I hope your experience can be useful for another people start investing in bitcoin as well with low amounts of money. As you update this thread and results start appearing, I'm going to show it to some people I would like to introduce in crypto universe. It might be possible to convince them to finally start investing if they see stories of success of another people in crypto currency with real statistics.

The recently launched dplay casino belongs to the same owners of freebitco.in. Besides the traditional dice and sports betting you play at freebitco.in, they offer different games options like baccarat, roulette and video slots on the new site.

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.

This kind of campaign is always welcome and very necessary in gambling universe, because not every gamblers are aware about the risks and consequences a bad behavior and mindset can cause them on long run. In my opinion gambling platforms feel on their shoulders the weight of potential addiction their businesses may trigger in some people, so they partner with similar companies to take action against the problem, investing part of their profit on it. That is an admirable action from them.

I just hope this campaign and another ones of the same kind don't use the "responsible betting" slogan against crypto casinos, discouraging gamblers from exploring this side of gambling universe.

The article has a link to the original source of the study: The 25 Countries Most Prepared For A Cryptocurrency Takeover.
At the end of the study you can check their "Methodology". That is all I could find and since one of the items of the study is "predicted 2025 search volume", you are right by pointing out it has a speculative characteristic.

I think China couldn't be on this list because officially they have always been very hostile towards bitcoin besides being a very closed, restrictive country. It wouldn't make sense if they were leading global adoption. Moreover, chinese citizens have to use VPN to access the internet and deal with crypto currencies, so it would be really hard for the study to collect legit crypto uptake and crypto search volume data from users living on that country.

You should have posted a link to back your claim, like this one for an example:

The US leads countries ready for widespread crypto adoption


Not that USA is leading global bitcoin adoption, but it's more likely USA will lead global bitcoin adoption due to some factors observed by specialists, like the one you mentioned about they having more ATMs per citizen than another countries. Another factor is that bitcoin uptake by americans is above average when compared to another countries. And of course, they have decent internet connection probably disponible for its whole territory, what makes the process of dealing with bitcoin a lot easier.

Hmm, there isn't much you can do to change your fate during a slots session. In my opinion the best a gambler can do is to try predicting what will come next, changing his bet size accordingly. When I play facing several consecutive losses roll after roll, I tend to increase my bet meanwhile, because the more you lose consecutively, the higher are the chances you will win something on the next roll and once I hit something good enough to recover my bankroll I decrease my bet again.

But it's not martingale, because I'm not doubling my bets after every loss. Anyway, nobody should do this continuously without a limit. Always start playing with a goal: if you win X btc, quit the game or if you lose Y btc quit the game as well. It's very important to not change this schedule during a game session.

Maybe, but I'm not sure, because although USA is rich and an enthusiast of bitcoin, the tipping feature seems more suitable and popular among third world countries' citizens who join in crypto currency advertisement campaigns and giveaways. It would be a huge success if it was disponible for them, and I believe even more people would adopt bitcoin to participate in such tasks from that moment on as a trusted social media (in the eyes of the average internet user) like twitter supports it. I say that because a tip for an US citizen is nothing, but for someone living in a poor country it's a decent amount that worths to be collected and saved.

Any estimative on when the feature will be available for everyone? Last time I heard about this it would be disponible only for USA and El Salvador citizens through Strike. Without expanding the feature to more users, there won't be any significant impact in Bitcoin universe.

The social media popularity is huge in third world countries and at same time it's the people from these countries which are most adepts of tipping features to maximize their monthly income, what means these people could make this feature become a new trend and a great success on the internet.

You have already answered your own question. That is the main point. Young people saw in bitcoin an opportunity they didn't have in traditional markets. They grew up listening and watching successful stories of celebrities who thrived in life, they watched movies which inspired them to look for a better quality life and were also incentivized at school since childhood to do so.
For many of them bitcoin became an interesting tool to make their dreams finally come true, as there isn't any other alternative around.

Of course they are playing with bitcoin market and I don't doubt China holds some decent number of bitcoins unofficially, while lobbying with businessmen also involved with btc, allied of the regime.

For a heavily hostile country towards crypto currency, it just doesn't make sense they are still so influent in this market. If these bans were for real, since 2017 their influence would have been decreasing along the years and powerful investors would have moved themselves to another countries around the world and especially in Asia. There are many options around to escape chinese tyrany, but for some reason investors haven't felt they needed doing this, what reinforces the theory China is constantly simulating a stance regards bitcoin that isn't for real.

Are you saying figuratively or literally?

Congratulations for the initiative of creating a site related to gambling sites' transparency. I know you are just starting with this idea right now, but I think you could add your personal experience with each casino on your site as well. So besides the probably fair verifier, you would also offer your personal review about each gambling platform, what in my opinion is necessary to corroborate the number of starts you give them.
And maybe it would be interesting to contact casinos too, instead of waiting to be contacted by them. I see there are many more to add yet. Good luck with your website, I hope it succeeds.

It's not the first time Barcelona is linked to Lacazette, so I would take this information with some distrust for now, especially because there are many clubs from different countries like England, Germany, Italy and Spain possibly interested on him. So far the ones I have seen with more chances of being a destiny for him are the english West Ham and Crystal Palace. It makes some sense for me, as they are average clubs which I think match the currently professional performance of Alexandre Lacazette which isn't on its peak. My guess is that a club like Barcelona or Atletico Madrid would hardly sign with him at this time.

There is a good reason to explain that. Women have aversion to risks, they don't feel good under high pressure, so it's normal they avoid gambling, going into more relaxing activities to spend their money, as it will be more rewarding (not in a financial aspect, of course, but in a pleasant way, I mean) for them.

Also, some online articles state there is a key difference between men and women in gambling: men tend to see it as income (they are greedier), while for women gambling is simply a hobby to pass time and escape daily worries for a while.

Dice, slot machine, roulette, plinko, blackjack are all easy, intuitive games suitable for newbies. It's possible to understand what you have to do on these games just by watching someone else playing for a few rounds and you can bet small amounts on them and still have a lot of fun for a long time.

Self vigilance is needed, however, because newbies tend to get hyped as soon as they start gambling for the first time and may end losing more money than they should.

At the end of the article, Tabcorp CEO said:
And he is totally right on his statement. Problem gamblers will find a way to keep gambling with or without credit cards, just like they always come back to the casino even after asking for a block on their accounts. The biggest challenge is to make these people lose their desire for gambling. So far I haven't seen any policies achieving this deed.

In fact, to inspire problem gamblers to develop an interest for another activities which could be more healthful for them should be the main goal of policies proposed by governments. Solely bans and prohibitions don't work.

I would like to talk about hotbit.io. I feel like they are abusing the withdrawal fees imposed to users. You can deposite values from 0.0001 btc on, but to cashout you have to pay an absurd fee of 0.001 btc and they say it's due to network costs. That is actually a lie, because I've just paid 15 cents or so in withdrawal fees at Coinbase against 44 dollars of Hotbit.io. If you are a small, medium trader or use hotbit.io to receive coins not supported in another exchanges, you will have a hard time making enough profit/income until you are able to cashout something from this exchange. In fact it's a total waste of money.

I suggest everyone to avoid this exchange and always check what the withdrawals costs are before depositing money in any exchanges.

I'm sure the rich man has a greater fear about the future. The fear of losing what they have already achieved and the personal egocentry towards the high society are worse than the fear of not thriving financially during a lifetime for the average poor on his confort zone. The rich has too much to lose, so he will care much more about his finances, while the poor has nothing, so for him anything the future holds is acceptable. It's common to see people suiciding after going bankruptcy, while we rarely see people suiciding for being poor. There are exceptions in every cases, but basically these are the most common behaviors of riches and poors I observe.

I wouldn't explain them how it works, but would show them how it works in practice instead. I believe practice is a much easier way to learn than through theory. Do your friends have money to buy any satoshis? So do it side by side with them. In negative case, sign up them at freebitco.in and some similar sites and that will be useful to learn how to deal with bitcoin for real.
Once they get more confident about crypto universe and have some spare money to invest they will do this by themselves and thank you later.

About doubting Satoshi doesn't control the supply of bitcoins I think it's more like a distrust people have due to the reality of the local society where they live than a difficult in understanding bitcoin. So they imagine everyone has second intentions and a goal of taking advantage of others when launching a service, product or in this case, a currency.

Yes, it's possible to lend and borrow money there and that is the main existence purpose of those platforms. BlockFi and Crypto.com are popular investment sites for crypto enthusiasts and they are fully regulated, however it doesn't guarantee these companies can't bankrupt for some reason, as even the most traditional banks we are used to deal with have already been through collapse and debt situations.
But in my opinion these investments are the safest option disponible right now for passive income, because they are regulated and consequently trackable. So in case something goes wrong, people behind the platforms will have to pay investors back in legal disputes moved by the prejudiced ones. It's not a lawless land anymore.

Do you remember that MT. Gox exchange scandal? The exchange closed and scammed lots of funds from users, but there are still legal disputes going on and people are receiving their funds back, proportionally to the bitcoin price on those times. That is not a perfect solution because of course people would like to receive their original funds + bitcoin increasement percentage since 2013, but at least they can receive the money held on that time.

This bill shows the problem for the local government isn't gambling itself, but online gambling only. In my opinion what Karnataka state is proposing shouldn't be accepted, because it's lobbying practice, that is when a specific group of the industry is benefited by the government, while the rest is criminalized without any legit reason.

Such projects don't make sense in a globalized world where we are connected to the internet all day long. The mentioned proposal is similar to that one which forbids online shopping websites because it's going to prejudice the local businesses income.