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4921  Other / Off-topic / Re: What do you think about this? on: October 03, 2021, 06:34:40 PM
Then, after we register and deposit some money, we can win again and when we win, we want to withdraw the money. Still, it turns out that the site tells us that we are cheating. Still, they haven't or don't tell us where the form of cheating is even though we know that we have registered twice on the site and that site has also informed us that they will not allow anyone to register using the same IP or having multiple accounts and they can check every member to find any form of cheating.
How can you say the casino doesn't tell what kind of cheating the person was doing? It could vary from situation to situation.
Also, sometimes the casino can be the cheater, that is when the house doesn't want to pay the gambler and creates an issue to justify an account ban. In this case it's more likely they won't tell the form of cheating the gambler was doing, because there wasn't any cheating in first place.

What do you think? Is it related to morale, ethics or what is your opinion?
It's unethical to not follow casinos' rules like this one, because when people break this rule they show no respect for the platform and its operators who put a lot of effort creating worthful promotions to please customers. And cheaters are actually fools, as on long run the number of promotions will just decrease due to so many trickery attempts.
4922  Other / Archival / Re: Why do most (if not all) casinos ban users’ accounts if have more than one? on: October 03, 2021, 03:22:54 AM
One might wonder why anyone would ever need to open more than one account at an online casino? After all, it's not very practical for a single user, right?
In my opinion, creating more than one account at an online casino is usually used to take advantage of promotions and bonuses, so it is understandable why casinos don't allow it.


While I agree to what you have said, but there still a brain to detect why user may have multiple accounts. So for example I’d ban those who have connected accounts and withdraw bonuses from tips / bonuses / faucets /... Etc (which are usually exterme small amounts) , but shouldn’t ban the user that have deposited thousands of dollars and wagared just because he is connected with XXXX and XXXX and XXXX. So the idea is W.T.F. they have earned or spammed with these accounts? In addition I don’t know what are the promotions that gives free money now.

Anyway, my point was : If TOS says no multi account. Why does it say so?
- So it says that to prevent spammers from abusing the bonuses and free money systems.

It has nothing to do with a user that deposits and withdraw even if have 100 accounts. In addition if he is a regular user, they should see activity on the other accounts as well. It could be a lost account and many more possibilities. Some users even say they don’t have connection with these accounts which extreme weird to me. - WTF the value of these accounts to cause the casino ban it? Did they earn million of dollars through spamming the bonuses ? -
If casinos say multiple accounts aren't allowed, gamblers have to agree with their terms or quit. It's like when you go to someone else's house and they say something is forbidden to be done there and you think that rule is ridiculous, because you would do that at home without any problems, but you still have to follow the rule, because you aren't at your place.
Furthermore, casinos really give free money sometimes. Just look at Stake promotions. Have you heard of safe bets at some sports' matches? The house indicates an athlete as probable winning, if he loses the fight, you receive your money back. Just imagine people with dozens of accounts joining such promotions simultaneously (including people who might deposit thousands of dollars in their accounts).
4923  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Isn't speculation and volatility a problem for Bitcoin? on: October 02, 2021, 08:02:31 PM
It actually depends on how you treat Bitcoin. If you want to start a business which uses Bitcoin as the primary currency, you might see it as a problem. Furthermore, if you want to use Bitcoin as money, it could also be a problem. But if you are using Bitcoin simply as a speculative asset, then volatility is not really a problem. It could be a double-edged sword but it is generally worth appreciating knowing that your goal is to predict the pattern of the rise and fall of its price and make money out of it.
True. Everything depends on your needs on the currently moment. Knowing how to use bitcoin for your own benefit at the right situations to achieve your goals, speculation and volatility won't be a problem at all. Probably they will be even an advantage. However awareness and wisdom are needed, because if the person thinks bitcoin's characteristics are fully benefical or fully prejudicial in every cases they will lose money and golden investment opportunities that may not be disponible again soon.
4924  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Legalized Gambling where you live..where does it stand? on: October 02, 2021, 05:12:43 PM
Horse racing, lottery and online gambling sites are allowed, while land based casinos and traditional gambling games such as roulette and slots machine aren't allowed anymore since 2000's. Many years ago slots were also very popular even in humble pubs and small markets, but I have just a vague memory of this, because I was too young on those times.
I believe those machines were destroyed by the government with steamrollers and now you can find them only in clandestine gambling houses. Moreover there isn't any indicator there is going to be friendly regulations soon, because the religious sector is too strong in national politics and they are totally against gambling practices.
4925  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Sports betting to begin this Thursday in Connecticut on: October 02, 2021, 02:18:20 PM
What do you think of this news??
Due to the pandemic effects even states and countries with an anti-gambling history are changing their approach in an attempt to increase the receipt to balance the economical situation of the public administration. After so many years or decades blaming gambling, it looks like it has finally turned into a possible solution for politicians to make their mandates more efficient.

That is not a bad thing though, because a regulated market is more attractive to a certain portion of the population who avoids activities which lack official permissions. Now with the legalization of gambling, the population may feel more confortable to start betting without the fear of being stigmatized for doing something illegal.
4926  Economy / Economics / Re: Money and wealth as the major religions in world. on: October 02, 2021, 12:32:14 AM
Ever since the dawn of the civilization, the most powerful man are the ones who have the most money and that idea has been carried out through history whether we ant to admit it or not, sure a lot of people would lie and say that money can't buy happiness but when facing your problems do you rather face them as a poor man or as a rich man, money in it all forms whether its crypto or fiat if you hold it, you hold the key and the answer to every issue.

I disagree. Money-based economy became important only very recently. In the pre-historic times, it was power that was valued much more than money. Because there were limited options where money could be used. Nowadays the families have become more nuclear and communal structure has disappeared. Now everyone is on his own, and under these circumstances it is money which reigns supreme. In a few locations, they still follow the collective community structure, such as the Kibbutz groupings of Israel.

Well in our history money is also power most of the kings and also the leaders before should be a rich one but also there are some that are just strong and bacame powerful. Though you have a point that mostly we could really say that now adays money is power to us and only few people or tribes or small civilization doing this but world is getting evolving and people are adopting the technology age so they will be also influence by this
Only among the most barbaric people physical strength would value more than money, probably because they didn't know how to use money at their favour as they were uncivilezed and mistreat people from another tribes and kingdoms, but as soon as they learned trading skills, money became the main tool in order to achieve power.
For that reason I agree that "since the dawn of the civilization, the most powerful man are the ones who have the most money", because what we know and understand as civilization, was born with trading and cooperation between different people, what was just possible in large scale through money. Naturally those who had more money would have more influence, ruling their societies.
4927  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: 12 years and no country has approved Bitcoin ?? on: October 01, 2021, 10:33:10 PM
Well just after a year of the question from OP. Less than a year, there's now El Salvador that has approved and now using bitcoin as a legal tender. What's more are in store for the next years to come for the other countries? We will see if at the end of this year there will be another country to adopt it as a legal tender. But with or without approval of a country as long as they don't claim bitcoin is illegal, everyone is free to use it and there is no need for any approval.
Well if I am not mistaken, there are 3 countries that already legalized bitcoin because it was followed by the El Salvador decision.
I forget the 3rd one but as far as I remember, it is El Salvador and Ukraine that already legalized bitcoin, and the third one, I did not remember.
Perhaps another year we'll pass, other countries will announce legalizing bitcoin and then other countries will follow. It is good news to us and the entire community that we are getting larger and soon bitcoin will become more expensive.
Maybe Cuba? I've seen they have passed a law in August legalizing and regulating crypto currencies in an attempt to improve the precarious economical situation of imposed by the communist on the country a little bit. However, differently from El Salvador, the cuban law didn't consider bitcoin or any other crypto currency as legal tender (official country's currency). In the legal tender aspect, El Salvador remains as a quite unique country. Even Ukraine, although legalizing it, didn't give the legal tender status to bitcoin as far as I know.
4928  Economy / Economics / Re: How has inflation affected your savings and investing? on: October 01, 2021, 02:10:46 AM
In terms of savings, it has definitely made it slower.

Groceries & prices in generally have crept up over the past few years that has stymied savings progress, whilst wage growth hasn't seen the same growth.

In terms of investing, it might have actually helped. Most of my portfolio is in stocks and cryptos which generally positively associate with inflation.
This is the reason why I only do investing from now on and I don't have any plans doing some saving especially with fiat knowing that the rate of inflation in my country is just continuously going up at a really fast rate, investing saved a huge portion of my money.
Saving in fiat has always been a bad business but this is not something people understand because they lack historical perspective, if we see what it took you to buy something one hundreds years ago you can easily see why saving is a waste of time as most likely 99% of the purchasing power of the currency would have been lost, so we need to put our wealth in hard assets that can resits that inflation, it does not matter if you invest in gold, real estate or bitcoin, as long as you avoid having huge amounts of fiat then you will do well in the future.
People don't understand it, but they aren't totally wrong on their goals, because at least those who save in fiat are aiming a long run passive income. They just don't use, as you said, the correct assets to achieve this income and that is where most of them fail, as when they see it's taking too long to accomplish what they have been looking for so many years of hard work they lose hopes, resign and stop trying.

And then we have a population unable to thrive and build wealthy during their lifetime. Even worse is that it's the legacy they pass to the next generations.
4929  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: El Salvador to mine bitcoin using Volcanic energy on: September 30, 2021, 11:30:51 PM
It's hard to opine about the president's intentions and execution of the announcements made on his twitter because most of us aren't in El Salvador to see through our own eyes how reality works there. We have to keep in mind twitter has become a powerful political propaganda tool for presidents who don't have the support of traditional medias in their own countries and like in every political propagandas, there is always some artificiality to make the eyes' of the audience shine for the politician's actions.

Without any doubts most reactions are positive regards this idea, but at same time I don't understand why the effort isn't the same to make energy reachable to family houses which still lack this basic service and to decrease the costs of electricity not only for bitcoin mining, but especially for the common citizens.
4930  Economy / Gambling / Re: FreeBitco.in-$200 FreeBTC⭐Win Lambo🔥0.2BTC DailyJackpot🏆$32,500 Wager Contest on: September 30, 2021, 05:15:36 PM
One doubt I have is that users already get 1 free WoF spin everyday. So even if they buy 2500 FUN tokens they will still get only 1 WoF for the initial 89 days ?
As we can see at premium tab at freebitco.in, after 1 day holding 2500 FUN you start receiving a daily spin without expiration time. Besides this spin from FUN holdings feature, you keep receiving the free one in your email everyday, but you still have to use it in 48 hours, just like now.

It means that by purchasing the cheapest 2500 FUN package, you are going to have 2 spins everyday for the first 90 days. After this time period you are going to have 3 spins daily, after 180 days 4 spins and after 360 days there will be 5.
4931  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ASA to host gambling advertising webinar on: September 30, 2021, 03:10:04 AM
I can't say how the ideas discussed in this webinar are going to be applied for real, but after reading the small article posted by OP I can say their intention is good. In this case, regulators just want to make sure gambling operators don't deceive the audience, induce them to financial, social, emotional losses or take advantage of the inexperience of the public (especially the young ones) through ads.
In my opinion it won't be an issue for most gambling platforms I see around, because they always promote responsible gambling habits on their advertisements, telling gamblers to not spend money they can't afford to lose. Virtual casinos also allow their users to auto-block their accounts if they wish stop playing and offer emotional support services if an addicted person is spotted by the platform. Regulators can't say anything bad about it.
4932  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Spain bans betting adds - no celebrities, no sport sponsorship, no daytime adds on: September 29, 2021, 01:22:24 PM
Spain have their reason to do so since many young people were engaged in gambling, however there will be some indistry that may leesen their income due to this banning, it will just be a matter of how they can still attract players with ads at night only. There are other platforms to do ads as well. It can work if they can team up with the government on their implementation like setting up that players should be on legal age and some agreement terms for them to still keep their business.

Sure, Spain Government have specific reasons to do such kind of bans and I think every country will sure going to do the same thing if the vulnerable on the said issue were the young ones. But somehow these kind of bans may result to a less market strategy effectiveness of any affected gambling sites but on the other hand thinking that the one who can saw the adds are those who in legal aged are somewhat acceptable why this kind of ban were implemented.
Only traditional casinos' marketing will be prejudiced, while crypto casinos' marketing will be highly effective after a ban on gambling by the government, as the public will look for alternatives to keep betting and crypto currency seems the perfect option in this case. And actually I have noticed crypto gambling advertisements are increasing in numbers and also in quality right now.
There are so many ads banners, reviews sites, lives or videos in different platforms and promotions disponible that I believe the migration from traditional casinos to crypto ones is happening quickly than expected.

While you have traditional casinos being forbidden from contracting celebrities and sportsmen, you have crypto casinos like Stake featuring sportsmen and partnering with UFC. As we can see the decay of part of the industry is also the rising of another side. And that is a natural thing, because businessmen, celebrities and athletes won't stop profiting just because a government impose them a prohibitive regulation.
4933  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: September 29, 2021, 11:20:44 AM
It is said that Liverpool are monitoring the Villarreal winger Arnaut Danjuma's performance as they are thinking of making an offer for him. Villarreal have signed him for €23.5m last summer and he has a contract running until 2026. He has scored 3 goals in 6 matches so far. Maybe it can be a good transfer for Liverpool but he wouldn't get much chance as Liverpool's wingers are Salah and Mane.
Liverpool will be monitoring Danjuma's perfomance on today's game between Vilarreal and Manchester United. That will be a good opportunity for him to show his skills, impress Liverpool and stay on their radar, probably until next year, when the contract of Mane enters its final year, what means Danjuma would be an interesting replacement in case Liverpool decides to sell him.
Considering some criticism Mane is facing due to his performance being inferior to the one he had during the season Liverpool won the title, I think this replacement is possible.
4934  Economy / Economics / Re: Now UK is facing inflation so choose the best for you.. on: September 29, 2021, 03:20:57 AM
The best ally the middle class has right now is bitcoin, so they should go for it, without any doubts. I believe those who don't adopt bitcoin and don't have powerful friends with influence in their countries will perish as soon as the global economies finally crash. Not only in UK, but what we see now in economics from a global perspective is like a Chernobyl reactor increasing in pressure (inflation) without effective measures to control it. At some point it will finally explode and the consequences will be harsh (hyperinflation, economies out of control, riots, savagery everywhere). Those relying on the traditional fiat system to survive will regret a lot for not adopting bitcoin when this day comes.

Bitcoin adopters should also be careful, because they can become easy targets for the desperate masses during an economical crisis outbreak.
4935  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Miners Are the Bears on: September 29, 2021, 01:09:16 AM
So, Miners are the bears and they are Good for the Bitcoin Network.
Probably you mean miners are responsible for bearish markets when they sell their mined btcs, dumping the prices of crypto currencies in general. However, I don't think they are the main responsible for such events. I believe the real bears are the whales (people who hold large amounts of bitcoins, wealthy investors) who are constantly playing with market's prices for speculative reasons.
Anyway, miners are indeed good for blockchain network, you are right, as without them we wouldn't have our transactions completed. And it would be even better if there were more miners around, so the transactions costs would be cheaper for network's users.
4936  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Seriously! three times...the individual vs. combined probability. on: September 28, 2021, 11:13:33 PM
Even though you don't win anything with this sequence, someone must be really lucky to face it during a live roulette session.

Just got curious to see what was the maximum repeated number sequence rolled and found out it was six times registered twice in history: one in 2000 at Caesar’s Palace, when the number 7 appeared six times in a following sequence and another in 1959 at San Juan Hotel (Puerto Rico), when number 10 also appeared six times. It means 1 chance in 3.01 billion of happening. Do you know a higher record?

If 3 times in a roll is already shocking for many, imagine how 6 times would look like if you suddenly faced it during your peaceful daily game.

https://www.roulette17.com/resources/record-same-number-results/
4937  Economy / Economics / Re: Two basic things that can give you an advantage on: September 28, 2021, 09:52:15 PM
for beginners like me it is difficult to do these two things. when the price drops far enough I have difficulty controlling my emotions so that it causes panic for fear that the price will continue to fall. second, when the price is going down I hesitate to buy because I think the price will continue to fall so I can get a cheaper price. the point is to do these two things requires strong belief and good self-control.
If you set your investment goals on long run there won't be any reason to fear market fluctuations in the present moment. You don't need to panic, just ignore the crashes and keep your coins untouchable until they reach to the price you are looking for. Furthermore, make sure to hold currencies which have potential on long run. To minimize risks, it's advisable to keep the biggest part of the holdings in btc.
4938  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Crypto misinformation is turning into an issue for people new to the game. on: September 28, 2021, 07:19:46 PM
Not only scam sites which disappear overnight, but I have also seen considered trustful, well known investment advisors' platforms promoting articles with titles stating in alarming tone an altcoin X or Y is going to overcome bitcoin this year or next year. The approach is always the same: they talk about bitcoin as an oldfashioned investment and then introduce a random altcoin as something revolutionary.

As consequence I see many newbies saying they don't have any interest for bitcoin. They prefer to totally focus their funds in different altcoins, what in my opinion is a big mistake, because bitcoin drives crypto market, not altcoins.

You can always try to educate people about this, but if they are too greedy for fast profits, nothing can stop them from wasting money.
4939  Economy / Gambling / Re: FreeBitco.in-$200 FreeBTC⭐Win Lambo🔥0.2BTC DailyJackpot🏆$32,500 Wager Contest on: September 28, 2021, 06:07:00 PM
The free spins you receive in your email have indeed a validity of 48 hrs. The WOF spins you receive from your premium membership have no expiry date so you can stack them up as much as you want.
Had a good run today on the WOF with winning 4646 satoshis and 92 RP.
Doesn't it seem like discrimination?
No, it looks a free sample. Discrimination would be if some users received free spins, while others didn't, based on personal characteristics and beliefs of each one.

And actually, it's not often we see bitcoin websites offering so generous features like this without forcing users to pay something extra. You just need to check your email daily to not waste any spins. Sounds easy, right?



They just didn't want to put everything in the same old site for some reason, that I believe has something to do with incentivizing FUN usage, as you need to deposit FUN token in order to play at dplay casino. That is the only currency accepted there.

There's a lot of reasons one of which has been pointed out above. The new casinos are licenced which mean they have to restrict access to certain countries to comply with the terms of their licence. We don't want to have to put those restrictions on Freebitco.in.
Understood, thanks for replying.
4940  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: No vaccine no entry Casino house! on: September 27, 2021, 07:59:22 PM
It's different here.

Big casinos here in our country only requires temperature check, face mask, and face shield for their guests. They only require vaccination cards only when guests are entering dining areas.

For now, yes only on some selected establishments like restaurants. But soon, we can expect that most establishments will now require a vaccination card, fully dose, to all people. I'm really expecting that since it's slowly taking place. It was first required on travel leisure on which the local government is the one who mandated the law. That's the reason why many people now undergo a vaccine because of mandatory requirement on some leisure and social activities such as going to mall, resort and hotel booking, beach, tourist attraction etc.

Since there's no outdoor gambling for casinos (like alfrescos on restaurants), that's the big reason for casinos to impose a requirement of having a fully vaccine shots.
I also expect every buildings (public and private) will require vaccination card in order to let the individual enter them in most countries, since it's a global sanitary guideline. But for now I think they shouldn't introduce it yet, because people are still getting vaccinated slowly, as there isn't enough doses for everyone, especially the youngest ones. It will prejudice businesses' income and harm economy even more as younger people are the most active spenders inside a society.

Regards gambling, at least we have online casinos which are perfectly suitable in this case. If regulations keep increasing in severity each new day, online businesses will have an extra boost to expand their customers' base. For them especifically it's very good anyway.
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