Self-exclusion has a set time before you can come back to the casino. Even if you try to login, if that time period is still on you will not have access to your account unless you request to remove it through their support. What OP is saying is that their account has limited access on certain features like deposits after a certain amount has been lost to the casino. Those are two completely different things, unless of course OP just mean "responsible gambling" as an umbrella term (which I think isn't the case as this post progresses).

I can resist the temptation of not going back to the casino for a long time, and actually it's my 3rd week of not playing dice after years of continuous streak losing $20/week. I do not need this feature, nor do I feel there will be a need for me to have it. It's nice to have on a target audience that has problems controlling themselves when they already started gambling.

We will all be going towards cashless as eventually. Physical money will be rendered obsolete as everyone is slowly preparing towards the digitization of almost everything. Heck, shopping for groceries is even going digital now, and just a few years ago we aren't that trusting enough of fully digital systems. Our society is rapidly changing and going cashless is just one of the inevitable.

As for gamblers looking to avoid KYC, the only This way they are avoiding every legal hurdle that they might face, and at the same time risking the possibility of being scammed along the way if the platform they are playing on decides to just run and ditch them. And knowing people, they aren't afraid to gamble their safety just to ensure that they will be having their way. The governments pushing for everything to be documented to happen is also them pushing people to look towards illegal alternatives. Unfortunately there's not much that we can do about it.

S1mple remains as the top AWPer that's for sure, though you are right with m0nesy coming close to him as the kid proves that he's an extremely gifted player that can play under pressure at top tier games. For the best rifler/entry fragger, I do have a lot in mind. Xantares sure is one on the top, but NiKo is still there among the best riflers that 2022 had. Lots of finals wherein NiKo proved that he's still a force to be reckoned with handling the AKs or the M4s against solid teams. Jks can be in the top 20 list for sure, but he's not that consistently good so there's that.


Ahh, Chinese dota scene. They are the ones kicking off the DPC tour in 2023 and I don't think I have the guts nor the interest to watch these games. So many times I've been burned by PSG.LGD and Team Aster on Tier 2 DPC runs on what seems to be a walk in the park for them. Lots of times when they could just have ended the game but no, they still have the prove something on that game that costs them the whole series or costs them the map. If you aren't that much familiar with the Chinese dota scene, I will suggest you to skip all of their events as much as you can. It's a whole different region out there and PSG.LGD's ranking in dota seems to be thrown off the bus when they're matched against another Chinese team.

It's a step in the right direction, but probably a step we wouldn't take.

Gambling platforms will surely go against this idea and just stick to what setup they currently have. Sure, they are guaranteed of profits because gamblers need to connect their banks directly to the platform, but that will surely deter a lot of people from gambling because of the few extra steps they need to take before they can go and bet. Another thing is the added identification they need to submit on their part. Gamblers are already saying no tk KYC, how else would you expect them to react when they need to connect their bank accounts?

I genuinely love this idea in order to prevent the rise in numbers of problematic gamblers. But I also know that this will not come into fruition because there's just a lot of factors that throw most gamblers off the gambling bus and would surely seek other alternatives to have their gambling fill. Underground gambling dens will rise and the government will have their profits go down the drain - most especially these casinos that paid for this license in order to operate legally.

This is a different feature compared to what OP is stating. Self-exclusion just disallows you to get inside the platform for a certain amount of time, and at that time-frame you are not going to receive any promotions, updates, news, or whatever that comes from the casino tempting you to login and deposit. That 'responsible gambling' feature just limits your account in a way that you will not be able to deposit anything after a certain threshold in losses or deposits in the account is reached. You can still visit the casino, you can still check what games are there and what's happening around, but you will not be able to play since you will literally not be able to deposit for a certain period of time, or until that feature cools down/resets.

It's a lot more flexible and a lot more appealing than self-exclusion wherein you will literally forbid yourself into logging in on the site. IMO self-exclusion is not the way to go; you should be able to let go of your bad habits slowly over time and not in one big dump as it may even trigger you to visit the casino once more and do even worse than before (relapse). With the feature OP is stating, it teaches you how to be a responsible gambler while still enjoying the games that you love.

It was almost a decade ago when I was still studying. Luckily, I got in on a scholarship which paid 100% of my tuition. Even though everything about my studies are already paid for, I still need to work for my family who's relying on me. It came to a point where I need to be up 22 hours a day in order to study and take two jobs to help pay for my siblings' tuition fees. Was almost at the point of giving up and calling it quits when bitcoin came and signature campaigns that pay well opened its doors to me. IIRC, after taking that shift off of a restaurant as a dishwasher, I'd immediately get my phone and start reading and posting here in the forum. I relied heavily on that for a year and a half then I graduated and applied for a job that pays well for a fresh graduate. Took the time off posting in the forum and just read and participated in a lot of altcoin announcements and pump and dumps when I got the capital to start. Everything boomed in 2017 and that's how I established my printing business that gave me the most money I've had in my life until I had to close it in 2020 due to the pandemic.

Looking back, it was a wild ride. I was so close into just giving up my studies and just living for myself and abandoning my family but I'm so glad I didn't. Now, I have 2 businesses, both focusing on prints and it's paying well aside from my job in the lab. This forum and bitcoin also helped me greatly as it extended my finances whenever I need it. I think I got around 2-3 bitcoins just from forum posting alone from 2014 - 2016. Kinda kicking myself that I sold those but I wouldn't be here if it weren't for those gigs in this forum.

This feature is very useful to those who have chronic gambling addiction and can sometimes feel the extreme urge in going ham with their bet amounts. Luckily for me I treat gambling as if it's a part of my weekly routine and never had any extreme urge to bet beyond my set budget every week. Heck, there are even times that I forget that I need to gamble to pass time because I was busy doing something else. I have heard of casinos and gambling platforms having self-exclusion system, but not this responsible gambling feature. It would be nice if they can roll this out and give addicts a chance to enjoy the game and not destroy themselves in the process.

Just imagine someone routinely gambling just to have their fill (like me) which are sometimes experiencing the sudden urge to recoup their losses. Disabling their deposits is a good way to combat the urge, and the player would certainly not complain—although he/she will, understandably be annoyed with it—because they know they activated this feature and enrolled their accounts to it. This is better than having to forcefully have the addict 'quit' the habit in an instant IMO, and might even help the gambler reconsider their choices by enforcing this downtime unto them.


..which, unfortunately, not all crypto casinos will implement because this means lower profits for them. I think it should be a mandatory feature to all crypto casinos, or to any other online casinos/physical casinos in the world in order to not get people addicted to gambling. They can keep their business and their profits without destroying someone else's lives.

From where I'm at, most retailers/wholesalers' businesses are booming, and it's kind of weird because it does not align with where we currently stand globally in terms of economic situation. Perhaps it has more to do with the current season (Christmas and New Year) with which a lot of people have a lot of disposable funds and are not hesitant to spend it on basic necessities among other stuff. But come January after all festivities are over, I'm sure I'll see people being frugal as ever with what little remains of their money from the previous year. Retailers would surely have more of the market's share compared to wholesalers as people will have very little money left, and they will opt to buy items individually and would not have the chance to buy things in bulk. Due to the current pricing of everything, people are forced to do the more expensive route (without realizing it) by not buying things in bulk.

Also, online grocery shopping here isn't as popular as walking to your local grocery store/market and getting what you really need. I'd go as far as saying that we haven't caught up with the West's culture in relying almost everything online, and I think one thing that will not change any time soon is buying necessities - we will always want to buy it personally to assess the quality of the product and to see whether it's what we really need/want or not.


And in such a situation, your trade department/industry/organization should step in and freeze prices into what everyone deem to be a fair and reasonable amount. Price gouging has happened a lot of times here in the Philippines and the trade industry has stepped in countless of times when things went uncontrollably hard for the buyers to seek for items that are reasonably priced. Sometimes, it's not always the government that's the problem - for the most part it's the sellers banding together, hoarding these items and creating this imaginary demand in order to hike prices and take profits.


Which is true, but most of the time what they consider "lower prices" are not buying things in bulk and not doing the math before making the purchase. Economic uncertainties often push the public to make uninformed and unintelligent decisions that hurts them more than it can benefit them short-term.

And while we're at handicaps (while not necessarily being one, as this is considered as a part of spread betting), newbie bettors might encounter a thing called Asian handicap on football games. While traditional lines on football contains a draw option to bet on, in Asian handicap it eliminates this possibility which somehow forces a winner in an event—even if the score ends up being the same—as there are only two options to bet on. The favorites to win are usually given a point deficit (depending on their form) in order for the underdogs to be on an 'even' level in terms of bet.


This one I have tried on huge tournaments but always failed to win anything at Even though I know how well these players perform, I always end up missing my bets and destroying my picks, that's why I mostly stick to parlays as this is more straightforward and is foolproof (at least for me) because you are not adding a lot of elements in your bet and you're just straight up going for outcomes. For newbies, this is more recommended if they are confident on their predictions in multiple events - brings more juice to their odds and brings more value to their bet.


I have seen parlays with thousands of $$$ put into them in my stay at Nitrogensports a few years back, mostly on NBA conference finals. Most memorable one perhaps is a hit with x57 with $2500 stake on it. Kinda forgot who it was but it was the Eastern Conference finals parlayed with some Dota games back in 2018. It kinda inspired me to parlay each bet but meh, I'm just not that good in predicting multiple outcomes at the same time.

I think there is no other decision as of now amongst international sports organizations but to disqualify Russia and ban them on upcoming games due to their invasion of Ukraine. For them, including Russia on events that are international might seem like they are turning a blind eye on what the current events are. It's a shame that these guys cannot play in this international tournament, and there is always an option to bear the flag of other countries in order to compete but hey, at least they are patriotic enough to not turn a blind eye on their motherland.

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Currently watching the friendlies between Brazil and Korea and I must say I'm weirded out seeing people throwing the ball passionately and seeing that the goal post is very similar to football I think I've watched a few games of handball before but not at this level. Their coordination and their speed (especially the defenders) are on another level, considering that the ball that they're tossing around is really small to block or catch. Rooting for Brazil to win since their coordination is top tier and man, those blocks from the goalie is something else.

Most heroes played, on what efficacy anyway? Most of the heroes that he's played on a high level, he hasn't been very effective with save for the Enchantress that everyone and their mother knows how to use and knows how to dominate lanes with. Also, even when he's not using Enchantress, a support known to transition to a core somewhat in mid - late game, he's hogging the relatively safer farms on the map when it's supposed to be taken over by their 4 or their offlane. Game-sense wise and draft-wise, the dude's already falling off. It's not enough that you play many heroes in the big stage, the question is how well and effective you play those for them to be considered a hero in your hero pool.



Exactly. Even Fear, one of the most mechanically gifted carry to ever play the game recognized that he's getting old, and after their win in 2015, he knew that his time playing this game professionally in a serious level is over, and he stepped down and began exploring coaching options for EG and some other teams. There are some stints of him still playing professionally but without success, and once he recognized that he stepped down and began being an analyst/coach for some teams and that's where he shines right now. Hopefully Kuro recognizes this and starts leaning towards just coaching the team and letting other young talent play and hopefully hone their skills and talents.

This is like the Pool game that everyone keeps on asking to be added on some casino platforms for a PvP experience but platforms are not adding it.

The concept looks nice and is actually good for PvP games if implemented properly, although casinos wouldn't really want to add this as they can't impose house edge whatsoever, hence the winnings that they might get from these kinds of games are pretty low. If I were the casino operator, it wouldn't be profitable to me to add PvP games - the cost to maintain the said games and keep it up and running might be more than what the potential earnings from just keeping this game on the platform is.

As I've said before, PvP games are not that popular in the gambling scene because dice, roulettes, and slots are what's most preferred by a lot of people. It is a lot of easier to understand and is faster to finish.


Game providers can easily create or copy this game if they so do please. Problem is, it wouldn't really be a hit on casinos as they would certainly avoid this like the plague due to obvious reasons (low profit on these games). Even if the game is 5-star or highly-rated on Playstore or App Store, it still wouldn't take the cut as it has a different pacing and style compared to traditional casino games.

Curacao license is the most basic license that online casinos can acquire in order to start their business. AFAIK it is only acquired for formality in order for the platform to start its gambling operations within the jurisdiction of Curacao. It is certainly the easiest to acquire because a lot of gambling platforms have this license and are operating under and within this license's terms. A gambling platform is expected to shell out more or less $30k in order to get the license, so for a gambling platform to have this license and still dip after an exit scam means they have already got more than their initial investment.

And of course, gambling platforms can operate without any license whatsoever, it's just that it will certainly look shady from other people's perspective, leading to them not getting that much patrons and customers.

Ahh, stay sober, I don't know if a lot of people can follow this one with certainty. Most casinos I've been to offer alcoholic drinks to its high-paying patrons, and I think I understand why they always give those people drinks almost immediately after having finished the one that they received. It's like they are trying to help those players to get intoxicated as fast as possible in order to get more money from them. Such a scummy tactic but there's really nothing wrong about it, and this may even be seen as 'generosity' from the casinos side as they are offering 'free drinks'  

Bonus hunters tend to know how to play around the risks and make the most out of their $ to get to the tiers of bonuses that they need to achieve. They also have lots of dedication and patience to just play and play until they can activate any bonus. If that were me, I'd surely give up in the first 5 mins and just play normally. I hate chasing bonuses; it's almost always hard and my bankroll is, most of the time, not enough to last me a session that can activate bonuses for myself.

The irony is, bitcoin is the reason why altcoins are created today. Almost all of these alts are created for the sole reason of being an alternative to bitcoin. Litecoin for example, was created as the 'lighter' version of bitcoin, and since then a lot of alts have claimed to be something that complements bitcoin, if not intending to replace it. Bitcoin will always have the upper hand due to first mover advantage, but it doesn't necessarily mean that it could destroy competitions/alts. It has other use cases, and while alts are mostly used for pumps and dumps, you can't deny the fact that some of them are notable for packing in too much utility into one single coin and that's the beauty of having lots of alts.

Aren't game providers a separate thing when you're trying to create your casino from scratch? Not really questioning your ability here but $150 only covers so much in today's rates for casino building. Last time I read about it, someone offers $1000 as a package for everything, but they still have to add their own game providers. I'm curious as to how you're able to give this creation of yours for a very low amount. This might have took you a long time and you're offering it as a bargain it seems, and something doesn't add up--at least to us who believe that the price should be somewhat higher.

I only ever used Tradingview for following some guides and tips on cryptocurrencies, and used Reddit whenever possible (and whenever useful, lol) in order to add to what I learned from tradingview. Nowadays there are tons of institutions and people offering 1 on 1 coaching for trades and decision-making in a real-world trading scenario, though that doesn't come cheap and there isn't any guarantee that you'll learn all of the things you wanted to learn in such a short span of time. If I were you, I'd do copy trading first, then if the trade is successful try to read about the decision second - though of course, you don't have to do this every time, just some trades you're quite unsure of but a lot of the traders picked it anyway. You get to learn things more by doing and not reading, so start small and don't get your emotions in the way and you'll be fine.

Except that the money isn't his, and he still spent it thinking that it will give him something. Perhaps the lesson here is that you shouldn't gamble money that is basically not yours, and not use money that isn't named unto you legally in order to not cause trouble to other people and get in trouble yourself. SBF made mistakes after mistakes, and it seems that he's allowed to do this because prosecuting him takes too long to gather footing even though the courts have all the evidence in the world to arrest him on the spot. Not all people have the same privileges as him, that's why I view him as a dick trying to push the limits of his fame and fortune.

Literally just went into that mall earlier today and haven't find that promotion anywhere. SM Supermalls have been known to ride on to these promotions whenever there is one, and most probably this promotion is paid and not because SM believes in the project whatsoever. But nevertheless, any publicity is good publicity, although to be honest I don't know what they mean when the NFT has "utility" apart from its assumed value.

Anyways, from experience this booth is nothing special compared to other booths that are present within the mall. Perhaps it's just too uncommon to see a crypto brand trying to promote its name in a place where people are still quite unsure what cryptocurrencies are. Oh and that shirt looks nice, too.