Sports betting can be legal in your country, but it doesn't mean any platforms can operate there, as there are still regulations and requirements made by your local government in order to allow those platforms to operate there legally, including the virtual services. Maybe these websites you are attempting to access don't fulfill the requirements of your government, so they decided to not operate there to avoid legal issues. Each country is unique on their laws and regulations, so it's hard for a foreigner person to say why exactly it's happening there. Moreover, each gambling service is also unique on their terms and conditions, besides licenses. And some of those licenses may enter in conflict with local regulations from some countries.

If I were you, I wouldn't bother too much about not being able to access determined gambling portals. There are many of them for you to choose, deposit and play. So go for the ones which are working in your place, and forget about the ones unavailable. They don't worth the risks and headaches you might have in order to force an access to their services...

Since crypto casino are provably fair, nobody has ever proved they could or were cheating on their customers to make them lose more often after they pass the beginners' stage. So, that is just a hypothesis, without further evidences to prove its point. I think it's just the nature of gambling games determined by an important factor, which is house edge. On short run (that is the period of time beginners make profit) it's likely gamblers make decent profit against the house, but the more they play, less likely it's going to remain the same, because inevitably the house edge will make total difference on outcomes, as it adds a slight advantage of 1%-2% for the casino. The percentage varies accordingly to the respective casino you are playing.

I suppose that is why we have the 'beginners' luck' phenomenon!

The problem isn't to promote gambling industry, rather it's how they are promoting gambling industry. If there are warnings telling people about the risks of gambling and guiding them on how to be responsible gamblers, there isn't any issues. It's a legit, transparent and fair propaganda. The problem is when these streamers lie to their public and give the wrong impressions about gambling. A common example is when they say gambling is a source of extra income and that people should gamble to make their wages grow into larger sums of money.

That is, they sell gambling concept as a method for poor people getting out of poverty without working harder or educating themselves to have access to better paying jobs. And that is disgusting, because as we know, for most people the more they play, more money they are going to lose. Consequently someone in poverty will remain on poverty forever that way! Meanwhile, these streamers have their pockets full of money thanks to the delusions and misconceptions they promoted on their social medias' channels.

Some addicted gamblers learn with their mistakes and redeem the symptoms of addiction through psychological treatments, medicines or just through their willpower and focus on the objective of staying away from gambling. They are an inspiration for another gamblers facing the same problems, so they can also believe on themselves that the addiction can be reverted and a new life can be achieved. Probably everyone here have already seen those group therapies where many addicted people sit together in a circle once in a week sharing their personal experiences with everyone else.

I've seen positive feedbacks regards this kind of therapy, as it's helping many people to overcome addictive behaviors, besides the fact it's also a cheaper category of treatment, since it's done in group, instead of the traditional concept where there is therapist for each addicted individual. On the other hand, I can't say if there is a cure for addiction, or if it just enters in a 'hibernation' mode inside the unconscious of the individual...

I've achieved some profit by investing in gambling services, but as a gambler I've only accumulated losses... Unfortunatelly I've hit the so feared long term gambling, reaching to a total loss I don't feel motivated or optimistic about recovering anymore, so it's better to just forget it. Moreover, I don't feel like I'm going to achieve anything from gambling any time futurely, so I don't have that kind of mindset anymore which gave me hopes of gambling for profits, extra income and consistent gains, because it's not possible to achieve that from gambling, anyway.

I consider my experience with gambling was important to take me to the conclusion I'm aware of nowadays. It took me a considerable sum of money and a decent length of time, but it paid off in the end! You can't really put a price on experience and knowledge acquired! If you want to achieve something in life, you have to work for it. And work can't be completed instantly, overnight. It takes time, preparation, persistence and it's a continuous process which never really ends... So be used to it and find a meaning on it, so you can work and achieve goals in your life with passion, instead of doing it because you have to, in a mechanical and apathetic way.

Move to a country where the tax regulations are fair and not abusive towards local citizens, acquire a citizenship there, cashout your funds legally by paying fair taxes to the government and be happy! With a 7 figures prize, it must be pretty affordable to do that, and still put the money into good use through smart investments which will return you passive income along the years, growing that balance even more. With a prize like that, money shouldn't be a problem for you anymore, since you know how to manage it properly and sustainably.

It made me remind an experient where people were asked to do a test or set of activities without any rewards involved on the process. So they did it without any changes of mood, as they do trivial tasks on their daily routines. However, right after they were asked to do the same set of activities, but aware there would be a financial ($) reward involved in the end of the process for the most skilled people in such tests. For that reason, their moods completely changed and they took the tasks very seriously. It wasn't a trivial thing anymore.

The same must happen regards the friendly games you mentioned. While there weren't any rewards involved, people would take such games friendly, as usual. But when rewards were introduced to the most skilled players, people got very competitive instantly, because they had to overcome their friends (who became their rivals now), otherwise they wouldn't win anything in the end. For me it seems an automatic and primitive behavior displayed, because it should be obvious for reasonable individuals that the friendship should be above every and any financial rewards in this case...

It's not much, but I got really happy today with this winning from faucet, as it has been a long time ago since I don't earn anything above the base rewards from faucet and wheel of fortune. I don't know how often other users are getting prizes beyond the base reward these days, but it has also been a long time since I saw someone posting something like this for the last time. It's good to share expressive winnings notices to inspire optimism among the community, so they will feel more motivated to keep trying as well.

Gambling is highly addictive in countries where the practice is forbidden by local governments, as gamblers have no other alternative besides playing at virtual casino from the safety and secrecy of their homes or risk themselves are clandestine casinos where the police can come in at any moment. The accessibility such services provide lead gamblers into deep necessity for the activity, especially at the beginning of their gambling journey, where the losses from the long term haven't hit yet, and profitability is likely to be still going on for the gambler.

As consequence, gamblers get addicted to the profit they are making and don't want to stop anymore, until their luck finally changes to the other side and starts favouring the house. That is when the gambler should stop and break the cycle, and thankfully most do. However, there is always a minor portion of gamblers who won't give up, developing further addiction to the games, even though they aren't winning anymore.

Then we have a migration from the addiction to the profit, to the addiction to the gambling games, as profit isn't achievable anymore, but the gambler keeps insisting on it. This practice is pathological, because the individual gives up on his reasoning to continue playing without having conditions to afford to lose anymore.

Since all these things which are happening were already expected and predicted by The Bible a long time ago, there is nothing we can do to revert the problems of the world in a collective scale. The best we can do is to take care our own lives, while trying to enlight or help somehow people who appear in our way. To get engaged in social causes, to take part in political parties or agendas is just a waste of precious time you could be using for your self-development apart from the ills, addictions and dogmas of the material world, which is inevitably fated to destruction.

To get too involved with these material causes in a daily basis distance us from what really matters and makes sense in our existence. As you said, we have to try remaining clean from being used as tools of the shadows which reign in this world, and get more and more connected to the Good and Bright side which still exist here. Some days are easier than others, but that is a task we can never give up! Each day you reach closer to the Truth, which comes from God, is a day which is worth to be lived!

There are risks involved on this kind of investment, because if something goes wrong, like the exchange going bankrupt, scamming customers or your government introducing strict regulations regards their services, you may end not seeing your money anymore. We have already seen this happening in 2022 with some big exchanges and lending platforms, so be careful where you let your money deposited. Like people say: not your keys, not your coins...

The best interest rate for USDT I've seen recently being promoted on the internet was through Nexo lending platform (up to 16% yearly). I'm sure there are lots of conditions in order to hit the promoted interest rate, but if you are looking for alternatives of higher returns over your funds, you should give a look on their website and make your own judgement regards it.

Personally I have nothing to complain about Nexo. I really enjoyed investing with them previously, but due to the situation I mentioned above of scams in crypto market I decided to cash out all my funds in 2022 yet, as a preventive measure.

65,000$ was the resistance level. After surpassing that price range, Bitcoin is already doing pretty well right now at 66,500$. Now I'm expecting Bitcoin to reach 67,000$, maintaining the positive trend until 70,000$, if nothing wrong happens in our way considering how unstable the world diplomacy is right now. If the tendency is able to continue on the right path we are seeing, the are good chances it won't take too long until we see a new ATH in price. It would be really nice to see Bitcoin crossing the 80,000$ line in the first days of May, next month.

I'm confident Bitcoin won't remain so stable like it current is, fluctuating from 65,000$ to 66,000$ every day. Once the price gets a nice boost, investors won't have time to buy anymore for these rates, as the price will increase a lot in a short time period. That is why it's important to be always prepared for a pump anytime.

Not everyone in the world is going to adopt Bitcoin, neither majority of them, it seems. Bitcoin is still a very exclusive category of investment, even though it's accessible and affordable for most people in the world, since they have internet connection and a digital device.

The point is that most people aren't interested on it. They prefer being slaves with fiat than free men with Bitcoin. The question is, why? Maybe they are too busy with another endevouars and personal problems that adopting Bitcoin seems a very far away thing. Maybe they strictly live by the rules and endorsements of a political or religious authority, so Bitcoin looks dangerous or forbidden.

There are so many possibilities, although all of them indicate most individuals are still unable to develop authenticity, to seek their own paths by themselves and to think outside the box. And by that I don't mean the cliche of being a dumb revolutionary against everything built so far by our ancestrals, rather it's just to look for what is better for their personal development and welfare, which governments and leaders are unable to deliver and guarantee to us in this wicked world of lies and false promises.

His main goal right now should be to repay this loan as faster as possible, without delaying a second, in order to not accumulate further interest rates to be paid or fines. Besides that, he shouldn't risk money anymore. Keep the borrowed money to repay the loan, while working on regular jobs, as you said, to compensate the interest rates he is in debt to the bank.

Another alternative would be to use the borrowed money to invest in something he can make quick money, without the risks gambling involves. It still involves some risks, though. So every investments must be very well calculated before executed. Especially regards how long it's going to take to recover the initial investment. If it's going to take a long time, I fear it's not worthful, because it will impact over the loan's payback.

I'm of the opinion that each person should be the leader of his own life. When you rely and put too much expectations on other people you end frustrating yourself. That is what happens in our countries nowadays where people put all their hopes on politicians, bosses, religious preachers as they were the final solution for their lives. And since expectations are never meet, they end frustrated, demotivated and grumpy towards everyone and everything.

And in third world countries it happens more frequently, because people are more dependent on leaders (especially on messianic figures who use manipulative tactics to gain power and influence). These countries are actually a good example of how trusting leaders doesn't bring comfort, welfare, prosperity and development. Instead of trusting leaders, people should trust themselves, or their true potential which can allow them to improve personal skills. That is how evolved socities conquered the positions they occupy right now.

Leaders have an important role of mediating a society, but that role is secondary when compared to the role each citizen should have as protagonist of his own life!

My post-halving experiences have always been pretty good, since Bitcoin's price increase considerably and hit new ATHs. So far it has never been a deception, what increases my confidence regards this current halving event as well. Many people are concerned and worried prices aren't rising so much yet, but we have to keep in mind halving's effects aren't overnight. It may take some weeks and few months until we see consistent progress.

The only regret I have regards halvings is that I always wait too long until cashing out my profits, so once I see the bull run is already over and I have to wait for another cycle in order to cash out my Bitcoins into solid profits. In 2021, for an example, I though 69,000$ wasn't the limit, besides believing Bitcoin would remain expensive like that from that moment on. I was wrong, but now I hope to not repeat the same mistake in this bull run of 2024.

Yes, there are individuals who can't accept losses and become violent when it happens to them. These are people who have a hard time accepting situations where their expectations don't match the reality on their faces. Personally, I have never seen violent fights like you did, but I have already seen people mad on the slot machines because they weren't making any profit along the gambling session. Agressions are extreme cases, but you can see people blaming the house quite often when they lose, also calling it a scam and trying to ruin the reputation of the casino as revenge.

If I saw a fight in front of my eyes, I would leave the environment as faster as possible, before the situation got out of control, I got hurt or the police arrived... In my opinion we should avoid contact with problematic people, otherwise they can get us involved on their troubles.

The reality is that world's population has grown too much, technology evolved a lot, many jobs spots were replaced by machines and AI and now we have a bunch of people without any occupation or purpose in our socities. Of course there are some low paying jobs left, which can be always found if are willing to work, but probably they don't worth your time if you are planning to make a long term income from them... As side hustle or as investment source it can be a good idea, but not worthful for a living.

On this aspect, I don't blame the new generation for not willing to work for miserable wages. But on the other hand, these emerging adults should take some responsabilities in life and understand if they don't try thriving, nobody is going to do this for them, neither life is going to knee before them with a silver tray offering all the wonders of the world and solutions for their lives at the reach of their hands.

The phenomenon we are watching is new, as are the outcomes they are going to generate. Balance has to come naturally, and not artificially like governments are used to do. It's worthless to raise minimum wages and offer extra benefits, if it's not clear from where the money is coming. Minimum wage is raised every new year, but at same time prices of goods and services increase on the same or in a higher intensity, so the most important thing, which is raising purchasing power is never achieved.

Is it somehow frustrating to not see Bitcoin skyrocketing right after the halving event happened? Yes!

However, it's not the end of the world... Let's wait few weeks or a month to see what the post-halving tendency is for crypto market. Moreover, don't forget there is a worldwide conflict going on in the Middle East and Ukraine which involve every nations, directly or indirectly, added to a global economical crisis that never ceases. All these events have influence over Bitcoin's price and future fluctuations.

I'm still optimistic, though. As we can see, Bitcoin is maintaining position at 65,000$ against the 59,600$ dip we saw days ago. Thankfully the price didn't drop further and it's already crossing the resistance level, which was in 65,000$. Now we can start expecting further increasements (maybe 70,000$ once again?). Patience is needed for now, so keep holding until the right time comes.

I suppose these key players are going to be used strategically by their national teams in important moments of the matches they are going to play. Due to advanced age, they are likely to lose stamina faster than their teamates, so they aren't going to last in field for 45 minutes or a whole 90 minutes match. The era of Ronaldo and Messi is ending. Now the soccer industry will need new stars to replace them and take the next generation to next level.

What we see right now is a moment of reconfiguration, where national teams are going to be revaluated in new tiers. Before, we were used to consider Brazil, Germany, Spain, Netherlands, Argentina and France as the titans of World Cups: the most feared teams to be faced and the favorite ones to become winners.

Now it's different. We don't know who are the favorites anymore. There are lots of expectations and predictions regards one or another team, but the truth is that it can be the exactly opposite once the games begin.