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2821  Other / Off-topic / Re: How do you save your money? on: September 07, 2022, 02:16:55 AM
There are two ways to end up with surplus money.

One is spending less than what you get today.

Other is getting more than what you get today.

Spending less is easier because can be done immediately. But is has a maximum. You can't save more than your minimum costs, like basic rent, basic food, etc.

Getting more money on the other hand has no boundaries. You can always earn more. And you can invest in things that give you money. You can create automatic sources of income, etc. That's a much better way to generate a surplus and therefore save.
2822  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: The UEFA Nations League 2020/2021 Discussion Thread on: September 07, 2022, 02:14:11 AM
We will start again soon with the Nations League. These will also be the last international competitions before the world championship starts. The most interesting encounter is between the Netherlands and Belgium. In Belgium, the Netherlands won 1-4, but Belgium was not motivated at all. The Netherlands will win the group. I think many countries take this as a kind of preparation for the World Cup. Because the title of the Nations League does not play any significant role in terms of content. They are glorified practice matches.

True, but at the end of the day these matches are glorified friendlies. They do not carry the same weight as a match in the World Cup, not even close.

Also any results cannot be taken too seriously because lots of teams don't send key players or they just don't play as hard to avoid injuries.
2823  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: FIFA 2022 world cup on: September 07, 2022, 02:12:34 AM
Indeed, this is what makes many people not interested in going to Qatar to watch the 2022 World Cup live. But it is different with football fans from among Muslims. they will definitely keep fighting over tickets to watch the world cup in qatar. because Muslims are used to partying without beer.

but I think even though there is a ban on alcohol there. but there must be a special place provided there. be it official or unofficial. because remembering the FIFA World Cup is for all people. so there must be some relaxation of regulations there specifically for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

There is still a lack of clarity on so many issues. Qatar authorities are saying that alcohol won't be available in specially designated areas and it will be available only in stadiums, and that too 2-3 hours before the match. There are several countries in the GCC region, and laws related to alcohol varies widely in each of them. For example, in Bahrain and UAE alcohol is available 24x7 in specially designated areas. But that is not the case in more conservative countries such as Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait.

Yes, but the thing is that FIFA is so powerful, that when it brings the World Cup to a country, they usually end up changing some of the local laws to make things happen. As I mentioned before, they changed the laws to allow the sale of alcohol inside the stadiums.

My guess is that something similar will happen in Qatar.
2824  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: FIFA 2022 world cup on: September 07, 2022, 02:01:36 AM
Finally there is some good news to the football fans. Qatar will allow ticketed fans to purchase beer at the stadium 3 hours before the kickoff. But then there is another problem. The fans will be in Qatar for at least 1-2 weeks. There will be many fans who are likely to attend multiple matches of their country. If the matches are a few days apart, then these fans will not get an opportunity to party in between. What is the point in having one or two cans of beer just before the match starts? If I were a fan, then I would skip this tournament.
Indeed, this is what makes many people not interested in going to Qatar to watch the 2022 World Cup live. But it is different with football fans from among Muslims. they will definitely keep fighting over tickets to watch the world cup in qatar. because Muslims are used to partying without beer.

but I think even though there is a ban on alcohol there. but there must be a special place provided there. be it official or unofficial. because remembering the FIFA World Cup is for all people. so there must be some relaxation of regulations there specifically for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Absolutely.

Wherever the World Cup goes, in goes with beer. Even in Brazil they had to change the law to serve beer inside the stadiums. They used to have a law that prevented it for safety reasons, but when the World Cup was there, the law was removed.

I think something similar will happen in Qatar. They just don't want to make it too public.
2825  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar - UEFA Qualifiers on: September 07, 2022, 01:58:02 AM
~snip~
Yes, sometimes that seems a little true. But on the other hand, without Ronaldo, Portugal has some difficulty in reaching the goal. So he can play better but he doesn't have goals.

Fortunately for Portugal, there are some advanced players emerging who can start to make a difference in that field and not be so dependent on Ronaldo's goals.

Yeah, but I don't believe they will be at the required level to lift the trophy. I think Portugal will perform alright, maybe go to the next round, but at maximum maybe reach semis, not father than that.
2826  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Are new bitcoin users early or late to the party? on: September 07, 2022, 01:49:39 AM
No one is ever late for saving money for the future. That's basically one of the things you get with Bitcoin.

Also no one is ever late to have no middle men between himself and his money. That's another thing that Bitcoin gives you.

And remember that people keep asking if they're late to Bitcoin since about a decade ago until today, and they will continue to ask that, always.
2827  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: FIFA 2022 world cup on: September 06, 2022, 03:07:31 AM
Finally there is some good news to the football fans. Qatar will allow ticketed fans to purchase beer at the stadium 3 hours before the kickoff. But then there is another problem. The fans will be in Qatar for at least 1-2 weeks. There will be many fans who are likely to attend multiple matches of their country. If the matches are a few days apart, then these fans will not get an opportunity to party in between. What is the point in having one or two cans of beer just before the match starts? If I were a fan, then I would skip this tournament.

I think there are designated areas that will be serving alcohol. I can't remember where I read it though so it might not really be official. Kinda like hotels bars for foreigns.
2828  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar - UEFA Qualifiers on: September 06, 2022, 02:59:48 AM
I believe the Portuguese national team and the Argentine team can still play well without Ronaldo and Messi. Both Ronaldo and Messi are past their prime. They cannot to be expected to play and put up the kind of shows we were used to seeing whenever they play. These two legends still have a lot to offer in the Argentine and Portuguese team respectively. .
What i want you to know is that football have a duration of performance, and that time of duration of performance reach or occur when the players are younger, what is affecting the players you mentioned now being messi and Ronald is old age, those strength and energy they have that time has being drop from the system, so we don't need to blame them because i know that age matters in football

Some players can play extremely well even after their late thirties. But yeah, usually their peak is around 24 or so.

It will be a great to see the last world cup of these amazing players
2829  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: FIFA World Cup 2022 Group Stage Highlights on: September 06, 2022, 02:55:32 AM
IMO, germany will not go further than the top 8, their squad has a lot of shortcomings than the french squad which incidentally has far more depth than germany.

indeed there is no guarantee at all, it all depends on teamwork within a football squad.
However, if you calculate the strength from an individual perspective, France is more superior to Germany, you can even say when compared to other teams from the European continent.

Once again I say, this is only based on my opinion and analysis, not at all determining the truth.

I'm not sure I can name eight better teams than Germany.

Maybe four, but I definitely see Germany as a top 8 team.
2830  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: FIFA World Cup 2022 Group Stage Highlights on: September 05, 2022, 03:56:41 AM

It's interesting to talk about South America vs Europe
Europe has 12 titles, South America has 9
But South America has 3 strong teams, Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay
Europe has France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Portugal, Belgium and England

these I consider top tier teams, with real chances of winning a cup

Looking at the odds, you'll see top 3 is probably Brazil, Argentina and France
I saw England ahead of Argentina on some odds but I don't agree, in my opinion Argentina is the 3rd favorite


Yeah, I agree with you. Brazil is probably going to win this world cup, at least it has the best historical scores. Argentina is always a really good team. I would put Germany there instead of France though.
2831  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar - UEFA Qualifiers on: September 05, 2022, 03:52:32 AM
To be honest, I do not understand this closeness at all. If Qatar is interested in attracting as many football fans/tourists as possible, then they should show everywhere that everything is ready and lure potential visitors. Maybe the preparation for the World Cup is not so good and they hide it?

Very surprised by the discussion that has unfolded about what can be considered an alcoholic drink and what is not, hehe. Another confirmation of the fact that there is very little purely football news from Qatar.
Everyone is so excited about the world cup match - there is a lot discussion before even the teams have landed for the tournament.
Lots of excitement and lots of stuff to look at how will Qatar be dealing with the tournament and the guest and teams and non islamic culture

Yeah, it will definitely be interesting to see what's going to happen in Qatar, will they simply sell alcohol? That's what happened in Brazil, they changed a law that prevented selling alcohol inside the stadiums. Probably something similar will happen in Qatar.
2832  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: 12 years ago mined 50 Bitcoin just moved on: September 04, 2022, 11:19:19 AM
The patience of the owner was really strong and all the holding he made surely made him millionaire today. Surely, this is the power of holding and this means holding is the way to make rich in the industry. Imagine moving millions of assets only costs small fees, this is why bitcoin will replace payment system big time in the future. Congratulations to the owner, HODL is GOLD it is.

It was 50 Bitcoins so it was probably a miner, and at that time it was way easier to mine, so it's probable that this person had multiple addresses with 50 Bitcoins each.

If that's the case then he could just been using those other addresses over time to fund a great lifestyle. We simply don't know if he just waited or kept using other coins over time.
2833  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: How do you play Slots? (long sessions / jumper / focussed) on: September 04, 2022, 11:11:34 AM
While you are right about the millions of possibilities and random results as I have said maximum concentration can be only to keep track of the number of spins without the bonus feature,which usually is around in 1000 spins it is a sure thing that you will hit the bonus round for example in the Play n Go slots provider that I play.This way if I have not gotten the bonus feature for 900 spins I will increase my bet as most probably in the next 100-300 spins I will receive it.That is the only concentration that you need in a slot game,except keeping track of the number of spins without bonus feature you cannot do anything about their programmed algorithm.

If something has a 1/1000 chance of happening and 900 times it hasn't happened, the probability of it happening doesn't change, it's still 1/1000.

For example, if you flip a coin now and it's tails, the next flip still has a 50/50 chance of being heads.
2834  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar - UEFA Qualifiers on: September 04, 2022, 11:06:44 AM

No doubt this is world cup, and it's going to be competitive because we have 32 world's best teams in this event and all are coming after having hard fought wins in their relative qualification matches, so it's not easy for anyone to have anything out of range all teams can do better than expectations specially few teams which are very tough and have services of quality players which are playmakers and can bring any result with their skills.

But Christian Ronaldo is not good enough to win this world cup alone for his team because now age factor is also having big impact on him, and he can't do things like which he has done few years back for his team right now if Portugal is going into last eight then surely it's going to be big achievement for them.

Spain, France and England are surely best teams with their quality and players those can do something amazing to win this year's event.

You're missing Brazil and Argentina in that list, and also Germany. It's going to be a really tough world cup, there are so many excellent players and they're going to put all their effort to win the world cup
2835  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: FIFA 2022 world cup on: September 04, 2022, 11:03:58 AM
The country in which alcohol is being restricted have allowed to sell beer to the fans. They're allowed to buy beer three hours prior to the Kick off and after the final whistle one hour is allowed. Earlier it was only non alcoholic and now alcoholic beer too is allowed. This news have come out and no official announcement is revealed.

During the month of November the climate will be moderately cool and having a beer will make the fans warm. Qatar have made big changes and getting adopted to the world, so to make FIFA 2022 the best of all time.

That sounds reasonable, but if there's no official announcement then I'm not sure it will be true. I guess we'll have to wait and see how it goes.
2836  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: FIFA World Cup 2022 Group Stage Highlights on: September 03, 2022, 04:31:55 PM
To be honest, Macedonia, the time I saw them play, I was surprised by everything they did, they took out one of the heavyweights, but they did not qualify anyway, I wonder if these teams that went to the playoffs will make a difference, I mean Portugal that has a lot to prove and especially to CR7 that has a great commitment, I have always liked Croatian football, the style they have is very particular, besides that they have that style with elegance, I really like it On the other hand, I think that Macedonia will go to the next World Cup, more quotas will be opened and I think that this can benefit them enormously if they maintain the level or raise it even more.

Macedonia shocked the world when they defeated Italy and eliminated their chances of contesting the World Cup.
Macedonia has never won a world cup, Italy has 4 world titles, was it just luck that the goal occurred in the second half stoppage time? I don't think so... Macedonia played very well and deserved to win.
Despite being eliminated by Portugal, I hope that Macedonia continues to evolve and that they can qualify for the next world cup.... I'm curious to see what they are capable of doing.

Yeah, I'm not really sure Macedonia has a great squad. They can play alright but they are not really world cup material to be honest.
2837  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: The UEFA Nations League 2020/2021 Discussion Thread on: September 03, 2022, 04:30:30 PM
There are only a few weeks to go for the next matches. We have seen the most powerful teams not caring about the Nations League much. As there is not much time left for the World Cup to start also I don't expect these teams to risk their most important players much in the Nations League matches. It is very probable to see so many rotations from them so I don't think of betting on any match in this tournament from now on.

I'm in the Nations League pool on one hand and I hope I can continue to get lucky in the remaining matches as well. It is really not easy to predict the score of the matches while teams are performing way different than normal. The schedule of players is getting tighter soon and this might cause some injuries to be seen. National teams will have a big task to keep their best players away from this situation.

Yeah, you're absolutely right. I don't think most teams are concerned about this tournament, because it's basically just practise for the World cup, which is now around the corner. You don't want to have an injured player these days
2838  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: FIFA 2022 world cup on: September 03, 2022, 04:28:28 PM

And you all forgot to mention Croatia, which played the final of the 2018 World Cup in Russia and is currently playing very well, and this year in the League of Nations, Croatia won against France and Denmark away from home  Grin
I think Belgium is an old team and their peak was at the 2018 World Cup in Russia when they were third in the world.
Don't forget Uruguay who played in the semi-finals of the 2010 World Cup and are always very good at World Cups and are former two-time world champions.

I'm not really sure Croatia will end up advancing too much in the tournament. Maybe they have been having great results in other tournaments because other teams are not sending their best squads there in preparation for the world cup
2839  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar - UEFA Qualifiers on: September 03, 2022, 04:22:42 PM
Snip

but in fact we will not know what strategy luis enrique will use, and who will be the first starting line-up.
In my opinion, there is no time to experiment, the squads of other countries are quite ready to compete in the world cup tournament later.

this is not an easy job for luis enrique and however he must prepare his squad for the competition for the world cup trophy this time.
Nevertheless, I hope that at least Spain can qualify for the last 8 phase.

I think it's pretty certain that Spain will end up in the last 8, i would even go and say that they are probably going to be in the final, or at least the semi
2840  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: How do you play Slots? (long sessions / jumper / focussed) on: September 02, 2022, 05:27:12 AM
I also am extremely concentrated although I play slots where you play games that rely 100% on luck,I am concentrated at keeping track of the number of spins that I don't receive the bonus feature.The more spins pass without it,the more chances it will happen soon for example when you have hit 700-800 spins without it,I increase the bet for the next 700-800 spins and by doing so I have always got it with the desired bet,of course sometimes I have burned completely my money chasing it but most of the times I have got it.That is why maximum concentration is very useful no matter that you are playing a game of luck.
If you play for fun then a full concentration is needed but if you play for profit then you can just use that autobet function and leave the game rolling continuously without needing to pay attention to it but I think that it will also depend on the game you are playing with, like if its a skill based game i.e poker, well you need to concentrate on it if you want to win but if it's only a slot game then it's not necessarily needed since slot games are also based on luck.

On each gambling site I think they have live stats. It records your gameplay automatically so there is no need for you to count how many rolls you already spin in that slot game.

Games like slots are designed so that in the long term the gambler loses money, so if you just leave an autobet running there you will eventually run out of money, plus you won't have any fun.
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