I had no idea that Luka didn't played last night but I still had faith in Mavs to win the game and they did it. However , it was a very close game between them and a very awesome fair fight between Curry and Irving and I'm glad I've woke up see the game and I can't wait for this night to watch Lakers vs Cavs. 

But the concept will still be the same right? I mean like in the evolution of slot machines which is one of the most played games in a land base casinos. We might see themes evolving but still the idea is there.

Pogue alone can't carry them, they need a good back up support especially with their other stars unfortunately,  both Castro and Oftana are not producing numbers that they needed,  both being limited and NP is really showing them gòd defense and good conversions of those turnovers, they did try to rally back but not enough time to make an upset, no need to mentioned Williams as for sure the negotiations didn't work out well to sign him back, maybe they need to rebalance the system and find new sets of role players to help.

I can't believe what I'm seeing. TNT now down by 28 points vs Northport. This could be the biggest loss of TNT this conference if they will not be able to come back here. They still have 1 full quarter and 6 minutes left in the 3rd, they need  a big run here so that the 4th quarter will be manageable.

Northport are just playing great basketball, they are sharing the ball and were very confident especially from outside. no wonder they are on a winning streak now, though this is not a playoff team, I guess they need to be taken seriously.

I would say that it depends from a situation a lot. You say there isnt no fun when you lose. But I remember gambling with friends. We were placing bets in online casino. The game was crash if not mistaken. When the rocket flew up, we have started cheering it, but when it exploded, we made fun of the person who placed bet, called him looser and suggested that he should have clicked jump. We wasnt aimed to harm his feeling; all of us were laughing. There are moments when it is fun to lose. If he would go all-in that time, it would be even funnier. (once again we, a company of friends, dont gamble for money)

I can't say for sure, but most times  the reason for increasing your stakes is because of greed and that has gotten lots of gamblers into  trouble. As a gambler you should know when to quit gambling no matter the wins at that moment. And one of the way to gamble responsibly is when you stay satisfied with whatever the result is, rather than looking for a way to increase your stake or borrow money to chase your losses. When you gamble responsibly, you'll enjoy the fun that comes from gambling.

You mentioned you were unemployed at the moment and helping out yourself and your family has become quite difficult. If you’re really in a fix and you’ve got some bitcoin holding, you could sell off some of your assets to get yourself together.
You’ve got to examine your finances; knowing if you could hold off on selling your bitcoins till later on this year. You mentioned you’ve got two months before you take a decision. You could always continue job hunting while holding onto your coins. If the situation doesn’t improve, then you could sell off some of your coins to help pay for yours and the needs of your family.

This is the power of risk management, as long as you are consistent with your style or way of trading, you will be profitable, you need to master and control your emotions, not chasing loss is very helpful for this kind of case.
Maintaining this in the long term will make you profitable.

It turns out ROS was the easy play. Didn't expect they'll be able to cover the spread since the first half was quite close, I thought for awhile that Converge had figured out how to break the spell but they only played well in the first half but the 2nd half was full of struggle. We can already count them out this conference because currently they are 0-6.

Here's the scoring per quarter.

I think it's pretty normal for 7'4 tall and having that playing time. Anyway, given Wemby is really good. He just really needs help, like a great point guard who excels in passing, especially when inside. Also, I don't think Coach Pop is as good as before. Sometimes, it's also the coaching staff's fault why the Spurs often lose. They can destroy power teams the problem is they don't know how to maintain the momentum. I just hope that next season they find a way to get a great point guard and replace their coaching staff.

There are still eight months left in 2024. Every month that passes, there may be a spike or decline caused by an event that affects market activity.

Whatever the price, it can still happen every month after month that will pass this year.
Nothing is impossible when the time comes.
Price speculation to keep us enthusiastic about going month after month.

You know in fact in this era or generation currently, most people today around the world know that bitcoin is a major investment opportunity when it comes to long-term matters. If there are people or investors who have lost in Bitcoin investment, maybe they are the investors who had doubt and anxiety during the times when its value was sinking in the market.

But if you are really the long-investors, that means you are the kind of person who is ready to hold bitcoin for a really long time, let's say 5-10 years, because the others who lost or lost in less than 1 year or 2 years immediately panicked, which means they are not really long-term investors and are not deep into Bitcoin yet.

Completely agree! the bull market is still in its early stages. There was a recent dip but Bitcoin is regaining its momentum especially with the upcoming halving. I can hardly wait.

I am sure that many bitcoin enthusiasts are interested and curious to see the possible future of our world starting from El Salvador.

I personally have not been to El salvador myself and in my country, there’s almost no sign of bitcoin anywhere. From what I heard however is that stalls and other businesses in El Salvador are already using bitcoin as a payment method but not yet 100% of the country is bitcoin-friendly. Still, it’s nice to know that there is a step towards adaptation of bitcoin somewhere in the world.

Pitbull against Matias for the IBF-WBA unification would be great. But just a few weeks ago Matias signed with Eddie Hearn as his promoter. So I guess it is much easier to make Haney-Matias now because they are in the same network and promotion. But honestly, I consider Pitbull as the weakest among the champions in the division although he is an improvement from the undeserving Rolly. Pitbull is giving up too much size and length and it will be a huge factor against the other champions who has the skills and also the power.

Honestly, I want Ryan to win against Haney. He's got a punchers chance but that's it. As Haney said earlier, maybe him and Ryan are on the same level when they were kids but there's a huge gap at them moment.

NBA fanatics we have a new poll for the coach of the year award. Only 2 voted so far. I voted for the young Mark Daigneault. No one expected the Thunder to come on top this season. Not even in the top 5. And Mark is coaching a very young line-up including a rookie. His starter lead by a 25 year-old Shai and the others are 21 and 22? Mark definitely deserved it even if OKC drops to number 3 in the west because Denver is expected while Minnesota has 3 superstars. And in the east? Boston is star-studded while the Bucks also added the veteran superstar Damian Lillard.

This is very true because, even with how many trade losses you did as long as you have stopped the loss and are not eager to get into a new trade, you will be profitable.
Sometimes 1 perfect trade will able to get your losses back, so at the end, you end up profitable as long as you waited for the right set-up and not chasing losses.

If they treat their investment as gambling, we can not consider them as investors but they are actually speculators in this market only.

They have money and they spent it to buy Bitcoin but they don't plan to stay in this market for a long time, don't plan to hold their bitcoin too long. What they thought before spending money is profit. They believe buying bitcoin will help them to get profit, get rich, quickly. They believe they can exit the market quickly after entry because of positive speculation on uptrend.

Worse they can use leverages to maximize their profit but leverages bring bigger risk, not bigger profit.

No one, including me, would get bored or tired of reading a post that contains helpful and constructive information and knowledge. So as you said, it's not about the length of a post being created but it is the quality it contains. Even very long posts are read with interest in many sections of the forum but only if they have some meaning and are contributing to the discussion. Someone would surely ignore a post being unnecessarily long while containing nothing useful and read-worthy.

It's a common misconception among newbies that making long posts earn you merits and it's because they see long posts from senior members getting a lot of merits but they fail to determine the fact that those posts are of high-quality and aren't some gibberish written to unnecessarily prolong the post.