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281  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: FIFA World Cup 2026 :Canada/Mexico/United States: Discussion Thread on: April 05, 2024, 07:15:03 AM
It's true, well personally for me there are still no players with the quality of CR7 and Messi, for me those two players are the best, of course, there are Haaland and Mbappé who are the most outstanding players in the world, but I think they don't reach the quality of these, I don't know if they are my ideas or I am setting the standard or the bar very high, but for me these two players will always make a difference and that is something that is noticeable, for me these things are like that, although Messi and CR7 are a little older, for me they are still much better than the current players, apart from everything in Portugal itself there is envy among the players of the Portuguese national team. Cancelo's statements did not go down well with anyone, so these types of players They don't have much to talk about if they haven't had a similar or better career than him, in Argentina all the players respect Messi and defend him, I think the difference is very noticeable there, in the World Cup if I want those two to be there and hopefully the match between Argentina and Portugal takes place.
Replacement is never been easy and if you have players like Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi then surely it needs more time while we are having these both players at his best in coming world cup this could be another historic moment for the soccer fans around the world Portugal which is looking for their first ever big success completely fail to bring good development into their soccer system which was expected few years back, but sadly things are never been ideal for them to have good players into their team.

In last few years we have no well noticed players which we can call suitable replacement for these legendary players those are doing their best for years and still we have few good years to watch their game and enjoy this all for few more years.
282  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 on: April 05, 2024, 05:40:32 AM
we can't forget as you said a 39-year-old player scored three goals in this match for his team.
Ronaldo is well known for his penalty kicks and free kicks a the goals he can score with these opportunities in the game and he used the chances he had, and in less than 10 minutes he scored two goals like that for Al Nassr. It seems Ronaldo's career is not going to end any time soon.


His career will be longer if he won't get serious injuries and fail to recover. He will not end his career if he can play even he will score less and less goals each season with time. It is natural progress to a downturn when a player gets older and Cristiano can not fight against it forever.

Some years ago, I read on media that he wanted to play in Champions League with his son. Now it looks difficult for him to do this but playing with his son in a same match is possible if his career last like 3 or 4 more seasons. It is impossible for them to play together at a big club in Europe but for a club in Portugal, I see a chance for them to make it happens.

"My son tells me: dad, hold on a few more years, I want to play with you!"
There is no doubt at the age of 39 he is still one of the best in this game and can score three goals in quick time which is clearly indicating we will be able to watch him for some more years but as if someone wants to watch him playing with his son it looks like not easy task because he is 39 and son is 13 so he still needs 4 to 5 years and this will make him nearly 44 to 45 which is surely not going to help him for having spot in any UEFA club and play Champions League with his son.

But one thing is sure we can watch him for few more seasons here in Saudi League of if he will be having any good offer from the country clubs which are also still want to bring back him in their domestic league as this could be also big booster for them in the future.
283  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: April 04, 2024, 05:00:42 PM
Honestly, the match is not going to be easy; it is going to be a tough and interesting match, the way I am looking forward to it. So in this kind of game, anything can happen. It is very possible for any team to win, or probably the game should end in a draw. But check their head-to-head statistics record, and if I should judge based on that, Manchester United should be the favourite team to win, but recently Chelsea performance has improved and Manchester United form is not stable. That is the reason why I say the match will be difficult to predict, but if I want to bet on this type of game, I will just prefer to go for the option of both teams scoring because, from their recent meeting records, they always scored.
Both teams are on same level of quality with Manchester United is having good spot, but Chelsea is still looking for something positive which can help them for having end of their trauma in this season, but things are not looking ideal in last few meetings which played between these two teams we have nothing positive for the Chelsea as they lost two games and three were drawn which mean Manchester United can steal the show if we have no good strategy from the Pochettino in this game.

Even Chelsea is improving their performance and trying to have things take good turn, and they could be positive for the next season, but injuries are creating problems for them with Manchester United is also having same problems, but they are having some well-balanced replacements which are giving them good results.
284  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Does prediction in sport work for you? on: April 04, 2024, 03:33:02 PM
If you are interested in gambling on sports, do you rely on prediction betting sites? Why?
What is the most prominent site you rely on?
Why should I when i can predict myself ? this is my money so why should I rely to others ?

when we are ready to gamble then we must ready to lose on our own because relying to others will only  let you have someone to blame if ever result does not come your way.
Agree with this mate relying others is not necessary in gambling cause it will not lead us to victory every time we put our bet. And also the outcome of relying others is like what you said that when we loss then blaming others is in ou mind .  But the best thing to do is do our own research and put our bet cause following our decision in gambling is a must it because when we win then okay but when we loss still okay cause it is our decision. No matter what happen our decision matters.
Gambling is supposed to be for entertainment only and not to be taken seriously, so yeah but unfortunately there are still people who fail to do so and if they think they lack in knowledge, they will just rely on someone else. There might still be a good and legit tipping service that works very well but there are also times that they are losing and we can too, if we ride that specific bet.

We must accept both sides and if not, then it's better to just stop playing gambling. Not only that you won't lose your precious money this way but you won't also hurt your self and others, only because you don't like the result and are very disappointed about it.
285  Other / Off-topic / Re: Does having children have an influence on gambling habits? on: April 04, 2024, 02:50:41 PM
Once a man is married their should be adjustments on how he behaves in every aspect of lifestyle to not affect his marriage.
It is so wrong for a married man with family to think responsibility can be solve by playing gambling to gain profit. A family man having this mentality is adding more responsibility to himself because looking at gambling as a solution for responsibility is a way of losing more money to gambling. As a married man it is not right to depend so much in gambling because it can never solve problem when you need the gain in it,  instead gambling will make you to lose more. Gambling wins comes as a surprise, no need to have so much expectation of getting a profit all times.
A responsible person would never do that, you are not a responsible person if you have a family to take care of and you rely on gambling to provide you something so that you can fulfill your responsibilities. An adult who is mentally fine should know and understand that gambling cannot be a source of income because its results are based on luck and you can't be lucky all the time which means you will be losing money most of the time in gambling.

A responsible person would make sure they have a stable source of income because if they don't earn money, the family will suffer and they can't let that happen. Such people might gamble but they would do it only for fun and only with funds that they can afford to lose after they have taken care of everything else.
286  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: House always wins? The case of Trump Plaza. on: April 04, 2024, 01:34:05 PM
Since, it was a plaza offering more services and not just a casino, I wouldn't say the reason for its closure was because the house couldn't win enough but it was most probably because of a lack of proper management and other issues, maybe legal issues were involved as well. I'm saying this because I'm not aware of this and have no knowledge about it, but all I know is that a casino cannot get closed down because of losing, they don't lose more than they win, that's how casinos and gambling work.

A casino would always have enough funds so that they can compensate the winners that are playing on each table available, and they calculate the wins based on the highest bets so that they don't go bankrupt because of a player hitting a big win.
287  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Women's Cricket Prediction & Discussion - T20 & ODI on: April 04, 2024, 11:34:22 AM
Today will be the third and final match of the T20 series between Sri Lanka Women vs South Africa Women. So far there have been two matches where both the teams have won one match each to tie the series 1-1. As both the teams have the ability to beat each other, today's match will be very interesting and competitive match. But I will put South African women ahead. I think South Africa women can win this match today. Which of these two teams do you think will be ahead?
South Africa batsmen set a target of 155 in 20 overs.  And that almost a good goal.  But their hard work and struggle was wasted by the Sri Lanka batsmen and they won.  Their batsmen won the match by score runs with interest and more effort and struggle.  Their batsmen scored 156 runs in 19 overs to win the match.  Their batsmen pick up the pace.  My congratulations to the Sri Lanka team for the win and may they continue to play like this and win matches.
After losing first match badly we have historic comeback by the Sri Lanka as things were looking not ideal after having worst lost in first game but here we can show spirit of these Sri Lankan women's in second and third game they improve their batting and bring things on their own level which give them win in matches and series with this now their confidence level is going to be high for the ODI series which will create good competition for the both sides.

After India, we are having good improvement in Sri Lanka which is doing impressive work and bringing good improvement into their game which is good sign because we need good quality and consistency into these regions women's game chasing target like 156 were looking not easy, but they have done and captain Chamari Athapaththu lead from the front as she score 73 runs on 46 balls which was match winning for them.
288  Economy / Gambling / Re: 🚀-Sportsbet.io-🚀 Official Partner of Newcastle United Football Club on: April 04, 2024, 12:31:26 AM
Anyway, Southampton lost last night so they are definitely going to be having a hard time for automatic promotion, however playoff spots will put them as a big favorite I believe.
That's what I want to ask. The path that Southampton will try to promote to the Premier League is through the playoffs. Can Southampton return to the Premier League next season with the remaining matches to be played because they are up to the 38th match, Southampton still remains in fourth place with 74 points.
If Southampton returns to playing in the Premier League, this will be even more interesting because the team that was promoted to the Premier League last season was not very good.
I don't know much about the styles and form and skills etc of that league, but to my mind, if I consider playoffs, it doesn't matter if you are 3rd or if you are 6th, you have equal chance. So if I'm Southampton I think I'll still try to get 2nd spot first, they have a game in hand and there is maybe 3/4 games left to see if you can fight. But if I know I can't get 2nd anymore, I might as well rest squad and finish 6th, and prepare for full health in the playoff.

Usually promoted teams go down, so it's not so surprising but for sure Sheffield Burnley especially are looking really really bad. Ipswich Town probably end the same.
Playoffs are not that type of "everyone has equal chances" situation, obviously teams that are lower ranked could of course win, which has happened many times before.

But, the highest ranked playoff team to end up being the one that goes to promotion is likely result. They are the top ranked in that sense after all for a reason, not the top ranked overall, the top ranked overall goes automatic promotion, I am talking about the top ranked one among the playoff ones. In this case third I believe, and that should be the normal case, I believe that will always be the most important part. Considering the situation these teams in, I would say that Southampton may have a little bit of trouble with them staying with this trouble and probably won't promote.
289  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season on: April 03, 2024, 06:03:32 PM
The odds for double chance are like below. 1.56 is quite nice for Real Madrid or draw. I feel like Real Madrid won't lose home at least but it is hard to predict whether it would be a win or draw. I'm closer to draw though but double chance would be a little safer but still a risky bet of course.


Because this match will be tough enough that the two clubs will meet early, so whether the double chance bet will be better than the 1X2 bet or both teams score.

I am quite confused because it is difficult to predict, but I think this bet will be more likely to win even though it is risky because it is a bet so the risk will always be there.

Haven't decided which bet to choose yet, but who knows the bookies change the odds because there are a few league matches they have to play.
Odds are really confusing for this game with bookies doing good tricks to confuse punters even we have some significant drop in Real Madrid odds which are now from @2.80 to @2.65 after Manchester City held goalless draw against Arsenal but still things are not clear and peoples are looking for the safe bets which are surely not possible in gambling even I have personal feeling we will have win for the Real Madrid, or it's going to be drawn which mean Real Madrid/draw @1.6 is not bad and second bet is btts which is also giving same odds and over 2.5 which is some risky are offering odds of @1.7 man things are not ideal for the punters those are feeling things could be tricky in this game.

But, I am personally feeling most chances we will have win for the Real Madrid in this game with the score of 1–0 or 2–0 because currently they are having much better depth and quality for the game against Manchester City.
290  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: April 03, 2024, 05:12:53 PM
Something you might be interested: https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/cricket/marais-erasmus-admits-to-making-massive-error-in-2019-odi-world-cup-final/cid/2010716

In 2019 odiwc final between England and New Zealand, overthrow that was awarded 6 runs, should have been 5 as Stokes hadn't completed his second run when ball hit his bat.
Things like this are now part of the history with we all know England wins in this final was controversial but still they awarded this trophy, and they lost this few months back this was real karma even this was golden chance for the New Zealand to win trophy and become champions of the world in ODI format, but one wrong decision steal this historic movement from them, and we have England as the ODI world cupholders.

Even this situation was also settled on the time being carefully, but they have done all quickly because all was set for giving trophy to England instead of New Zealand behind the doors but still in future we can avoid things like these in future because still many more movements will become, and we all need calm and better solution for this all.
291  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: April 03, 2024, 04:34:33 PM
Bangladesh cricket team took a bitter taste after losing another test match against Sri Lanka. Throughout this series between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, we have seen the batting and bowling performance of the Bangladesh team drop.As Shakib Al Hasan was not involved with Bangladesh in the first Test match, many thought that his absence might have weakened the Bangladesh team.However, even though Shakib Al Hasan joined the second Test match, he could not return the right position to the Bangladesh team with his batting and bowling performance.

Bangladesh's batting improved temporarily in the second Test match where Mehdi Hasan Miraj tried to fight alone.Mehdi Hasan Miraj remained unbeaten with 81 runs and two more batsmen like him should have played well then Bangladesh team could have fought evenly with Sri Lanka.
I am having believe these both teams are on same level of quality but after this series now I am changing my view about Bangladesh because they are having no chance of improvement in test format with things are going from bad to worse for them with their performance and quality in this series we have just once Bangladesh cross the 200+ runs and in three early innings they were badly down and out of the game.

Their fielding is also badly down with too many catches to drop is surely having not favourable situation for the bowlers and team even they have done good resistance in second inning of this second test, but Sri Lanka were already in well control, and they have not allowed them to have anything good from this two test matches series we have amazing stuff from the few Sri Lankan youngsters those are having good future in the game and for the Sri Lankan cricket.
292  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: April 03, 2024, 06:08:41 AM
West Ham's match against Tottenham was very tough and ended in a draw with a score of 1-1 and the goals were scored by Brennan Johnson in the 5th minute and Kurt Zouma in the 19th minute. And even though Tottenham played at home to West Ham, they dominated the match overall.
And currently Tottenham is in 5th place with 58 points, which in my opinion is impossible for Manchester United to catch up with those who are in 6th place with a difference of 48 points. And Tottenham still has the chance to be in 4th place in the standings, only 2 points away from Aston Villa to win a UCL ticket.
I looked at Tottenham's points table of 58.

Make no mistake that Manchester United still have one game left to play so let's assume these two teams will be 6 points apart if Manchester United win.

But we know how Manchester United are not consistent throughout this match they can win a few times then lose again a few times then this will certainly be difficult to reach the top of the champions league ticket for them unless with the remaining matches now have to win continuously but it is impossible that Manchester United can do it.
Manchester United needs to give his best if they want to have something better with things are surely going out of their way for having better end of this season now they are going to visit Stamford Bridge and most chances they are going to have lost or draw because things are not favourable for them to have win and this could be setback for them.

Currently, Tottenham having clearly advantage for the staying at the fourth spot because in next round they will host Nottingham and Aston Villa will be visited to Etihad Stadium where things could be not easy for them to have any positive end of the game round 33 is going to be more interested as Aston Villa will be visited to Emirates Stadium and Tottenham will be visited St James Park which is surely going to be not easy for the both teams but here again Tottenham can take advantage which will secure their fourth spot at the end of this season.
293  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Can Anyone +18 Play Gamble? on: April 02, 2024, 12:26:56 PM
I don’t think, experience is a factor that should be considered before letting someone gamble as I think, experience can be gotten more easily from gambling in person.
I think 18 years is the global age of maturity as that’s why it is always stated to be 18 years and above because at this age, one should be matured enough to make decisions in its own and be able to bear the consequences of their actions.
With the availability of online casinos, especially the non KYC casinos, a lot of under aged are already getting in the gambling space and I think there is nothing the casino can do about that and that’s why their is always a bold banner to warn underaged that only 18+ are expected to gamble.
No one other than their family members can stop kids from gambling online even if they are underage. It's their family, specifically the parents, who need to make sure that they are always watching their kids and what activities they are involved in. They should check their electronic devices very often and have parental control systems on them so that they don't get to do things that they aren't supposed to do.

If parents don't watch over their children, they will most likely end up doing things that aren't good for their age, and if they aren't schooled or taken away from such things, they will probably ruin their future as well because they are children, they aren't mature enough to understand everything and they need someone to guide them with everything.
294  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Have you been kicked out of a casino? on: April 02, 2024, 10:38:52 AM
Fortunately, by the almighty's grace, I'm not an irresponsible gambler who would gamble to the extent that all the rules and regulations and terms are violated or there are fights and other stuff initiated because of anger, frustration, sadness, and all the mixed emotions one experiences after losing a lot of money in a casino. So the answer would be no, I have never been taken out of a casino for any reason and I believe that would never happen in the future as well.

People who always stay within their limits whether it's about money or time would never face such situations. It is extremely insulting if you are in a casino and the management kicks you out for violation while all the people in the casino are watching and wondering what you might have done.
295  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: About running an online casino vs an offline casino on: April 02, 2024, 09:46:43 AM
Well, are we just see this in general concerning online and offline crypto casino the both have their differences, I think the online make more money than the offline because of location, if you are running offline you will just have a limited gamblers that play in the area meanwhile online you can play from anywhere or even a different country.
Offline is just limited to a community meanwhile online you can play from different part of the country, I prefer online to Offline but if the online casino also have the offline that is more good
We must nor forget the higher costs of offline casinos, the amount of money you will have to spend to get all of the slot machines and other games in place, the maintenance of the machines, paying all of that staff and the bills is simply too much, to the point it is impossible for any one person to start an offline casino anymore due to the high costs involved, so if a person wants to get involved in the industry they do not have too much of a choice but to try their luck with an online casino.
Those are much bigger concerns than the location part because finding a good location might not be that big of a problem. Still, as you mentioned, a person cannot simply start a casino if they have put together some money because it would require a huge budget for someone to start a land-based casino business. It's not possible for a normal person and only politicians, businessmen, and those who are millionaires can get into that.

When we talk about an online business, it doesn't require a lot of money from the person who is willing to start one, all one needs is a budget that can cover all the costs which aren't that much, and maybe a few colleagues to help manage the casino once it has been established.
296  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Claw Machines: a category of gambling? on: April 02, 2024, 08:49:01 AM
Well, they are games that may or may not be considered a sort of gambling depending on what you are trying to get after paying a couple of bucks or a dollar for every attempt. If you are playing the game to catch money inside the machine and you know that the funds inside the machine are higher than what you have to spend to play and you think of it as an opportunity to earn money, then it's gambling, for sure.

However, if you are playing the game to get a gadget or maybe a doll or something then it shouldn't be considered gambling. Besides, most of such machines are kept in places where people go with families so that kids see the dolls and stuff and make their elders play the game so the owners can earn some money from that.
297  Economy / Gambling / Re: Blackjack.fun |SLOTS|SPORTS|ESPORTS| JACK Token on: April 01, 2024, 06:44:33 PM
A very lucky spin if that was the user's last money in the casino. RNGesus doesn't want him, or her, to stop. Cool

Is Chaos Crew a slot-machine with a progressive jackpot? Low return/low chance of winning with a possbility to win a very large jackpot, I believe, is common for those slots with progressive jackpots. There are old people in the casino that say that players should wait for the progressive jackpot to be "fat enough" and be ready to shit before playing them. That probably "could be" true because as a matter of policy, casinos should always have the occasional jackpot winner.
I mean it is definitely a lucky win, but we shouldn't "chase" that. If it happens then it happens, just keep on gambling the way you want to gamble. If you chase wins then you are going to be upset when you end up losing, that is a very important thing to notice. I have seen a lot of people who ended up with losses because they didn't really look at what they were doing, and that is the most important part.

I believe that we are going to end up with something much more risky if we are not careful about it, so that is why I believe we should avoid making a big thing out of this, we should be careful about it. I believe that the best thing to do in this situation would be just looking at what we do, and how we can do it.
298  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 on: April 01, 2024, 05:28:35 PM
Aleksander Mitrovic prolific performance this season in the Saudi Pro League have been a surprise to me if I must be honest because I never expected him to be scoring as many goals as he's been scoring since the start of the season. He's the only player in the Saudi league that's seriously challenging Christian Ronaldo for the golden boot award despite the fact that the Portuguese superstar have been scoring goals for fun. Over the weekend, Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat trick which was his 34th since he turned 30 years of age which goes a long way to tell how great of a player he is.
Currently, Cristiano Ronaldo is four goals ahead of Aleksander Mitrovic which means that Mitrovic can still catch up with him if him if he can more a little more prolific than he's been. Despite Cristiano Ronaldo's number of goals, his team is very unlikely to end the season with the league title because they have more impressive and consistent team like Al Hilal ahead of them in the league table
Mitrovic is one of the high profile striker from the Serbia as after joining Fulham and staying for five years he has done good performance and have 97 goals which are surely impressive from him but now his move to Al Hilal is surely one of the amazing move for any player as now in 22 games he already score 22 goals and still chasing for the Cristiano Ronaldo who is standing at the 26 goals with top spot in Saudi League.

Al Hilal which is currently having 28 matches winning streak is at his best due to having lethal attack but Mitrovic is their main striker and one of the top players which are really enjoying his stay in this league and having good future in coming years as well now we have 9 matches left in this season with this we can expect any change at the top for the most goalscorers list.
299  Economy / Gambling / Re: My experience on live bet on: April 01, 2024, 02:42:53 PM
You don't cash out when you place a bet in sports betting if you don't have a very large amount at stake and have a fear that you might lose it. What's the fun in cashing out? Make sure that you always use amounts for your bets that you can afford to lose and then sit back and watch when you have placed your bets, that's the fun of sports betting.

I would never cash out even if it was my first experience and I didn't have a lot of knowledge, but again, sports betting isn't for people that lack knowledge about sports or a specific sport that they are interested to gamble in. You get into sports betting when you have confidence in your knowledge and know that you can dominate and won't chicken out.
300  Economy / Gambling / Re: GETSATS.CLUB, a new NO-KYC, lightning network, onion casino | LIMITED FREE BET on: April 01, 2024, 12:06:24 PM
Welcome here in bitcointalk ., have visited the site and indeed the SImplicity of the site got my interest ,  and also it is good that you are accepting Lightning network deposit/withdrawal.
It's literally simple that there is almost nothing displayed in the front page. To me, it's not really that appealing. I'm sorry for saying that but each of us has our own views and they should not worry as there are still people who are like you who like that kind of simplicity they have there. Another thing that may attract people to use them is the fact that they support BTC lightning network, they don't have a KYC, and lastly they support onion/tor connection.

this will help  players to have their way in cheapest transacting if there are some high fees happening in the market sometimes.
There is probably a high fee incoming, now that we are approaching on a massive bull run. So cheap coins like BTC lightning network are a big help to those users who are budgeting.
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