I don't know if I understood this one. The gambler placed a bet on a fight and lost. However, in the end he was comprehensive about the loss due to the fact the athlete got severily beaten during the fight. So the fighter being hurted worked like a consolation prize for this gambler. Is it?

Then we don't really know if the gambler is feeling pleasure and satisfaction on the suffering of the athlete, or if he is just trying to express even losing the bet, there are people in worse situations, like the fighter who was beaten, so he should be just okay about the loss and move on. In this case, I don't think the gamble is being aggressive or insensate on his point of view. He is just finding a way to overcome the loss, so he won't keep feeling bad about it.

Lol, of course it matters who wins the wars. On the examples mentioned we can observe each side of the war has their own cultures, customs and values. And the winners' principles are going to gain more influence and relevance in the world. Nowadays we have USA as the biggest world's potency, what means what they endorse, their morals and values end becoming a huge influence in the entire world. On the other hand, if it was China the dominant potency, the influences would be completely the opposite.

Many people keep talking bad things about USA daily, and complaining how evil it is. However, they wouldn't really enjoy living under the chinese banner, neither under any other regimes from the russian axis. There aren't ideal systems of government in this corrupted world, so we tend to seek for the minor evil in every cases. Only regards internal disputes inside a country I don't see big differences between one party and another, so in this case I really don't care at all.

Well, maybe you could have entered an agreement where you gave her total guarantee over her funds, although you couldn't stipulate a fixed period of time for that, being necessary for her to wait up to few years until seeing profit made over her investment. Besides that, there should be also another clause on the agreement, stating that her money would remain in a cold wallet controlled and owned by you during the whole time the investment would be going on. And finally, probably the most important clause, would be the percentage of profit over her investment to be paid to you for your custody and financial advisor services after all.

What do you think of the idea? For me it sounds really good for both sides of the negotiation...

Before cryptocurrencies and online betting phenomenon, gambling was more common among older people (adults and elders). However, nowadays it seems the scenario is changing with the high adoption of sports betting by younger generations, which can be practiced through digital devices in a very accessible way. It's normal to walk on the streets and see young people betting on soccer matches through apps on their smartphones. I've already see many students and workers betting on such games during their breaks from lessons or work.

And they are pretty confident about the results they can make from it on long run, what makes me believe they aren't very skilled and experienced on this activity yet, since they seem to not believe or understand most of them are going to face losses on long run, instead of the initial belief of consistent results are achievable. In my opinion it's a temporary hype, and the tendency is that young ones stop gambling as soon as they find out gambling isn't profitable for them.

It's never an easy decision. You can already cashout 10x profit over your initial bet, but you can also keep the bets running till the end with some chance of making x3 extra profit over the already made 10x profit you have on your hands... It's a lot of money at stake and only two games left. If the games are likely to give you the winning, why not keep them until the end? It sounds the most logical option in my opinion.

However, if the final two matches are risky, I would say it's better to just cashout the profit you already made and forget about the rest. I also think it will really depend on the personality of each gambler. That is, if they are more prone to take risks or if they prefer safer decisions, instead. Always act accordingly and coherently to your personality, so you won't regret a lot later about your present decisions, if something goes wrong on the opposite of what was firstly expected.

Well, that can be a strategy to place 5$ on 20 difference matches... It's up to your friend to decide what strategy he is going to use. Personally, I think he shouldn't place 5$ bets on 20 games at once. Place one bet and wait for the outcome. Then keep gambling on further matches step by step.

In case losses start accumulating, he may try a desperate last move by raising the bet size in a decisive match in order to recover previous losses and remain gambling with that same initial bankroll. Gambling strategies aren't static. The gambler has to mould which of them to use, accordingly to the current scenarios and challenges faced by him in present time.

Since your friend is new in sports betting, I think he can place even lower bets, so he can get more experienced on this practice without spending too much money on the process meanwhile. Once he gets more confident, then he can start placing more expensive bets such as 5$. I guess 100$ is a lot of money, and can last for a long time, if the gambler manages how to control it wisely.

Shiba Inu isn't a great investment alternative. The supply is just too high and the usecase nonexistent. I see no point in investing in this token, since we have so many alternatives of altcoins at crypto market right now. Why not invest in an altcoin which has solid adoption, plans for the future and its own blockchain, instead? Investments aren't memes or jokes. I believe it has to be taken seriously, because it's all about your future and the future of your finances. So make sure to take responsible decisions towards it. Avoid speculative hypes which don't have any fundamentals behind them.

Nobody knows. The number of new investors can reduce from now on due to the market already having crossed the halving event, what could indicate who was willing to invest in Bitcoin already did it before halving. However, we could also consider another possibility, which is the fact Bitcoin didn't reach a new ATH yet and the halving still hasn't hit its full potential, so new investors can feel encouraged to start investing before the price hit the 70,000$ or 80,000$ price range, as a last opportunity before the big bull run push which is expected to happen anytime soon.

There are many possibilities and potential scenarios in crypto market, as it's a volatile environment which keeps changing and moving uninterruptedly. It's important that you don't consider only one possible next event, but analyze all the potential scenarios which can drive your investments in different directions. If new investors don't come in, you can be assured the veteran ones are going to make all the profit for themselves, especially the whales/institutional investors.

These gamblers are dreamers looking for a sudden life-changer which will solve all their financial difficulties overnight, without any extra planning, effort or time consuming from their side. When gamblers try turning small amounts of money into big cash, they usually go through the lottery route, as the tickets are pretty cheap, while the prizes are huge, sometimes reaching the 7 or 8 digits (in dollar currency).

At same time, winning a huge prize like that isn't the guarantee for anything, as we have already seen many cases of gamblers who got millionaire, but ended wasting all the earned money in worthless things or ended betrayed or murdered by their partners on the process. To be a lucky jackpot winner isn't enough: management skills are also very important in order to maintain the patrimony on long run, and keep it generating sustainable income along the years. When both elements are present on the equation, then we can consider it's a real life-changer.

Probably Gates of Olympus. I've never made any profit from this slots game, but for some reason I enjoy playing it. Maybe it's due to the greek mythology theme it presents, although I don't have any expectations of winning big from it someday, as I know slots is one of the worst kinds of gambling games to play aiming winnings, since we don't have much control over our gameplay. The settings are limited and you are always on the hands of the algorithm.

I believe other gambling games give more autonomy and control to gamblers, as you can leave at anytime when playing Crash, or you can set your odds at Dice, choose your numbers on Keno and choose what multiplier you are looking for on Limbo. At slot machines, however, everything is pre-determined, and even bet size can't be too low when compared to other gambling games. If you don't enjoy the themes, graphics and animations of slots, I don't think there are good reasons to keep playing on them...

Probably that is the case of addicted people who tend to see themselves in a distorted kind of reality where their views over their actions seem fogged to understand they are damaging themselves on long run and bringing negative consequences for those are around them and rely on them, such as family members. However, it's a surprise for me that most people hold very positive opinions about themselves, because so far I thought most people were heavily critics about themselves, what directly impact on how they think others might see them, and how they evaluate their own professional and social performances.

So they feel like they should strive maximum as possible to cause positive impressions on others, while doing their jobs with excellence, because on their views, despite what they do, it's never enough on other people's judgements.

On the other hand, addicted gamblers seem to not be concerned about what others think about them, displaying what could be also considered an egoistical, self-centered behavior. So it makes total sense to think they view themselves in a very positive light which is inconsistent with reality, like you said.

I miss faucets so much either. They were simple, clean and fast to claim. You just needed to solve a captcha (which didn't take longer than few seconds), click the claim button and the satoshis were already sent to your wallet. There were 5, 10, 30 minutes, hourly, 6, 8 and 12 hours faucets. Two faucet runs a day and you were already done! 100.000 satoshis in your wallet without a high of effort and commitment! It wasn't that much in dollar prices back then, but pretty enough to start a solid journey in crypto universe from zero for a young person full of energy, willingness and optimism!

Then we had the "investments" opportunities, which ended being scam ponzi and hyip schemes aiming to steal the money from the micro earners. I remember losing money to those fake cloud mining services, which generated income in real time or once in a month (I think there was one which paid every 3 months as well).

Oh, but the faucets were so good, and there were so many of them. Some were pretty original and unique on their features... I will always remember about those days with a lot of nostalgia.

The road to 100,000$ is still full of obstacles. ETFs and contracts are responsible for dropping large sums of Bitcoins on the market for sale at once, what contributes to dumping its price a lot on short run and leading investors into fear, what also causes them to put further coins on the market for sale. It's a snowball effect which impacts crypto market negatively in high proportions on short term. Aware about that, investors should be more patient that it's only a short term effect, which won't bring losses if they keep holding their coins and waiting for the right time to cashout profits.

Another obstacle are the institutional investors. They have too much influence inside this market, and probably are the ones moving its directions right now. Average investors should be the majority and the responsible ones for holding most supply available on the market. If we had more average investors, the market would be healthier, displaying more stability, consistent gains and less volatility (especially the one which crashes prices and introduce the market to new bearish seasons which take years to fade away).

The market is unforeseeable these days. Prices are relatively stable, but no one can assure if the next tendency is upside or downside yet. News don't help either, as they point in every directions, or in no directions at all... People keep commenting that Bitcoin may take a long time to skyrocket once again, or may take a short time. It seems there is no way for sure to know what is going to happen, until it finally happens, so once again we are going to be caught by surprise.

Regards FUN, it's not following the intensity of market's fluctuations at all... Losses in price accumulate more than 20% already in one month time period, while Bitcoin accumulates a 7% loss on the same period of time. The announcements and roadmaps developed by the team behind FUN weren't enough to push its demand upside and this community alone isn't enough to do that for FUN token.

Yes, going for a x6 over the initial bankroll is a very risky strategy which can't be consistently achieved too often. There isn't any issues if the gambler is playing with such targets in mind, since he is playing with money he can afford to lose, however he must be aware that a strategy like that is going to bring losses quite often, while he could just get satisfied with a lower profit percentage, but still quitting with profit on his pockets along more gambling sessions he plays.

In my opinion it wouldn't be a good idea to set a high goal like that, because let's say he has already made x4 or x5 profit over his initial bankroll, but due to being strict to the x6 strategy, he is going to put all the money already made at stake just to profit a little more... The best would be to withdraw beforehand, without taking such strategies too strictly in a way they are going to prejudice the final results of the gambling session.

Hmm, I'm not so sure about it... Affiliate marketing is a concept which works more or less when you have money to invest in advertisement, spamming your affiliate links on different websites and niches of the internet. I don't think it's a great kind of business to venture into, because it's risky, as the competition for referrals is huge, so you might end not seeing any returns after all, despite having spent a lot of money and also time on this endeavour.

If you work on this area, but instead of hunting referrals you work with commissions over sales made, it's another complicated deal, because you have to be highly influential over a large public in order to make their purchases revert in profit for you. And to be influential, you have to invest money, although in the end there are serious chances the profit made won't be enough to cover the investment made on ads.

I'm not saying this concept doesn't work. I just think it's not going to work for most people here who are probably by themselves in this life trying to make some money without having to involve the cooperation of other people in the process.

Some people only start worrying about that when their body is already too weak to keep working, as they were negligent with their time during the youth, spending it on worthless hobbies or using their money to feed addictions, luxuries and worthless stuff which didn't add anything to their lives on long term. Youth is a time for hardworking, focus and responsabilities. It's the time when you finally understand you aren't a child anymore, and has to take responsabilities for your own acts and future. If you are able to do this, it's likely you are going to have a decent life once you reach the old age.

You reap what you sow, so make sure you are sowing good things in the present time, so you can enjoy a positive harvest in the future. This piece of advice goes well with financial investments, but also works for every other aspects of your personal life.

No, this feature isn't important for me when choosing a casino where to play, because it doesn't really influence anything on the dynamics of the website, neither says anything about the its reputation. It's just an extra feature for sharing news and hints related to the gambling universe, although we can already access this same content on Google with a much larger range of informations disponible to us in real time. So, always I want to read something about gambling I go to Google for a general research, despite casinos having their own blogs and articles. If something written by those casinos is relevant, it will show highlighted on Google, anyway.

This is a very personal question which only you can answer... What other gamblers can do is to suggest you gambling games you can try, but if they are fun or not, it will depend on your subjectivity and personal tastes. I like playing the traditional original games of the casino platform. I don't stick with only one of them, rather I play few games on each, always moving from one to another, and then returning to the previous one. These games are: mines, blackjack, limbo, crash, dice and keno. There are others like plinko, tower and wheel, but I don't like them very much, as I think they bring losses more often than another games.

Anyway, just like I said earlier, it's my subjectivity talking for myself on that matter. Maybe your interpretation of such games can be the complete opposite of mine, as you may enjoy playing them. So, don't avoid those games due to someone telling you he doesn't like it.

I never lied to cover up my gambling habits, because I don't think it's necessary. When you lie you are attracting bad karma for your future, so it's definitely not an alternative if you want to to walk a good path in life. In practical words, it means that when you lie, you are creating relationships where people won't feel comfortable to trust you. They will have a negative view regards you when you lie to them. Therefore, your presence won't be valued anymore, just like your opinions, statements and promises. It creates an environment of unstability which inevitably will destroy the family on long run.

Maybe for some people these little lies are fun and reasons for jokes, although in fact they aren't, and shouldn't be encouraged, even if done once in a while. Moreover, lies to cover up gambling practice can be very dangerous, because once the family members identify the patriarch of the family is having issues with his gambling habits, it can be too late, because the money lost may be already a large sum of the total funds they have disponible. So, be careful with harmless lies, as in the end they might not be so harmless like it seemed for first.