Perhaps it was true and officially approved but unfortunately, the impact is not overwhelming as people are still confused about the announcement due to hacking incidents. The slow response is likely what we experience but who knows in the coming days, some individuals may be just waiting for some clarifications.  Or maybe, we just assume that this (pump) would happen and it fails. I'd rather think that halving is more influential than this.
Anyways, let us see what will happen the next couple of day otherwise, the majority are wrong.

Take casino games for example especially jackpot casino games there is no way you can tell me that all of them are structured in such a way that they randomly always make money for the house if you ask me gambling is a fraud that has been used to trick people into believing that their choices matter it does not everyone that gambles is just there to make money for the casino unfortunately there is nothing that can be done about human nature 💔💔💔

Luckily the EFL Cup uses the Home Away system, otherwise Pochettino would have become the target of the anger of Chelsea fans who were very angry because Chelsea lost to a team like Middlesbrough. Pochettino must be able to turn things around in the second leg, he must take advantage of the Stamford bridge to take Chelsea to the final.
Chelsea must perform optimally, like when they beat Preston North End in the FA Cup and when they beat Luton Town and Crystal Palace in the EPL. Victory over Middlesbrough will open up opportunities for Chelsea to win the EFL Cup trophy, even if they ultimately lose in the Final against Liverpool or Fulham, at least they have fought for a title.

Chelsea are clearly not as strong as they have been in previous seasons at this point, so I don't think that's all that surprising. This team is populated by many new players and so far several coaches who have worked with them have still failed to make Chelsea better. Pochettino has also not shown any improvement at Chelsea this season which would likely be considered a failure, but he still has plenty of time to think about improvement.

So far Chelsea have won 3 of their last 5 matches in the Premier League and have collected 28 points in 20 matches. There are 18 more games that Pochettino can take advantage of this season and fight for a place in Europe, but I'm skeptical about that.

I am by no means a professional gambler, and therefore I've certainly got plenty to learn (one of the reasons I like being active in this part of the forum).  I was recently listening to a gambling talk radio podcast and they were saying one basic rule of thumb to live by when sports betting is to bet favorites in the early part of the week and under-dogs in the later part of the week as the spread tends to favor this strategy.  

So I'm just curious if the sports betters in here take this "rule of thumb" strategy seriously and tend to follow it.  Or if there's any experience that says this may not be all that great of a strategy.  Thoughts?

I don't know if the government of any African country have adopted the system of paying salaries in Bitcoin, but I know here is Nigeria they haven't, it's possible to pay employees using Bitcoin or other crypto currencies ,
With the services of some crypto currency payroll agencies  like Bitwage,papaya global, ontop,  which will make it possible for the government to pay their workers in Bitcoin or other crypto currencies and can be sent  into their digital wallet,
Since it has to do with the government another agency can be set up in the country in respect to paying salaries as Bitcoin which will somehow help in the growth of the economy of the country.

What if Bitcoin ETF is not Approved

Whereas optimism is high as regards the approval of Bitcoin ETF which could be a milestone for investor to come in. Bitcoin topped $42,000 in December 2023 and the yearly gain compared from 2021 to date is 160%. One major factor at play was the hope to list Bitcoin ETF which is a very progressive discussion between the Asset managers and the Securities and exchange commissions.

When we plan we plan for possible eventuality and please do not consider this negative bias. Wisdom Tree, BlackRock etc. has meet the criterial as said and are waiting for a positive signal. Should we bank on it. The question is still pondering in my mind if it doesn't go as suggested or the approval is denied what then happens?

I can only see a sudden fall if Bitcoin ETF is not approved and you may as well add your input on this. However, from now till 2026 will be promising for BTC as there would be favorable outcome. It is a game of patience.

Here we go again. Mbappe to Madrid every transfer window
They agreed in 2022, and Mbappe even accepted Madrid's terms but decided to stay.
As a Mbappe fan, I want him. Madrid with him is essentially unbeatable, but I won't believe it till the club says something.

"Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me" I won't be fooled again.

I prefer staking before matches start when I started to gamble as a newbie. I later prefer virtual matches. I left both to staking on live matches which is what I gamble with most on bookies now.

This is just for fun. Let us post and have fun to know which one that most people on this forum that are posting on this gambling board like most.

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Do not gamble more than you can afford to lose.

Recently I was around a physical bet shop close to my area and I observed a man who was shabbily dressed walking in the gambling house. I got into the place to observe what his intentions were. He walked straight to the gaming attendant, placed his bets in a highly coordinated manner and quietly walked out of the physical gambling house. From the way he was well organized, you will never know that he was mentally unsound apart from his dirty clothes and unkept hair and beard.

When I inquired from the attendant, she said he was a regular customer and that he usually raised money for gambling through the manual jobs he does around the area. She also told me that he has never misbehaved and acted violently in the gambling house so she was comfortable with him.

My question now is are there any moral, ethical or legal obligation to bar a person from gambling after physically observing that he is mentally unstable?

Some of the things op had listed can be available on crypto project and the project still ended up to be a rug pull.
Many of these devs that are always creating new projects in the market allowing investors to put the money and withing a specific time, the token disappears and the liquidity drop to zero. Many of these scammers that are found of creating multiple project knows all these things and for their project to have large number of investors they would do everything possible to lure investors to put their money.

Yes, Chelsea won the match with a landslide victory against a very weak team but yet struggled in the first half. If Chelsea play like this against any present top six teams in the EPL, the game would have been over in first half for Chelsea. Unless drastic improvement happens, I still don't see Chelsea in Europe competition next season.

If there is anything I hate about Chelsea this season, it is their sluggish style of play. You don't have to be romancing ball before you score. You need to take any available chance, take the ball to opposition box, give a killer pass and take the shot when necessary. All these useless passes without vision is just not the way forward at the moment. Fortunately, they advanced to next round.

I have come across Local gamblers who are addicted to gambling and had ruined their selves by themselves til they ran bankrupt yet they borrows money to gamble at all means even While being indebted.
Theses sets of gamblers doesn't have remorse nor conscience about their gambling lifestyles instead their friends and relatives are the ones who bears the shameful consequences the addicted gambler brought to their circle of relationships.
At the virtue of getting the unbearable situations to an end, the relatives broadcasts the chronic addicted gambler at all costs of gambling boards never to give him privileges to gamble in any of the Gambling arenas anymore else they (the relatives) would sue the gambling boards owner.
This is just how recklessness could mess your life of you can't take control to gamble responsibly.

Take note and be aware that your way of gambling could affect your relationships and the circle of your relatives.

Since we are getting closer to the match between Barcelona and Napoli both teams are getting ready for this match especially Napoli is still trying to improve the team before they face Barcelona because they know this game is not going to be easy at all for them. That's why they decided to hire another player and improve their team.
Davinson Sánchez, the player of Galatasaray is linked to Napoli and they want to hire this Colombian, 27-year-old center-back player hoping to see him help them against Barcelona in the Champions League match.

Anyone here who retired with Gambling winnings ?  If not, how much you think is sufficient to retire as Gambling winning ?

When he was appointed as Manchester united he did, his performance in the first season wasn't bad and last season he was able to coached the team to be in the first four position. For sure fans is not happy with Eric Ten Hag because the team is not performing well and you don't expect the club to still keep him when no positive result is coming from. I don't think if Ten Hag can be able to revive the team back, Manchester United have really been struggling since the beginning of the season,  the performance of Ten Hag right is not what the is expecting from him, he may likely lose his jobs if the team keeps on performing poor.