It certainly could look that way to the average joe who only reads or sees in the media the negative stories about bitcoin, to the more educated observer it is much more, just a little bit of time is needed and then more people will catch on.

Haha, if there was a safe way to gamble where you would lose hardly anything we would not find any online casinos or Vegas or anything because they would not make any profit. 

Also we would all be rich and have no need to gamble, I am afraid that the risk is there and will always be there, if you're lucky fantastic and if you are not so lucky just roll again 

I think this is a fantastic idea but i fear you will not be able to get anywhere with it due to licensing and so on.

Good stuff, nice to see some good bitcoin media even though it is an advert and not a positive news story, again we see recently negative bitcoin news about funding terrorists, we need some balance and spread some positivity.

Sounds good, I will give this a go once it gets released and if they can make it mobile friendly or even better create an app for it that will definitely bring more people on board.

When the price was up to that level I started to look into bitcoin so it did bring me in and probably a few other people.

On a selfish note I would like to price to drop to below $100 so I can grab loads as I missed out at the start but in answer to the question yes the price is important and I don't think we will ever see a stable price, it will always fluctuate quite heavily.

Paypal should be moving towards the acceptance of bitcoin and not going through all the hassle of limiting and investigating accounts, it would certainly cause them a lot less hassle and might even bring them new customers.
People will just use other fee charging services so they are the ones missing out.

Why not, we have seen large jumps before within a couple of days for no apparent reason so a jump to $1000 is not impossible, it would be a surprise but not that much of a shock although $500 would be more of a natural increase.

No probs, I'll be back  

Haha I had to delete my btc and ltc widget it was just to easy to keep refreshing every few minutes which would drive me insane.

I suppose one of the main reasons is the illusion of getting rich quick and when you do win you think next time if I put in a little bit more then you will win more.  It is an addiction that is hard to kick for sure.

Good to know not to use the autoinvest option, I was thinking about this last week and whether it would be worth it or not.  Sounds like even when you manually look after your  BTC there is still a high chance of getting scammed?

Yeah some of these ponzis never take off, they don't even try to seem legit and are quite obvious.  I have been burned a couple of times but how else do you learn.

I have been on their site for quite a while and tested it with a small amount and yes it will take a long long time to get roi but they seem to be around still so legit or not legit they have not up and left like many other known ponzis.

I think you will find it difficult to raise the $800 here from donations, you have some design skills so maybe offer them in a separate thread for payment or you can apply for a loan, good luck I used to dabble a bit with poetry it is good for the soul.

I never got any confirmation if I was accepted so have joined another campaign for a couple of weeks and if there is still availability here at that point I will put my name forward if that is okay.

Also what fees if any are there for withdrawls and purchases, any monthly fee? or are these simply a one time purchase and then you can use them for as long s you need?

Nice one, like fuathan mentioned it would be a good idea to review the faucets on something this large as there is nothing more annoying as a user then coming to an empty faucet.

It's really not easy, so easy to start borrowing money and then not being able to pay it back or meet the interest.  If you can avoid this and stop gambling before you owe money you are in a good place.

Bitcoin is probably not the best place at this time for you, might be a good idea to put whatever you have in a wallet and forget about it until you are fully on your feet and can deal with it.  Also as others have said some physical routine will greatly help to distract you.  I wish you luck.

Out of those two I prefer solve media as it is easier to solve when mobile from a users perspective.  The fun capture would probably be best to avoid manipulation.