It was in the news yesterday that FIFA and UEFA has together suspended Russian Football teams and clubs indefinitely.
It was said that all the teams that were supposed to play against Russia in their forth coming friendlies and world cup qualifiers vowed to boycott the match, so at the end, FIFA and UEFA had no choice but the suspend Russia from all international matches.
Russia in response to the suspension has come out to say that the suspension is discriminatory.
What do you guys think of this development? How will this affect the players and athletes as well as workers in/for the team, how about the forth coming world cup?
The suspension is meant to be discriminatory, that is the whole purpose of singling out this nation that has invaded and caused the biggest war in Europe since World War 2 ended - that's a bit of a dumbass response from the Russian government but that's no surprise. It's unfortunate that Russian footballers will suffer in their careers and they cannot even speak out against the war without being persecuted within Russia, along with all the auxiliary staff who will lose jobs - there are vast amounts of workers who will not be able to feed their families soon. This all pales into comparison with the suffering the Russian army is committing against the people of Ukraine however, so Russian's will get no sympathy here. |
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Hi Guys,
I used to use Stake.com Allot, but this a while ago, wonder if there's any good competitors for a UK player using a VPN. Haven't gambled in a while and want to use a new site!
Any new good competitors? I also have a swedish passport so i managed to do one of the KYC's for Stake and it was never an issue.
Thanks!!!
You should be careful ever using a VPN when going to gamble - especially with crypto where they can make it even more difficult for you to ever receive a refund. To prevent cheaters or other multi account abuse, there is often a rule buried within the terms and conditions that will allow them to seize any funds of players who use these services. Now, they might let people get away with it for a long time but they always have the option to start enforcing that selectively and it is actually a valid concern they may have as a casino owner. You should aim to use sites which are permitted within your country only, otherwise you could set yourself up for losing a lot of money. |
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The Internet has been actively developing since 2000 (since the beginning of the new millennium). Since 2000, the Internet began to be massively used by ordinary people.
The recognition and acceptance of smartphones happened very quickly. Until 2010, there were virtually no mass smartphones.
People massively used push-button phones. Particularly advanced users (geeks) used communicators. Communicators were not used for entertainment, they were positioned as the best solution for business and time management.
These were niche solutions.
From this we can conclude that it is the focus on entertainment (on the show) that makes the technology mass.
A lot of the gambling related stuff coming out now just seems gimmicky or a new style on very old games. It's hard to picture much else that can be done in future, besides some sort of virtual environment where you can interact with surroundings. Hopefully it is built to an open standard without a single company being able to build restrictions and fill it with advertising. Virtual casino gambling (in Monaco for example) could give an interesting new take - maybe somebody could be "hired" to act as a host player, would have a camera then enter a casino and fulfill all gambling instructions given by someone on the other side of the world. If the actual player had a headset on they could take in the atmosphere surrounding the host without ever leaving home, the next iteration of streamers perhaps? |
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I also don't see it as a right way to support Ukraine because it won't make things better but rather affect innocent people who are just trying to run a gambling business. There are other ways to support Ukraine and ruining businesses isn't a good idea and it won't also bring down Russia. Their economy is too strong to be affected by this boycott.
If their country will be hurt even just a bit, it can give Putin an idea to stop war or to avoid doing war in future.Sure China will help them to recover their economy and they prepares for it before they start invasion. Gamblers, businesses ,innocent and Russian people are affected due to many sanctions they are going through but it may help a bit to avoid any war again not just in Ukraine but to avoid a bigger war, this sanctions are the only decisions each country can do to help without using military wars. Unfortunately the Russian society has been under the control of Putin's brainwashing media and censorship campaign for the last couple decades. Couple that with older generations being wary of other countries since the USSR collapsed and there is a lot of self censorship going on. If you show any support for Ukraine or anti-war protests within Russia, you face being victimized. The Russian legislators are even going so far as making it illegal to use the term "war" when covering this invasion within the country - with up to 15 years in jail if you say anything not approved from government sources. This makes it incredibly hard to separate any sanctions so it only effects the people in power, so it looks like the whole of Russia will have to be blocked. |
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While I don't believe average Russia ln citizens should have their funds seized or even frozen, Binance is playing a very risky game. They stated in the last they'd like a US listing, but they're more likely to end up with a US jail cell if they keep antagonizing financial authorities. It was a stunning and previously unthinkable display to cut most of Russia off from SWIFT, so it just goes to show how far most countries are willing to go in enforcing financial sanctions against the country. Ultimately Binance, or at least it's payment processor partners, might find out that they are no longer permitted to accept things like Visa or MasterCard in future. It's a very dangerous route for them to take for what must be a relatively insignificant market for their products. |
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Sports especially football is loosing money because of the Russia-Ukraine war. UEFA might loose Gazprom's €40 million (S$60.66 million) a year sponsorship deal for moving 2022 Champions League final to Stade de France in Paris instead of Gazprom Arena in Saint Petersburg. Schalke nine million euros ($10 million) per year in sponsorship deal have been prematurely cancelled due to Russian invasion. Martial law has been imposed in Ukraine this means that all domestic football league being officially suspended. This means that the clubs might loose money and players. Sponsorship deals might be cancelled because of economic challenges that most sponsors are facing due to the war. Players and fans might also suffer from psychological problems. The war would also increase racism. Russian players might be racially abused in other countries. While NATO country citizens might not be welcomed to Russia. Clubs like Chelsea, Bournemouth, AS Monaco, Cercle Brugge and Vitesse Arnhem might be affected by sanctions because they are owned in full or partially by Russian oligarchs. Roman Abramovich revolutionized the EPL when he heavily invested in an average club Chelsea. He turned the club to a world-class football team winning five Premier League titles, five FA Cups, two Champions League trophies, three League Cups, two Europa League and one world club trophies.Currently, he might loose the club or be forced to sell it less passionate clients. World sports will indeed miss Ukraine and Russia. https://guardian.ng/news/german-club-schalke-ends-partnership-with-russias-gazprom/https://www.marca.com/en/more-sports/2022/02/24/6217963b268e3e1c4a8b4597.htmlSome things are more important than money - the lifestyle of free and democratic people are being tested with Russia's invasion of Ukraine. This country posed no threat to Russia, except showing how it's possible to exist without corruption and oligarchies infesting your future, without crushing state censorship and dictator worshipping. Whatever the outcome, Russia has shown it is not run by a sane and competent man any longer, Putin has vastly miscalculated and it seems a stubborn old age wickedness has started to seep in. He has lived the last couple decades with very little opposition in his country, everyone is afraid to say no to him, so this country is doomed to fail and will stay as a hollow shell until he leaves power. |
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Sports is a vehicle for peace, unity and reconciliation. Sports can have that effect on the world. Sports regulatory bodies have always insisted that sports and polictics are distinct things and should not be mixed together. They now come out and do the opposite of what they have said. It's understandable that war is a unique situation.
So when these sports bodies direct their sanctions on Russia directly it is understandable but when they focus on the individuals who have little or no role to play in the policy decision of their government. These individuals are not politicians. They have no role for them to be collateral damage in this affair is unfair. Most of these players being ostracize for a crime they did not commit other than owning a passport.
Remember Lewis Hamilton had a difficult time pushing his campaign against racism and discrimination because they claim he had political coalition to it. Players in the NBA were ostracize for taking the knee during the national anthem. Where was this kind of attention when Mesut Ozil protest against the persecution of Uighur Muslims. His own football Arsenal distanced themselves from the situation. When it comes to racism, sports regulatory bodies are strict not to involve in politics. If we go down that this path. I hope that going forward every "aggressor" will find himself where Russia is. I hope in the future sports bodies can remain consistent in the condemnation of things like discrimination, racism, and unprovoked aggression.
Sports can be used for many things. So far only one option has been explored! We want peace not war
You say that sports bodies are targeting individuals instead of organizations, that is a blatant lie. It is because Russian sports organizations are banned that Russian athletes cannot participate. The world has had enough of this mindless aggression, corruption and now invasion. It is unfortunate that the Russian people have to suffer for the actions of their leader, but the senile old man in charge has chosen a path of war and destruction - he wants to crush a free and democratic country just because he can. It does not help anyone and Russia was never in any danger from Ukraine, except showing that there is a better way to govern and live peacefully. It seems that Putin misunderstood how far the world is willing to go, he thought Ukraine would roll over quickly, but now he is pushing harder to murder Ukrainian civilians. I can understand the solidarity in sports and cutting off all cultural ties with this sick country. |
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For Russia's war with Ukraine, the west put heavy sanctions on Russia. That means export and import with Russia is not accessible. Data shows Russia is the biggest exporter of raw materials like copper, aluminum, nickel, platinum, palladium, etc which is used in chip making. That means we are expecting more delays in the semiconductor industry. We all know how important this staff is to run electronic devices. Disruption on-chip shortages could spike the price of digital devices too which affects globally. Is that a good idea to push Russia out of the world economy? This sanction of the west could have a boomerang effect?
Maybe you should do some basic research before making such claims - Russia is only the biggest exporter for 2 out of the 5 precious metals that you've listed. The Russian economy is in tatters right now because of Putin's unjustified war, so commodities and energy are some of the only income they've got coming into the country. If they decide to stop selling those then they will end up shutting off some of their final sources of revenue and put the final nails in the economic coffin. They might continue to sell these things to China, but China will take maximum advantage of the situation and offer the absolute minimum price in return. It looks like there will be disruption for all sorts of reasons from this war, but it's unlikely to be related to the couple ore exports where they are the biggest supplier. |
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I'm surprised no one has mentioned this before and why Stake continues to think it's acceptable behavior. Stake subtracted $3.09 from my withdraw https://ibb.co/mRc56hyCost of the transaction on the blockchain was only $1.69 https://ibb.co/4m3gg6LSo my question remains what did Stake do with the remaining $1.40  It is a big amount to go missing especially when some Sportsbooks don't charge anything. You should always be aware of withdrawal fees and policies before you start using any casino. You see similar things with bonus and welcome offers - a hugely enticing amount that only draws in unsuspecting users because if you read the fine print, or sometimes it is stated much more explicitly, you must play through the amount many times (which you'll end up losing) before you can take the money out. When we're talking about such a low and trivial amount, you'd be lucky to have anything left over after transaction fees even in the best case scenario. You'd find your time much better spent on other things than trying to pursue pennies or writing complaints such as these. |
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There are suspicions that Russia might fight back by shutting gas supply to the West. Some sources confirmed that the US is already in talks with Qatar to become Russia’s substitute. But Qatar and other oil and gas producing nations confirmed that they will not be able to provide substantial amounts of gas to replace Russia’s supply. African countries have been tipped as the best option because the continent has some of the world’s deepest gas reserves. But Africa might not replace Russia because of insecurity and lack of infrastructures. Who will replace Russia? https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2022/3/1/analysis-can-african-gas-replace-russian-supplies-to-europeIt's the ultimate form of irony - Europe cannot afford to cut Russian energy supplies off right now and it is one of the last sources of revenue left coming into Russia, so they will not even bring up the idea of cutting supplies right now. Europe will eventually wean itself off Russian gas at this rate, but places like Germany have been so foolish to cut off nuclear power which is a very useful tool for providing a baseline energy flow - as renewables can often have erratic supply and battery storage ability is a work in progress. I don't see either of these two sides jeopardising the flow of oil and gas in the short term. |
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For Russia's war with Ukraine, the west put heavy sanctions on Russia. That means export and import with Russia is not accessible. Data shows Russia is the biggest exporter of raw materials like copper, aluminum, nickel, platinum, palladium, etc which is used in chip making. That means we are expecting more delays in the semiconductor industry. We all know how important this staff is to run electronic devices. Disruption on-chip shortages could spike the price of digital devices too which affects globally. Is that a good idea to push Russia out of the world economy? This sanction of the west could have a boomerang effect?
Nobody wants any conflict with Russia, it is them who have invaded a free and democratic country to expand their authoritarian tyranny. Unfortunately Putin has chosen this path and there is much suffering happening right now - mostly against civilians. Unless firm action is taken then he will never stop and he is looking more like Hitler every day. Yes there will be many economic consequences like the one you mention, but a stand must be taken if we are talking about defending the open societies that we live in today. When this sick old man is wiped from the planet all trade can quickly return to normal. |
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Crypto exchanges consider Ukraine’s call to freeze Russians’ BitcoinMykhailo Fedorov, minister of digital transformation of Ukraine, took to Twitter on Sunday to urge the global cryptocurrency exchanges to block addresses of Russian users.Mykhailo Fedorov also said it's crucial to freeze not only the addresses linked to Russian and Belarusian politicians, but also to sabotage ordinary users. Bestchange which is an exchange aggravator that also have a signature campaign on Bitcointalk saw 20% increase recently. The major exchange used by Russains Binance said it is not going to freeze the account of common citizen that cryptocurrencies are meant to provide greater financial freedom for people across the globe, but that the exchange is taking measures to ensure that sanctions are against sanctioned entities in Russia but minimising the imalct on innocent users.
Some crypto executives believe that sanctions against Russia are eventually inevitable. However, they should target only select persons as the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control usually does.
Kraken CEO Jesse Powell also said that the Kraken exchange will not be able to freeze the accounts of the exchange’s Russian clients without a legal requirement. “Russians should be aware that such a requirement could be imminent,” he added. Bitcoin was created less than 13 years ago which led to the creation of many other cryptocurrencies, it is now a major importance in the world. Putin talks good on cryptocurrencies recently before Russai invasion, I think this is part of his plan, that if there are sections, they can resort to cryptocurrencies. Exchanges are playing a dangerous game if they refuse to go along with the sanctions that almost every other industry has enacted in the last few days. We are in unprecedented times and it feels like the recent announcement by binance that they will do nothing could backfire greatly against them. There are certain measures that could and may be taken which could really damage them. They also said they want to list like coinbase soon which could be taken off the cards if they continue acting with arrogance. |
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When I was still new to sports betting, I saw a lot of posts from a company or individual offering their premium pick if you will subscribe to them. The subscription fee defers, some are cheap while some offer a high subscription but they all promise the same thing, "long-term profitability".
So the question here is, does anybody here actually subscribe to any tipster who gives sports betting premium picks, and how much is did you pay?
What was the experience, is it profitable or do you feel you got scammed?
I've never subscribed to this sort of service and doubt I ever would. It fits into the same ballpark as get rich quick schemes and does not make much logical sense when you see it through from start to end. If someone was so good at predicting sports that they could eek out a consistent edge against sportsbooks then they would be foolish to offer that information to anyone else. The fact is they can't, or at least there are so many fakers out there that you will waste all your money ever finding a genuine one - who might stop tomorrow if they had any sense. Sportsbooks aren't stupid either, if they found such a person they would either hire them or monitor them to adjust odds against |
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Why are you listening to these so called "experts" in the first place? If I could accurately predict markets, I'd be a billionaire in a nice beach with some blackjack and hookers, not posting on forums and social media. And now i thought it will go new low and now it is going up, like what is happening, why it is going up in such situation of uncertainty and war?
Could literally be anything. Write these down on a piece of paper and throw a dart at it: - whales buying - institutional investors buying - Russians buying - Ukranians buying - aliens buying - Tupac Shakur buying I like your style of thinking. There seems to be little logic involved with the price of bitcoin, at least that it predictable or forecastable into the future. At first there was a drop because people fled to the safety of other assets like gold (weird) but now we see a huge resurgence with extra publicity thanks to bitcoin donations going on. Maybe you should detach the direction of bitcoin from current events and consider it just as a multiplier effect to wider market moves. |
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What will happen if at the end Russia succeed in her conquest against Ukraine and take over the economy of Ukraine. That will extend the economic power of Russia no doubt and that will make Russia more powerful.
How will EU and NATO countries relate with Russia if that happens ?
You seem pretty naive and lacking in much economic intelligence. The people of Ukraine, even if they are occupied by Russia, will continue to fight a guerilla war against these oppressors for the long term. It will be a persistent thorn in the side and drag down Russia even further. The Russian economy has been decimated by all the sanctions and their reputation is in the dirt.. it's like saying will a country get richer after losing 90% of their value. They have literally thrown away the last 20 years of progress for Putin's vanity war. |
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In the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, more and more sports have followed the IOC's call to ban Russian athletes from competing. I will try to compile all of those links here for your information.
There seems to be a massive and growing backlash against Russia right now. It's hard to keep track of all the sports sanction as there is a stream of new stuff coming out constantly. All sorts of fighting competitions have dumped Russia and it's even going so far as FIFA dropping them from games. It's going a step beyond allowing Russian players to play under a neutral flag and all Russian sports people are being restricted completely. It seems pretty unprecedented but then Russia has gone full on crazy mode with their invasion. |
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It seems that Putin's gamble is not working out as he had hoped. He is moving militarily rather slower than he anticipated and now apart he has taken two economic measures: "President Vladimir Putin banned all Russian residents from transferring hard currency abroad, including for servicing foreign loan contracts, potentially putting much of the country’s $478 billion in external debt at risk of default."Source: Putin’s Ban on Foreign Debt Service Raises $478 Billion Question.It is amazing how hard and how fast the world has come together in condemning this invasion. He was most likely expecting a whimpering response like he saw in the 2014 Crimea annexation but this time is an extremely harsh backlash. There was zero justification for this war and it's finally exposed his incompetence. Unfortunately he is just a little old man now, so many other people dying is of little consequence to his future. Ukrainians and Russians, he's happy for them all to get slaughtered for his pathetic attempt at a legacy, he did nothing else for Russia in the last 20 years. I'm just waiting to see the devastation that will be reaped on the Russian stock market when they reopen after 3 days of forced closure. |
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Definitely most of us here are aware and already heard of that sentence countless times. Recently I found something related to, there's a guy who lost few thousand dollars worth of crypto in two weeks of span times and tried to blame gambling influencers/streamers (or whatever you called them) for its losses. afaik the mentioned influencers didn't take responsibility for what happened to him.
I'm sorry for him, I'm posting its case not to judge. Meanwhile, it could be a good lesson for us to not repeat the same mistake.
It's tough to feel sorry for this person really because they essentially tried to take a shortcut - either he was going to lose money or someone else was going to lose money. It's his partner I feel bad for, I hope he learns a lesson but many times people will make the same mistake especially when driven by greed. There is no problem with influencers pushing gambling adverts but if they are paid to do so it should be clearly marked otherwise it is clearly deceptive. There are laws in some countries that require this disclosure but it can be hard to determine and enforce. |
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markets dont need all the supply(coins in circulation) in market orders. so dont worry about supply
and if bitcoin gets more popular markets wont need more coins. instead they will just sell less coins for more price
in 2012
there were 10.5mill coins in circulation
3 main exchanges.
and each market order line was between 1btc-1000btc
average trade order $6-$6000 (1btc=$6)
in 2022
there are 19mill coins in circulation (~40% more coins in circulation)
30 main exchanges.
and each market order line was between 0.001btc-1btc (1000x less coins on market orderlines)
average trade order $40-$40,000 (1btc=$40k)
what we may see in 2032
there are 20.3mill coins in circulation
300 main exchanges.
and each market order line was between 0.0001btc-0.1btc
average trade order $260-$260,000 (1btc=$2.6m)
Its foolish to try to forecast that far into the future as you're extrapolating based on a relatively short history. Bitcoin is seeing a lot of volatility at the moment and it could easily be supplanted by other government cryptocurrencies. Such a move could even trigger governments to start banning and competitor coins. The main problem for bitcoin right now is an image problem - in many countries the politicians are starting to pick up on how wasteful it is with energy usage and many countries are in the midst of an energy crisis with spiralling costs. At some point soon we may see action take to conserve energy usage and crypto will be a very easy target which the general population will not care about. |
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I'm really amazed that the list is so long, even though I only recognise a couple of the sites which have a terrible reputation already and I guess the others are much smaller. Considering bitcoin is meant to be anonymous and it should be fairly simple to keep a website anonymous, I wonder why these owners ever published where they're from or is this simply going off the hosting location? It seems like a bad idea for them to be hosting anything cryptocurrency based in Russia either way, as the country is prone to all sorts of corruption and doesn't prosecute financial theft in conjunction with other countries at the best of times. Probably best to stay well clear even when the Ukraine situation comes to an end. |
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