Gambling is declared illegal in China, hence everything that involves it has its designated punishment. It's just too bad that the Casino in Macau is entangled with such a chaotic mess that isn't supposed to be involved since as far as I know, Macau has its own governance outside China because it is an autonomous region. It's just funny how twisted the law and the government of China can be. After all the banning and declaring of most of the things that entertain and source of income of most people there, they have the audacity to perform an arrest outside their jurisdiction. People will just keep on looking for ways to make things possible on their end. In this case, they made cross-border gambling. VPN is one of the things they could do if the casino or site they are playing with doesn't include the use of VPN illegal in their terms of service.

I get it that they are just preventing bad things from happening such as money laundering and developing bad habits such as addiction, but they can combat that without actually banning gambling. Because after all, people will just keep on making another alternative to bypass and do what they want, illegally speaking. This just compromises the state and it doesn't even bring benefit to the country because they don't get to tax illegal activities.

I can't agree more. Most bureaucrats think so highly of themselves so much merely because they have a position in the government. They take that as leverage over other people mainly against ordinary ones. Maybe they think they have immunity because they are government officials since basically, the higher-ups are also tolerating them. Little did they know they are just being pawns in the chess game of the politicians with much power. The benefit goes to both parties still after all.

Also, can't really stand this kind of people who kept on saying that the CBDC will destroy bitcoin and crypto in general. Foremost, CBDC and crypto have their own purposes. They are existing for various reasons and there is no need to pit them against each other because they can coexist serving their own target markets and being an alternative for each other. Since you see, it would be a little too hard to some if the other vanishes away. It's just really the people that make things complicated than what originally is. Both have their uses and it can benefit people if they will just utilize its best to their advantage.

Now that the birth of NTFs that has a play-to-earn feature is becoming more and more widely known and patronized because of its income-generating feature through tokens and coins given in the game, I think it would be wise to tell my children in the future to invest in them because they have a dual purpose - to enjoy and to earn. That way, they can be entertained while earning at a young age. Their mind would be trained and certain aspects and skills could be developed by playing such as critical thinking skills, strategies, and techniques that could help them in the future outside the game as well. In addition, it could also help them develop a good set of attitudes such as discipline, determination, and patience which I believe are an important set of characteristics a gamer and a person, in general, has to possess to be able to succeed. But this would just be a suggestion to my kids. I wouldn't really impose them to play if they are not interested in it. After all, to each his own. What seems appealing to us might not be to them, given the generation gap, it is possible that some other things could get their attention more. And that's totally fine with me.

If they would be interested in my suggestion, I would gladly help and teach them and give them starting investment money for them to be able to play. I would guide them and I would make sure that they will not be lost along the way. Because after all, I still want them to learn to prioritize the things that matter most. In children's case, it would be their well-being and studies. The playing and entertainment part are still of importance, but it has to be balanced.

There isn't really a hundred percent safe place for you to store your assets that could guarantee you a huge profit in a short span of time. Everything takes time. An investment needs time to mature may it be in crypto or other investment vehicles. If someone offers you easy and big return of investment in a snap, probably it is a form of scam. Do not be fooled because there's no such thing as that right now, most especially that we are in the middle of a crisis. Having a profit in investment is not an overnight process. If you want to invest your hard-earned money in crypto, then expect your money to generate profit after several years. If you want a fast profit, then do trading or scalping. Go for the short-term if you want to see your money gaining instantly. Or you could do both if you have the means. That way, you will see how long and what it takes to make money both passively and aggressively.

If you want more than what I mentioned to secure your future, then you can opt to invest in other investments as well that are trusted and reputable. You can also try to put up some sort of business if that's your thing. Or you could hustle using your passion while doing crypto to have other money-making alternatives. You see, we have to have many streams of income to be financially independent someday. Sticking into one income-generating source won't guarantee us to be financially stable in the future.

This time is really a great opportunity to buy coins because the prices are low, so you can buy more coins at a lesser value that could make you a huge profit once the market starts pumping again. Actually, this is one of the golden rules in crypto, "buy low, sell high". Whenever we have the opportunity to buy, let's grab it. Let's choose to look at the positive side whenever the market goes downhill. Let's utilize the low positions of coin right now before it starts to go skyrocket again. But of course, you should still do this carefully. Do not just impulsively buy coins that are in a dip, because not everything that has a low price right now is a good investment. Still do your own research to know if the coin you are planning to buy is worth the money. Do not be fearful whenever this kind of season happens because crypto always bounces back right after. Instead, buy the fear and sell the greed like what they say.

The new covid-19 variant which is omicron is still under the study of researchers and scientists. Since it is just discovered recently by African scientists, there are still so many things that are uncertain and unknown about the virus. Its way of transmission and the severity of illness it will cause to someone is still not yet known because the people who were reported to contact the virus were mostly youngsters that are known to not really acquire severe symptoms of the virus due to high immune system. What the scientists are afraid of right now is the mutations of it because once the virus omicron mutates again, it could boost up the fast spreading of the virus from one host to another which is a very big problem once again because if uncontrolled, it would infect so many people again. Just like what happened to previous strains before.

It could be another challenging season for most of us, most especially those who are into crypto because we all know how pandemic affected the market, not just crypto actually but the world in general. This would be a tough time once again, but I suppose it would just last a short span of time. Because we have an advantage right now compared before that no vaccines has been produced yet. Now, we have the vaccines and the scientists have the background information they need to check what are the similarities of this omicron variant to the previous ones. Hopefully, the vaccines are effective enough for this new strain and to future strains because the mutations are endless, we just have to adapt and be immune to it.

This post was made roughly 8 months ago but is still very timely. Thank you for this encouraging post. It is surely a great reminder for those who are going through a rocky patch now that we are currently in the downtrend season of crypto.

Entering crypto is a great risk. You should know the basics and fundamentals first before diving into it to avoid regrets soon after. It is not for the faint-hearted and weak minds. Someone has to be mentally and emotionally capable to handle all the paranoia. stress, and anxiety whenever the time isn't in our favor. That is why I salute every one of you who still manages to smile and be optimistic in these times of crisis because clearly, it isn't that easy to accept sudden losses. Regret always lingers, and it would be really bothering, most especially if it involves a large amount.

However, you must not be carried away by these negative emotions. Don't let it overtake your life and destroy you. Instead, use these kinds of unfortunate events as a learning experience that would equip you with knowledge and wisdom in doing crypto. Just think of it as a charge for experiencing your lesson well so that in the future, you could avoid similar and unpleasant instances. It would be hard to accept, but you could do it, step by step. Because after all, what's "lost" is already lost. We just got to move on and do better next time. And the next time we are doing things, we would apply all that we learned in our past experiences.

Now that the prices in the market went rock-bottom, consider it as a great opportunity to buy coins with potential. Make sure to do your own research of course and to still only invest what you can afford to lose. If you are still feeling unwell, you can try to open up with your trusted homies, so that your burdens will be lessened. If you don't have any, I suggest what OP mentioned here which is to contact hotlines that could cater your needs. Best of luck to all of us. I sincerely hope we all make it to our goal.

I don't think stashing your bitcoin is a great idea. Putting your coins in a stash means giving up your ownership and custody over it because you permit the exchangers to have the authority over your funds. Hence, when hacking happens, your assets aren't safe. There are numerous incidents of hacking already reported with these exchangers and wallets. I suggest to be wary and always double-check where you are putting your hard-earned money/coins because it's not easy to make money nowadays. Reassess if the risk that comes along with stashing your money is worth it or not. For the interest that they will give you, will it be okay to put your funds just for the sake of having your money grow with them? If yes, then go ahead. After all, there are several exchangers that offer pretty much decent interest over time. If not, then don't do it. It still all depends on you.

Foremost, what does "make it" means to you? It's much better to expound and elaborate it in a much detailed manner so that we can answer straight forward.

But if you mean "make it" in a manner to survive daily basis, I think it could get you to start up something that could be your bread and butter in the long run. Because if you will just rely on a 0.1BTC alone, it won't suffice. Definitely it won't be enough to sustain your necessities. Most especially if you mouths to feed. You see, money can be easily spent, but it takes time to make and save it. So, I suggest, aside from just holding your BTC, make other streams of income. If you have spare money, it's better to invest in other investment vehicles that have a good reputation, feedback, and trusted ones. Owning that amount nowadays is good, but it's better to have more so that in case of emergency, you have something to get into without touching your portfolio so much. Otherwise, you'll end up losing and spending the things that aren't really meant to be allocated to such events.

Tama ka dyan kabayan.

Karamihan sa mga kabayan natin ay nais agad yumaman sa napakadaling paraan kaya naman palagi tayong biktima ng mga scams na ginagamit ang cryptocurrency, isa yan sa rason kung bakit siguro hindi pa rin tinatangkilik ng ating gobyerno ang cryptocurrency hanggang ngayon. Imbes kasi na magself study ang iba sa ating kabayan about cryptocurrency eh mas pinipili pa rin nilang magrisk sa mga "gusto mo bang kumita ng pera kahit natutulog ka?" kind of scams.

The technical analysis are just the same, however, the volatility is not. Trading in cryptocurrency has more risk than trading in forex (depends on how much risk you put in forex though). For me, it's more fun trading in cryptocurrency and easier to familiarize than in the real currency we have in the whole globe. Profits is better also in cryptocurrency, trading platforms in cryptocurrency is much better as well compare to forex.

Day trading is not a good idea, especially if you're a beginner. It requires a lot of time, efforts, and a good amount of knowledge when it comes to market movements, because that's where you'll get your profits within the day. In short, day trading is buying and selling a certain stock or coin before the market closes within the day, in cryptocurrency, you have to sell it before it dumps again.

To simplify it, you need to take advantage even on the small amount of volatility that a certain stock or a coin makes in a day.

I totally agree.

The more bitcoin and ethereum you own, the more profits you could make in the next all time high, wait for the dip and buy the dip again. But of course it is important to always do some technical analysis before entering a trade to maximize the profits you could make. On the other side, holding is still a good idea but it only applies to bigger coins since some Altcoins can't pump again that big after the dump.

While VPN is a useful thing to access casino websites because of imposed restrictions, I don't think using VPN is a good idea. Websites have their own terms and conditions and most of the time, casino sites don't really permit the usage of VPN. I suggest you read everything that is written in the terms of service of the site before doing anything to assure that you won't be get in trouble later on. If using a VPN isn't counted as an illegal activity, then you can browse for different options of VPNs that would suit your preferences. Otherwise, just don't try it because you might get caught and be punished and fined because some countries have laws regarding that matter.

If a trouble continue to persists, then you better just move on and find another casino that would cater your needs. You see, there are some problems that casinos encounter and most of the time their resolution is to impose banning so that their company's welfare won't be compromised with the protocols set by the state.

Don't get me wrong, I know the objective of this thread is to show positivity for those gamblers who are losing hope because of losestreak. However, I don't think sharing someone's payslip would actually motivate and assure winning for others as well. Despite having good goal, this could lead to something bad such as encouraging those people without knowledge to gamble as well because they have seen how good and big money there is in gambling. Which in fact, it is not true all the time because as we all know, gambling is a risk. It's not always a good day. There would always be bad day. And if someone happens to have no control, that could lead to having so much losses instead of wins.

Sharing can have both positive and negative impact to someone. I know that is beyond our control, but let's also be sensitive in posting. As much as you can, please put a caption saying what it took you to win such amount in gambling. State both the struggles and the victory so that people would be aware of the two side of gambling world.

This would be a problem for them especially if the owner of the cryptocurrency gambling site won't show himself to the public and get a license for legal purposes to continue their business. So the only thing that the Government could do to pursue such owner is too put effort on tracking them to expose their identity. But since cryptocurrency gambling sites is no big deal for now in some countries, Government are just ignoring them and solely focuses on physical casinos.

Trading in futures for newbies will never be profitable, this is the easiest way how to throw away your money in an instant, unless you have someone that is giving you free signals on what coin you will enter a trade on a certain price and exit the market on a certain price, then that's a different situation. However, if a person is entirely exploring how futures trading work, he is only gonna lose his money while being frustrated on figuring out how to chase his losses.

I think they are just trying to be more in general, no race or financial status was mentioned because I think that it doesn't matter when it comes to gambling addiction since it was stated that your emotion is the one who is responsible for the rest of your addiction, no matter how much you lose in gambling, no matter what race or how rich you are, in my opinion.

But it's true that it is common in casinos to see gambler who smoke and drink while they are playing. For sure some VIP(s) are doing drugs as well since they could ask for protection from the casino using their wealth.

Correct.

I was surprised when I found out on this article that the reason behind gambling addiction is "emotion" not because by peer pressure or wanted to earn profits to aid financial problem etc, just emotion. So I would just add that every person could be a target by their emotional needs to ease their boredom or to have some entertainment. It's really scary to found out the harm that can cause to people by gambling addiction.

It's no joke.

These are some interesting facts that you might don't know until now. I've stumbled upon this ARTICLE since I'm always curious what's the real reason why people are getting addicted to gambling, and here is why:

1.Gambling is a BILLION dollar industry. In America, gambling has become a $40 billion dollar a year industry. Las Vegas alone brings in close to 10 billion dollars a year from people gambling at their casinos and placing bets.

2. It is common for people to blame certain types of gambling methods, such as lotteries, casinos, and racetracks for causing compulsive gambling, but gambling problems are not caused from gambling being easily attainable, they are caused from a person’s inability to control their gambling habits. There are far more people who gamble on occasion than there are people who are compulsive gamblers.

3. It has been estimated that around 80 percent of the US population has gambled in their lifetime. Gambling can be done in various different ways and therefore is easy for people to access.
4. Pathological gamblers are significantly more likely to have mental health disorders and/or substance use disorders.

5. A research study found that 75% of gamblers had an alcohol disorder, 38% had a drug use disorder, and 60% were nicotine dependent.

6. 50% of gamblers have experienced a mood disorder, 41.3% had experienced an anxiety disorder, and 60.8% had experienced a personality disorder.

7. Men are more likely to develop a gambling problem than women.

8. It is estimated that three to four percent of the American population has a gambling problem; this is approximately between six to eight million people.

9. The last gambling addiction fact to remember is that compulsive gambling does not mean that you are a weak person. Many people who have become problem gamblers are very successful and are seen by others as strong and intelligent people.