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2301  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Possible measures to stop online gambling addiction. on: August 03, 2023, 09:55:26 PM

An addiction is something someone has to discipline himself on and one fail to do so then every other methods is just like a set back strategy for the main time.

That is it, it is either you pull yourself out if you want to stop or you are there. It is a personal decision to take and not by delimiting yourself from viewing casino apps. There are people who have worked on their emotion to stop but because they are not really serious, they are still struggling with it but some also have put themselves to stop finally. It is like a decision you take to stop smoking and other illicit activities like drugs, you have to put effort to stop it if you want at least by looking at the negative effect on you.
2302  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Weak state capacity & underdevelopment in Africa: on: August 03, 2023, 07:34:08 PM
     Significantly  African  institutions has totally left the continent underdeveloped as a result of it's inability in  discharging institutional functions.

To start with, Africa don't have institution. Institution is what helps a country to grow but when that is not happening you see corruption taking over.

     
    In conclusion, can we say that the incorporation of Africa into a world economic order has been helpful to the continent?

No matter how we look at the African integration into the economic order, it has helped the continent. African like the third world countries benefit from the credit facilities that others get, the other support from the world organisations that they are party to like 300 of, WHO, UN, UNESCO, IMF etc. Also in sports , Africa benefit from soccer tournament like FIFA both for men and women. There are alot of gains being incorporated in the world but African leaders are corrupt, most of the subventiona coming to African people go to few families.
2303  Other / Politics & Society / Re: What factors affect life expectancy? on: August 03, 2023, 05:48:53 PM
Two of the major factors for increasing life expectancy are:
1. Eat more meat from ruminant animals;


I have heard that animal product is good for the body but I don't know the extent that we can say it helps the life expectancy. But you mentioned from ruminate animal and that makes it more curious for me. What is special with ruminate animal food that it becomes the choice raising life expectancy or it is because of the fact they feed from plants. Ruminate animals are herbivores and they majorly feed on plants, so you kind of linking such to life expectancy?
2304  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Possible measures to stop online gambling addiction. on: August 03, 2023, 02:41:02 PM

And less use of social media because gambling platforms promote themselves the most through social media

This age is not the time a youth would turn his or eyes from social media because every information, knowledge or aware you need is on social media and internet. If someone turns away from social media and the internet, the person is simply turning himself off from what is happening around him and the outside world. If a lesser use of social media will be the answer to stopping gambling addiction then such person is not ready to stop yet. It involves a personal effort to zero one's mind off it so that even when those ads are thrown at you, you are so going to keep on concentrate on whatever it is you were engaged with.
2305  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: It's safe to say - gambling is a guy thing. on: August 03, 2023, 01:36:25 PM

And I do believed that this is the case, at least from the women that I've talk about gambling. Although I've seen girls and women at any age gamble in land based casinos, still they are outnumbered by men as we take a lot of risk.

Yet those ladies that gambler in land base casino or gambling houses, go there with their male friends and boy friends. These ladies are usually youths and young age, they are accompanied by the male folks as they don't like going those places alone because of what society or people will say about them working in there, even when they are seen with guys, they are also talked about especially in African culture. This is to say that such places and activities of gambling was for the exclusive of the male folks and women hardly and freely do those but when they are doing it, mostly likely a male is involved.
2306  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: It's safe to say - gambling is a guy thing. on: August 03, 2023, 11:09:21 AM

Alot of cases has been reported several times too - and y'all end up realizing that MEN are usually involved in very many critical cases...

Men are more physical than women and even the women in the house leave out more tedious chores for the men, the parents themselves in division of labour give more physical labour to the boys. That masculinity is passed on to even taken care of the family, the wife do more lesser jobs than the husband. In terms of employment, I have seen men selected for physical jobs. However, most of those sex roles are changing and you see women taking more tedious job assignments than men. They now take risk like men and that is why the gambling field that used to be male dominated is also changing. Women also gamble now, they take risk and want to meet up with family daily needs because many are fast becoming bread winners because of the absence of men in the family for whatever reason including death. And the men are fast loosing their jobs.



What's that validating? That men are really taking the whole thing personal??

It is worthy to note that it is a male dominated world. In the bible, God already gave dominion to men, at least it was recorded that Adam named all the animals  Grin
2307  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: My new favorite betting method. on: August 03, 2023, 10:19:36 AM
From the table, my mind goes to martingale kind of betting and it is not far from it because you are adding up odds and betting stake each following game like you want to make up for the previous game. I think if this strategy goes wrong then it will accumulate alot of losses for you. I have only tested such in soccer game when I expect I'm going to have a win. Martingale is good when in profit.
2308  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Possible measures to stop online gambling addiction. on: August 03, 2023, 08:04:57 AM
I'm believing those suggestions are for a gambler who is an addict because a random gambler doesn't bother his or her self on what ads pops up from their phone at intervals.

To disable gambling apps or casino ads won't be a solution for an addict who is not yet ready to stop because if he does disable them on the caution of a second party or by himself, he would request a friend's phone for gambling because he is not ready yet to stop. It is about your readiness to stop or limit your gambling behavior. Both budgetting or deleting of gambling apps are not permanent solution.
2309  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [ADVICE]Boy Wins $46k from Sports Bet but Can't Tell Strict Religious Parents... on: August 03, 2023, 07:46:33 AM
Why as an adult he feels he should tell his parents is the real question. Is it a my house my rules type of situation? If so, I would think this win is more than enough for him to get his own place and start getting his life together. $46K would get him a couple years on his own and hopefully he could find a job and stop being a freeloader. I promise you his parents won’t be upset.

I also don't think they should. I mean, it is a life time lucky winning and perhaps the parents don't earn such per annum. So they will eventually give in and render advise to him on the better way to go or investment to go into. I would think the parents are not bitcoin enthusiast with their religious inclination otherwise to DCA on bitcoin will be fine for the lad while he use part for offline business and if he himself is an online person then he could learn some online courses of business development etc.
2310  Economy / Economics / Re: what do we thinking about investment target? on: August 02, 2023, 09:19:26 PM
The products which were bought at the same price in the last four-five years now have to be bought at two to three times more. Now what is the real reason, what should we do at this moment. The real reason for this is the effect of inflation which causes the price of everything to rise. This inflationary effect increases the prices of our daily necessities. Due to which the value of our money is constantly decreasing every year. As a result, it is almost impossible to buy and drink a cup of tea from outside.


Inflation is a big challenge to any economy because it also affects the reach of the national budget. When the government estimate the budget that is capital and expenditure for the year, they need money to execute the budget but with inflation in the economy, the money required will not be enough to execute all of the budget and if it stops half way, it means some aspect of the economy will suffer. Also as an individual, your salary will no longer be okay to take care of your needs because the purchasing power of your money has been reduced by high cost of goods which makes your money not sufficient anymore but the solution is to diversify in investment so that you can have more hands to generate income from which will cushion the effect of the inflation for you
2311  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [ADVICE]Boy Wins $46k from Sports Bet but Can't Tell Strict Religious Parents... on: August 02, 2023, 06:41:13 PM

First of all, what he did was wrong because he didn't follow the order of his parent's but now that he already committed the mistake, I think it will now be easy for him to commit another mistake which is to lie, just in case his parents find out about the money. Im sure there must be other profitable activity that is allowed in his country like investing or trading. He can just say that he got the money from those sources. There might still be people who can feel guilty right after making one mistake and they will confess it right away. They think this will lessen the punishment that they will be getting.


Such mistake I don't know if it is a good mistake or bad mistake but the important thing is that he already has a source of livelihood with him. He is lucky to win that huge sum of money capable to change his life for good. If he invest the money rightly in a profitable venture, his parents one day will forgive him after all he didn't steal it or used gun to rub from off their money. They are still family and family is always a family, things as such will not cause them apart and huge money is involved that is enough to still put smile on their faces on the long run depending on the economic status.
2312  Economy / Gambling / Re: Whats happening with Betnomi? on: August 02, 2023, 05:53:56 PM

The majority of Betnomi clients have lost their money and won't be able to recover them ever even if the casino makes a future welcome back. shortly. 

Why do you think they won't get their funds back incase there is a come back? They have the details of the customers who registered with them and those who have funds to withdraw. Customers also have prove of playing with them so it won't be a difficult thing to identify those who had account with them. However, it may be a slow process that will take time and some you had issues with the accounts earlier might find it difficult to make a clarification with them but people will get funds back if they did come back.
2313  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Playing Slot Games On Demo/Free mode Vs Live/Paid Mode on: August 02, 2023, 04:37:27 PM

So you shouldn't be surprised to see such huge winning with just 10 spins in a demo version,  because there is a big difference between the fantasy of playing a demo version vs the reality of a real live casino session.

That fantasy you mentioned actually attracted me. Don't you think such fantasy is the reason for such difference that op has observed between his playing experience on real and demo? I think there are more easy playing mode that gamblers apply or use when on demo because after all nothing is at stake, it is just a demo and no real money is involved. There could be anxiety with playing in real game. I think this is possible, I have witnessed some predictions we make that turns out good and we regret not staking it.
2314  Other / Politics & Society / Re: ARE THE CONSPIRACY THEORIST RIGHT? on: August 02, 2023, 03:54:04 PM
Businesses were crippled,  supply chains destroyed and people plunged into poverty in a bid to supposedly combat a virus that till date no one can explain where and how it stopped being a pandemic. Does this make the conspiracy theorists right? That I don't know!


The conspiracy theory have been with humanity before COVID-19 and those have been propaganda when after you peruse deeper you see traces of truth and mixture of fallacy but only left for you to accept what you want to just like the origin and ending of COVID-19 leaves many dumfounded. However, I like the analysis of what you are saying and this part caught my attention. I like you to understand that as much as many businesses went down and people went into poverty, that was also how some businesses that never flourished did so especially businesses in health care and management. Hence, who knows if that was also the propaganda or the conspiracy of the "deep state".
2315  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Playing Slot Games On Demo/Free mode Vs Live/Paid Mode on: August 02, 2023, 03:31:15 PM
Is it possible that playing slot game in demo mode has some kind of connection to playing it on live mode, like is your playing data on live mode transferred to demo mode and vice versa if at any point in time for some reason, you switch in-between those modes ?

It may be a feeling that I have, but in my experience, I've been doing much better playing for free or with very small bets. I don't know how this works, but my suspicion is that free games are set differently. Maybe it's because free games are supposed to invite people to try the real ones?  Huh Honestly, I don't know and I don't have any proof for what I'm saying here, but try playing for free and switch to normal bets and you'll see that you'll do better in free games most of the time.

I think what could be the difference is your emotion and everything that tells you that you are gambling with real money. There is a connection we have with our money and the way we don't like them disappearing into tin air to another person's hand probably  Grin The risk of increasing your bet in free mode is not same risk you take going live. It is also like when you predict a football game without staking on it and it happens the way you predicted it but on the same game if you stake on it, you might allow your emotion to have a better part of you and you stake on it wrongly. It is the power of emotion. It brings sentiment, fear, anxiety and all the fud that gives you doubt, so it gets you to take contrary decision.
2316  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Collective bets in local lotteries on: August 02, 2023, 01:49:36 PM
It's not that different from people pooling funds to invest in some shitcoin I guess? I don't like the idea to be honest since you never really know what other people may do if given the opportunity to take huge money for themselves. It's probably a fun thing to do but it's not my thing. I would rather buy lottery tickets myself with my own money.

What about the chances of one of the team try to scam others in the pool if the bet becomes a win? This is possible like in investment and ico coins where there are alot of ingenuity. Out of 12, there could be a "Judas", so the chances are also there that some one or few might play smarter to side track the winning. However, the only purpose and can point out by making such pool of resources is that the amount to invest might be smaller since it is a group but other than that, it might be better buying the lottery ticket as an individual.
2317  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Do wager affect outcomes in any provably fair games on: August 02, 2023, 01:27:18 PM
I don't think the wager or how many times you play would matter to the outcome of your bet. It is just luck. I have not noticed that, sometimes I'm lucky with the out come and sometimes I also lose irrespective of the times or first time. So if you have noticed a pattern that allows you better chance of winning, you better continue with it than trying to change what is working for you. If you usually lose in your first time and win subsequently then see the first time as sacrifice you make to win others. You are better knowing what works for you.
2318  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Terrorism in Africa on: August 02, 2023, 10:45:39 AM


Africa is too corrupt that even if they choose a leader that is good bad politicians will do everything they can do to still retain power. The people are tired of bad leaders but the level of corruption in the Africa system it is not easy to change these bad leaders.


The problem is evil government replace bad government and the problem gets worse of than the previous. Take for instance the coup in Niger that just happened where the former government has been seize by the new military government for corruption allegations, that doesn't mean that the new government will keep things clean. They will still go back to feed in same plate that they have accused the previous government on. The African situation is such an unfortunate one that it needs some thing drastic and a wave to blow across all the government for a fresh air to come.
2319  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Who is to be blamed, the gambler or the betting agent on: August 02, 2023, 09:46:59 AM
As they say, prevention is better than cure.
This is not for gambling. For gambling, usually what you are seeing is the winning. Taking of risk is what gambling is, if you are not a risk taker then maybe gambling is not for you and maybe that is the sense that prevention can be apt but as a gambling then you are only heading for the winning. Most gamblers don't see limitation to what they want to bet until they are finished with it and the result is out to their favour or not. There are no prevention if you are a gambler, it is only those who don't gamble will run away after losing.
What @Gozie51 said is true because when someone gambles, he can afford to risk losing, and actually, he already knows that his chances of winning might not be too great. But because he took that risk, he still gambled, and gamblers just want to bet so they don't see the rest. So they think what will happen next is something they can think about later after gambling. And if they don't dare to take the risk of losing, they should stop gambling and relax at home, enjoying the atmosphere. Thus, they don't have to think about the risks of gambling or other things.

Yes because for gamblers, it is take the risk and have the chance to some profit and if you are not taking the risk then you are not preventing anything. You are only preventing something by avoiding it and that is the reason I have said it is not for a gambler to prevent it, be it the risk or something else. If you are a gambler and you have come to gamble, all you have to do is to gamble as you can bear and in order words you are gambling anyway and you are not preventing it only to reduce your risk.
2320  Economy / Speculation / Re: BITCOIN NEED NEW MONEY AS MUCH AS HALVING TO SEE SUSTAINED HIGH PRICES on: August 02, 2023, 07:52:59 AM


Bear market is where you want to keep buying Bitcoin and Bull market is where you reap your profit, new money will get into the market before the bull market starts, as a newbie do not let this bother your mind, the charts don't lie and they exists for a reason.

Of course there are money bags that are going to come in just before the halving. They are probably waiting for the late minutes to DCA in expectation to ride the halving bull and this has been the tradition of bitcoin whales. They want to jump in late hours and cause the market to change directional flow. This will also affect the altcoins market as well. I remember the last halving, some altcoins took that moment to ATH.
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