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4561  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2022/2023 on: February 16, 2023, 07:22:11 AM
Manchester city victory is not a surprised to me, because I knew Arsenal will not stop them in this match not to take over the first position in the premier league table. I think, this a sign that Manchester city coach has introduced some skills on his players to be in a solid ground to make it happen again by winning the premier league title this season which they are in that direction. Manchester city were able to achieved the first goal at 24th minutes to prepare the mind of their fans that victory will definitely come to them, which they made it happened at 82th minutes with the help of their potential striker Haaland who scored the third goal.
Of course the Manchester City coach has a special strategy to beat Arsenal, after all before Manchester City could get rid of Arsenal in the FA Cup with a thin score, there I saw Arsenal not really being able to beat Manchester City, I would also not be surprised if Manchester could beat Arsenal, after all they deserved at the top of the standings than Arsenal  Wink

The last games have seen Arsenal going from bad to worse regarding their results and this lost game will have a huge psychological impact in their players and as such it is critical that Arsenal starts to get their form back again starting directly from their weekend game,if they can win it and the game that they have less then there is no reason for them to worry,the psychological pressure will be on Manchester City side this time.

Manchester City came to this game clear in their intentions and played open football knowing that it was life and death game for them and they managed to win it,now the Premier League is super open.
4562  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Bitcoin gambling problem on: February 15, 2023, 10:51:19 PM
If we can hold our self-control in gambling then I don't think we need to quit gambling. But op's suggestion will can be a good effective source for those people's who were in badly loose their self control and addicted in gambling.
Although I also do some sports betting for my own entertainment, and I also see many people around me who are badly addicted to gambling that it's becomes a burden on them and their families. And in that case they would need something like that to get rid of it. I am gonna share your suggestion among them.

This advice is for people that know that they are having a bad time,are becoming addicted but are not at the level of addiction that nothing looks good to the gambler except gambling and that level is only curable in a rehab center.I think what OP is trying to help here is for some of us who sometime exaggerate and don't think cold headed but just times and we don't degrade to the worse level of addiction.For people at such level that sometime need a good advice like that to do some self assessment tests and check out what is wrong I think this from OP is the perfect resource.
4563  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Choosing between your relationship and gambling. on: February 15, 2023, 10:23:30 PM
There's currently a heated issue between an older cousin of mine and his fiancee, it's a gambling related issue that's now looking like a threat to their relationship. Here's what happened;

My cousin as I know has been an active gambler for as long as I could remember and he's one person that gamble responsibly as he takes it as something that's part of a side hustling and nothing more and he added that the winning streaks he has been getting has really been supportive to him financially too. I get to know this cause that's what he told me when I asked him why does he have to engage in online gambling when he has a good paying job. The disturbing issue here is that a day ago his fiancee whom both have been dating for about a year now, she for the first time had access into his mail and discovered lots of email messages both previous and current from the particular gambling sites he has a gambling account with and her awareness of this has made her to ask my cousin to either chose between quiting from engaging in any form of gambling or ending their relationship.
Her reasons is because she has this brother that's into gambling and his gambling habit has led to him selling off important properties of his and some that belongs to the whole family just to meet up with his uncontrollable gambling urge. And this experience scares her to death having anything to do with anyone she notice that engages in gambles activities especially for someone she's in a serious relationship with, that she can't deal with such reality.

I'll really appreciate to have you share some advise on what decision to take if you were to find yourself in this my cousin shoe. For It's been a difficult moment for him this past two days as he has  been thinking of the financial support he at times get from the gambling wins and at same time his fiancee too.

I have said always that I keep a balance to play weekly and I was doing OK from quite so many weeks and months that I don't remember and I have always told my wife how much money I was willing to gamble so she knows now that I gamble "some money" and she is not contrary to this although she keeps telling me that no smart person have ever won anything from gambling.Tonight I was obsessed with a game I don't like that much the provider of it but lately has caught me and kept buying the bonus round and lost almost half the salary,I talked immediately to my wife and she smiled saying,didn't I say it to you that smart people never win anything and advised me to stick to my bankroll.I think I have the perfect wife honestly  Grin.

So your cousin and his fiance should talk to each other and try to settle things,only dialogue has solved world problems,even much worse than gambling sometimes,there is no other way.
4564  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Sportsbet.io's English Premier League Football Pool Discussion Thread on: February 15, 2023, 09:48:01 PM
Arsenal lost this one with individual errors, Tomiyasu gifted the first goal and Gabriel gifted second one. You can't play like that against top teams. Than Nketiah topped it off with two big missed headers. Could have been so much better for gunners.

City on top of the table, but Arsenal with one game less. Can't get closer than this.

Arsenal maybe with one game less but the problem is that they lost the direct match and is a sure thing for them to be in a big psychological pressure which I doubt they can keep it and eventually they will be making more errors than Manchester City.Manchester City made the errors in the beginning of season and lately have been on a great form while Arsenal recently is going from bad to worse not being able to win in 3 of their 4 last games and that is a big red flag for me that they have lost their form.

In theory though if they win that game that they have less than City it could be a moral boost to them and impact them positively for the continuation of such challenge.
4565  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Chasing losses - Double down bet or Bet twice? on: February 15, 2023, 08:27:45 PM
I always have a dilemma when it comes to chasing losses in gambling. When I’m in the good mood, I preferred betting using the same amount multiple times until I hit a winning streak to recover my lose but when I’m in bad mood, I usually increase my bet size equals to my total lose so that I can recover quickly.

What do you typically do when you are on chasing loss situation?

Whenever someone tries to chase his losses it ends up pretty badly for him most of the time which translates to losing all of his balance.I consider each session independent of each other and I have set a bankroll that I play weekly and stick to it,whenever I win I withdraw and call it a day and when I lose I don't go depositing soon after trying to recover my lost amount as this to me personally has impacted and made possible to lose the money that I deposited trying to recover my losses.This has been the case for many others also and that is why it is never a good idea to deposit money to chase your losses.
4566  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2022/2023 on: February 15, 2023, 06:07:31 PM
Bad news for the Gunners as Thomas Partey is expected to miss this crucial tie against Manchester city tonight due to a muscular injury. It’s been instrumental to their game this season and Arsenal have only lost a game he’s played in this season. I expect Jorginho to produce some good play tonight. I wish Jorginho would play well and take his place in Arsenal starting squad regularly and don't need to suffer from Partey’s injury scare anymore. Besides any team that is overly dependent on a player to the extent of not being able to navigate a match without him is not ready for the title.

I think Arsenal are a team that doesn't have a dependence on just one player, so even if one of the key players is injured I'm sure Arteta will be able to overcome or cover it with another player. After all, even though for example all of Arsenal's key players can play in this match against Manchester City, I personally still believe Manchester City will still have a chance to win.
So yes, in my personal prediction basically Arsenal will only play defensively more often and will only rely on counterattacks to attack.
That has been my fear for Arsenal. All other positions have replacements except Thomas and Saka wing . I have been saying that whenever any of these players are injured, things will not go well with the club.
Recently, Jorginho has been bought as a standby for Thomas. Let us see what he can do, I doubt he has blended with the team.

It is the decisive game tonight but I think that most likely we will see a draw with just one goal for each side.The focus of tonight will be more on Champions League games and usually when it is like this and there is also a big Premier League game being played,historically there have been a lot of goals and I expect the same tonight.

A win for Arsenal would mean the world to them as they most probably will be Champions of the Premier League but a lost game for them means a lot of psychological pressure which can translate in them losing the title in the end of the season.
4567  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 🦊 Betnomi.com | Champions League Pool ⚽️ Discussion Thread on: February 14, 2023, 10:08:44 PM
OK so Bayern won, as I expected, just perhaps not with the scoreline I thought. And deserved too, on evidence of possession, corners, attempts, it was just the team who tried more that was rewarded. PSG will fancy their chances on the return leg, though, with most of their key stars expected to play fully fit unlike tonight.

Milan Spurs was really a lottery draw as far as I'm concerned, as stats show it was more even than the scorelines displayed. I thought Spurs would bounce back from their horrible outing to Leicester, especially with Milan indifference in Serie A... how wrong.

Didn't watch any of it though. Dinner was not an option...

While for Paris is way over and if we don't bet on Bayern to qualify a lot of money despite the low odd but I don't believe it will be that low then we are deeply stupid  Grin.The game was dominated by Bayern Munchen and they could have even scored more goals but it was all thanks to the Paris goalkeeper that the score stayed at just 0-1 for Bayern,still good enough to make them much closer than Paris to further qualification.

For Tottenham though I think that they have all the chances of the world to settle it definitely in the return leg as Milan did not shine in today game and Tottenham most likely just wanted to at least get away without conceding more goals,so this one is wide open and for me Tottenham is more favorable to qualification.
4568  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Champions League 2022/23 Season on: February 14, 2023, 09:26:37 PM
PSG being in a very bad position right now,losing at home against Bayern Munchen,this makes me think that their recent form in the Cup in France and in the Ligue 1 that kept losing games is not that random and that the game of today is just a continuation of this.I doubt based on the statistics which show a total domination of Bayern Munchen that Paris has that many chances left,all the money spent for Messi and Neymar and they are not being able to produce a good game at such levels against big teams of Europe like Bayern Munchen.I don't know the odd but whatever it is I am going to bet a lot of money on Bayern qualification even if we have the rare case that Bayern does not win tonight.
4569  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Monero to PoS? on: February 14, 2023, 04:14:26 PM
Many of today's altcoins are switching to PoS just to increase on-chain performance and reduce energy consumption in the long run. I know PoS makes the Blockchain centralized, but it seems like the path crypto is heading to in the future (except Bitcoin). Would you imagine Monero becoming a PoS coin someday? Or at least a hybrid coin making use of both PoW and PoS consensus algorithms? Having a full-fledged privacy coin like Monero turning to PoS would be the first of its kind in the crypto/Blockchain space. I'd prefer XMR to stay PoW forever just like BTC, but you never know if developers change their mind sometime in the future. Even Zcash proposed the transition to PoS.

Do you think there's a possibility Monero will switch to PoS? If not, why? Your input will be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Smiley

I don't think a privacy coin will turn into PoS as any coin which has turned to PoS despite their empty promises of less energy consumption which are not true as the complete mining electricity is a very small amount compared to what the world consumes and as such these coins never see any success.I don't believe we will ever see a coin like Monero who has changed algorithm a bit of times if I remember correctly like going from Cryptonight to CryptonightV2 and even some other,to change to PoS,Monero is a true decentralized coin different from Ethereum which was always pressured to go PoS and even his creator wanted it and achieved it,after such transition I don't see any success for Ethereum so if Monero devs are smart they would never change to this PoS consensus.
4570  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 🦊 Betnomi.com | Champions League Pool ⚽️ Discussion Thread on: February 14, 2023, 02:52:22 PM
For tomorrow we have two games who funny enough I may consider that Milan vs Tottenham is the weaker teams game and PSG vs Bayern Munchen is the main event and a game which I am sure would be really enjoyable to watch on TV as super star players like Messi and Neymar are playing against one of the best teams in Europe like Bayern Munchen.

For Milan vs Tottenham I am more favored to go with Milan because they do not play for anything in Italy except getting that 4th place which is doable for them and so their main focus will be on this game,I don't know about Tottenham motivation but I don't expect them to be more motivated than Milan,and last but not least do not forget to make your picks for tomorrow.
Finally long wait is over! I already imagin getting goosebumps when I'll hear Champions league anthem Cheesy. Even despite that my team is going to play Thursday Night Football.
So difficult to predict something. Not going to play ML, going to look other markets. I'm leaning to predicting draw in both games, though, I would prefer Bayern win. Milan - Spurs, both are playing shit recently, but probably Milan have a bit more chances in first leg.
But why they can't have both games on different times slots, c'mon?

I agree.This is something doable especially in Italy when they have a game usually in 18 and not 20.45 in their Serie A,something they could have done tonight too in order to have games at different times so we as fans could enjoy both games by watching them both on TV.

For the other markets you are right too,it is a much better bet to bet on both teams to score in both games rather than trying to find the money line result of 1 x 2 which in both the games of tonight is extremely difficult.I have also gone for a draw tonight in the prediction in the pool.
4571  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Is there an effective way to stop a gambling-addicted person? on: February 14, 2023, 02:15:46 PM
Has anyone managed to stop their relatives from gambling addiction? I have a problem with my little brother, he is 29 and working for years already, the problem is he is so in debt that we are been called upon to come and bail him in a police station, he lied a lot about the debt and he can't even so some calculation on how he spent his own money, if you know what I mean, he works a lot but still broke, that kinda thing .

Later I found out that he is addicted to sports bets, he kept losing money and won't stop, he has lost up to 4650$, a loan, and his own money that he worked for.

If there is any advice you can give me on how to approach this matter please help.

The only way to recover a relative from such a bad illness is to make him go to a local rehab center.Of course you cannot just drag him by force to the rehab center,it won't do any good if he is forced to go there but it will make wonders if you first talk to him like brother,not just one time but consistently,little by little each day and you will make sure to have an impact on him by giving him all sort of examples of why gambling is bad (just a google search will give you a lot of insights) and finally when you will see that he will let his guard down it is that golden time to bring him by his will to the rehab center.For me this is the only solution to such persons.
4572  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Slots 101: Basics, Strategies, and Discussion (with poll) on: February 14, 2023, 12:25:08 PM
As usual, I claimed to reload from stake.com. I first tried a few rolls first and then tried the buy spin feature, and the results really surprised me. I didn't expect to play at Pragmatic (Gates of Olympus) to reach MAX WIN !!!  Shocked Shocked

It's crazy my luck is back on this favorite slot.  Cheesy

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What to say except big congrats to you  Grin,I have been trying to get that max win in Play n Go slots but I know that this provider does not make it happen that easily the max win and maybe I am searching it in the wrong games but I lately have found Diamonds of the Realm from those slots that offers x20000 max win and it is one of the slots that offers up to x100 multiplier in the bonus game and it is truly one of the most high volatility slots for real,you can get the bonus round very often here but rarely you go up to the last level.Maybe I should change to Pragmatic but they need much more money to play with as they have higher minimum bet than most Play n Go games.
4573  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Gamblers theory on BEGINNERS LUCK. on: February 14, 2023, 11:45:21 AM
I assume most gamblers are aware of the saying. The popular theory on beginners luck. But to some extent most people don't believe that their is such thing as beginners luck. I certainly to some extent believe on this because i experienced mine in the first time i tried dog racing in a local casino house am gambling with. I had a massive win of about of 800$ at my first stake on dog number 4 which was having a high odd for them winning and i was very happy but the cashier told me "you just had beginners luck ".
    But my second thoughts on this was that, its like a trap set for newcomers into the gambling world  Grin . Some gamblers certainly get overwhelmed by the first time win and go all in the habit of gambling.
So whats your take on this guys

I don't believe this.When I played the first time sport bets I lost two of them into two consecutive days and there were just like tonight Champions League games at that time.The same thing happened to me when I played slot machines for the first time,I got amazed by the graphics,sounds and special effects of the slot yet I ended up losing a big amount at that time too.The same happened again when I played roulette for the first time so for me personally there is no such thing as beginners luck in gambling,you either have good luck and bad luck and this happens any time from your beginning until actually.
4574  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: What most gamblers do. on: February 14, 2023, 10:15:40 AM
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It's normal for people who have turned gambling into an addiction. I think they can get addicted to other habits besides gambling. I mean, they're people who are prone to addiction. That's why in some countries there are limits to the ability to gamble. The most common and well-known of these is the legal age limit. That's why we can't wait for them to make sensible decisions, and that's why some countries have drawn some limits on legal gambling.

You reminded me of the situation in the country I actually live in.In here no one can gamble under the age of 21 and even by implementing this limit most people past this age were prone to addiction,an addiction to such a high level that prompted the government to completely ban the small casinos that we had spread throughout the city and only made legal the two big ones.This somewhat solved the situation of people not going to gamble physically but this has not solved the online gambling problem,the addicted persons always find money to play online,meaning that you cannot force by law something that is in people DNA,they will find a way to go and gamble.
4575  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) on: February 14, 2023, 09:09:31 AM
In the game Lyon vs Lens in French Soccer League yesterday, between these two teams, Lyon played very well and won the match by scoring 2 goals. However, in this match, Lens fans were more, but because of Lens poor performance, they scored 1 goal in the whole game.  Lens lost the match in Karon. Lyon played well from the beginning to the end of the game. I thought at first that maybe Lens would win so I placed the bet but Lens lost the match and I also lost the bet.

The Lens team miserably lost the truck. They have lost points in their last four matches. And now the condition of their team is very bad. They have moved to fourth place in the points table. The main reason for their defeat in the last four matches is the poor performance of the forward players. Lens managed to score a total of 3 goals in the last four matches. The lens is not playing well because of the poor performance of the attacking players. The Lens team may no longer be able to compete for the title. PSG's biggest rivals for the title at the moment are Marseille.

I would add Monaco to the list because isn't Monaco the team that just beat PSG with a 3-1 result in their last game.Monaco is on top form in their recent games as they come from many consecutive wins in a row and together with Monaco there is Marseille which is in similar form.Normally these two teams are the real contenders as they may have another weekend that they would recover points toward PSG because PSG tonight is facing Bayern Munchen in the Champions League and will be tired after such intense game.

For Lens they never convinced me and they are where they should be in the 4th place,I doubt they will recover and they cannot fight for the title anymore.
4576  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Is gambling safer than before ? on: February 14, 2023, 08:19:45 AM
We all know that gambling existed long time in human history and in several forms and ways. I’m sure old people has another image when they think about gambling the first thing coming on their head is most probably cards, casinos and horse racing since they were more famous than any other game. Now as in this new generation of gambling thinking of it generate an image of slots, betting and live card tables and tou can gamble in your own house without getting in touch with people all you need is your device and access to internet.
My topic today is about a simple question, Do you think gambling in old days is more safe than our days now?
Just 2 months ago in my region unfortunately a guy in my age has been murdered in cold blood only for gambling when the victim managed to win a good amount of money against the owner of an illegal small casino. If these two people where gambling online nothing bad could happen
In the other hand gambling online also have consequences such as getting scammed by the casino as well.


It is absolutely safer than before.Not only is much safer to play online from the comfort of your home laid down in your favorite sofa and playing cooler than before with just your mobile phone.No danger no nothing and only entertainment if you don't over do it.It is also safer as if you keep playing online you can keep placing sport bets no matter where you are,during a trip,during the lunch break or in any other location and a lot of people cannot even relate and find out that you are gambling at all if you know how to be discrete in this.So based on all this factors we can say it loud that gambling now is safer than it ever was before.
4577  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Sportsbet.io's English Premier League Football Pool Discussion Thread on: February 14, 2023, 07:51:57 AM
Apparently the increase in odds was only put in place to scare bettors away as I have bet on them a couple of days before the game of yesterday and I got it with 1.50 odd while yesterday at some bookmakers even passed the 1.71 odd and Liverpool was playing at home against one of the most weak teams of the Premier League of this season.I am glad that a lot of people and including a lot of people from this pool too made quite some money yesterday with this game as we all did bet on Liverpool to win this game.
4578  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Champions League 2022/23 Season on: February 14, 2023, 07:29:33 AM
I don't know if Milan can beat Spurs tonight... Milan are in a tough crisis and are losing to almost everyone in Serie A... Although Spurs are not playing very stable either, I think they can win tonight... I'll risk to bet on them with odds of 3.1...
The both teams are as evenly matched as it gets, both in quality of players and in their recent performances, neither Spurs nor Ac Milan are doing quite well in their respective leagues, Tottenham are 5th in the EPL standings, whilst Ac Milan are likewise 5th in the Seria A standings. The game is difficult to call/predict, i would rather just watch the game than stake anything on it, i think the most probable result in this first leg tie might be a draw, or since Ac Milan are at home they might manage to squeeze in a slender victory, we'll see how things pan out tonight.

I think Milan is the favorite in this game as their full focus most probably is in the Champions League now because there is nothing that they can do in order to change things in the Serie A as Napoli is 16 points ahead and the maximum Milan can achieve is to be in the top 4.

The same can be said for Tottenham but lately in their last game they were losing it with a tennis result from one of the weaker teams this season there and I read this as a potential red flag for the game of tonight.
4579  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 🦊 Betnomi.com | Champions League Pool ⚽️ Discussion Thread on: February 13, 2023, 09:23:27 PM
For tomorrow we have two games who funny enough I may consider that Milan vs Tottenham is the weaker teams game and PSG vs Bayern Munchen is the main event and a game which I am sure would be really enjoyable to watch on TV as super star players like Messi and Neymar are playing against one of the best teams in Europe like Bayern Munchen.

For Milan vs Tottenham I am more favored to go with Milan because they do not play for anything in Italy except getting that 4th place which is doable for them and so their main focus will be on this game,I don't know about Tottenham motivation but I don't expect them to be more motivated than Milan,and last but not least do not forget to make your picks for tomorrow.
4580  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Motosport General discussion tread --- Formula1, MotoGP, WTCC, ETCC, DTM..... on: February 13, 2023, 09:03:28 PM
To be honest, this year I have the feeling that Ferrari has the strongest car, and if they stop making mistakes, they could have the strongest car the whole season. Last season, Ferrari definitely had the strongest car in the first half of the season and lost a lot of important points due to their own mistakes (strategy, pit stops, etc.).

My guess is that Ferrari will be the strongest car, followed closely by RedBull and Mercedes.

I also feel like Ferrari will have the fastest car in this new season. Because they are saying that there is a big improvement in the engine by 30 horsepower.

This is a really big improvement indeed. Because they didn't see any other way than cutting the power by some rate last season to get ahead of serious issues. But now they are claiming that there is no need anymore. I really can't trust them completely yet as we are talking about Ferrari.  Grin  We need to see them racing without the same problems for some weeks to be convinced about them. Then I can say my favourite for the championship will be Ferrari this time.

They have not promised anything officially to their "tifosi" for the upcoming season and that is a good decision by the team management.Every time they promised they didn't deliver and things changed to not good even when they started like last year by winning the first couple of races which dramatically increased their "tifosi" expectations.This year they have just said that there have been big improvements and that they have worked hard to fight to win every race of the calendar.

I think they have build a fast car but I am sure they are not the only team to have improved dramatically their car,most likely even other teams like Mercedes and Redbull have also done so.
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