I guess we can also call them desperate gamblers. They are here becacuse they believe they can make money and could change their lives for the better, it's just that not eveyone has the iron heart to witdstand financial trials in our life. It's a dump idea to think gambling could solve our financial struggle, unless otherwise we really have the skills that we can rely to bring us some consistent profit, in that case, only few have.

It's only few of us probably gambling with a small amount. Because if we look at how profitable the gambling industry is, it's easy to assume that lots of money are going in, so with that information, we can tell that there's plenty of gamblers who are spending a lot of money and I'm pretty sure that most of them aren't happy with what they are doing.

OF course, who would be happy when they are losing money, right?



That's it, sometimes we think of chasing because we are getting emotional, and that could usually happen during the live betting as sports does have longer outcome compared to games like roulette or other popular casino games, so along the way there's this live betting that we may take as we want to make sure we'll end up profitable when the game ended.

They are the people who believe that making money in sports is possible. 1% of the total gamblers  or sports bettor are making money which will make them an exceptional bettors if they'll be successful with it. Everyone of us starts with a dream, I think it's okay to dream as long as you know your limit, at least once if your life you were able to do the things that you wanted to, if you fail, then back to the basic, which is to consider gambling as fun.

I don't think it is. The market still looks bullish because of the expected ETF approval that will happen hopefully by January which means bitcoin that time will become more expensive from its original price. So that would be a bit riskier if you start investing at a high price. However, starting a small amount is not bad at all. You can invest anytime you want as long as your purpose is to buy and hold bitcoin for long term. But you can never expect to make it instantly big with the upcoming bull run. At least, you can still be in profits and just continue to DCA with bitcoin as this is the right thing to do when you come to invest at an expensive price.

They don't have a star player to trade, so if there's someone that will be traded, we can't expect a start player like Wemby in return. I think they'll have to build the team with the current line up, improve the chemistry and be healthy, eventually they'll be a tough team like the OKC.

Still too early to expect the SPurs to be playoff contender, it was just Wemby was overhyped resulting to people have a high expectation on him, but as we can see, he is going through a process and let's understand it would take time for him to be a complete player.

Bollick was just facilitating the ball and they have a good ball movement resulting to a big lead they keep after the first half.

The score now is 39-58, that's a 19 points lead, I don't think TNT will be able to come back in this game even if they'll make this a single digit game, they may owned the 3rd quarter but they'll get tired in the 4th as they are undermanned. No Castro, so no good ball facilitator.

You feel sad after every loss, that's normal, you are not a human if you don't feel upset when you lose money. However, as a human also, we need to move on and go for the next bet. personally, I have more fun watching the game that I'm betting, I'm a big fan of live betting, so I'm having some fun, although you are right that it could be stressful sometimes, but we can defeat that stress by not betting a huge amount of money.

Small amount, less excitement, less stress.

Big amount, big excitement, big stress.

In the end , it's up to us to choose.

If you are a responsible member and a good follower, you will find the forum rules and laws not hard to follow. You value yourself just like you value other members opinions and ideas, so you will never have a problem sticking to the forum laws.

The admin has made it clear that there'll only be transparency all over the forum, and I think the forum has achived it without bias and dishonesty. And when it comes to knowledge, the forum has well filtered the invalid and comes up with the legit and valid insights and ideas.

Certainly, yes. Bitcoin is the lifeblood of the crypto market, without it then the crypto industry will never be promising and competitive just like we have right now. With bitcoin's absence, random altcoins will continue to rise in the market and increase the scamming incidents in the crypto industry. When that happens, people will never trust the market anymore as only bitcoin gets the highest utility and the highest trust from its investors.

While this is quite inevitable to happen, but we all know also that crypto without bitcoin will never be the same again. That's why I don't like imagining it because I know that will never happen for now and hopefully in the future.

Wemby has the talent of an ideal big man, could shot outside and has a good range in mid range. However, there's one thing that he need to develop, and that is his physique. I mean we can understand that since he is still young, but since he's in the NBA now (his ultimate dream), it should not be a problem from a team on transforming Wemby to be like a Giannis body. Let's just wait and see, maybe a season or two, we will see a more competitive Wemby.

If they are rich it's okay for them to gamble as long as they are on the point that they consider gambling as an entertainment only.

However, if they are both struggling financially and yet they are still gambling, most likely the family will be affected, and guess what, their kids will likely become gamblers when they grow up as that's what they see as they are growing up. What the parents are doing is a big influence of the children as they grow up.

I believe this kind of scenario is not new, I mean in less developed countries, we can see a lot of families like that, they gamble even if they have financial problems, and it's one of the reasons why poverty has increase. Even in our country, there's this government aid for the poor which they'll receive monthly, and instead of people are being help, it makes them more lazy as they are just relying on it and even use it in gambling.

The closer this year will end, the higher we see bitcoin price surging that made me think that any market correction might not be happening this year anymore. But we all know this remains an illusion because we know from the start that bitcoin moves its price mysteriously. So I still have this feeling that any time, bitcoin might experience another price correction and we know its unstoppable.

But is there any reason to be mad or resort into panicking? Of course, there's none. No matter how deep the price drops, bitcoin will always comes up recovering again. So let's just enjoy the opportunity if ever it happens, at least we can add more cheap bitcoins into our portfolio.

Bitcoin halving happens every four years, and so is the drama. So if you are a long term investor, at least you should know already how to overcome all of this as every bitcoin halving that we get to experiences brings a lot of lesson and realization for us. The challenge is on the newbies who are still starting to be exposed on what bitcoin halving be like. If they are not firm enough, they will always fall on the fuds and hypes that are only created to discourage from bitcoin investment.

But if you are being educated well on the risks and challenges when bitcoin halving comes, then you should have prepared for it. You will still be successful and be profitable after the event of bitcoin halving.

No, because this holiday season there's a lot of expense I have to take care of.

You know, giving gifts on christmas day to family and friends, I don't even know if there are still some budget left for gambling, but of course I will try to allocate as christmas would not be fun if I can't bet while watching my favorite games, but one thing is sure, it will smaller compared to the past months.

Maybe for those who are employed they would spend more as they would be receiving their bonuses, but for me, it's just a normal day as my business is running as usual, seems like December is not the peak season for my business.

Wait....I don't fully understand the story. He banned himself from gambling, but he was still able to gamble. Additionally, you mentioned that when he gambles, he wouldn't be paid if he wins big, or he would only be paid a maximum of $200.

Does this mean that the casino is allowing him to bet big but would only pay a maximum of $200? Nah, this seems unusual, it could suggest that the casino might be cheating him, or perhaps he fabricated the story. Which is the case?

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Tell him to play online, no more banning would happen even if he is too good, unless he's cheating.

For long term purposes, I think I could start a maximum of $1000, but I won't be able to produce that money upfront or deposit all of that in a casino. $1000 is just my limit, if I lose all that money, I would stop gambling and wait for the next season.

In a year, this is kinda long term so I needs long term answer.

In figures, maybe for $1000 bankroll, I'd be okay with $5000 net profit in a year.

No one would be contented in gambling, if we are consistently winning, we would be more aggressive in betting our skills, so most likely I would increase my bankroll on the next season, so I could expect a bigger profit, that if I would still enjoy the same outcome I had in the past.

Trading has a lot of risks that makes it hard to deal and overcome. But if you are a passionate and determined trader, you will always want to try and make things work out. Note that there's no shortcut to trading success, you will encounter consistent losses, mistakes that will make you fail on your trades, but every trader has certainly experienced that before reaching their current position right now.

If you fail, then trade again. If you lose, then trade again. Experience will make you a better trader in the process. As long as you have money and confidence to trade again, then trading repeatedly will never be hard and will always be fine and possible.

When someone says he will sell all or invest all in bitcoin, that is an overstatement for sure. Even the rich men will never do that because they follow certain plan investments like sticking to its budget as every investment should have it's own sufficient budget, not very small nor very high, just enough. But when someone says that he will invest all his investment budget, the statement is very clear itself.

Besides, selling all fiat in bank for btc means that your greed is too high that creates danger when investing. We don't hold the future outcome of any investment even with bitcoin, so it's always safer not to risk all our assets just to maximize the profits with bitcoin.

Ans ; It's been awhile, before the 2017 bull run I guess. I could not remember the exact days but I'm sure I have been here for many years and I can call myself an experience gambler, however, that doesn't mean I'm consistently profitable.

Ans ; Just like everyone else, the worst experience is when I run out of patience, I continue to chase on my last money even if I know it will be trouble if I lose. In fact I lose, that's why I can say I learn the hard way.

Ans ; Winning big wagers, but since I don't really put a lot of money, I'm a kind of bettor who bet small and try to win big, and the only way to achieve that is betting on parlay. So yes, that was winning on parlay which is the best experience I had.

Ans ; You need to be a risk taker, if you have no balls, you can't be a sports gambler, period.

We have two games today, and the first game will start in less than an hour, so check on your bookies now so you'll not miss the fun.

First game is Meralco vs Northport, I'm betting on the better team here with -3.5. For the 2nd game, I have Magnolia -7.5 against SMB, SMB lose on their previous game, they'll struggle more against a healthy and complete Magnolia.

No JMF inside, it will be hard for them to prevent the attacks inside.