It is not peculiar to you my dear Gold, it is normal to experience some changes in your mood when you are actively engaged in gambling. For instance, there is a special feeling of joy when there is winning and some feeling of disappointment when there is loss. No matter how well we try to pretend that losses are good, it feels a little bad when we lose our money. These feelings are intensified when either of the scenarios happens consistently; if it is winning that happens consistently, the joy is unmatched and can somehow lead to complacency. On the other hand, if it is losses that is prolonged, the pain can lead to depression if not managed. So the concern is what changes are you noticing? Are they as a result of consistent losses?  Whatever be the case, you must know that it is normal to have those feelings as a consistent gambler.

Personally, religious activities is everyday and I do not have dedicated time for religious activities. The greatest requirement of my religion is to love humanity, do good to all and always seek divine guidance in the activities of life. Gambling does not constitute a distraction to my religious practice in any way whatsoever.

I am also from a country where there are several religions with relative religious freedom. So there is no compulsion from anyone on the basis of religion neither is there restriction on gambling on the same basis.

This shows the poor thinking of the people we elect to lead us. How can a serving government official be bold enough to say these shameful things? Where is the humanity in them? They know that inflation has diminished the buying power of our currency, make the government to earn more from subsidy removal and export of crude oil as well as reduced importation of finished products, yet they have not deemed it necessary to increase the pay and inject more money into programs to increases the earning of the citizens instead they share the money among the politicians and governors and the money will be stashed in foreign banks.

A government that have compassion will nit cripple the economy with no plans for the citizens and still boast of making more money. To what end is the money made when it did not translate to the economy being better for the citizens? I wish there is hope anywhere but its unfortunate that there is now. Now they blame everything and everyone except themselves for the collapse of everything that make Nigeria a nation.

In the earlier part of this thread, if I'm not mistaken, I think @JayJuanGee stressed the need to avoid using the word "cryptocurrency" when generalizing Bitcoin and the other coins out there. The reason being that while many funny things have been done leveraging on cryptocurrency, Bitcoin have remained clean since inception and people tend to taint the image of Bitcoin whenever they unleash their clandestine plots. Therefore, such clarifications is important and we must make effort to make people understand that Bitcoin is different from whatever people promote under the guise of cryptocurrency with the intent to steal.

In addition, I don't think there is officially any word like "crypto" rather it was coined as an abbreviation for cryptocurrency. So instead of regarding Bitcoin as crypto, why not we just address it as Bitcoin which is by all standard more popular and acceptable to all!

It may sound all nice when you allocate percentages in this manner especially as it is small and seemingly insignificant. But what will actually determine the percentage risk is amount the gambler deposited. For instance, a gambler that deposited $10 may not risk 1% per bet as this will be far below his risk appetite. Conversely, a gambler with account balance of $100k may not risk up to 1% per set as this may also be way above his risk limit. So, the balance is an important factor of consideration in the risk. The key thing is knowing and understanding ones gambling strategy, knowing the risk to reward ratio and from there what percentage of the capital to risk so that one will not run out of balance.

I see a lot of sense in your response because I just realized that people who may not have time to gamble regularly can just play few times per week and allocate a good portion of their capital to the games. This is indeed another possibility provided the risk is bearable to the gambler.

No matter how you twist this, gambling for fun will never make sense to me because I do not see any fun gambling with my money. Assuming that there were fun in gambling, the fact that money is involved, emotions will be engaged and this will dissipate the fun. If we treat gambling as fun, we might become careless, not adhering strictly to rules and strategy made to ensure the gambler protect his capital and manage his winnings effectively. Therefore, I see gambler as a business which require that the gambler remained focused and disciplined. In addition, since it involves money, proper money management must be put in place so the gambler do not get carried away by fear, greed or a combination of both.

It's just funny how these men reason. BDCs are not illegal operations but operations backed by law and which work side by side with the banks and the CBN. Why then is this confused administrations attacking them? Are they responsible for the corruption and nepotism that have taken over our political space? Cryptocurrency is the last thing they would want to fight... if China could not stop her citizens, is it Nigeria that will, let's see how well they can do that.

The main cause of the problem is the excess printing of currency that Buhari did with Emefiele followed by the border closures. They borrowed excess money and loathed same, now they are looking for who to blame. They all use foreign goods including luxury cars yet are forcing ordinary Nigerians to eat local rice that are less competitive with imported rice.

Let them continue to be confused and even ban everything let's see if that will help the economy when nepotism and corruption still continue unabated. 

I do not believe this statement and there is no data to substantiate it. How will this even be possible when many gamblers that I know including myself was drawn into gambling because of winning my very first bet? Yes, my first ever gamble was a X150 win and that was how I started gambling till date.

Are you therefore suggesting that there is no way to win the casinos? Assuming you could point us to any data to validate these claims, then it would have made more sense rather than this emotional statements that depicts gambling as a way of throwing money away. As much as I know, people do win casinos, without which there will not be any business. The fast growth experience across the various casinos is linked to a balance of business between casino owners and the users even though the system is arguably designed to favor the casinos more.

This is not true and can never be true. I know a lot of people that became wealthy by winning jackpot in the amount that supersede what they could possibly deposit into casinos.

From the article, everything was going fine until perhaps someone talk to the girlfriend and everything changed. I'm not a lawyer to ascertain what is the best thing to do about this situation but from the angle of morality, I think the lady is being too greedy because the man suggested they buy the ticket, would have paid for it but he didn't go with his card, then he opted to transfer the funds to the partner which network denied them. The only input of the lady was using her card to pay of which she was to be refunded. Without the external interference, they would have proceeded with their initial plan of buying a house and a car for the lady. 50/50 is a fair deal for her only if the greed in her will allow it. I guess this is a good lesson for gamblers on the need to maintain privacy and confidentiality. I believe that gambling is an individual thing, and should be done independently to avoid situations like this.

After seeing this response, a thought came into my head and that is the fact that I might just be bore one day and decide to visit one of the local boards just to see the way they are discussing and interacting. Maybe in the process of that I notice some threads with so much engagements and decide to use translator to follow what is being discussed. Assuming I have something to say or I want to ask for further clarifications from the participants of the discussion or I want to make a contribution that is relevant to the subject, what is am I expected to do? Can he respond in English or he should completely avoid joining the conversation because that is not his local board.

The entrance of spot ETF into Bitcoin will, at some point, make Bitcoin similar to other stocks such as Dow Jones that are heavily manipulated through different mechanisms. We should not expect that big institutions are coming to play fair because they never have and never will.  What happened on the day of approval, where Bitcoin pumped to over $48k before going downhill within a short time, is a classical indication of what is possible when deep pockets enters the market.

Like many contributors has already said, owning real Bitcoin is still a preferred option.

The moderators believe in Bitcoin and the underlying technology, they appreciate the input the minners make through the mining algorithm, so I doubt there is anything that can come out of reporting a user to the moderators that shares similar views as the moderators.

As a supposed expert, rather than attacking Bitcoin or the mining algorithm, it will help humanity more if you can improve on the lapses you noticed or offer a better alternative because the essence of science is to make life better.

If he was paid to promote a casino, then this video will not be released for public consumption as it does not attracted more people to gambling rather it send fears to gamblers by telling them what could possibly happen to them over some careless mistakes.

Also from his reaction, one can easily tell that it was his money that he lost. He should accept his loss and move on.

Failure to follow the rules of risk management comes with huge prices just like this case. Do not gamble with what you cannot afford to lose

Seems not much people are courageous enough to drop their prediction even when it is obvious it was not a financial advice but just a prediction with nothing guaranteed. That being said, I thing Manchest City match against Brentford will produce upto 4 goals so I think over3.5 @1.87 odds is my prediction. Like I stated before, it's a ordinary prediction which can either work or fail, so users should play responsibly.

Manchester City do not have any reason not to win tonight against Brentford. Everything is to their advantage and they truly need the winning to close in on Arsenal that just displaced them from the third position following their new found winning strategy. Furthermore, a win tonight will bring Manchester City closer to Liverpool that is currently at the top of the league and they will be 2 points apart. This shows that Pep Guardiola will do everything within his powers to secure the 3 points tonight.

However, a little look at past meetings between Manchester City and Brentford will show that the later defeated the former home and away last season.  Two incidence that sent shockwaves accross the global football pundits. To avoid a repeat of that, Manchester City took it upon themselves to defeat Brentford by 3 goals to 1 in their first leg this season. I guess tonight might just be a repeat of that even with more goals.

The match between Inter Milan and Atletico Madrid is a very difficult match to predict. Both are top teams and have been formidable in their respective leagues. The last two times they met saw them winning each of the matches, further confirming the fact that they are down to a tight match tonight. By record, Inter Milan seems to be a better side and looking at their recent history, their morale is superb and they are enjoying a remarkable winning spree. They have conceded only 2 goals in their last 6 matches, winning all of them whereas Atletico have conceded 4 goals, lost 2 matches and drawing 1. With this it is obvious that the Italian side are playing with high spirit and likely to overpower the Spanish side. I will not be surprised if Inter Milan humbles Atletico Madrid tonight.

We understand that there are other investment portfolios that one could consider outside Bitcoin but the truth is that our focus here is Bitcoin and how to make the most of it. There is therefore no basis for this comparison because even the forum is Bitcoin focused. Instead of the comparison, we could channel the energy on how to collect more Bitcoin as the future is already looking so bright.

We are not actually considering investment for quick profits like trading which is what your post sounds like. As the title of the thread said, we are discussing long term investment and in that aspect, the dip is seen as an opportunity to buy more for those using lump sum or collect more Bitcoin for the same dollar value for those using the DCA method. Whatever be the case, a long term investor is not really perturbed by price fluctuations or dips because every market condition is an opportunity to accomplish something.

The last time we saw such a great performance from Inter Milan was during the time of Jose Mourinho. They are 9 points ahead of struggling Juventus even with an outstanding match which if won will give them 12 points clear. Sincerely, the level of competition for the top spot of Serie A this year is quite disappointing. At the early stages of the league, AC Milan was in the chase for the title but all of a sudden the backslide and are even struggling to keep up with the pace of the league.

If the present trend is sustained, then Inter Milan will win the league with ease because everything has aligned in their favor. They have a strong defending and attacking force which make them score many goals while conceding just few. This is what is expected of a team that is determined to lift the trophy. 

By head to head analysis of the recent meetings, Crystal Palace have not won Everton for once, the best result they got was a goalless draw. Everton have maintained a good winning record against them. By recent performance, Everton is also doing far better than Crystal Palace who seems to be far better at home than away. Indeed Crystal Palace have not won any match away since we entered this new year. Going by that record, Everton will have an edge over Palace tonight. The bookies seems to be in agreement with this hence they gave Everton 1.8 odds and Crystal Palace 5 odds. However, I consider direct win a high risk since both of them are fighting to come out from the relegation zone. Therefore, Everton win or draw should be a more conservative bet for this match.

It is just obvious that the bank officer is a little not experienced in that interrogation else she would have asked you the source of the funds you invested in Bitcoin. You cannot answer an investor without a source of funds because you need money to perform an investment.

Calling himself a Bitcoin investor was funny and a unprofessional and he really ignored several risks in that response. In some countries, such answers will draw so much attention to his account and activities. There was a time such response will lead to outright  closure of the account in my country. Then you just to mention Bitcoin or cryptocurrecy in the comments of ant financial transaction and your account is doomed.