T1 and Outsiders (VP) should happen. Even if one of them wouldn't qualify, they can still bring us some good betting opportunities and of course, good Dota. Team Secret is the favorites to win this last chance qualifiers and I understand where that sentiment is coming from. T1 proved to be not in their element as they have been formed a few weeks before the qualifiers and the chemistry is not yet there. Nouns also have a huge fighting chance against all other teams, but hopefully their carry pulls through though.

I don't think the crash will be as hard as it was before. A lot of things has changed since then, and we definitely have more players in the game that are already involved in the crypto market that would surely not want the price to go lower than their entry points. If there will be a crash, it will be somewhat subtle and we can surely take the blow. The world economy is going to shit, and the money flowing out of it has to go somewhere. Stocks are slowly getting deemed as overvalued as well and that too, is prone to a huge crash. It's either just precious metals or crypto, as hoarding cash with the world currencies going under is just straight up dumb.

Short games also tend to be very unstable, though. I'm not sure with table tennis, but if a player consistently wins against another in a H2H, I don't see any reason to go against the said player in a sport you are barely familiar with.



This one I call BS haha. You can check on their stats if you want to bet on them. But looking at their faces and tell whether they're good or not? Lots of noobs look like pros just because they have certain facial features that make them look like legends in the sport

If you are into competitive online gaming, say, MOBA—obviously not so much on MMORPGs—it's easier to transition since you already know tons on the teams that are usually playing the game and you already know the strategies, the meta, and all of that stuff. You'll base most of your predictions or bets on your knowledge on the team, the things that they usually do, and their opponents that I'm pretty sure you also know about. Gamers are somewhat fast to analyze things and can make judgments on the fly, hence it will be easier for them to start betting on the game that they play on but for other games/sports, it will take some time before they get the hang of it.

You must not have gotten too deep into dice. Even with 49.5% odds there is a huge possibility that you can sink into a lose streak that is more than 7 times. Longest I've had is 15 and if I followed your method, I'd be out in the game in just a few seconds. Also, changing bet size is IMO not a sound strategy that can help you increase your win probability. It's all luck in dice at the end of the day. Changing bet size helps you make the most out of the greens that will help you make or break, but it's not a gaming strategy.

But what about the volume? No matter how secure the exchange is, if the volume is low and not enough to make markets move, it's a wasted effort. Sure, scammers and hackers may not penetrate the site, or even harm the users, but apart from security what does it offer to us that is not already offered by major CEX in the industry? Perhaps if this is a DEX then you might get some heads turning. But another CEX with just 'heightened' security to offer? I don't think that that's enough of a selling point.

IMO sportsbooks and other gambling platforms typically limit your bet amount in an event of a win streak. They should be able to tell you this if you inquired as to why you can only bet certain amounts on certain events/games. They'd be more than willing to give you a reason for the decreased betting limits, and usually they'd go on for 'account verification' as a reason (based on my experience with Nitrogen). They'd usually return that to your normal limits once the 'verification' is concluded, or when they recovered from the losses they incurred from your win streak.

Or he just wanted to be famous for the wrong and obviously flawed reasons. Everything this guy does, whether on stream or OTB tournaments scream attention-seeking, most recently with that "chess speaks for itself" comment. Dude can't get recognized with his own abilities wherein Magnus is the superstar, so he decided to meme his way into the chess elite scene, and he can only do it by cheating. He may have reached GM status after several years but the fact remains that he's a weak player that cannot even explain variations and give analysis on what he just played.

Some thinks about the consequence, but didn't really keep that in their minds when they're doing the act. They know what's right or wrong but it becomes hazy when you are preoccupied with doing something that you really like. I guess before on starts a family, they should already work on trying to remove this bad habit because it will bite their asses down later down the line. If a man cannot decide to leave or control his vices, then he's not deserving of a family.

I used to spend 12+ hours playing Dota 2 in SEA server with 7k mmr and we used to test some stupidly efficient drafts that are out of meta in past patches. Lost that eye for innovation after I got busy on real life events and now just following closely on the pro scene and some streams but don't play that much anymore. It helps to understand out of meta team comps if you are actually playing with them, but it becomes a grey area when you just bet on them and follow what the meta is all about. I think this year's TI focuses mostly on early rotations from supports converging to mid since the disappearance of the small camp near the tower removed lots of potential exp for the midlaner to gank on other lanes. Hence why a lot of carries tend to be self-sustainable (Pudge, UD, Faceless Void) since most of the time they are left on a 1v1 matchup against a somewhat aggressive offlane.

Pretty sure there will still be that one OP meta that a team has already figured out (like the Tiny-Lycan last year) that will surely test a lot of team's capabilities in handling these cheesy strats.

Oh, yes, thanks for mentioning these ones, although I haven't heard positive feedbacks from the profitability point of view about these casinos. If I remember correctly someone who invested in Bitvest had his investment pretty negative (in LTC currency I think), while Bustadice didn't show expressive results too. To make this kind of investment worth I believe the casino has to be very active and popular, otherwise it will be a risky deal, since few gamblers can come in, win a big prize, go away and there won't be many customers/gamblers to cover the loss the casino and investors had. Then you might have your money stuck there for a long time just to recover the same amount your deposited initially.

And as you said, there is also this cashout fee rule which discourages the investment a little more...
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The strengths of the casino may also be its weakness, too.

If 100 players won a fair amount in a day, it can greatly affect the bankroll of the casino and even one's bankroll investment. IMO investing in casino bankroll is tricky and more dangerous than investing directly in the platform and helping it develop its infrastructures. The return is lower on the latter but it ensures that you'll have profits over time compared to just investing on a bankroll wherein a good day for someone is a bad day for you.

Except that every team in this tournament wants to get this done with as quickly as possible because the intensity, the emotions, and everything about this tournament will get into their heads as it progresses. Everyone wants a quick win to prepare for the next match and I think a lot of teams displayed their eagerness to close the series. Of course that will not always be the case since a lot of times, as you said, games are dragged to the clincher rounds wherein it's just do or die for either of the teams involved.

Well, we do have a lot of secure storage facilities outside of banks anyways, so there will always be some organization that has it covered even if banks were to phase out this offering to their customers. The thing is, how trusted are these organizations to begin with that we entrust them our important physical possessions in hopes that we can still get them when the time comes? They will still probably need the same approval the government gave the banks back then, and if not, well it's better to safekeep your important physical assets in a vault that you only you know where the location is.

For sure other banks will not follow suit with what JP Morgan & Chase's business decision, but eventually SBDs will be phased out as the demand steadily declines through the digitization of lots of important documents that are usually the focus of this service.

I use to do this on other sports and guess what, I always lose I thought that whenever a person looks like a protagonist in an anime, he/she will literally win the bet for me. Turns out it isn't the case. But what about if both of the players doesn't look like winners, and one guy's odds are better than the other? Would you still consider that a good game to bet on or will you just skip it? Honestly if this works for you, then it's good, but I don't think this is a sound advice for gamblers at all. Yeah table tennis is a fast and easy sport to win at but only if you have prior knowledge of the sport IMO.

P.S., that bet history with lots of losses isn't really attractive especially if you use this to pitch your strategy.

I think it is in part, because you are banking on the possibility that any of these cards contain something of high value, kinda like the lottery which is more of a chance in getting a huge payout. Then again, if we go by that logic, a lot of things will be considered as gambling, as we always expect to net something positive on our choice to invest on something. Gambling by definition and in general covers a lot of things if we are pedantic about it, but others always beg to differ.

Imagine if this is 2017 then they'd go after a lot of entities because that is when most of these Pump and Dump scammers prospered. Good thing that the SEC is now actively going after such scammers because if not, a lot would surely be burned just like what happened in countless other cryptos, most recently which is LUNA. I've been with some pump and dump groups before and you never really profited from it unless you're one of the early guys on the group. It's something that I somewhat despise of til now and something that I regretted doing because it leaves a lot of people in the ground.

If I want to use bitcoin as a currency, a stable price would greatly help me because things can be priced with bitcoin without much change on them. However, what that means is basically removing the speculative trait of bitcoin and just using it as a currency. That also removes a huge number of people on board who only sees bitcoin as a speculative asset and nothing else. So do I want bitcoin's price to be as stable as it can be? My answer: no.

You can still buy things with bitcoin even though it's volatile. Just expect that prices will never ne the same for a long time that is.

Yeah, no. Pretty much another unwanted expenditure on the part of the mining firms that it's best to leave the waste as it is and just focus on their main goal: make bitcoin. The idea you outlined is great, although its implementation would require shaving tons of resources from these mining firms. Perhaps some of them can start a movement, but I doubt that they'll ever do that. Recycling waste and turning it into energy is a good thing, but would the energy generated be worth the hassle anyway? Would it remove their 100% dependency on the grid? I don't think so.

Cruise ships are generally away from any mainland, so it makes sense that they would not really worry about your age during cruise if you want to gamble. Unless of course there would be any crimes you would commit during the trip. Anyway, your cabin card may even give them a hint on all of your details anyway, hence why they didn't ask much regarding your details and anything about you. They can keep tabs on your gambling habits, they just don't because they profit from.you and there's no law enforcement people nearby anyway.

It's not only the West exploiting your natural resources. You also have China setting up debt traps and your politicians wholly accepting it for their own personal gain. The youth needs to stand up against your corrupt politicians and start making moves to remove these guys from the office. Africans are selling Africa to other nations, let's face it. The colonial powers and China are extracting every resource they can from your continent because your leaders allow them to do so. If you want Africa to prosper, stop choosing the same people and putting them in the office then maybe you'll have a head start.