I would be strongly against having something like that near the institutions of learning. I understand that it may be a good way to teach people the hard lessons of being careful with your assets and as a whole, but if my child would have the temptation of going somewhere like that, I would speak with them about the effects it could have and why it's so important to think first, then do something you won't regret afterwards.

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If someone comes to you and tells you that your wife is bad and untrustworthy, you should leave her. Would you leave her when you're the one who lives with your wife and knows her better than anyone else, and you don't even know who the other person is? This sounds ridiculous, right?

Likewise, is Bitcoin good or bad, is it a scam, ponzi or not? We can research and evaluate for ourselves, why would we change our opinion just because someone is impacting us with their distorted thinking?
I don't know how long the Linux inventor has known and learned about bitcoin, but I have been involved in the market for many years and spent a lot of time researching bitcoin. I am confident in my knowledge and choices, there is no reason I should care about what others say.

Right now it's more practical for me to gamble with stablecoin, since Stake is paying the signature campaign through Tether currency. If I have to convert it into Bitcoin or fiat in order to gamble, it means I will be wasting some money through taxes which can be completely avoided if I just use the USDT currency. But some time ago, when they were paying through BTC currency, I prefered using Bitcoin to gamble for the same reasons stated above.

If I had to deposit money at the casino to play, I would choose Bitcoin, though. It's more convenient when playing at online casinos when compared to fiat currency, which is heavily traceable and taxable by local regulators.

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Bitcoin is a public ledger, so every single transaction in Bitcoin is viewable by anybody in the world. While it's not your name, your Bitcoin address can be triangulated by chain analysis. Bitcoin is a very poor means to protect your privacy: you are much better off using a plain credit card, or bank transaction.

Meanwhile, physical cash in a sovereign currency is as anonymous as it gets.

As for digital currency, either use something like Monera, or use a mixer, or don't use a digital currency with a public ledger like Haypenny currencies for instance.

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I know that many bitcoin enthusiasts are big Linux advocates. In order to stay consistent maybe they need to switch operating systems. That's what I would do

When you hear words like "HODL," "HALVING," "BULL RUN," you're left in no doubt that most members of the Bitcoin community like the cryptocurrency because of the prospect or hope that it could make them rich. I know it's made early adopters rich, but shouldn't there be other reasons to learn and use Bitcoin besides price fluctuations? Was this Satoshi's motive for the invention? Is price the most important driver of your interest in Bitcoin?

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I disagree, Biden's ratings in the polls where much higher than 20%. I reckon they were 40% or higher, however, it was lower than 50%. The odds on Polymarket were very much similar also.

We can be quite certain that before the assassination attempt, Biden had a chance to win despite his old age and his dementia that was shown during the debate against Trump.

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That's right, because the more often a gambler bets, of course that means the more often they allocate their money, remember that gambling is not only about the chance of winning, even if for example you are experienced, that doesn't mean it's impossible for you to experience defeat, which at any time can be quite serious. big.

This means that even if, for example, one time you managed to achieve a fairly decent win, if you compare it with the number of losses you experienced while you were gambling, it could be that the amount is the same or even the amount of loss is much greater than what you have achieved, that is very possible in gambling.

The only way is maybe yes as you said that a gambler really has to stop when they achieve a very big win, but I believe that saying it is always much easier than putting it into practice, and also not to mention that they usually always feel happy when managed to achieve a certain number of wins where in fact the number of losses they had experienced was much greater than that.

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A person who is addicted to gambling will not show his addiction to the outside community, but of course other people will find out for themselves whether it is from news circulating by word of mouth or indeed by seeing behavior that tends to change, those who are addicted to gambling will usually be more often spends more money than usual and of course this will attract the attention of other people, because when he gambles there are usually transactions with each other. and of course it is the fault of each individual, gambling is not completely bad but the many eyes that see and judge gambling are bad because they see many people who are addicted and experiencing the bad effects of gambling addiction.
Even though they are addicted, they will feel like there is no problem, as if everything is fine, even though in fact they are experiencing financial problems caused by gambling which has made them addicted, but this is also based on the individual's own behavior and mistakes. So even though they already know the risks, they still continue to gamble because maybe it's the desire to win that continues to drive them.

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Well.. this might have been the story 2-3 decades ago, but now the situation has changed significantly. Economic growth during the last one decade or so has been really good and people living in extreme poverty has gone down steeply. Football is still one of the avenues for the poor in favelas to get out of poverty. But it is no longer the "only" avenue. In general, this means that the importance of football for individual Brazilians has gone down. It is a means of entertainment now, and no longer a serious career option.
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Gambling is a game of choice as no one is being forced to engage in gambling so no matter where a gambling hall is located or situated, any one that will engage in gambling will do so. Gambling is the latest trend now as you can hardly meet people who are not into gambling especially people in their youth age. Everyone want a way to make quick money and only few people gamble for fun as a lot of people gamble with the aim of making money from it. Most gamblers are even students that are practically getting involved in gambling activities if they can win and sort out some of their fees they are meant to pay for their studies so I see nothing bad in a gambling hall being close to an institution of learning.

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I think it's very difficult for Brazil to surprise us again, especially with this generation of players... what happens is that children and young people no longer want to play football... 20, 25 years ago it was common to see people playing football in the streets, children receiving footballs as gifts for their birthdays and Christmas... nowadays they ask for cell phones and tablets. I believe that the internet killed many good potential players of the future. This is a worrying type of addiction that is affecting people at an increasingly younger age.

The title says it all. Which currency do you prefer to use when betting? Is it stablecoins, good-old Fiat, or traditional cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin or Ethereum?

Personally, I like to gamble with crypto not only because it's "KYC-free", but also because it represents freedom. The only downside is market volatility. Stablecoins always have their value pegged to Fiat (usually the USD), but they're too centralized and often lack investor protections or guarantees of any  kind. And then there's the choice of Fiat, but most (if not all) casinos or gambling sites require you to reveal your personal ID (KYC) to use them. In some countries it's even illegal to gamble online. So crypto for me, is the true winner here.

How about you?

playing for 15 years must mean he is not that young anymore i would assume he is nearing retirement age

but even if he isn't there are still many who play poker there are even games online that i am sure he could earn from if he wishes to continue doing so i am just amused that he managed to make gambling such a stable income

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I actually predicted the dawn of Djokovic this season. Too lazy to look for my older posts to prove it.  

But yeah, I was even surprised to see 37yo Serb in the final. He got an easy draw: Rune is not in his best condition, Musetti was clearly mentally not ready to face Nole and I'm not even mentioning the first two rounds... So in a way, he should be happy he was able to reach another GS final.  

P.S. I wonder if they're checking if he's clean. Did you notice him taking that pill in the 3rd set? 

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Even if you call Donald Trump crazy, he was the former president of the United States and he can return to the white house after winning the next election. His popularity may increase after this incident and it is normal. Either way you take it, the incident could have resulted in his death, which is certainly not normal.

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I like dice and similar types of gambling. It may not have a long-lasting exciting effect, but this is one of the most honest gambling videos in my opinion, like roulette, for example.
Because the gambler immediately sees what his chances of winning are, unlike slots or blackjack. I understand that all this is individual, but if I’m in a physical casino, I’ll just start with dice.

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The fact that gambling brings benefits in the form of taxes and a variety of entertainment are just some positive factors, but if you look at all this from above, then these are small advantages, while many develop a severe addiction that they have to fight, possibly for the rest of their lives. because it might come back again. Therefore, if we talk about society in general and whether it is good or bad, then I will not find a definite answer. Perhaps if you imagine the balance, the bad ones may outweigh, but not by a large number.

But I think that poor and rich get identically excited when they win. The only difference is in their session duration. They risk identically as odds are the same, get identical amount of fun, but when poor looses his budget, rich can continue gambling. That is the trick of gambling, it must be identical for everyone. Everyone only gamble with the amount they can afford.

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In gambling, I don’t like it when people go through the negative path because one thing I know about gambling is that, nothing is certain and anyone can win just as anyone can also make losses because in the world gambling, nothing is certain or guaranteed as all we do is nothing but predictions and even fixed games can also not come through at times maybe from a slightest mistake.

Everyone with their mentality and just as our faces are different, so are our level of assimilations and we don’t have to blame anyone for  what they choose to believe at any point in time and the ability to make withdrawals is paramount and it take actual commitment to be able to withdrawals.