Investing is different from gambling just to be clear, the difference is that when you gamble, you are losing money over time while investing is the other way. If you stay long enough to the investment which you should do, it will guarantee you a profit. If you are an investor, the risk does not fall upon you because you are prioritized by the company to be paid back of your investment, and if the website is tried and tested, wouldn't that mean that it guarantees a profit. I only knew three websites and all of them are already mentioned which speaks volume about the reputation of those websites.

If this attracts tourists and since there is no taxation in their winnings, I think that most tourist attraction will raise their prices to accommodate this loss in taxes for gambling. The country already recovered so I think that this is just a long term plan to make Japan a gambling hub like Macau or Hongkong. Pretty strange that they lax their policies when it comes to gambling when most of their citizens suffer from strict regulations like pachinkos not directly paying players with money, instead they give them metal balls to go to an exchange which is a hassle but hey, there will be a reform.

Mabuti nga at hindi pa gaanong malawak ang adoption dito sa Pinas, at the very least maeenjoy pa natin ang pagiging malaya sa taxes, kahit sabihin natin na maliit lang yun. I am happy na itatayo ang Crypto Valley dito sa Pinas and hopefully yung implications nitong action nila is worth it para sa economy ng bansa. Kung sakali na maghigpit sila, I think hindi maganda para sa mga veteran users kasi nasanay tayo na wala gaanong restrictions.

I already made a table for 5 hand poker, and here I am, back at it again with the most famous type of poker game, Texas Hold 'Em or 7 hand poker. There isn't much intro so I will just show you the table. I will also add the same additional notes since they are essentially the same.

Hand____________	Frequency__	Probability__	Cumulative__	Odds against
Royal Flush	4,324	0.0032%	0.0032%	30,939 : 1
Straight Flush	37,26	0.0279%	0.0311%	3,589.6 : 1
Four of a Kind	224,848	0.168%	0.199%	594 : 1
Full House	3,473,184	2.60%	2.80%	35.7 : 1
Flush	4,047,644	3.03%	5.82%	32.1 : 1
Straight	6,180,020	4.62%	10.4%	20.6 : 1
Three of a Kind	6,461,620	4.83%	15.3%	19.7 : 1
Two Pair	31,433,400	23.5%	38.8%	3.26 : 1
One Pair	58,627,800	43.8%	82.6%	1.28 : 1
No Pair/ High Card	23,294,460	17.4%	100%	4.74 : 1

I will point it out right now, the Frequency of Two Pair and One Pair is higher than Zilch, compared to 5 hand poker the which increases as the value of the hand decreases. This must be the reason why Texas Hold 'Em Poker is the tournament choice for poker.

Additional Notes
Cumulative probability refers to the probability of drawing a hand as good as or better than the specified one. For example, the probability of drawing three of a kind is approximately 2.11%, while the probability of drawing a hand at least as good as three of a kind is about 2.87%. The cumulative probability is determined by adding one hand's probability with the probabilities of all hands above it.
Odds are defined as the ratio of the number of ways not to draw the hand, to the number of ways to draw it. In statistics, this is called odds against. For instance, with a royal flush, there are 4 ways to draw one, and 2,598,956 ways to draw something else, so the odds against drawing a royal flush are 2,598,956 : 4, or 649,739 : 1. The formula for establishing the odds can also be stated as (1/p) - 1 : 1, where p is the aforementioned probability.
Straight Flush is different from Royal Flush which is comprised of 10, Jack, Queen, King and Ace while the former is comprised of the other card numbers.
Flush is different from Straight Flush and Royal Flush where Straight Flush and Royal Flush has a condition that there is a order of cards of the same suit whereas Flush just needs to have the same suit.
Straight is different from Straight Flush and Royal Flush where both has the condition of Same suit and order for both hands, Straight on the other hand just needs to be in order even if not the same suit.

Note: Thank you @alegotardo

Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poker_probability
Link to the topic for comparison: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5290561.msg55619133#msg55619133

If they do not raise their withdrawal fee together with the price increase of Bitcoin then they will not last in the business world. It is fair in my opinion, they do need to support their staffs after all and maintaining a website is no joke. It won't be a problem if you are a patron and a high roller, you will not feel the increase.

That is the problem that I see too, without identity verification, cards that are sent to you might be dubious and in the worst case, the card might be a fraud and using it might link back to you and in the end you will be the one on the court stand proving your innocence. I do not think that any reputable card companies will do this without KYC as we all know, they love to know more about us so they bomabard us with ads about deals that promote the use of their cards.

Assumption that everyone invests everything they have is not that likely, maybe it happens because news coverage around the world covers stories about this but I think that they are only a small percentage of the population, remember Bitconnect and OneCoin, that is some of the examples. I think the real problem is not knowledge but lack of mentorship and lone wolf attitude, without mentors, you will be navigating the investing path blind and being lone wolf is bad thing because you do not have information that might come from others that may help you in the future.

I do not think that it has anything to do with luck, the casinos just mask the word probability to deter doubts from casino players. You said it already, the possibility to win is mathematically which cancels out the involvement of luck, sure we consider it luck but have we ever consider the definition of luck or consider its existence. If gamblers think logically then luck is not their go to for reliance when playing.

If Pacquaio versus Mayweather happens again, I think that it will be the same as the last time. Let's give Logan some slack in this fight because miracles happen and they happen at unexpected turn of events. Bookies will be the only winners of this fight to be honest.

Knowing that UK is known for their love of football, I would say it will be Jordan Henderson or cricketer Stuart Broad as my second best. Too bad, Tyson has to drop out, his story is something that evokes emotions.

With Floyd Mayweather, I do not think that there will be any charities, you know that his moniker is "Money". The thing about this exhibition fight is it will be a highlight of young guns versus the old guns. To be honest, this fight will be boring because I know how Floyd plays.

If the OP does win big amounts of money over time, I think that it will raise some eyebrows for the casino because they can't profit from him/her. I do not reputable sites will just lock your account out of nowhere but the scummy thing about locking is that they do not explain the reason behind and most of the replies from them are soulless and repetitive like they do not want to help the player, if they can change that aspect of things then it will probably change my mind.

They can be of help to be honest. If they share some secrets here that might be exploitable if that information landed on the right hands. I agree in regards to people, but I do not think that they are weak minded, this so called "weak minded" gamblers are the same as any other person, they know deep inside that they are addicted but they can't stop, like how cigarette smokers can't stop smoking even though they know that it is bad. It is easy to say that these people are weak minded because we are not in their shoes.

Has anyone here have heard of the game "Ending"? It is a well known game in my country, usually basketball is involved in the game. The basics of the game is you will bet on the last number of the scoreboard, for example, Team A and Team B played and Team A won, the scoreboard is 109-108 which means that someone who bets on 9-8 will win. That is the gist of the game, I am not familiar that much because I am not a fan of basketball. There is a bookie that will list the bettors, most bookies go around the neighborhood to find bettors and some of them are patrons. It dawned to me for awhile and I was curious if there is a crypto counterpart of this game.

There is one that I can find that says that QC's can break although it will be in the near future. That is a pretty good counter to my Quantum Computer fanatic ass to be honest. I would love to have the discussion get further but I think we agree on the same page about blockchain not getting attacked. This is me waving the white flag ):

Link: https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/05/30/65724/how-a-quantum-computer-could-break-2048-bit-rsa-encryption-in-8-hours/

Cars in outerspace is not completely useless, they are moving at orbital speed and they can have add ons in that machine like thrusters, if there is no traction find a way to make the machine functional.

It might not be able to do it for now but trust me, quantum computer do cryptography. You are being ignorant about the speed of each qubit. It can attack blockchain unfortunately, if it can't do that algorithm, the operator can just create that algorithm and make it compatible with the quantum computer. I do understand the dismissal because we haven't seen the speed of an actual quantum computer and for that reason we simply underestimate the ability on paper. It will be the least thing to worry about quantum computers, most early stage quantum computer will be used for military and aeronautics purposes like ICBM trajectory calculation to help in making a counter attack or space launch and rocket landings on different heavenly bodies.

I think that it is a fair opinion. They are the leading countries in Asia so it is instinctive that they are the one in the list. I agree that they are not the only country but if you were to combine their power in economics, I think that it can be a good competitor. I think the regressive governance is a good thing for bitcoin communities in Asia because they have their sights not on progress which helps the individuals. I would second your idea that the dynamics will develop because Asia is the biggest continent and a population to back it up, this will be the reason for mainstream adoption.

It will be a difficult endeavor for a predecessor replicate the success of bitcoin, by the time that something new appears, people will not take notice of it because they are already hooked in bitcoin, the only possible thing that can happen is that something far better and superior at every aspect will appear. It will be hard to imagine how it will be more superior than bitcoin but it will be difficult.

I do not know what to say about this because the government is involved and as you said state police also. You can use VPN to at the very least mask your identity, or use a fully configurated virtual machine and then there you will start using VPN. The most difficult part in this is masking your real location. You can't explain it to them cause as you already know that the authorities as you see is behind the crackdown.

If you do not feel the inflation then that is a good thing in my opinion, the price of goods and services increases but at the same time the value of the currency is increases. I do not think that OP will provide links to what he/she read, this is just a baseless CNN BS type of post that does not invoke a healthy discussion but a shitstorm of arguments.