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2241  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Motosport General discussion tread --- Formula1, MotoGP, WTCC, ETCC, DTM..... on: January 04, 2022, 09:45:56 AM
I have been hearing about some really good improvements for the Ferrari F1 team for the next season. It looks like they have already strengthened their car a great deal. It is really good news for me as I want them to bring back their old days as of the coming season. Ferrari don't deserve to be a struggling team. For old times' sake, Ferrari need to gather strength and compete for the title hopefully. I'd really like to see what Leclerc and Sainz can do with a powerful car also.

@ILuckyGuyI this is not surprising, because Ferrari had said it before they were planning major upgrades for 2022, but the only question remains will it change their faltering fortunes. Further even I would like to see Ferrari compete for the title, because due to the partnership of Schumacher and Ferrari did I start watching F1 races, so yea it’ll be nostalgic to see them win races again.
2242  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽UEFA Champions League Discussion Thread -- Group Stage! on: January 04, 2022, 07:23:14 AM
I'm looking forward to watching the both games in the PSG - Real Madrid matchup. This is the most remarkable matchup among all of them. These teams both are candidates to become the champions in the Champions League this season. PSG are a bigger favourite of course but Real Madrid are really strong now. They are capable enough to eliminate any team in the tournament. I hope to see two competitive games in this draw. And at the end, I think PSG can advance to the next stage.
The match between PSG and Real Madrid is the match that all fans have been waiting for, the last 16 meeting is like a final match, because both teams are candidates for champions league champions, but unfortunately both of them met in the round of 16, so automatically one of them had to be eliminated in the Champions League. . the round of 16 later, the round of 16 match feels very final, it's a shame to miss it, according to my prediction PSG will advance to the round of 8.
As we can see Sergio Ramos vs ex-club, he very missed Real Madrid but the next day he was not a squad. I believe he will keep the defense like before, he will also with together his former enemy (Messi) to get the winning. What is another interesting is Mbappe, as we know he was associated with rumors go to Madrid. this is some test if he's really worth the high price.


@blue Snow even I’m really excited for this clash, but I personally believe that Real Madrid will advance instead of PSG, and even with Ramos and Messi in their lineup PSG will end up losing that’s my prediction. Also Mbappe has nothing really to prove, but if he can score one or two goals it’ll only help him negotiate for higher wages when he joins his new club during the summer transfer window.
2243  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Tennis League All Thread on: January 04, 2022, 03:48:43 AM
And Tsitsipas is beaten by Schwartzman, I didnt realise that Tsitsipas had an ebow
operation, its possible he is not just 100%.

I have to start betting on sets too as well as outright wins, It might help my win/loss
ratio and to make gains this year.

I always avoid betting right at the very start of the season. Players have had a few weeks off, and need a bit of time to get back to 100% even if they're not carrying injuries. Some will be a bit fitter than others, and tennis matches often hinge on fine margins.

Me too, I was not aware by Tsitsipas has an injury that got operated, and Schwartzman? Lol, this dude is very inconsistent last year that it was good money to beat against hi if he is the favourite.

I haven't bet though, well I also bet at the start of the season just to get a good leverage.

But I will take notice of this kind of injuries to top player, it will definitely have a effect on them.

I too agree and implement this strategy, because player’s are definitely not in their best shape coming from the holiday’s, and I prefer to save save the funds for upcoming tournaments to have a clear idea about their form and  then wager on the favourites.

Lastly Tsitsipas would have definitely won had he not been injured, and in worrying news he may just skip Australian Open which will be sad for all the fans as a fit Tsitsipas would be a pleasure to watch in the Australian Open.
2244  Economy / Gambling / Re: 🦉Owl.games🦉Sportsbook & Crypto Casino For Web 3.0 - BTC-Metamask-Walletconnect on: January 03, 2022, 07:06:17 AM
I like the disclaimer clause upon visit on owl.games but everyone can just check it even if they're from countries that prohibits online gambling. It's better if they're automatically not accessible just like the other casinos that I've seen if they're from prohibited countries.

Honestly, I like the design theme of Owl.games.

About the race for 7 and 14 days, are they a regular race?



Sometime if people from restricted countries can not access any site they always be curious and try to use VPN to access it. And somehow they start playing with VPN. Suddenly they are caught by the site and discover some problems. This is the disadvantage of it.

On the other hand if you see a pop up notification/disclaimer about the restricted countries you might read it and don't go ahead if you are from restricted areas. So I think this is good for both player and platform.

@sujonali1819 you’re absolutely correct as we have often seen many members complaining they were banned due to playing with VPN, and the casinos are right too because it’s always stated in their terms not to play via VPN if you’re from a restricted country where gambling isn’t allowed.

About the race for 7 and 14 days, are they a regular race?
The 7 days is regular but the 14 days $3k is for this month only.

I was just curious, I tried to get the reward it says in $xx.xx but when I receive it I received it in OWL which was lower than $1 I think you should change it to OWL and not to $ to avoid confusion? Anyway, I like the website since you can login with metamask wallet and at the same time you could deposit Bitcoin too.
thank you for your feedback and suggestion. we will think about it.

Hi, Owl!

I have signed up and found a tiny little PROMO banner to click on the top of the site.
Any code I can put there?
Cheers! Smiley

yes, you can put promo code there. for that always follow our social media. we might also can create a promo code for bitcointalk user.

@owlgames indeed you should have a separate promo code for Bitcointalk users, as that’ll encourage more users to sign up to see what free bonuses they’ll get.
2245  Economy / Gambling / Re: FORTUNEJACK.COM |Deposit 777 play with 1777 mBTC |Live Casino, Slots, Betting on: January 03, 2022, 03:30:43 AM
The email you received mentioning the btc/mbtc bonus? after clicking activate make sure your account is in the BTC method you will see the wager progress  above
If it still doesn't work, it means the problem is with the site the fastest way is to contact support only they can help you
My account is only in BTC on FJ actually, and previous bonuses were present in my Bonus tab after visiting, regardless of whether I click the link from email or not. And I actually get much faster support from Tornike here, plus it isn't a terribly urgent matter, just wanted a quick way to wager some BTC over the holiday period.

In any case, happy 2022 Tornike, FJ and all you guys!
Yeah sometimes it doesn't automatically appear, sometimes you have to click on the email to get it. I suppose that is a bit more about how they want to grow their active email campaigns a bit bigger. Sure you can send email to a billion different emails if you want to, I am sure some people online are selling "here is a list of emails from people who gamble in crypto world" if you search enough, and you can email them every single day with bonuses and promotions, or just to people like you who are already their customers.

The important thing is to learn about the "active" count, like how many people actually read that email they send. This is why sometimes you have to open it and get the pearls inside like a clam.

I believe you must have contacted the support during weekends that’s why you feel they’re so slow, because there’s minimum support available on weekends, but other days the support is very fast on the site.

@barbara44 FJ doesn’t send random emails, people like us prefer to opt in for these mails, and I’m pretty sure the open rate will be very high because who would like to miss out on bonuses.
2246  Economy / Gambling / Re: Roobet.com | Crypto’s Fastest Growing Casino 🦘 on: January 02, 2022, 12:57:40 PM
I believe this kind of treatment will always be appreciated by the players and it will help Roobet to build its name a bit up.
They've been developing their marketing strategy for years, beginning with their signature campaign, promo codes on Twitter, social media giveaways, and monthly (?) art contests. Roobet also organizes games for the bitcointalk community, which can be found in the Games and Round section. And, as far as I know, they've gained traction from Twitch Streamers.

It's also not surprising that so many people are drawn to play alongside Roobet. I've also not encountered any issues on their end in terms of receiving their art contest rewards.

@naim027 Roobet has already build it’s name in this competitive niche, and day by day they’re only improving which shows how well they have planned to execute their marketing plans.

@Maus0728 you’re absolutely correct because I too haven’t seen any one complain about them, and I believe they’ll keep on improving further in 2022, so keep an eye on this casino as I have a strong feeling that Roobet will continue to grow upwards only.
2247  Economy / Gambling / Re: Stake.com - Most Popular Crypto Casino & Sportsbook - Watford & UFC Partner ⚽ 🥊 on: January 02, 2022, 10:29:10 AM
By the way, if he wagered 300,000,000$ to gain only 100,000$, is it really worth it ? How much amount he put on stake ? What if he had lost most of his games. The loss would have been huge.

No one knows the exact number on how much he lost or won while wagering that $300,00,000 except himself and Stake. Even if he had lost huge, the $100,000 can be called as a lossback but if he won, it can be called as extra winning. I would not even think about how much he had lost/won, the amount will be something beyond my imagination  Grin
The winner is sure an experienced gambler, because he have kept things prepared and wagered during the last 5days giving the top wagers an unexpected blow. Even if he had lost, it gets compensated through the prize money. Maybe we can hear his story of wagering on the Stake Forum.

@romero121 definitely a big whale and more importantly an experienced one who often leaves it late to get in and then steals show due to his/her experience. Lastly I would suggest not even bother trying to figure his/her stats, because end of the day you need to wager for self and knowing his/her stats won’t help you win, also it’ll be interesting if they share his/her story there so do leave a link when it’s shared there.
2248  Economy / Gambling / Re: Rollbit.com | Crypto's Most Rewarding Casino 👑 on: January 02, 2022, 08:10:51 AM


Recently casino sites launched their own sportsbook at least this year there are 3-5 casino sites that do it I won't mention it here, you must already know
From here we can see user reactions regarding the launch of the sportsbook some of them look just plain not too flashy, well this can be a benchmark for Rollbit if indeed they are planning the same thing so they should consider it before starting.

The demand will lead Rollbit to this new venture. We don't know when will they introduce sports book

but the possibilities are not by far. If there are many Rollbit gamblers who wanted to see this new addition, the marketing team will

find ways to bring it to the site. We can't tell when, but I'm expecting it. Maybe early next year there will be some enlightenment

in regard to this plan.. Wink
The demand and craze for sportsbook will always be there and players will love the introduction on Rollbit including me as well and the discussion in this thread also gives signal about the craze for Rollbit owns sportsbook.The year is going to start soon and hints are awaited for the same but when we don't know.

I also want to see that Rollbit to start their sports book. They already have NFT market place, crypto trading section and if we have a dedicated section for sportsbook, it will be awesome.  

People like me who are also interested in sports betting will not have to change the platform if i want to bet on a match. This will be awesome. Also, they can do big marketing for launching sports betting and gain many new gamblers.
Not only you many others are also awaiting the announcement for sportsbook from Rollbit and as discussed many times we might hear from this year as new year brings hope and joy for all of us and many new surprises await for us there.So hope some good announcement from Rollbit this month maybe as expected by us.
Its 2022 already so probably sooner or later we can hear an announcement about the sportsbook since they said it will be announce early this year.

I like how Rollbit is doing their best to offer another features for the gamblers. Its nice knowing that they have majority of the games and its a reason to stick to their site or atleast chose their site to be one in our option to gamble.

I feel Rollbit is trying to focus on other avenues like NFT, because they want to do something more unique and less saturated like the sportsbook. Further if they do launch their own sportsbook then it’ll be a welcome addition, as we’ll get more choices to see who’s providing the highest odds, but for now all we can do is speculate about the launch of their sportsbook.
2249  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2021/2022 on: January 01, 2022, 12:39:52 PM
The most popular match today is of course Arsenal v Manchester City. Arsenal are continuing to surprise everyone with their great performance in each game recently. They have a four-game winning streak in the Premier League right now. And we are seeing them at the fourth position in the league also. After an incredible adventure, they have made it to this position. And I hope that they can manage to finish the season at a decent position too. But here, I don't suppose they have much chance against Manchester City considering their current form. Manchester City are in a wonderful shape and they wouldn't let Arsenal win this match. But maybe, Arsenal could find a way to draw with them at least. But if I bet on this match, my choice would be "both teams to score".

@jakdanyel I have a strong feeling that Manchester City will win this game with ease, because there’s a certain fear factor associated with them and with Arteta missing it’s advantage for City.

Lastly I don’t expect Arsenal to score, but I expect City to score at least 3 goals and this is my gut feeling only so good luck for your wager.
2250  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread on: January 01, 2022, 10:02:22 AM
So, I feel like Bayern will have a great chance to beat Gladbach just on the premises that if they are the healthy ones. If there is some covid cases then I do not know what will happen, thinking if they miss 2-3 key players than it is anyone's game to be fair.
Its not only when there are some covid cases at Bayern Munich that its possible that Munich can lose a game.
We have seen it in the first half already when Munich was playing with all players that other teams can beat them.
And for the race of the champion title i really hope that they will lose the game against Gladbach , this would be all more interesting again.
Indeed, Bayern is doing incredibly good until they switch to sleep mode in one random game and play like a 2.Bundesliga team although having all stars in the field, then revert back to god mode in the next game. So far this doesn't have a big impact in Bundesliga but switching off that mode in CL will be a catastrophic failure.

I think you’ll are bit harsh on the teams that beat Bayern, because they beat them by playing better football than Bayern so you’ll should give those teams the credit rather say Bayern randomly played bad to allow them to win.

Also even if Bayern lose one or two games then too it’s difficult to see them not winning the league title again, however if they lose many matches back to back then yes we’ll be in for a thrilling finale, but I doubt that their form will suddenly collapse.
2251  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2020/21 on: January 01, 2022, 07:29:35 AM
If Dembele, Umititie, and Coutinho leave the team, Barcelona will not suffer much.
I can agree about Umtiti. Since Barcelona has 6 central defenders, they won't have a problem if Umtiti leaves. While for Dembele and Coutinho, I don't see any other experienced players in their positions. Losing them means Barcelona to rely on youngsters only. I don't know if it will be a good solution for Barcelona performance, although it can be good for Barcelona financial. If they leave, it will reduce Barcelona players' salaries. But Barcelona will lose some players with great talents/skills.

I think Umtiti as senior player in Barcelona but not any coach like with him and now Xavi still not giving chance for him, after Koeman era Umtiti still not get minutes player now he still take more minutes on bench and I think better move to other club during he has chance to top performance, I see Umtiti is better than Pique have slowly on defender area for Barcelona but Xavi still not give chance for Umtiti. Many player will left Barcelona in January window transfer like Countiho, Dembele and Umtiti not in game playing for Barcelona in this season.

I too agree that losing Umtiti and Countiho won’t hurt Barcelona, but Dembele is a special player and they should avoid selling him unless it’s absolutely necessary to do so. Lastly I’m sure that Xavi will try and bring 1 - 3 player’s if he’s able to sell the above mentioned player’s, but I hope he’ll target quality player’s only.
2252  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) on: January 01, 2022, 04:46:20 AM
Almost time the start again, 1 week.

Thursday 6th January
Bologna 11:30 Inter Milan
Sampdoria 11:30 Cagliari
Lazio 13:30 Empoli
Spezia 13:30 Verona
Atalanta 15:30 Torino
Sassuolo 15:30 Genoa
AC Milan 17:30 Roma
Salernitana 17:30 Venezia
Fiorentina 19:45 Udinese
Juventus 19:45 Napoli

Source: https://www.skysports.com/serie-a-fixtures

Already 2 big games at the restart, the last call for Juventus with Napoli, and no more possible fails for Milan with Roma.

inter will have a very easy game

Atalanta may also have a chance of getting 3 points

Milan can also have a chance to win

Juventus may also have a chance to win

The only easy wins in this round will be Fiorentina and lazio probobly. Other matches such as Juventus vs Napoli is really hard to predict and can go either way and i think even Napoli might win in this match honestly. Inter will have a difficult away game .

It looks like Inter Milan will be able to get 3 points against Bologna later, even though they act as a home team, but Bologna's performance this season is somewhat unsatisfactory and even they are now in the middle of the standings, but even so,  Inter Milan can't underestimate Bologna just like that, because it is not impossible if they can give a surprise in the match, as has been experienced by roma and lazio in the first round of this season.

I agree that the key match will be between Juventus and Napoli, and both of them need those 3 points so I expect this match to be very entertaining and full of goals. Also I’m hoping to see Roma’s fortune change in the new year, and hopefully they can beat Ac Milan and help Mourinho secure his job at least for the time being.
2253  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: December 31, 2021, 01:07:31 PM
According to reports,Arsenal are on the verge of signing Phillips Coutinho who is in the pecking other in Barcelona
At according to reports,arsenal is ready to meet up their demand and pay their sum required from Barcelona.

If Arsenal can secure the signing of Phillips Coutinho,I will be much  happy and grateful.

Arsenal has Odeegard , why do they need Phillipe Coutinho? Also there is Smith-Rowe who can also play in centre midfield so not sure if Coutinho is what Arsenal needs right now. There are lot of players in midfield for Arsenal so anything that is linking a midfielder to Arsenal seems quite hard to believe.

Besides Coutinho is 29 and Arteta is building a team for the future so that's one also why I think Coutinho is not in Arteta's plans.

Right now, I think what we need a midfielder to pattern with partey and  striker. Arsenal can not sign philipe because we have our new NO#10 ôdegaard who is performing excellent  in recent games . The only signing we need is getting renato and dejan kuluzski .About dusan vlahovic am not happy on spending alot of money on him. Arsenal should wait the summer transfer to boost the squad not January its very difficult to get the good players
I think Arsenal want to sign Coutinho as a back up for ôdegaard, I am sure Arteta wouldn't toy with the winning team, in case of any injury to any key midfield player, he will be a perfect replacement else Coutinho coming to sign Arsenal wouldn't guarantee him a regular shirt and I am sure he will weigh his option before signing the contract once he is not sure of first team shirt I think he will back out from the contract, as it is now Smith Rowe and ôdegaard are in-form now and very consistent I don't think any incoming player can displace them from the team.

They still have Smith Rowe and right now Arteta already is having difficulty giving them regular play time so why add another player to that list and make that worse? Also Coutinho is a big name (well not that big name) but still some player so I really don't think midfielder is what they need.

Yeah they do need a striker and Vlahovic really could be a great signing.

Will the introduction or signature of Coutinho improve Arsenal ?
I hope this will be a good buy for the gunner's ?
They've had a great performance for the past game's, winning at large goals or by keeping clean sheets.
What does he brings into this team ?
I believe all Arsenal deserves is an attacker that scores or gives them golas back to back... Vlahovic won't be a bad buy.

Arsenal seems to have a lot of players who play as midfielders in their squad, and I think the arrival of coutinho will certainly make the competition very tight and even trigger the desire of other players to move to the other club, it's not wrong to bring coutinho to strengthen arsenal this season, but I think that it is better for Arsenal to bring in defenders and players who can play as strikers at the moment, but it seems Arteta knows what he is doing for Arsenal and let's see if the arrival of coutinho will be able to make Arsenal even better in the future.

I believe the simple answer is Arteta wants to balance youth with experience, and let’s not forget that Coutinho knows premier league very well, and therefore he’ll gel in well with the Arsenal squad.

Also having more competition is always good as it’ll act as a motivation for other player’s to step up and keep him out of the starting 11, hence if Arteta gets this deal then it’ll definitely help Arsenal for this season.
2254  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Africa Cup of Nation Discussion Thread || Current discussion: Group Stage. on: December 31, 2021, 09:38:58 AM
I know Victor Oshime has been in the top form but is his league competitive that one can say it reaches the standards of the premier league. I haven't watched him play but I hear he's doing wonders.
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What do you think about we starting a competition. It could be the closest or correct prediction of the games of the day. Maybe we can add scorers etc. What do you think. I believe this will drive up the engagement on thread. Youn can give your suggestions.
That is good. The competition should not be hard rule so that people can be willing to participate

I don’t know if anyone here is a Bailly fan or no, but he’s possibly injured right before the start of this tournament, and it’s a coincidence but he got injured way back in 2019 too when he was selected for this tournament. Also another big star in the making Hannibal will be making his presence felt in this tournament, and for me he has every making of a big star so I’m hoping he gets the chance to shine out there.
2255  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ English Premier League Season: 2021/2022 on: December 31, 2021, 07:25:25 AM
^  If anything, I think it’s Liverpool that’s gonna start having problems when the Africa Cup of Nations start next month.  Klopp will be missing two key players, Mane and Salah.  Expect them to start losing points and Chelsea to solidify second spot at the table.  At least that’s what I think.

Anyway, had a bad run of bets.  So I’m doing a degen parlay...  Cheesy  HT/FT draw and City to win, Norwich team total under 0.5 goals and draw for United vs Wolves.  Total odds at 40.73.  25 bucks wins a tad over 1k.  Lezzz gooo!
This will be a hard month for teams that have a lot of african players. Liverpool is probobly in biggest trouble and to me they will probobly drop a few points,Chelsea is also playing really bad lately and i dont see them at second place it will be really hard,i think Man City will make their advantage a lot bigger

Chelsea and Liverpool are 8 and 9 points behind Manchester City respectively. This is a big gap in such a competitive league. Now for the Africa Cup of Nations, if Chelsea and Liverpool have to form a relatively weak team, then Pep Guardiola will take full advantage of it. And will try to increase the points gap further. If they can increase the points gap now, they will be able to concentrate fully on the next Champions League match.

For me it is over.You can't stop a team like Manchester City that even win games at 0-1 when they need the points no matter how often they have played their fixtures like 3 in less than 10 days.Liverpool and Chelsea did not show the consistency that Manchester City is showing so most likely they will shift their focus in the Champions League as there is nothing they can do to win the Premier League title anymore unless Manchester City really screw it up which is highly unlikely.

@swogerino I totally agree that City has almost won it, and now all that’s left to play is the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th spot, and if Chelsea & Liverpool continue dropping points like these then West Ham, Arsenal and Manchester United can fancy themselves to occupy those spots. Lastly I’m really gutted to see how my favourite club wasted Van De Beek, and now he’ll probably leave for good and become the world class player he actually is.
2256  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Motosport General discussion tread --- Formula1, MotoGP, WTCC, ETCC, DTM..... on: December 31, 2021, 04:04:54 AM
I’ve read some stuff saying that with the new specs the air behind the cars are ‘cleaner’ and thus making it easier for the cars behind to over take the cars at front.  So we’ll see...  Ferrari could make it at least close vs Red Bull.  We have just three months to go!  And less than that to see the new cars.  Smiley

The plan I think is that the new cars generate a lot more downforce from ground-effect, through carefully shaped channels on the base. This means that when they get close behind another car, they still keep most of the downforce, whereas a current car relying on barge boards etc loses a lot when right behind another car.

So in theory, yes, cars should be able to follow more closely without losing downforce... which should lead to better, closer racing, and more overtaking.

But yes, you'd still expect to see Mercedes first, followed by Red Bull. I think a lot of the Mercedes problems this year were due to how the changes affected high-rake and low-rake cars differently, which caught them out... so 2021 gave other teams a chance. Next year they could well be ahead again.

I think because of the new simpler aerodynamics, the cars will be slower and thus the down force needed by the cars will be less which brings less dirty air at the back of the car.  This will really make it easier for the drivers behind to over take.

But yeah...  That’s the whole idea on paper but let’s see what happens during testing and what the data shows.  I think there’s one guy who’ll be having more problems if it’s easier to over take...  Hamilton. He now has two guys to worry about, Russell and Verstappen.

I believe with all the changes Ferrari keeps saying they’re making they’ll be one of the contenders to win the title next season, because they gave up on 2021 races to work on 2022 races. Also I’m eagerly waiting for Max to take on Hamilton again, but this time he will find it even harder and that’ll make these races even more interesting to watch.
2257  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: December 30, 2021, 12:57:51 PM
The first test belongs to India and south african needs to focus on building some batting friendly wickets.

LOL.. this will be the last thing they need right now. If they prepare batting friendly wickets, then you can expect the Indians to build totals of 500 plus or 600 plus and on the other side the South Africans don't have quality batsmen who can get them to such high totals. The current strategy, IMO works better for them. Look at the margin of defeat. It may be in the range of 100-130 runs. If they prepare batting friendly tracks, then in all probability they are going to suffer from innings defeat.


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7th down!!


Agreed with Sithara, you don't want to introduce batting friendly wickets in SA. This would be suicidal for current lot of Protea's bowlers and team. Nortje is already ruled out from the series so another reason to not introduce flat track.


I wasn't sure of Indian victory at Centurion but now its only 3 wickets away. Indian team has a long bad habit of losing every first game of the series so its good feeling.

Hope no rain, Plzzz



Well done Team India...

@Sithara007 I doubt that South Africa will even consider curating batting friendly pitches, and @JSRAW is correct too because their strength is their bowlers so why would they do something drastic like this?.

Also I feel entire credit goes to the Indian bowlers for sticking to their plan, and easily picking wickets and taking this match away from South Africa.
2258  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: December 30, 2021, 09:56:50 AM
Let's say ICC gives nod to another structural reforms on revenue model and every one is entitled (Test playing nation) to receive equal amount of money. for example $120 Million each.

Ireland's population = 5 million    Revenue contribution = 0.00001%  
India's population = 1.35 Billion   Revenue contribution = More than 70%  

Does that look logical at all? I don't buy this argument of "Equal amount" anymore. BCCI contribute 70%-80% of revenue and after collapse of BIG-3 model they gets 20%-28% of amount back, if you reduce BCCI share now then it would turn into modern version of colonisation in cricket. Where everyone sucking out resources from only one cricketing nation. BTW BCCI is only reason ICC is able to subsidise every associate nation atm and you really want to kill the golden goose?

Whatever you have posted is factually correct and no one is going to argue against those points. All I am asking is that the ICC should follow the same approach being taken by the other sports federations such as FIH, FIFA and FIBA. None of the other federations distribute money as per the population of a particular country (even if that is the case, then China should be receiving more funds from the ICC, since they are also an associate member). Anyway, for me the best solution would be something that is mutually beneficial - the pig-3 agree for more ICC tournaments. If so, the ICC revenues would increase and they can continue with the higher share for BCCI.
You can compare hockey, football etc with cricketing ecosystem but only when there is only 1 format especially shorter format T-20. If not then i believe cricket is more complex and in present situation it has at least 5 version of formats. 3 international (T-20, ODI, Test) and 2 underdeveloped formats - The 100 ball, T-10 and we're not equipped or have will to monetise all formats.

I think i have said this before that only long term solution would be to allow more associate member to participate in T-20 WC (24 teams tournament), that's where big bucks are made. There would be chaos at start for sure, in terms of revenue loss and dud fixtures but this could potentially solve some problems, as far as self sustainability by smaller boards and spreading the game are concern.

@JSRAW I don’t think ICC will ever try to take BCCI out of the equation, because they very well know that BCCI can start their own tournaments and completely bury ICC revenues.

Lastly out of curiosity say ICC were to make it a 24 team T20 World Cup then which teams would be added? because I know only few teams, and even then I can’t reach the 24 teams count needed for your idea to be implemented.
2259  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽UEFA Europa League Discussion Thread on: December 30, 2021, 07:14:42 AM
I believe that Dortmund should do their best to win the Europa League championship. Because they won't most probably be winning the Bundesliga championship this season as they already are far away from Bayern Munich in the standings now. But they should at least thrive for winning a championship in this season. Maybe they don't need the title of this tournament as they would join the Champions League by ending the season at a decent position in the Bundesliga. But it is worse for them if they end it without any title.

aCLS63 Dortmund are indeed a very strong team, but I don’t think that they’ll find it easy to win in the Europa League and they’ll have to bring their best game to win the league title. Lastly if they bow out of this league without reaching the finals then yes indeed it’ll be a disaster for them, hence it’ll be really interesting to see if they chose to prioritise winning this league or no.
2260  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: December 30, 2021, 03:52:49 AM
Give him some space guys, he was removed in disrespectful manner from ODI and T20 captaincy. He has done so much for Indian cricket and that's how you treat your legend player? Look at his performance ever since, he is not able to score runs anymore in Test. If he is bulling like that he will get more depressed with time.

If he is out of form, then the best possible course of action for him and for the team would be to take a break from test cricket and concentrate on domestic cricket for a few months. I have never heard about this excuse, like saying that a player is depressed and therefore he should be allowed to play in the national team. There are a lot of talented youngsters sitting at the bench, only because the oldies like Kohli would select players only based on their loyalty and not based on their skills and merit.

@Theones what’s done can’t be done and we can’t expect BCCI to apologise to him, or give out a public apology so he’ll have to just move on and play his natural game.

Also Virat is a much better player than Rahane and Pujara who should be removed from the team, and the current Indian team need’s Kohli aggressive behaviour to motivate them, however if he constantly fails with the bat in 2022 then yea I’ll too back the call for him to be removed from the team.
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