If only you didn't add the last game out of greed you would have been 1.5 million richer in your local currency, too bad, learning is a constant process and it's a good thing you've learnt from your mistake, although you learnt the hard way, one thing a dislike about losing a bet out of greed is because it makes one very remorseful and while having regrets one could develop emotional pains like depression and it's kind, I've had similar experience as well, but I've learnt from it though sometimes I still become little greedy when gambling buy I try to avoid including games that are very risky.

 There are many gamblers that have been opportuned to win a fortune through gambling but greed has made them miss out on such opportunities, greed sometimes is an enemy to gambling and people should avoid being greedy, if you're already sure of the outcome of an event, be cotempted with the profit it comes with or you could stake higher if don't think the profit is enough for you and not including more games to it. another thing is understanding a game that suits your strategy before including it into your predictions.

  Well said, you've made a very valid point here @Fivestar4everMVP, and online casino and gambling platform should look to start implementing kyc policies and those that are already on that track should also review their kyc policy for people to also provide their occupation or sources of income  before using the platform, because it would help kick against those idle people that won't want to steal so satisfy their gambling addiction, infact I think one of the worst set of people to get addicted to gambling are the idle ones that's got no job and source of income, and the idle man they say is the devil's workshop and they could do anything to satisfy their addictions for gambling.

 and not only that, their are also people who use gambling site as a means of saving or diverting fraudulent money from bank accounts where they could easily be tracked, so this KYC policy would help prevent fraud activities and as well as preventing idle people from stealing to invest in gambling, but I think I would be difficult because the platforms are business platform and know they'll loss alot of money because the number of idle people using the platform and greater compared to people with jobs.

If I had that amount of money, I can't invest all into cryptocurrency, those that has that amount to spare most be very rich. If I had $1 millions I'll spend them on other investment that's not as risky as investing in cryptocurrency that can crash and I lose all my money. If I was to invest anyway, I'll make sure I buy many bitcoin as a security Incase I didn't make it with altcoins.
I'll get invest $20k into 25 different tokens as I would had invested the rest into bitcoin and Ethereum first then BNB and other coins will follow. I'll invest in coins that I can stake so I'll be making interest on my investment. My other investment will be focused on the top memecoins on Binance exchange as I love those memecoins more and also I'll invest in new projects that aren't listed on the market.
These projects will be those that has big potential like those on Binance exchange launchpad that give big profits to investors. I'll also invest in some layer 1 projects, I don't have all the project off hand  to get to list them but I'll choose tokens from every trends so I can be among any of the trends that decide to pump during the bull market happening very soon.

Xrp just has a quick pump and dump but the price might continue dumping because I read about the SEC saying they'll appeal the case and this will also make investors to start selling xrp again but the selling mightn't be as high as it was the first time that they had a case against them. XRP is a very risky project to be in right now but it can benefit you if you get lucky.
Everyone investing in altcoins wants to get more profits as if they wanted security they'll be investing in Bitcoin but they know that they can't get the high profit that altcoins are giving to their investors that'll why they're investing here. You can have quick rich attitude and also make profits from altcoins because some altcoins are better to take profits and leave the coin.
If you keep holding the coin, it can make you lose a lot of money when it starts dumping. Altcoins aren't investment that you should be holding for a very long time because the SEC can sue any project at anytime and cause them to start dumping as XRP did before it won the lawsuit against the SEC. You should always take profits when you invest in altcoins.

Instead of splitting my 1 bitcoin into this different coins I'll keep holding my bitcoin because of halving is almost close and we know before and after halving bitcoin always increase in price and this year won't be any different. We'll see bitcoin increase and some altcoins won't increase until maybe later in the year when we have altcoins bull season which mightn't happen.
The last bull market that we had in 2021 didn't have any period we could say was an altcoins bull season. Meanwhile people including myself was expecting it to happen by the last half of 2921 but it didn't happen. We mightn't get an altcoins seasons but Bitcoin will rise so instead I'll keep holding my bitcoin and trade it as bitcoin pumps and falls during this period.
Since the altcoins are down -95% or more is there any possiblity that they all can go back to their former prices when we were in the bull market. Not all will go back so to avoid investing in the wrong altcoins that won't rise I'll not sell my bitcoin for altcoins but if I have new cash I can buy some few altcoins that I love like memecoins, ARB and some few metaverse projects.

It's very disappointing for Al Nassr that Hakim Ziyech could not pass his medical, but I think it's not the end of the transfer window yet and they'll definitely bring in some more players to assist Cristiano Ronaldo, although they've had several huge defeats against some European clubs but more players would join the team shortly and they'll challenge for the trophy next season, if you notice Ronaldo is not very strong as before to make those runs and they're really in need of more players to back him up, he still had eyes for goals and with the right wingers you'll bring out his best form.

 SPF is the most participating league in this year's transfer window and has attracted top European players compared to the MLS, I feel the presence of Ronaldo last year has made it possible for players especially most of his compatriots to move to the league, maybe due to the huge wage bill they throw at players as well, they are not affected by the financial fair play rule and are financially capable  of attracting player with very huge wage bill, also many European club see the SPF as an agenda to offload player demanding huge wages from their club.

The thing is that the Premier league is going to be a tough one next season and there would be a very strong competition for top 4 battle teams like Chelsea and Liverpool would challenge very well this season and I think I would be tough for the defending champions to win the trophy again, if you notice, they've lost a player who help them challenge for the treble to Barcelona and also Mahrez to a Saudi side though I still have fate in Pep to do his magic but it's not going to come easy, defending all three troophies they won.
 Pouchettino is a very good coach as has the quality to transform the Chelsea team to title contenders once more and he's already trimming the squad and removed many players that would be a treat to his style of play, the current squad is filled with young and talented players like Madueke, Enzo Fernandes, and Mudryk, that people should watch out for next season, against Brighton it's was a wonderful performance from the blues in winning their first pre-season match against a strong Premier league side.

Maybe there's something Ancelotti sees in Joselu that made him sign him into the Realmadrid squad, because I don't see him coming close to the standard of the previous striker, well I won't write him off yet but there's this doubt I have about him and I feel they might add another striker to attacking force of the squad because if they're thinking of a long term  attacker then Joselu is not the man for that role, he might only play a season or two and if his performance are good enough maybe would be given to play for a third season before being sold out.

 I expect Realmadrid to be the front runners of Harry Kane pursuit but it came as a surprise to me knowing they got Joselu instead, though Kane is very close to 30 but he's a fantastic striker, good goal getter and a proven a worthy fit to be the top 9 of any high ranking European team, the only advantage Joselu has over Kane is the experience in the Spanish league and doubts of whether Kane would adapt to the Spanish league, if not he's no where close to Harry Kane, who is capable of causing damage to the defence of an opposition team, and has powerful shots that leads to goals

You're right, he very young and talented and considered one of the best footballer in the world, currently I think after Messi, and Ronaldo Mbappe should be the third footballer to look out for, he's proved himself worthy in both club and country and would be looking to win the Champions league and add the Ballon d'Or  tittle to his name, something that would seem very difficult to achieve with the French Giant PSG, if only there was no Halland in Mancity who is another world class footballer and high contender for the title, mancity would had been a very good option to consider moving to.
 Well he still stand a very good chance of moving to Realmadrid cause they've been in need of him in previous transfer and hopefully they could get him into the squad, Mbappe would be very interesting in going to a team where he'll offered a chance to win the Champions league and try getting that tittle due to Messi and Ronaldos departure from Europe, the only player he would be seeing as a competition is halland and maybe in the near future halland would move to Barcelona and Mbappe to Realmadrid to recreat the Messi and Ronaldo G.O.A.T challenge.

I'm not a fan of the Turkish league and  find it difficult In making predictions when it comes to betting on Turkish teams, however clubs from different leagues worldwide are bent on strengthing their teams in the current transfer window and the  Turkish league is not left out as well, i don't know much about the league but I know of some clubs like Galatasaray, Beşiktaş,  Adana Demirspo, and Fenerbahçe, but I'm aware that Galatasaray are most popular club in the league and have won more troophies compared to other teams.
  Fenerbahçe is another top contender in the Turkish league and would definitely give Galatasaray a tough competition this coming season they've got top and experienced European players in their squad like João Pedro, Michy Batshuayi also Tadic and Džeko who both moved on a free transfer into the squad this summer and would be looking to add more into their squad depth before the end of transfer window, according to the news it is said that they're were almost close to signing Zaha from crystal Palace but lost to Galatasaray he'll be moving to the Turkiye soon to complete the transfer.

I don't think this should be considered in the first place, infact people should start WHO should kick against this because it's drug abuse and doesn't promotes fairness in sports, giving upper hands to cheaters, making the efforts of those who work hard to merit their medals seem like a waste, this could also promote drug abuse because most teenagers around the world would out of ignorance want to use drugs to enhance themselves as well.

 If an athlete feel they have full potential and would want to unlock it, then they should  embark on serious trainings and exercises that could help them increase their level of performance, because many athletes could become addicted and abuse the drugs after the competition, they should also consider the effect this drugs could cause to the health of athletes,it could cause damages to their organs or a mental health disorder as well as Anxiety, insomnia, stroke, etc regular use of drugs by athletes could also make them aggressive so it shouldn't be considered.

Many people refer both as gambling because they involve making predictions and risk taking, but the risk involved in both  is very high and non should be compared to eachother when I comes to risk taking, games played from online gambling casino's are played based of the available odds while traders make predictions, based on previous market outcomes,volatility of price and trends from the market,also the odds of making huge sum of money in trading of a short period of time is very low compared to gambling where one just start gambling could luckily make a huge profit from it  in space of two days of beginning, therefore if one is looking for a quick access to make funds the you could refer to gambling whereas future trading requires long term investors.
 making a fortune in trading is common but just that it's normally archived over a long term and can last one for a life time whereas gambling is a short-term and should be considered as an option for life time investment also in gambling one could come up with different strategic means of avoiding losses while in trading you only avoid loss based on information gotten or given, and over a long period of time trading favours investors compared to the way gambling does to gamblers.

If you don't believe in it then what's the reason of going into it at the first place, before every gamblers make predictions they've already pictured the benefits of the outcome of the event and decided to risk going into it, so it the believe you've developed for it's success that would trigger you to gamble, the thing is no matter the amount of risk involved in something so far someone has made up their mind and decided to embark on something it's mostly difficult to convince them about it and same applies in gambling, because it would be very difficult to convince young lads that has made huge profit from gambling to quit, because they've been given every benefit out doubt over any advise you try using to talk them out of it.
 Gambling is a game of chance and the belive would also be  there so far you've decided to play especially on online casino where bettors believe outcome of a game must either produce a winner or lesser and would go for their preferred options, in gambling there's nothing like a 100% success and your predictions are based on your believe for any possible outcomes.

Different people have diverse reasons why they gamble, some gamble for fun/entertainment, Some started gambling due to peer pressure from college, Some people see gambling as a means of earning a living which is not considered good, and however gamblimg shouldn't be considered for the poor if not most punters would have stopped it  and most times you'll hear rich people saying they gamble to while away time during their leisures or release themselves of emotional pains like stress or depression, gambling ain't bad but it the motive towards it that should be considered, if gambling is a rich man's referred options for easing stress then it should be considered okay because he has alot of money to make him happy, and there are chances that he'll make more while do it, compared to a poor man that would want to risk the little he has to risk taking.
 Well the number of rich people that gambles would always be lesser than the poor because it obvious that our society is filled with more poor or average than rich, asides that majority of the poor vies gambling as an alternative to getting rich quick and would always fall back to try their luck when they run out of options, and I think your friend was right when he said most people are addict to gambling for the love of it and not mostly because of money, whereas a poor man's reason for gambling addiction would always fall back to making money.

If it goes beyond having fun or form of entertainment then the gambler could be considered an addict, even though they're making profits from it, and the worst thing for one to do is going into gambling with the idea of doubling your money or gambling out of emotions because not everyone is luck and you could end up losing everything, the fact that you're not prepared to lose your money to it should encourage you to stay of it, that's why experts advice people to gamble with a cash they could risk losing without being remorseful.
 There's  a saying that no risk means no reward but before embarking on something risky be sure that you're fully prepared for the outcome, if you're not able to control your emotions then you shouldn't gamble at all, just like you stated @ Jody Drummer,  most slot games offers demo account for people to learn and prepare for an event before they decide to invest their funds into it, because you stand more chance of losing when you don't have an idea of what you're going into and another thing is, if you're newly introduced into gambling it's not advisable to start by betting with a huge sum of money, stake low, observe and learn the game and be sure you're ready to go all high.

People would always look down on you when they feel you have nothing to offer, but then come running to you when they find you beneficial to them, and that's what happened in mbappe's case and it's so unfortunate that the Cameroonian Football Federation missed out on one of the greatest football player of our time, well maybe it's his fate to play for the France team and I don't think he would had gotten this far if he played for Cameroon.
 The rule of Football doesn't encourage bribe or permit people tip a coach to be featured in a match or accepted into a team but some individuals especially those in 3rd class countries collect bribes from players to feature them into their squad, I've also heard of stories where talented players are rejected by some scouts or coaches because they lack funds to bribe their way into the team which is not right.
 Due to this corrupt act by some officials in most 3rd class countries, many talented players had to relocate to other countries where they're tried fairly and merit a spot to play and showcase there talent just like the case of mbappe.

 The addition in gambling can make people do terrible things that would make people wonder why gambling was introduced into the society, the thing is gambling is not a bad idea but when you start doing it excessively that's when the it becomes a problem, because too much of everything they say, ain't good and one bad thing about an addiction is that it's very easily developed but sometimes very difficult to quit depending on how deep one has gotten into it,  and it could get bad to a point that when you lack funds to satisfy your addiction for it, it could lead you to do terrible things like stealing, selling valuable properties, taking huge loans from banks, or even killing, I've seen cases where people say they've been soaked into the act of gambling and there's nothing nobody could do to make them change those are the kind of people that could carry out dubious acts just to satisfy there addictions for gambling
 Also I've witness a case where a young lad was almost killed through jungle justice just because he staked on games for free in a local betting shop and since he was a regular customer the worker allowed him to keep playing thinking he would pay, he played up to 10k in my local currency but couldn't clear his debt and decided to steal the cell phone of another customer to wager and bet more, unfortunately he was caught and given the beaten of his life if not for some local authorities that came to his rescue, imagine how a young boy would had been wasted all in the name of trying to satisfy an addiction for gambling which made him to steal, that's beyond madness.

I'm not yet convinced with this match that manchester united would have a better performance than arsenal in the upcoming Premier league tournament because this is just a pre-season match where coaches use in checking the abilities of new signs, carry out trials of different strategies, boost fitness level of their, and prepare them for the next tournament, but I must say that I'm impressed with the performance of the manchester united team, I expected Arsenal to win match but it went the other way because they really played the manchester united way and if they continue with this energy and zeal for winning they could be very dangerous in the upcoming tournament and turn out to be the preferred title contenders.
 Arsenal has been very busy in the transfer window compared to manchester united who's signed only mount and recently concluded onanas deal whereas Arsenal have concluded signing of several players including the very talented play maker Declan Rice, so expectations of them winning was very high anyways it's just a pre-season match and i believe both teams would performance very well I the upcoming tournament

Even without Haaland Guardiola's team would still perform better than Tuchel's they're both great coaches no doubt but Pep should be more applauded because he's proven himself in 3 different league winning major trophies from all apart from Bayern where he failed to win the Champions League but he's won a Treble for Barcelona and recently in England with Manchester City, the only coaches after Sir Alex Ferguson that should be compared to the level of Pep are José mourinho and Carlo Ancelotti.

 Tuchel was great for Chelsea helping them In winning their second champions league trophy but I think it was the change of owner that made him loose focus the next season not only him but the entire squad he had then where affected and if only  the new owner was patient enough with him and backed him with funds like he did with Potter, Chelsea fc would have stand a better chance of qualifying for the champions league or finishing close to the top four last season, and that is what he needs at Bayern Munich, the full backing of the board with funds to recruit quality players with winning mentality, that would help them challenge for the champions league this season.

Messi is a super star in football and any club in any league around the world must make reservations to his demands no matter how high so far they're capable of tabling the fee, even if it means them going against their transfer policy to get his signature, he's going to be very influential, not only to the club he signed for but to MLS in general because his present in the league would attract more audience to start giving attention to the league and increasing the fanbase of his team, also he's a great player and would beneficial to his team in and out of the field
 The name Lionel Messi is a brand and would attract investors to come into the league also his Club would benefit highly from shirt sales and a good number of fans would turn up to watch him both home and away thereby causing rapid sale of tickets, compared to c Ronaldo that's made the Saudi Pro League very popular Messi arrival is also going to increase the popularity level of the MLS as well, his presence has also impacted the signing of some other quality players like Jordi Alba and Busquest am more will likely join shortly.