming tokens then I only do when Binance or any other reputed exchange confirms the listing. XAI was a decent one recently although the price was dumped because there were some fake tokens created etc, don't know the full story.

My 5 favorite altcoins for the long term:

1- ETH
2- Waves
3- XRP
4- ADA
5- LTC
224  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: New Trends Among Beginner Traders on: January 13, 2024, 03:00:32 PM
I've noticed that on my WhatsApp, Telegram, Twitter, and basically all social media websites, there are so many beginner traders with no real live trading experience who should stop giving trading tips to other people rather they just put it out there for whoever cares to listen to them.
That happens because people are greedily searching for signals and some people are taking advantage of this by creating fake channels for paid signals. As long as people keep searching for such signals, these groups will exist. It reminds me of a few years ago when ICOs were so popular because people were putting money into those projects like crazy but once people stopped doing it, I think that market has shrunken.

One thing people need to understand is - There is nothing free in this world and people giving signals would make money themselves if they were so successful. So, stop falling for such signal groups and perhaps spend that time learning trading yourself.
225  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season on: January 13, 2024, 11:42:42 AM
So far I haven't watched a very effective performance by Bayern Munich despite their being shown as one of top 3 favourites for the Champions League title. I mean they indeed collected nearly maximum points in the group stage. But this shouldn't really mislead any person who hasn't watched their performance in group games.

There are quite many games in which they struggled a lot for quite a while but won anyway thanks to their quality. Of course it is important for a big team to be able to win even when they are having difficulties. But from now on they had better start playing effectively. Maybe they would eliminate Lazio comfortably but one of top title contenders can make them have huge difficulties.  Sad
Yeah, in this season, things are looking nor promising as they have trademark in UEFA even they are doing impressive work and having good results in Bundesliga and Champions League but still it's looking they are going to have another bad end of season in Champions League even this all is too early but as things are going most chances they can go until last four after this nothing is sure about them.

In last few group stage games, they were badly struggling and have not enough performance which was needed even at home against Copenhagen they were badly struggling and not able to score any goal which was miserable with win against Manchester United was also not impressive Lazio is surely not team which can beat them, but after this round difficulties are still waiting for them to compete with top teams which are having better depth and quality.
226  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) on: January 13, 2024, 10:04:00 AM
Marseille had a performance which was quite below the expectation level from them tonight. This resulted in their two-point loss as well. The equalizer came in the stoppage time by the way. If Marseille were able to do more after scoring an early the final score could have been much different. But we watched an even worse Marseille in the second half.  Sad

After the Montpellier draw this is another one against a middle-positioned team in the league. Marseille actually started to improve their form after a bad start to the season first. But now things are again getting out of control. They had better collect themselves quickly to prevent the gap with Champions League area from getting much bigger.
Marseille were very unlucky in this game despite how good they were when they scored the early goal and how bad they were when they didn't add another goal and by receiving the draw at the extra time of the second half of the match.
Strasbourg might controlled more the ball and attacked more Marseille but they weren't very successful before scoring their goal. Marseille in the other hand had fewer opportunities but they were more serious.
Regarding the other games, Marseille might lose at least one place in the ranking..
After the winter break we have first game which was looking easy for looking easy for Marseille ended as shock for them with injury time goal from super substitute Sebas give priceless point to visitors which are surely bonus for them and bad note for the Marseille which was doing good in last few matches but now suddenly again have problems.

Even they will have some better time with most chances they will stay at their spot as Lens is going to host PSG and Reims is going to visit Monaco which will not allow them to have anything special now for the top three Marseille need to improve their performance because without these things can go in more trouble now next game is more challenging as they are going to host Monaco.
227  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: Should trading be for the rich? on: January 13, 2024, 01:08:23 AM
Trading is for people that can endure  the market present reaction we still keep holding and trading. We need to be logical and don't think that the market is just for the rich alone. Even the rich can lose in the market and we know that there loses are always big compared to what an average person could lose in the market. Sometimes not having enough funds can limit our winnings in the market so we need to decide to concentrate and focus on what we keep giving us profits.
Market is definitely controlled by the rich, whether they are earning or losing money is a separate story. I think trading is for everyone and not just the rich but it's certainly harder for the poor because you don't have much room for mistakes.

If you have a huge bankroll then you can afford to make some mistakes and apply various strategies to see which one works best for you but if you don't have a big bankroll then firstly your trade size is small which limits your profits and emotions also come into play. But hey, with the right mindset and proper execution, I have seen riches going to rags and vice versa. Some people bought Bitcoins with just $100 in 2010 and are now millionaires while are people losing millions of dollars to trading every day.
228  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: January 12, 2024, 02:08:41 PM
Zimbabwe team is weak in batting and bowling. The Zimbabwean team has already come into this new season and they are not performing well with the Sri Lankan team. This match was repeatedly stopped due to rain, due to which the Zimbabwean team did not perform well not only for this match. The few T20I and ODI match performances with Sri Lanka in the past have been poor in almost all matches. As Zimbabwe lost all wickets at 97 runs, they could not rely on any player to hold the wickets patiently.
I agree with you that the Zimbabwe team is having a hard time with batting and bowling. The recent match against Sri Lanka showed that they are very weak in batting and bowling. The fact is that Zimbabwe lost all their wickets at only 97 runs shows that their batting lineup lacks stability and patience. It's really important for the team to fix these weaknesses and build a stronger and tougher squad so they can do better in future matches. They can be good in both if they practice more.
I don't think this is hard luck now Zimbabwe is down and out of the game due to their performance and quality they fail to adopt changes which must for having better results in this game and their internal politics and poor system also not helpful for them to have anything positive their best era was 1999 while they have too many quality players but these all gone due to political instability, and now they are not able to compete with associate countries as well.

In African region, we have now Namibia and Uganda as new better teams with Zimbabwe and Kenya lost their chances but good thing happening, they are doing good and having good improvement in this continent with few more teams are coming and taking their chances, but soccer is still there no 1 sport.
229  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Do we even need bitcoin mixers? on: January 12, 2024, 12:48:25 PM
Even a greater method would be just not using a mixer or not hiding your coins. I mean most people are trying to hide their coins and unless you got them illegally they what's the point of trying to hide your money? I get that "personal preference" could be some peoples answer but then you are taking a huge risk of getting tagged just because you are doing something that doesn't really end up being all that easy to handle, you should try to avoid that as much as you possibly could.

I think that is the trouble, you are not going to end up with anything that would be all that confusing, and you should be considering that as the most important part of your deal, it would not be all that great if you are not careful about it.
230  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: How do you see a gambling review website that has its own gambling website? on: January 12, 2024, 07:22:29 AM
When money is on the horizon, the concept of ethics often fades into the background. People are ready to do anything for money; including writing fake reviews and deleting scam accusation. When someone plans to make a context page it is hard to stay independent, hard to resist the lust of monetizing your website. I think in I can trust a gambling review site only if I am ready to lose some money doing casino test, as I can fully trust only myself and my experience.
You are right but usually reviews are covered with facts and information. Read any BTCGOSU review for example, they cover information such as the withdrawal time, minimum amounts, wager requirements and KYC information. With so much data, it's hard to manipulate the rating. I mean you cannot say a casino is 10/10 when they have no promos, slow withdrawals and more.

However, as you mentioned, they can delete negative comments and retain only positive reviews about their casino so it can be manipulated.

I usually try casinos myself with a small amount before depositing big so reviews help but I believe in testing out the casino myself and then decide whether it's worth continuing or not.
231  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24 on: January 11, 2024, 06:55:04 PM
Real Madrid players have been mentally trained, it is clear they have that DNA. Not only now, they often win matches with goals in extra time. This shows that mentality is very influential in a match.
Respect is very high for this European king. Even though they lost several key players due to injury, the game was still very good to watch. The only fault was the goalkeeper, Kepa's performance was very bad. There were many easy goals that could have been anticipated but failed. Lunin should have been a starter in this match because he had a better clean sheet in previous matches.
Real Madrid is surely one of the best in the soccer world which is surely having professional approach for their players and their mentality as well which help them for keeping things in control whether they are on win or lost because keeping things at the level is best and surety for the win we have same thing in last night, and they won the match in extra time with good margin without any problem even currently we have too much talk about their attack but still they are doing more than expectations.

With this current performance and consistency most chances things will be under their control, and they can go through for the another amazing end of this season which is having too many rumors before start, but now all is under their control which is the best thing now today mostly are waiting for the Barcelona to join them for the final but nothing is sure who is going to win now its just few minutes away.
232  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Can Blockchain Games Revolutionize the Gaming Industry? on: January 11, 2024, 01:51:14 PM
Don't know about others but I am not investing in any such projects that claim to revolutionize the gaming industry because my fingers have been burnt before.

I invested in a project called ChainGamingX which looked promising, had a doxed team and was looking extremely passionate and knowledgeable about what they were building. The ICO was a success and they raised some 600 bnb which is a good amount I believe.

Then the project went into a dull state and recently they announced the project will not continue and the price has dropped horribly.
233  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: January 11, 2024, 12:05:52 PM
Liverpool vs Fulham 1st leg Liverpool won 2-1 and the game was really interesting. The game was tight from the start and Liverpool were well behind in the first half, when Fulham went ahead with a goal. Although this match is very important for both the teams that is why both the teams played exceptionally well and fought hard to win the match. However, Liverpool took control of the game in the second half and improved their performance, scoring two goals in the second half. Liverpool team attacked more in the second half compared to the first half and managed to score two successful goals which won the match. However, Fulham tried hard enough to equalize the game but could not because Liverpool can attack exceptionally well and are in their best form this season. However, Liverpool went a long way by winning the 1st leg of the semi-final match and Liverpool will surely win the next match and play more aggressively just to get to the final.
playing full team Liverpool only won narrowly and even then fell behind first. full team without salah because the country's duty to strengthen Egypt in the African Cup. should play at home and with a full team can win at least with a difference of 2 goals. Only a narrow win does not guarantee that Liverpool qualifies for the final of the EFL Cup or League Cup.
I agree, first game without their star player were completely nervous display of performance from them even they were in complete control in this game but still they were not able to convert their chances in first half which was really frustrating but in second half they bring better chances and after arrival of Darwin Núñez they score two goals which help them for having win in this game.

Now, getting ready for the another challenging match against Bournemouth which is going to play on 21st January at Vitality Stadium after this they will play against Fulham for the second leg of the semi-final which is also not easy so they need to be more motivated and spirited in absence of his star player if they want to keep things at their best and also need to stay at the top of the league table.
234  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Europa League 2023/24 Season on: January 11, 2024, 10:31:44 AM
Winning Liverpool and Bayer Leverkusen are very favorites for now but I believe in the know out round anything is possible to happen and also the teams that are in the last 16 of the Europa League are the best teams so their percentage does not have much bigger compared to other teams. other team.
And as far as I know, in the Europa League a lot of surprises have happened, so it's the same with the Europa League this season, so it's possible that there will be big surprises, and I believe that.
In terms of percentage chances, Liverpool and Leverkusen are in a high percentage, and that then becomes the basis for many people to say that they might become champions this season. Their game is very promising this season and they are doing well in all competitions, especially in the domestic league and European league group stage.
But we also can't underestimate other clubs, because as you said here, surprises usually happen that we don't think about beforehand. Last season there were favorite names here, but they still couldn't move freely and they even had to be eliminated early. Now it could happen again or those who are now favorites will be able to answer that they really are favorites.
Playing and winning in UEFA competitions never work on percentages it's mostly happened on game day and performance of the team on game day as like in last season we have Arsenal and Manchester United as hot favorite but suddenly Sevilla steal the show and win the cup in this season we have Liverpool and Bayer Leverkusen on limelight for the cup but still things can go either way with now we have few more teams into cup which are capable of winning and having good performance on match day.

AC Milan and AS Roma are also good sides even facing some problems but still can go through with Galatasaray and Benfica are also in good shape, and we can expect good results from them in coming matches which are surely going to have good entertaining with few teams are strengthened their squads with new players and this is surely going to have good impact on their performance.
235  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: SEC Approves ETF - Turns out, NOT on: January 10, 2024, 06:21:31 PM
I was not expecting the SEC would be so careless. When they know everyone is awaiting approval they get their X.co handle hacked. A lot of money has been lost today due to the fake tweet. Bitcoin was going to break the barrier of 48k when the correct news was released. Not sure but now there is another news that is spreading that an ETF approval is imminent by the 15th of this month. Since the news is circulating in social media it can be rumour.
I don't think so. And would you also say that most people who got hacked are careless? The truth is that some hackers are only too skilled. Even the government's systems got hacked too, so how much more a social media account when hacking of accounts there aren't even a new thing. For those money who are lost due to FOMO, well it was already their fault. I guess they will now invest the proper way?

Another thing is that, they will now take things slowly and won't just believe easily on what they see. After the fake news incident, I'm sure people will now be quiet and will just wait on the 15th to see if there is truly an approval that happened or not.
236  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: The madness of gambling addicts. on: January 10, 2024, 04:28:21 PM
They will not only lose their money, but they will also lose their precious time. Lost money can be found again, but if time is lost, where do you want to look for it. And maybe you will not only lose your personal time, but you will also lose time with your partner and family. Because you have prioritized the gambling you do, compared to other activities.
So quite a few people whose romances are destroyed because of their bad behavior in gambling, their families become disharmonious because they often abandon them. And there are quite a few whose households have been destroyed, simply because they prioritize their gambling activities over family matters. Maybe we can look for a partner again, but unfortunately when our children often feel neglected and don't get attention from their parents, this will be the reason why a child chooses to hate and not respect their parents. And when a child hates his parents, then who will you use as a place to go home to?
That means they are missing two important things in their life. And it is true that they can still earn money, but they will not be able to make up for the time they have lost, while that is time they should spend with the people closest to them. They will find it difficult to build a relationship like before because everything has changed, and often, they will not be able to get it even if they try. Even though they try, if they still gamble frequently, the results will not be optimal, and their relationships with those closest to them will no longer be good. When someone who often gambles also experiences losses, even a lot of losses, their relationships with those closest to them may also fade, and they will not be able to get what they got before. The relationship can also be destroyed, like what they feel in gambling, so it is very difficult to repair the relationship.
Why not? As long as they are breathing, they can always make up to the time that they lost. They can skip gambling next time and spend those time instead to the people closest to them. If those people truly value us, they will always give us another chance.

But, if let say they don't want to, I think it is still possible to build a relationship again with other people. And maybe next time we should choose those people that has the same interest as us, so that they can understand us easily and we can also bond together at most times. Many of us gamblers are lucky that we still have a stable relationship to the people around us. We should learn from this topic and try to be more careful when gambling.
237  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Your gambling life could affect your relatives lifes. on: January 10, 2024, 10:59:04 AM
The thing is, most casinos give people the option to self-exclude themselves, but they do not offer relatives of the gambling addict the option to exclude the family member with the gambling problem.

The other thing is, even after self-exclution... gamblers are bombarded with gambling advertisements, so the temptation is still there in their face. (Casinos should remove all marketing to those self-excluded people)

The gambling addict should also take resposibility for their actions and accept that they have a problem and that they need to seek proffesional help.
Self-exclusion in online crypto casinos is seriously a joke. I mean it's too damn obvious that you can make a new account without any verification and gamble again whenever you want to, so how does self-exclusion help or even make sense it beyond me.

In fiat casinos, these exclusions make more sense because there you cannot gamble or withdraw without KYC and you obviously cannot use the same documents for a new account.

I think once you are addicted, the only way out is your family or friends who can stop you from gambling. Otherwise, it's a dead end.
238  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Do you think gambling every day is better? on: January 10, 2024, 09:05:30 AM
Should you gamble every day? I think the answer depends on your reasoning for it.

Gambling daily because you think it brings luck? Hell no!

Gambling daily because you are bored and need some fun activity? Then yeah I see no problem with it.

It's similar to asking if I should go watch a movie every day. It depends on your daily routine and whether you have so much spare time or you are skipping other important stuff to make space for it.
239  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: January 09, 2024, 08:14:10 PM
I agree with you, even though Zimbabwe lost the match against Sri Lanka yesterday, Zimbabwe played very well as a weak side. Despite playing at Sri Lanka's home ground and being a strong team, they did not play well in comparison. All the teams always play well at their home ground but the Sri Lankan team had to work hard to win against a weak team like Zimbabwe at their home ground. And playing the balls of the bowlers of the Zimbabwean team, the players of the strong Sri Lankan team were quite disoriented. Ngaravar's bowling of Zimbabwe team was able to blow away the batsmen of Sri Lankan team with ease. Sri Lanka won by two wickets in the second ODI yesterday, it was not an easy win for Sri Lanka.

Rather than any improvement from Zimbabwe, it just points to decline in overall performance from Sri Lanka. And they have been performing pathetically in ODI cricket recently. Remember the Asia Cup final? They got bowled out for just 50 runs against India. And then in the ODI World Cup of 2023, they got bowled out for just 55 runs against the same opposition and then lost the match by a massive 302 runs. Now they are struggling against Zimbabwe. Something is really wrong with Sri Lanka cricket. I am not very hopeful for their long-term future.
Now with three formats keeping things at the top level is not easy for the many boards and Sri Lanka is also having finances issue and few other issues are also hurting them badly in last few years now it's time for ICC to act quickly and bring solid policy with keeping few teams for the just one or two formats surely going to help them in long run specially while teams will be able to perform good and having good results which also bring better finances and improve of quality as well.

Sri Lanka is also now having big decline in performance which need good look We need top six teams at the better level with others surely need to be in tier 2 and tier 3 which will bring healthy competition and improvement in quality as well but this all need good look and better supervision from the ICC as well if they are interested to bring better results in this game.
240  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Shared games helped you before? on: January 09, 2024, 05:50:22 PM
That has been the very feeling always when I bet on a long long parlay, you know the reality it won't hit a jackpot but there's a little inside of you believe that it can win  Grin Me and my friends have a group chat and every morning we are taking a screenshot of our bet and send it to the group chat, no one can really escape us if someone wins he has to buy pizza for the whole gang lol most of the time in gambling it is better when shared especially with your friends who are playing the same sportsbet or game in a casino.
For you maybe but I think for the majority the reality is they always expect to win and it does not matter if it's a parlay or not but it's kinda crazy that their expectations are higher on a low chance high payout game. It is because of the huge money that is waiting for them. They are more excited on it, than the small winnings because it's already too common.

I like how you and your friends bond there. I'm kinda jealous because I don't really have close friends that I can talk with and share my interests. Yes, gambling is fun when shared but it's important to choose carefully the people that you are going to share it with because gambling is also risky and it may cause more harm than fun.
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