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441  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Who among you here is gambling at work? on: February 20, 2024, 08:36:42 AM
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It’s also possible that someone who still respects their job can gamble out of addiction (even if they are trying to be free from it). But like I said earlier, anyone who gambles during work for whatsoever reason should get fired, unless the job is not a professional one. You can gamble before or after, not just on duty. If I was the employer, I’d assume such person doesn’t have respect for the company and doesn’t know work ethics.

I'm not sure that would be a great rule for every single job.

In some cases you have a lot of free time in a job, and if you gamble in that time instead of scrolling through social media, I don't think it would make too much of a difference.

But, if you do get addicted and it starts to make your performance at work decrease, then that's another story.
442  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Do you believe in gambling experts predictions? on: February 20, 2024, 08:35:14 AM
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Gambling isn't an investment but if you take part with those bankrolls investment, you are investing on the casino and you're with them.

But if you gamble alone, you're the customer and gambler where they are earning.

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Although this takes time but this is more of an assured way for you to be an expert.

Yeah, you're spot on.

The thing is that a lot of people believe the idea that a casino is a sure way of making money.

It definitely is not.

You can of course win some money, and some few people actually have managed to win big in casinos.

But the reality is that the vast majority have lost more than what they have won.

It's still a fun thing to do if you keep things under control though.
443  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: FIFA World Cup 2026 :Canada/Mexico/United States: Discussion Thread on: February 20, 2024, 08:33:14 AM
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I also don't think there is a single player in Argentina or Portugal who has the capacity to replace our two GOATs at the moment. These two players are an example of what a football player looks like at the peak. One is called "the machine" because of its incredible consistency and super hard training. The other is called "alien" because it is endowed with a natural will that may only appear once every 100 years. Both are the goals of all footballers in the world. I think the young players from Portugal and Argentina are very lucky to be able to play with them. And I think they both still deserve to be called upon to be a motivation for young players.

Yes, but when mentioning the term GOAT you have to include D10S and Pele.

It's such a wonderful sport and I think instead of arguing who is the GOAT, it's best to enjoy them all.

The more, the better in my mind.

I want to keep watching the beautiful game with more and more GOATs.
444  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Can Anyone +18 Play Gamble? on: February 20, 2024, 08:30:56 AM
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Yes, that's a problem in some families. Not in all families, because usually parents explain their kids that gambling, like engaging in sex and drinking alcohol and some other things,  is not for people below 18.

I hope there will be more effective ways in the future to ban teenagers from gambling. It's just a matter of time.

Yeah, the brain still needs to develop to be able to process everything relating to gamble and other activities like drinking alcohol, etc.

Choosing 18 or other age is a bit arbitrary though, as everyone develops at different rates, but to make a law you need to specify a number.

And I would say 18 is quite alright, as it's also the time when you usually finish school, etc. It's a big change in your life.
445  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 on: February 20, 2024, 08:28:54 AM
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I tell you that some reasons that makes saudi become very popular like that in a short time.

1. Money
2. Ronaldo

I meant money is still playing the most important factor that helped the league to raise a lot of awareness from the football lovers. In my perspective, ronaldo will never ever join in the saudi pro league if it's not caused by the money. The club needs to buy a lot of european players to increase the engagement to the football lovers.
This is the main reason why saudi pro league becomes very popular in shorttime. I would like to put saudi pro league as the most popular league compared to the other asian league that is in the same level as saudi pro elague like chinese league.
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Many EU players have arrived to this league but i remind you that if some of them were also exodus back again to the european competition too. This could give SPL negative opinion regarding how bad the environment in the league.
The impact from the money wasted to buy european players can be faded away. SPL needs to take further action to prevent it to happen. Europan player which was going back to the EU league can also give negative opinion regarding SPL.

This problem must be addressed and i hope SPL will be aware about this coz it will make other EU players will refuse to join in the SPL club.

Yeah, at the end of the day it is the same reason that the European leagues became what they are today. Money.

Most other leagues around the world don't used to pay as much as the European leagues did, so it was natural to have most of the players gravitate towards them.

In the end what the Saudi Professional League is doing is what the European leagues did decades ago.

I guess the main difference is that football is not very popular in Saudi Arabia, but things can change over time.
446  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: who Want To Bet On 2024 USA elections? on: February 20, 2024, 08:26:29 AM
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No one is talking about Nikki Haley because there is virtually zero chance that she will win the Republican nomination. She is consistently polling between 10% to 30%, despite being the only remaining candidate apart from Donald Trump. And GOP support base in general agrees with Trump's views on the Russo-Ukrainian war. The US has spent hundreds of billions of USD on this war, to provide economic and military assistance to Ukraine. But what has they got in return? Russia is conquering one city after the other and a number of Ukrainian officials are being investigated for embezzlement and corruption.

Yeah, the thing is that it looks quite clear that Trump will win the Republican nomination.

I don't think there's any competition there to be honest, and Nikki Haley is not even close. Most polls show a huge advantage to Trump against her.

The way the voting system works in the US, you would be wasting your vote if you vote for someone with such a minority of votes.
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451  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: FIFA World Cup 2026 :Canada/Mexico/United States: Discussion Thread on: February 14, 2024, 11:01:46 AM
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I don't want the 2026 world cup to be the worst year in Messi's career. I mean Messi has got everything in football. There is nothing else he pursues in football. Messi has become a legend and his rivalry with Ronaldo has been recorded in history. I don't have a problem if Messi is still called up for the 2026 world cup because we know Messi will really motivate young Argentine players. I just hope people don't have high expectations for Messi. And the coach also didn't put much pressure on Messi at the 2026 World Cup.

Yeah, I would much rather see Messi retire while being champion.

I don't think that Messi will have a fantastic world cup now. I think he would have an amazing retirement now.

But he's the one to make the call. Hard to stop doing something you like and you get paid a lot to do.
452  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Can Anyone +18 Play Gamble? on: February 14, 2024, 10:58:29 AM
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Why you use child as an example if we talk about +18 ? The difference in understanding the world between 18 and 20 is little. There are people who are, lets say +30, and still are naive and believe in Santa Claus. For us, adults, 18 year old person is still a child, but in most countries that person is allowed to drink, smoke and gamble. And are you a chemistry teacher to talk about chemicals in the brain? Never heard about that. What chemicals are created during gambling? Suppose you are talking about dopamine, an organic chemical that we get when we get joy and expect rewards. But persons brain produce that during entire life.

You said that age is just a number. It isn't. Kids have a developing brain which is different to a developed one.

Sure, if you compare 18 to 20 years old, their brain is similar.

It's well known that gambling produces chemicals in the brain. Here's some background about it:

Dopamine, a so-called neurotransmitter which helps nerve cells to communicate, is also known to be an important chemical in the brain’s reward system. One study also found that problem gamblers showed significantly higher levels of excitement when dopamine was released in their brains compared to healthy people.

Yeah, you're spot on. Dopamine is partly the reason why people get addicted to things.
453  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Do you believe in gambling experts predictions? on: February 14, 2024, 10:54:54 AM
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Yes, self-control is really necessary when playing gambling so that we don't forget how long we can gamble and can also control the use of money. We cannot use much money to gamble, especially if we have a family with many needs that we must fulfill.

And we should not trust those who consider themselves experts in predicting matches, especially if they are people we don't know. Maybe we can use the predictions as additional data to find more clues in choosing the team. That will help us have more data so that our knowledge can increase.

Yeah, that's one of the key things you need to have if you want to build a better life.

Sacrifice the present for a better future.

If you only gamble everything today, you will probably have a bad future.

But if you invest wisely today, you might have a great future.
454  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: If I bet big I lose, but if I bet small I win on: February 14, 2024, 10:53:49 AM
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Absolutely, there isn't any need to gamble high any more as you are winning, it's a wise opportunity that the OP would take as the little money he's staking is returning in 2 times fold.
These are what greediness will cause as a gambler who is planning to win big money. So this says it is not easy to just keep on staking with low money and also winning small money. But it's a good idea to continue staking low and winning low as you are not on the losing position, seriously greediness will not allow a gambler to always staking low ajd winning low because he or she would like to win big money.

Yeah, that's what most people want.

They want to basically have all their winnings when they bet a lot, and only lose when they bet a little.

The thing is that it is impossible to know when you're going to win.

You can know that on average you are going to lose gambling though, but not many people want to know that.
455  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: A blog about someone planning to retire early with Bitcoin on: February 14, 2024, 10:52:20 AM
Retirement should be taken with all seriousness at least if you are a government worker, because at that point, you can concentrate on building your own life and goals to accomplish something good for yourself at the old age time.


Bitcoin happens to be the best retirement decision for anyone since it doesn't require so much to maintain, and just by holding Bitcoin in your wallet you save yourself from a lot of pressure in the long run since inflation and taxation won't eat so much from it.

If you're planning to retire early I would still invest in other financial instruments, because BItcoin can go up and down in the short term.

The worst thing to do is to have to sell your precious coins when they are down in value.

Bitcoin is great for the long term though.
456  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Can Anyone +18 Play Gamble? on: February 13, 2024, 08:03:20 AM
We had here already topic about adults and underaged gamblers. The main ideas were that people who are younger than 18 are less responsible. And even +18 or +21 can be smarter, more experienced, more matured than 40+ newbie that tried casino for first time and has lived whole life with parents. Long story short, there is no single and correct answer. Sometimes +18 are more adults and ready for independent life than most of grown ups. Sometimes «supposed to be smart, experienced» adults do reckless things and bets. Age is only a number.

Age is more than a number though, up to 18 years old your brain is still developing and some activities affect you very differently than doing them after 18.

Drinking alcohol for example, is not really great while a child is developing and can cause bad consequences, whereas a 20 year old drinking alcohol will be mostly fine in comparison.

Same with gambling, the chemicals that gambling create in your brain are transforming to a child. That's why it's a bad idea to let kids gamble.
457  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: A blog about someone planning to retire early with Bitcoin on: February 13, 2024, 08:01:03 AM
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Well, this may work for him as he is saving 500 euros every month from his salary and converting to bitcoin. This is a good amount and for sure he can have an early retirement but most of us cannot put that much money into investment in Bitcoin on a monthly basis. The secret here is that if you have more money for bitcoin investment, you will get more profit and hence you can plan this early retirement. Otherwise, with less investment, it will still be good but the money won't be enough to feed you for many years.

The key thing is that anyone can start saving in Bitcoin.

If you simply put aside an amount you won't need, and get Bitcoin with it, you will probably end up in a better situation in the future.

I think the key thing here is that Bitcoin has made investing mainstream.

Now anyone can invest by buying Bitcoin, whereas in the past investment was usually seen as a more complex and expensive thing.

This has led also to plenty of apps and companies that offer micro-investments these days, but those didn't exist pre-Bitcoin (I think).
458  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: If I bet big I lose, but if I bet small I win on: February 13, 2024, 07:57:45 AM
Guys, do you often feel like me? when I raise the bet I lose and when I lower the bet I win. Does the casino system/algorithm know the betting patterns we make? So often when we bet big we are given a loss and when our bet is small we actually win, which is very annoying

I don't know if this applies to all games or not, but I feel like this often when playing table games. What do you think?

I think it's all in your mind.

If that was true, you could simply bet a small amount multiple times, and you would end up rich.

The reality is that the brain gives more negative value to losing than the positive value it does to winning.

So, even if you win and lose the same amounts, your brain will think you lost more.
459  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Can Anyone +18 Play Gamble? on: February 13, 2024, 07:56:14 AM
Does gambling needs experience or anyone +18, even the inexperienced one can also play? Though playing gamble has a limited age grade or age bracket and the accepted is from  +18 years and there are some casinos hall at the door post, it is written clearly that it is only people of +18 can play. But what about the inexperienced ones, are they allowed to play gamble as well? Or they are also restricted to have the fun? In my observation, there are two elements to participate in gambling. One, you must above 18 years in my country and secondly you must have an experience to play, so I want to know if inexperienced people can also play gamble.

It depends on the country you live in.

In some countries gambling is banned for everyone.

Think of gambling as alcohol. You probably want to try it when older, if at all.

You can have fun with it, but it can consume you.
460  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Do you believe in gambling experts predictions? on: February 13, 2024, 07:54:10 AM
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So experts only use their expertise to make money so they can gamble for free, but actually, their expertise cannot prevent them from experiencing defeat at all, but because many people or they themselves have declared themselves to be experts, the defeat they experience will be considered normal, very different if the person experiencing it is a newbie.

If we have to spend money to be able to follow the expert, I think that is not an interesting action at all because before gambling we have already lost because of the cost of being able to get information from the expert, even though the opportunity for the bet to lose is still wide open, so following the expert's bet can be profitable, but if we have to pay then we should think again because it means our gambling costs double while the chances of winning and losing remain the same percentage.

Yeah, but what does an expert have to win by providing his strategy to others?

There's pretty much only downside in doing that, they could potentially earn less, etc.

The key thing is that their fee charging strategy makes the whole difference.

It turns their money losing strategy into a money making one by adding their fees on top.

Of course, the ones paying for it end up in a double whammy of costs.
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