Hahaha...Of course, this game can't exit again unless it's a kind of military cruelty game during a time of war or disorder, the world has moved passed that situation ordinarily. I think I have to research more about this Russian roulette game of a thing but let me assume in this current dispensation, nothing like that can be happening.

Movies and some weird sayings in the past could have also implanted some ugly ideas in the heads of some people to have warranted the belief that a thing like that exists. If it ever existed, I am sure that the world would have spoken against the practice as inhumane and they would have stopped. In the olden days, a lot of worse things happened, so it may not even be peculiar to Russia at that time but to many places of the world. Regardless, I am glad that such a lethal means of winning a game is not in this modern world.

What was happening was never good and I feel for those who would have been the victim of the money that was easily laundered by that careless arrangement. In normal circumstances, there is no way a casino or any other reasonable establishment should allow withdrawal to another account/address even if the government is not looking. But for their bad intentions or insensitivity from the beginning, they allowed it so that as their customers are doing it, they will be able to launder money for their persons of interest as well, including them.

Even now, they are only trying to please the regulators, many casinos are still doing the money laundering thing for themselves and for others, only that they have their ways to cover up for that. If exchanges could be caught in this act, how many more casinos that have weaker regulation? I hope you can extract your answer from that, however in a plain term, money laundry and bad transactional intentions will happen that time, but certainly would have reduced now.

It all depends on how the gambler has planned his gambling from the beginning. The gambler who knows how he is handling himself will take many things into consideration, which include, the branch of gambling to explore, the amount to gamble per bet, the amount to gamble per session and the win and lose ratio over time. Over time, such gamblers will know whether to continue gambling that way or adjust the values and time so that it will not be on the negative side depending on the situation.

If it is positive, there is no need for the adjustments. However, if the gambler is not able to make an adjustment but continues to procrastinate, he might want to be more careful as this might have caused an addiction already. Such might want to take a break from gambling for a while before things become uglier.

If I were the one in this situation, the first thing I would do is to reduce my wagering amount to the barest minimum to avoid depriving myself of the purpose of my gambling and not focus on the money. It is what I do now when I know I can't break the casino aspect of gambling in terms of the money to be made and it ever been fine with me.

The first answer is No! I've said it many times on the forum that what makes it gambling is the money or other valuable things you committed it, so when it is a free game, you are actually not obliged to pay anything after the betting when you lose or receive anything in return when you win, therefore you are not gambling, it's free.

As for the feelings of the free game and gambling, the feelings can be the same almost all the time. But the truth is that, at times, if money is not involved, you might still be feeling that something is missing, we are humans and I know the feelings, it's kind of a feeling of reward/loss which makes it more interesting. However, that's for those who are used to gambling. For those who just want to play their free games without a gambling mentality, they will feel nothing.

Showing the proofs is good but that is only possible when they have access to the proof (account). If you've been a victim of a casino, then you will think about what you expressed here, no one wants a bad experience and many of those who are affected by casino cheating might have even gambled with the casino for years before they experienced that which could catch them unprepared for. I said that because many may not be able to prove their point at times because they might have trusted the casino so much to believe that they do not need some videos and screenshots of their activities, and when the account is locked, what they can only give anyone requesting for it is their payment transaction to the casino. It is disheartening if we base it on that proof alone.

It is the casinos we need to collectively challenge to have valid proof of why they treat a customer that way and also challenge them to give access to the customer to at least be able to print out some proof in case the account has been blocked. But in some cases, it's sad that some members here will start siding with some casinos even without a prove. This could be just because the casino claims the allegation of the customer is baseless and cited their own version without a single prove. A case like this still happened this year which I see as injustice. Many of these customers are like me and you, they are pained, and it is until both side could be heard and treated fairly that true justice could be served.

I don't believe you on this, but you may still prove me otherwise, do you know why? My instinct. This is not the first time a rival company will send their foot soldiers to write something bad about their rivals, one must be careful in a situation like this. As much as I would always want to be fair with all parties, especially giving the customers the benefit of the doubt, I won't fool myself. To start with, why not try the ANN of Stake here? Anyone can start writing what comes to their heads to attack another company, it's very cheap, especially with a new Bitcointalk account like yours which has no value yet. I guess people should take your advice with caution, and better still, disregard it entirely unless you can prove yourself further.

Even if you are a real customer of Stake, before rejecting your documents and telling you to reverify initially before they stopped talking to you as claimed, what did they say then, you can at least show us that. Also, are you a new customer or you are an old one who has a big amount in Stake that they want to steal, or you are a big winner on their platform? But you never shared any of this or a meaningful reason why they could be rejecting your verification selfishly. The last time I checked, Stake still need customers why rejecting a new one? And even if you had deposited initially, you may share that transaction at least. But you did nothing and expect us to believe you. You are trolling as far as I am concerned.

When it comes to reputability among companies, it is always relative, we can't say that a reputable company can't do a thing with 100% assurance, we should only vouch for ourselves and give them some degree of doubt regardless of what we perceive them to be. A lot is happening underground in companies that you may not know, and if truly a company is reputable, are their employees? Bad actors could be found in the sanest environment, they are just desperate for the benefit. That is another angle I like you to view it from.

I know a few companies they've called out in the past in this regard despite people believing they are reputable, and in most cases, the employees with that responsibility may be sacked or changed as the case may be after investigation, but has the deed not been done already despite the management are innocent? There are also individual cases that are secluded when the customers are persons of interest. For these, we should always know that our data are no longer private when shared so far it is human beings we are dealing with.

I see some sense in what you said but you seem to have exaggerated things as well by giving all relevance to Bitcoin. It's true that Bitcoin's movement could be a means to predict what other altcoins could do but there are variations to this as well. Based on the context of the discussion, casinos' tokens don't only work with the majority (crypto industry at large) but also with the performance of the casinos themselves and extra marketing commitments of the casinos if they truly mean business as we've seen earlier with RLB. So there could be a deviation, and by virtue, this analysis of yours about Bitcoin may not be entirely true. After all, we are all speculating, there may be a time when the speculation will not be as predicted. Also, with the present state of Bitcoin, the huge FUD is now in the market which is also dragging most altcoins (if not all) downwards. Nevertheless, I sense one thing, such tokens like the casino ones may get to a level that will reject what Bitcoin is doing if it does it too much. This is highly possible as a branch of the crypto industry (casino tokens) just like what we've seen in other branches like memes in the past.

The issue with some gamblers is that they do not want to accept the reality of the game, they think one approach can be used to outsmart the system to be winning most times, but the reality is that there is none and there will never be, otherwise, there will not be casinos business anymore, all of them will go bankrupt and no new ones will be encouraged to open the business afterwards. Except for a few systems like the lotto, sports betting etc that have some kind of approach to increase the winning, others rely solely on the luck of the gambler.

This is why an experienced gambler may be gambling 10 times without winning anything or winning a reasonable amount, but in less than 5 minutes, a newbie that has never gambled before could win a sizable bet, this should have pointed to the fact that it is not about your wisdom. There are algorithms working in the casino and these algorithms will never betray the house but always give the house the edge with a little winning advantage given to gamblers to avoid total discouragement. Those gamblers will be the lucky ones who played at the right time the luck is to be shared.

Well, mentioning Stake by @Ultimatepoker is his own decision and I think you should have let it remain like that as that is a very well-thought decision and they may not even know much about the others you are talking about. Better still, he could have done the arithmetic on the pros and cons of them to have resorted to Stake alone. There are numerous reasons to choose Stake, especially when it comes to liquidity. Most casinos are greedy so soon because they can't always take care of the liquidity trying to be drawn from them by some winners, but when the casinos are big enough, such as Stake, such are not rampantly happening when you use the customer base proportion to judge and not the number of complainants alone because Stake has so many customers.

As for the small casinos, well, a few of them can still live up to the expectations, but generally, they are discouraging judging by what many of them have done.

Lol indeed...Jokes apart, the DS games or Xbox and the rest are good in keeping one's company as you can play them with friends or the computer depending on the mood at that time. I often think of them when I feel like playing with casinos to have fun. But still, the feeling that you are committing your money can't be shortchanged for anything. Fine, many will bet for the money, but even if you are not betting for the money, you could still bet for the fun which will be extra derived from the fact that money is involved. I've tried to fight this at times to at least talk sense to myself to pretend that they have the same feelings and satisfaction, but in the end, I still see that when I play those games, I still feel that something is missing.

Notwithstanding, they are helping me to limit my dependence on casino games at times and it depends on how I want to be strict with the money at that time. Talking about addiction, well, nothing is so powerful over me addictively, so I do not know about that, however, many might be out of control about it, so it is highly possible. The moment I know that a thing is being done too much, I immediately start correcting myself to avoid issues like addiction.

You have a point there and I was even thinking the same. Although some casinos, especially the small ones may think this is a big deal and also a point of selling for them, a big casino like Stake may think otherwise as though it is not necessary since they've made it possible for their customers to have a huge number of alternative means of depositing their money and withdrawing it aside from Bitcoin.

So the choice is the customer's as different cryptos have their different benefits and difficulties. The last time I counted the deposit and withdrawal options of Stake through cryptocurrencies alone, I was able to count 20. This is a huge number to choose from even as most casinos I know have between 1 and 5 crypto options.

I believe your friends are insensitive about that, any risky activity can get you addicted because when the term "risky" is involved, then it has to do with money. Now tell me, who doesn't want to be rich when they see an opportunity? That is what is actually entrapping the minds of the gamblers and get addicted to it. For this, sports betting can't be excluded from it, it is risky as well, except that casino gambling is riskier, and it is more reason why I make sure that I gamble casinos for fun, it is the sports betting I take seriously when it comes to the money-making. Even at that, I make sure that I have the thick line between making money through gambling with a neutral mind and being desperate for it as if it is what will make me rich or will be a source of living for me. I always opt strictly for the first. Gambling generally has to be carefully approached, otherwise, it will corrupt our minds regardless of which branch (casino/sports) it is.

You are very valid about what you said and no one is disputing that, even in the first post I replied to, you were certainly on point, only that you made some mistaken replies due to a misconception which I tried to call your attention to. So this is not a matter of debate but a matter of revelation. As for these additions, to be specific, every gambler should always have it at the back of their minds that everything is possible in gambling and this is irrespective of whether they are old or new. However, experienced gamblers know better to rather be cautious and calculative to avoid the deceit of what is happening (gambling results) to them at present. But this may be different in the case of new gamblers for the lack of experience, and I don't think this is negotiable my friend.

Despite Biden being the one who called for the debate and also prepared for it for days, what he did was never excusable, he was no excellent and certainly the old age is telling judging by his antecedents, he is far better than that. Regardless, he is still a man of integrity and tried in a way to counter some of the falsehoods Trump shamelessly spat out. For Trump, I expected nothing less from him, that's what he is. That is why I do not believe him when he is using cryptocurrency, immigrants etc to campaign, he is a biz-politician and just telling people what they need to hear and it's selling so well with the gullible people.

As for CNN, I believe they acted professionally enough and they can't start stopping and correcting every lie of Donald Trump at that moment. If they did, it would be too messy and time-consuming on that day which I believe will not serve the show, the purpose and the company any better. The best is to hold on and letter fact-checked the situation which they later did and refutted as well.

Well, you have a point, but at the same time, this is more reason why you need to sharpen your analytical expertise for brighter speculation. Like what my brother and I were arguing about this week, I claimed that trading and investment are simple to me, while investment is even simpler. He never believed but was arguing that they were so tough and risky and started quoting what the dictionary and AI were saying concerning them. I laughed, do you know why? This person talking has not given time to learn how to trade/invest professionally but arguing with someone who has dedicated 20 years of his life to it. Even if it is generally said that trading and investment are hard, will it be in the same measure for everyone? Experience matters, that is the difference here.

"Practice makes perfect," but as we can't be perfect, we should try to build ourselves towards it. The same goes for trading/investment, everything is achievable better than others, and it is all about practice.

Back to the contact, of course, you may not know the exact levels (bottom), but surely, you can know the approximate level. It may sound like a lie, but I know all the moves of the market with very few errors while trading/investing, so I know it's possible. I have a very high level of accuracy and this is even higher in investment. But this can be strange to many, regardless, it is what it is.

I hope you understand. The gist in summary is that there will always be a better trader/investor coming out of you if you rather train than complain it is not possible

Sorry for the cutting, it's becoming pyramidal. The whole story is here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5467259.msg64279807#msg64279807

For this to happen, there will be some advocacy for better transparency and justice for online activities, especially for those companies that are duly registered, even without regulation. It's unfortunate that most countries where some casinos are registered are not advanced technological-wise to even know what the casinos are doing under their jurisdictions, what they tell them they are doing is what they will agree to and when they are cheating or scamming customers one way or another, they will still believe the report of the casino since the money due to them are promptly paid, which is a very bad practice by the government.

Another big issue is that the cries of customers are not being listened to by the little regulators we have, or even the ordinary governing bodies that should have taken up the cases. Had it been cases taken with high priorities, I am sure that casinos cheating directly or with some kind of practice will reduce or stop it. This should also cover the terms and conditions that are casino-included where it's certain that the customers are being stylishly cheated.

All we want is a fair relationship with casinos, not one-sided advantage.

I show empathy on this matter but until you at least show us some transaction proof, I can't believe this. I've read all you had to say in the subsequent replies but you have always dodged the proof, so how do we believe you even if we want to?

However, for educational and preventive purposes, giving your child the phone you have the crypto wallet is not a matter, but if you are not the only one having access to the child while he/she holds the phone unlocked, then it is an issue. You might not know when someone will be monitoring you due to what they see in it, and if the person is experienced with cryptocurrency, such might find a way to search you better and eventually locate the seed phrase in your drawer, trust nobody about it.

At times too, it may not be an internal job, your phone could be hacked. This is why it is dangerous to download games and many others that could be dangerous on our phones, especially phones with financial assets. What if malicious files are attached? Malware may be included depending on the source of the download.

The $60,000 has never been my benchmark with Bitcoin, it's just a psychological level, and as usual, many will just be using the psychological level to believe there is strong support or resistance there, but in practice, they may not be there but the sentiment of some sectional people with this belief may be making the level prove as though they are there. Regardless, Bitcoin has suffered enough defeat since March and I am glad to have warned of this many times. The fresh liquidity inflow is not coming in and I wonder how the huge investors will be committing their money to it at high prices, the risk is high. If it rather falls and tries to regroup higher, fine, it might have a better power to buy above the current ATH then, but on the high levels, as it was, it can't do so much.

However, my reference level remains at $62,120, it is a TrendMagic level which I have been calling since last week. This is a dangerous level if Bitcoin remains below it, it is a weekly chart and Bitcoin itself is overall negative on the chart with the price action and many other analytical confirmations pointing to the same direction. It might hit the $50,000 psychological level soon, it is already around $54,000. A break above the level will determine your $38,000 which seems too low of a target.

You have a point on the French team but we should not entirely condemn them, for them not to have scored as expected doesn't mean the guys did not try. This is what a team gets if they place too much reliance on a player, the absence of Mbappe was seriously felt but as he is back with the team and he's one of the lined-up players against Portugal, I believe it will spice things up better than their earlier performances, Portugal should be worried.

Still, I might want to agree with your neutrality about this match because it is truly difficult to predict as Mbappe will play for France while C. Ronaldo will play for Portugal. As we can judge from the recent games of C. Ronaldo, you can see that he is becoming more desperate and emotional on the pitch, this is because, in these last years of his glorious football career, he doesn't want a taint. Meaning that he's playing for glory and he will give his best as a dangerous striker. I only hope the defence of France is good tomorrow, especially Mike Maignan's post, it may be tougher than expected. But one thing I will always respect about the French team is that they know that goal sense, even if their defence is somewhat porous, the pressure on Portugal will reduce the threat. The French team may win though.

As for the rest countries, I don't think the predictions are difficult, they are almost certain except for Spain vs Germany, which is another must-watch match for me. The two sides are good and so far have not disappointed. For the rest, I choose England over Switzerland and the Netherlands over Turkey judging by what I've seen so far.