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4261  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Sportsbet.io's English Premier League Football Pool Discussion Thread on: March 12, 2023, 02:07:17 PM
I did not want to comment LFC yesterday - I was too furious. I'm really having trouble understanding us this season.

Bournemouth conceded 50!! goals in 25 games. FIFTY. How is it possible that a team chasing CL spots fails to create anything against such a team for a majority of the game?
Yes, it would have been easier if Salah scored that penalty - but we absolutely needed to create a lot more than we did.

Our schedule looks horrible now - and this defeat makes it mandatory that we win a few of the upcoming games.

I don't want to add more to your rage but when I saw the penalty from the slow motion it looked like Salah intentionally lost it,he got and wanted to score in the upside triangle to make it look like an awesome goal but that failed miserably.Of course Bournemouth could have won even with more than one goal as they missed one opportunity practically with an empty goal and they put it out.Liverpool I agree should have created more but I believe it was because of the Bournemouth goalkeeper who funny enough yesterday was in a great performance,yes the same goalkeeper who conceded 50 goals in 25 games.
4262  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2022/2023 on: March 12, 2023, 01:40:23 PM
Manchester United are playing against Southampton today at home I expect Manchester United to prove that last game was a bad performance and prove them selves against Southampton. We already saw Liverpool lose against Bournemouth the worst team in the Premier League so we know that we are better and more consistent then them but I want to prove it to all the anti Manchester United fans that we will return to form right away.
Southampton is a comfortable opponent for Manchester. In the last 14 games Manchester has not lost Southampton so here it should not turn out like with Liverpool, especially since Manchester won his game with Betis and I think that 7 goals from Liverpool will not demotivate Manchester.

The match against Southampton will probably end with a victory for Manchester and will further strengthen the team in its strength.
 It will probably be difficult to compete with Arsenal and City, but it is quite possible to take third place, because Tottenham is always unstable and Liverpool is 7 points behind.

It is a forgotten memory for Manchester United when they lost 7-0 last week against Liverpool as they got and destroyed in midweek in Europa League Real Betis from Spain so they are still in great fit.Southampton is the last of the standings but despite being last they are still very much in the fight to save themselves from relegation as 6 points divide at least 6 teams in the bottom of the standings,so they won't be an easy opponent for Manchester United,though I think they are going to lose this game if Manchester keeps playing in the same way as they played against Real Betis.
4263  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Gambling Is for the strong. on: March 12, 2023, 01:26:11 PM
Gambling is for the strong and sturdy.
 I got this caption based on what happened when I visited an old friend of mine as it's been long since we saw, and so, after a little time out together with random discussions I discovered a sudden change in his mood while we're still chatting. With a steady look on his phone in his hands for about a minute or more as he scrolled up and down the phone screen repeatedly he shrouded his shoulders with a simultaneous regrettable look all over his face.
I took the phone from him only to learn that my friend has been calculating the whole series of losses he has made from all the bets he has placed from one of the gambling site he patronize. He had made a multiples of losses in almost all the games he had placed bet on  right from the start of this year, even to the current bet of that very day.

But then he asked me' bro assuming I had gathered all these money I have lost through gambling and channeled it into some sort of a little business or project, wouldn't it have been better!  At that moment I never knew the exact word to give to him as I never expected such deep a question, for the least I replied him was "hmm I can't really say".

With this, I wondered if other person's here in the forum that are into gambling too has at any point in time thought or felt that way, particularly when the losses are becoming overwhelming. And in that case, should such person stop gambling and rather divert such monies into something else since he/she ain't making corresponding wins or more, checking his bet history, Or he should carry on with hopes that winnings will start creeping in someday gradually?

That is addiction which is created when a person cannot really think of a side project or business like your friend only when he saw that he had lost that huge amount of money started to think about.I was in such situation in the 2020-2021 as I only cared to hit the spin button on slot machines not caring much what was happening to me and this was exactly as I had no side hobby,every money I made from mining I lost it in slot machines in different casinos.Luckily in 2022 I searched about this option of staking coins to get additional passive income as this was what I was trying to do in the slot machines,trying to hit a jackpot to improve my way of living which is a wrong approach.Since I found that I can stake different coins I keep doing it and every time I got some urge to gamble I deposit in my wallet where I stake coins and add the number of staked coins so I can make more money passively.

Trust me as I have been betting from a long time,it is better to get assured income rather than waiting for that big win.
4264  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Street Gambling Risk on: March 12, 2023, 01:02:41 PM
this has also been discussed in other threads but to be honest nothing is safe as long as you play on the streets, let alone street gambling even for other things as long as you show your money on the streets it will provoke a crime against you, so you should never play street gambling because Gambling is now much easier to be able to use a smartphone without having to bother leaving the house let alone playing on the streets because the risk is very high.

The fact that online gambling has been on the boom from many years now and even more with the coming of crypto means that every other form of gambling have seen a decrease during such time.As such I am a person that to be clean from any possible problem that may come from street gambling or some underground illegal rings that organize different way of gambling in an illegal way is to keep playing from the comfort of your home laid down in your couch and enjoying and thinking extremely quiet before placing the bets.This way you will have higher chances to win in sport gambling because in other games they rely on luck.
4265  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) on: March 11, 2023, 09:43:34 PM
Napoli just needs about 5-6 wins more and they are mathematically Champions of Italy.It is since some really long years ago when Maradona gave them the last title in 1986 or 1989  if I remember correctly as I was a small kid back then and that is a very long wait for Napoli to become Champions again.Another coincidence is that they are becoming Champions exactly after Argentina won the world title the same as in 1986 and this is a really beautiful coincidence for the fans of Napoli.

Needless to say that the Serie A has lost interest a long time ago and the runners up,the teams who fight for a spot in the Champions League are putting on ugly shows like Inter did yesterday night.
4266  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Conference League 2022/23 Season on: March 11, 2023, 09:23:30 PM
They even have the luxury of getting a 0-0 or even losing 0-1 at London,of course this last result extremely highly unlikely but they can do it.I think that West Ham will not be very motivated and go the extra mile in London and I think based on the difference in quality between the leagues which is really gigantic I don't see Aek putting a lot of pressure on West Ham at London,sure they have got nothing to lose but they simply lack the power to attack a Premier League team.

Villareal surprised me with 1-1 result as they could have closed the qualification already in the first leg and now they will close it in the return leg which can be somewhat dangerous.
I highly doubt that they would. I mean we are talking about a big difference between the clubs and I do not see how they would be able to actually lose that much difference, I think they will win and this will be an easy round for them.

To be fair conference league was created because of this, teams like West Ham and Roma couldn't do well with europa, so they have this, last year it was Roma, who would have lost at Europa easily every round, but they won it all, West Ham looks like a team that is similar in that regard, and they may get an easy few rounds this way, and maybe face someone better at the very end if they are unlucky, maybe they won't even have that.

Well surely from the teams that have remained here in Conference League so far the favorites to win it are without a doubt West Ham,Villareal,Fiorentina,Lazio and Alkmaar,one of these two teams will be eliminated as they are facing each other so in this league I think it is a sure thing that this cup will either go to Italy,Spain or most likely in England as I think despite West Ham being in the near bottom of the standings in the Premier League they can beat most of the teams here and if they are favored by the draw the can surely go to the final.
4267  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Sportsbet.io's English Premier League Football Pool Discussion Thread on: March 11, 2023, 08:59:16 PM
When Liverpool were a goal down, I was confident that they will come back. Tried $50 on double chance and what a waste! The odd for them to qualify in CL next round should go back to 1/30 or even more. One match you humiliate one of the top team and in the next match you help a team who were waiting for relegation LOL

I guess everyone was in the same boat when they picked for the pool except for Ibuprofen that picked a draw. Normally some people would have chosen Brentford to win or something on the previous rounds but yeah after the 7-0 against United, I think everyone was in the same understanding that Liverpool is back and there is no way that they are losing to Brentford but it sucks when it actually happened.



It is true that we all expected Liverpool to win, but Bournemouth managed to break our bones. I'm really thinking now. Will Liverpool be able to remontada back against Real, who won today 3-1?
I had a very bad start this round with only 4 points out of 6 matches and I think I need to reconsider my remaining predictions.

A huge number of participants made only 4 points during this round and the guy at the front of the rankings for this round I don't know how he managed to get 10 points out of the 6 games,probably he is going against the odds and so far has paid him off but I don't know if that is the right strategy to get to the end.In the top 20 the gap in points between the participants is starting to be seen and every week that passes it becomes more difficult to recover.

Liverpool can make the remontada if they didn't play full power in today game and I think they are trying to give it a go on next week so it is possible but it will be difficult as both teams,Real and Liverpool are only focusing on the Champions League right now.
4268  Economy / Gambling / Re: Stake.com - The Leading Crypto Casino - 🦉 Drake, UFC, Everton Main Partner ⚽ 🥊 on: March 11, 2023, 08:46:03 PM
Currently KYC is only to claim bonus drops maybe in the future KYC is needed to claim weekly/monthly bonuses  Wink

It may hay happen in the future, since KYC is now mandatory for new account (CMIIW).
So what you think may happen as well that there will be KYC requirement to claim all bonuses in Stake.
Of course I'm not really worry about it since I've completed level 2 verification sing long time ago but it will be sad if level 3-4 verification will be required to claim all bonuses in the future.

New accounts only need KYC level 1 and it just completes the form even they can fill anything there I'm sure they will agree to these terms Cheesy
My account has also been verified level 2 here since last year so no problem, it's just that I see some of the users above really don't want this rule
obviously this would be a difficult choice if implemented while I haven't looked at other casinos as an alternative I mean in bonus offers and promos.

I am also level 2 verified there and it is just basic requirements like National ID or a driving license and this can increase the bonus claims you do compared to just level 1 KYC which anyone can fill anything there but they should not,they should put real data in the KYC 1 level so when it comes for them that they want to upgrade to level 2 KYC they have it really easy,they just upload their documents which match the name provided in the KYC level 1 verification.

However to get really nice bonuses in Stake you need to be playing constantly,the more you play the more you get,there were many people complaining about low weekly bonus today but people who have been playing really big got like 166 EUR as a weekly boost and that is no small amount,I got 0.29 Eur because I don't wager much  Grin.
4269  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2022/2023 on: March 11, 2023, 05:47:16 PM
In the Everton-Brentford match, we see that Everton won 1-0.Everton won the match with a goal in minute 1 and it must be said that Everton got an important 3 points for themselves.It is a sad result for Brentford. losing points in such matches means that they lose their chances for European Cups. Brentford were the better side but they couldn't find a goal.Brentford, who were in good form, were defeated after a long time.They were doing very well until today.

It usually ends like this in such games,the stronger teams keeps making the game and the weak team scores and bags the three points.In order to be ready to play in Europe Brentford should not lose games with such opponents otherwise we cannot really call them a strong or a better team.

Everton is motivated to get as many points as possible because they are fighting to be out of the relegation zone which I think so far they are in a good position to not fall down in the Championship.Winning games at home gives the team a substantial boost that is great for the players psychological level and motivation.
4270  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Sportsbet.io's English Premier League Football Pool Discussion Thread on: March 11, 2023, 05:25:10 PM
Hmm... I constantly write that despite the local success of Liverpool, they have a disastrous season, there is no stability and they are not suitable for betting, but yesterday for some reason I added them to my multibet  Undecided
Apparently 1-0 is the final result of the game and Liverpool again becomes the underdog for the fight for the top 4.
What a day to start the weekend games, so Liverpool missed a penalty which should have put them on the score sheet and that left them without a single goal after a solid performance the other weekend that also humiliated an in form Manchester United... Am just not sure what voodoo goes on with scoring too many goes in one game and following match a guaranteed flop follows Cry
When Liverpool were a goal down, I was confident that they will come back. Tried $50 on double chance and what a waste! The odd for them to qualify in CL next round should go back to 1/30 or even more. One match you humiliate one of the top team and in the next match you help a team who were waiting for relegation LOL

I did the same as I thought as a minimum they would draw and based on their recent performance they should have drawn,the fact that Salah lost a penalty heavily weighted on players psychological level and as such they could not do very well.This was the biggest surprise of today games,luckily the other games came as expected at least for the stronger teams like Chelsea and Tottenham.I didn't expect a Brentford lost game either or a Brighton not being able to win at Leeds but that is the beauty of the Premier League,in weeks where we think there is money to be made usually money is not made  Grin.
4271  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: What kind of project we shall look into to prepare for the next bull?? on: March 11, 2023, 10:19:14 AM
In my previous topic, I'm wondering about is launching project during the bear market a good idea? Currently the market is so bearish that most of the investors are not taking much action. But we always have to be sensitive to the market to prepare for the next bull.

So, what kind of project will be more benefited in the next bull??

According to many pseudo crypto experts some of the top are now Flux,Kava,Casper,Oasis and Zilliqa.These are coins that many from such persons that call themselves crypto experts argue that these coins have a market cap value of under 400 Million and have a lot of potential for upside because of this market cap.

Personally from these 5 I only own Zilliqa and I have full belief in the project and on top of that you can also earn additional passive income up to 15% yearly by just staking it.

Here is a link leading to this news

https://www.investing.com/news/cryptocurrency-news/investors-identify-top-5-cryptos-with-market-cap-under-400m-3027900
4272  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Will Gambling Legalization Reduce Gambling Rings? on: March 11, 2023, 09:34:59 AM
Gambling rings are high-risk and high-reward operations that take advantage of market demand and turn it in their favor. Their modus operandi thrives on secrecy and they are involved in organizing all sorts of gambling games - slots, poker, blackjack, sports bet etc.Although the law enforcement agencies are doing their best, it is still a lot of work trying to crackdown on these rings. Gambling rings are illegal and people who are caught may either pay a huge fine or serve jail time.

I want to believe that so many people who patronize these gambling rings may have lost a lot of money or scammed and there is nothing they can do about it. And one of the reasons why people may even choose to patronize these gambling rings aside the high rewards is because gambling is banned in their society.

However I am thinking that if gambling is legalized, we would see a drastic reduction (not total elimination) in the operations of these rings. My reasons are that their activities will be carried out in a fair and transparent manner such that cases of frauds and scams will be eliminated as there will be proper mechanisms in place to prevent and protect the gamblers.

Do you think that there is a role that gambling legalization will play in reducing the activities of gambling rings?

First of all there is no real need to go in these illegal gambling rings as in Internet now there is an opportunity for anyone who wants to play and with crypto this is even easier.I have heard a lot of bad things about these illegal rings and no I am not talking about being scammed as that is mainstream in these rings,I have even seen stories of people who had kill one person who kept winning at poker so these are truly dangerous and legalizing the gambling will not help much as these rings entice users by offering higher rewards than normal casinos.

It is user and gambler awareness that should be the real medicine for people to stop going to such places and risk their lives there.
4273  Economy / Economics / Re: War: who benefits and how! on: March 11, 2023, 09:12:00 AM
Frankly, the US is the cause of this war, and they are the party that is receiving a lot of orders to buy weapons from allies in the world, so it can be said that the US is the most beneficial party. Besides, because of the war, the world fell into an economic crisis, also when they exported inflation to the countries that were their debtors.

I think that you maybe partly right.However we are in the brink of another economic collapse,similar to that of Lehman Brothers in 2008 as the main banks are all over the news now and their failures with Silicon Valley Bank being one heavily seen in the news in the Internet right now but not only that,even Barclays.So war can never bring anything positive no matter who is winning and who is losing,even if US is getting more orders to sell weapons how do you explain that most likely we are going to see a recession soon starting from the very US country which of course I don't wish but things are looking exactly that way,so there are no real winners in a war.
4274  Economy / Economics / Re: Money and education on: March 11, 2023, 08:43:47 AM
Money and education which one of these is advisable to achieve?
They constantly say education is the key to success but in my country today many graduates don't have a job, and most of them are still fed by their parents, and that's not the way it's supposed to be.
And again they also said money is potency and fondness. Yes, money is power even if you are not a graduate or you haven't been to college before and you have the money you can even employ a graduate to work for you.
Presently now in my wonderful fatherland NIGERIA 🇳🇬 I can see the power of money.
Please any advice?

They say in the country where I live in that when you have money you don't need graduation diplomas as they joke around and say when you have money,the money says to the person who has it,you are the most smart,the most beautiful and the most trendy person on earth.This to illustrate that money can give someone a lot of power and benefits but there has to be a limit.By the limit I mean that money can become a disease if you become obsessed with it,with how to keep multiplying it and my own boss does not sleep at night because of this disease and is even becoming ill with heart problems,so money is great when you know to manage it in a great way and to manage it in a great way you need education,so education in the end for me is more important.
4275  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Mining (Altcoins) / ETHW vs ETC mining related questions for clarity on: March 11, 2023, 08:28:01 AM
So now we are all in a downside in all the cryptos generally speaking as I think this is because except Banks in Europe,in US,Japan and England they have all shown signs of disaster nearly to that of the Lehman Brother crisis in 2008 and they are all down to at least 5.6% which is a grave indicator.

Now back to the title of the thread,many people are mining ETC which the price is 16.6 dollars right now and just a 100 Mhsh gives you about 0.014 approximately in rewards daily while this same Mhsh gives you almost 0.08 ETHW in rewards daily and the price of ETHW is 3.12 dollars right now.So why do people mine more ETC which I think has a more limited upside in the next bull run compared to ETHW and it is much more difficult to mine ETC compared to ETHW,I am not seeing the catch and don't tell me ETC is better as both coins have had security breaches before.
4276  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Conference League 2022/23 Season on: March 11, 2023, 08:05:24 AM
West ham are always looking strong in this particular stage of the competition, last year west ham also did well and am just a bit confuse how they tend to perform very well during their European competition but when it comes down to their league match there are a  bit shaky. With their current match score at two nil I feel they need to do less as they look set and ready for the next round because I believed they will certainly win the second leg match at their home stadium.
In the match statistics, Aek seems to have entered the positions, but as a result of the match, West Ham, which has Premier league experience, managed to win the score 2-0 in their favor.  West Ham is one of the major favorites for the cup.  They need to win the match in England differently, with plenty of goals.

They even have the luxury of getting a 0-0 or even losing 0-1 at London,of course this last result extremely highly unlikely but they can do it.I think that West Ham will not be very motivated and go the extra mile in London and I think based on the difference in quality between the leagues which is really gigantic I don't see Aek putting a lot of pressure on West Ham at London,sure they have got nothing to lose but they simply lack the power to attack a Premier League team.

Villareal surprised me with 1-1 result as they could have closed the qualification already in the first leg and now they will close it in the return leg which can be somewhat dangerous.
4277  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) on: March 11, 2023, 07:07:32 AM
It is funny how Inter is using these last games to just play around and burn everyone tickets who have bet on them,me included  Grin.That is why it is really bad when a team like Napoli goes forward a lot of points and the other teams then play for nothing as most likely Inter will be in the Champions League spots until the end of this tournament.I think they made a courtesy to Spezia as the 3 points for them were crucial to get out of the relegation zone so now Inter has one favor from them when for example Inter will be fighting for the Serie A so in these remaining games it is all about courtesies for the teams who can afford to do so.
4278  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Do you still hunt for airdrops? on: March 10, 2023, 09:13:36 PM
Almost all airdrop videos on YouTube are all scams, do not try hunting for airdrops using YouTube videos, those airdrops links in Youtube videos are all fake links and once you connect your wallet your tokens will be wiped out.

Find the project team or the o projects official telegram group and ask them if they are doing any airdrops or giveaways, this is the perfect way to expose or know the truth about any airdrop campaign.

Let's be careful what we connect our crypto wallets to.

The only airdrop I wanted was for EthereumPOW when it came online but I forgot and I couldn't get much of it because I had some ETH in my wallet and wanted some ETHW when the fork happened but I missed,it was basically free money as the beginning the price of ETHW was over 100 dollars so that was a quick buck for me that I missed.

I only got curious about airdrops after seeing an address which had collected a huge amount of ETH and that address had gotten much of it from airdrops since the beginning and that is why I was looking for such things myself.

However all airdrops you point out are most likely scam and I would stay away from them.
4279  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: What do you think about stop gambling services issued by gambling platforms? on: March 10, 2023, 07:08:19 PM
I often see gamblers who are addicted and he can't get rid of the addiction, so the gambler sells what he has to gamble. I am well aware of the dangers of gambling addiction because what is meant by that is gambling, which they do is no longer for pleasure but for the sake of victory and greed and for some people they cannot control their gambling.
In this case is it possible for gambling platforms to provide stop gambling services to help gamblers reduce their desire to gamble, as in the context of cigarettes, every tobacco company always provides smoking cessation services either by telephone, clients who want to quit smoking can be given counseling and guidance, as well as referrals if you need follow up.
I think how if the Platform/gambling company has a stop gambling service that is very good and helps gamblers who want to stop.
I know this will backfire on the gambling platform, but in retrospect, if this is implemented, it is a so wise move.

What do you think about this?

I think what most well reputable casinos do is more than enough,they offer a self exclusion service so any person who feels the gambling addiction is starting to get him he opt for self exclusion from the casino for a couple of days,for a week,for a month and for 3 months the maximum I believe I have seen.That is the best I think for any gambler who wants to stop gambling for some time,they click on self exclusion and try and see for a few days,if they can't think of anything else except when the time will come that the self exclusion period ends and want to get back in gambling then this is sign he should ask for professional help,as easy as that,no need in my opinion to implement anything else beside this self exclusion service.
4280  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Slots 101: Basics, Strategies, and Discussion (with poll) on: March 10, 2023, 06:25:58 PM
Everybody talking about max win at Pragmatic Play and we have seen several times in this thread that they give the max win more often than other providers I have to admit that but their volatility is freakin super extra high  Grin,as I never won a max win there despite trying several times.

Are other providers giving the max win as often as Pragmatic Play does or is me that keep hitting empty promises at Play n Go where I got x2000,x3000 and lately x1700 at their Arturian Legends themed slot machines and never once the max win.Beside Pragmatic Play which is the next best provider that gives the max win from No Limit City,Hacksaw Gaming and Play n Go?
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