If this is your disposition about the whole thing, then it is cruel. You are not looking at the humanitarian aspect but the game and the businesses therein, but this is selfish in all right thinking and should not be allowed to see the light of the day in a sane world. Well, that's why people are not the same, as you think that way, others think in a positive way that helps humanitarian. Some casinos and sportsbook owners even know the importance of warnings and self-exclusion in gambling, and regardless of the amount they would have gained from the gambler, they will care about the welfare first.

This may not be genuinely common among the owners but some will still place humanitarians above their selfish interests. This is also the reason why we have rules and government, and any risky business is often mandated to have some disclaimers on their website/platform and casinos in sane countries cannot dare to avoid the self-exclusion feature on their platforms. Although the government may not be strict in regulating and enforcing this feature, it is a good one that the casinos have done their part, especially for those who are facing psychological issues that are gambling-related.

So, we're not in a banana republic where casinos will do as they like, they must obey the law of the land even if they do not want to do it as the law balances things between the casinos and the gamblers. Above all, morally, I believe that casinos must feel for the affected and offer help as they can, and not just be as selfish as you want them to be.

I quite understand your plight, but it is not particularly true. The fact that an expert understands a thing and earns from it doesn't mean the expert can't still broadcast it. Some may keep it to themselves and earn alone through it, while others may want to commercialise what they know even as they make more money separately from it. This means two means of earning for them, and what many are not taking seriously which is the commercial ones may be earning more for the gambler in some cases. Your consideration has been happening in the financial market prediction for long, so I quite understand this, but people are different.

What I will advise anyone to do is to first go for the free trial the guy offers, after all, you are not paying a dime for it. And if he changed his claims and asked for the money, you should just excuse yourself from his channel. We cannot always be commenting or faulting what we have never tested, we are not perfect, and what if he is right? For the casino bettings, I know 100% that it will fail. But for sports betting, I am still 50% in my belief that there are some spectacular predictors, but how do you know if you never give them the benefit of the doubt to at least try them?

As for me, I will not take the issue of scams seriously because there are many casinos that will not scam you, and yours is to be attentive and vigilant in looking for them. If that is achieved, then the issue is almost entirely solved, you will just be looking for the casinos that can serve you right. However, I agree with your stance that he might not see the casinos that will have all that he stated above completely, but he will surely get nearly all if not just one or two missing from serious casinos. An example is from Stake.com.

Also, the terms and conditions of the casinos are so important, but do you think people can read and understand them completely? This is why I think it is smart to try the casinos' gambling platform with a little amount of money to know their UI and UX and also try their withdrawal pace as well. From there, you may move to their customer support to ask questions. You may ask as many as possible questions, especially the crucial part directed towards the terms and conditions for easier and better interpretations.

Lastly, as for KYC, I think that it should not be an issue for the majority to complete. These days, people are even running to the KYC company because they believe they are better in the security of their funds compared to the no-KYC casinos. So it's normal that everybody gets prepared for that.

In all that you wrote, do you know what I appreciate most? that is the luck part. This is a proclamation of admittance that you can't beat the slot's algorithms, and the earlier you know, the better for you. Slots games are not about "I know it better than you," it is luck-based, and that is why you might see someone who just started this week hitting his Jackpot, while the persons who have been playing it for years just didn't have that big. This is funny, but it's the reality. Also, the decision to play sports betting is good, it is the main avenue to earn if you must earn in betting.

But for the fun, it lacks it in most cases. It is games like slots that can deliver such fun to you, which is one of the reasons why I play it often. However, it is all about balance if we can manage your losses in relation to our account size and control ourselves as well. In this view, slot games are still very good. This management is so important because we need to try our luck many times even as we persistently and painstakingly survive the losses. This is no little task, it takes time, courage, perseverance and management for it to be possible.

Let me start by saying it is a misconception that we can't buy anything with Bitcoin, as a matter of fact, we can buy anything with it, it only depends on the buyers and the sellers. In the worst-case scenario, the seller could be in a country where Bitcoin is mostly restricted in parts of the world and the seller still agrees to offer the product/service in exchange for Bitcoin. This is because Bitcoin has a whole lot of arrangements and when the person leaves his country, he can convert it to whatever he wants. This is technically a P2P approach in a private way that no one will even know what you guys ever transacted if that is the purpose and it is rampantly happening these days.

But let me condemn this, it is not a good and wise decision to evade tax, though cryptocurrency allowed that, but do you think it's right? This is one of the evils that the government is trying to prevent and no one can blame them for doing so because people's mind is so selfish. This is also one of the reasons why the government is trying as much as possible for all the companies dealing with cryptocurrencies in their jurisdiction to be made accountable. If they can make them register and regulate them, they will have a say over them, and whether Bitcoin is private and decentralised or not, they will still know how monies are flowing in and out between the parties involved. And this is cool to me.

Well, it depends on the size of the winning we are looking at, if it is a small winning, then I do not encourage the gambler to position his mind on the spending, he might want to use it as one of the weapons to effectively manage his psychology (self-control with the feelings that they already have extra money to risk) and gambling account. But when the money is big enough, I do not see anything bad in the gambler positioning his mind on how he will spend money, but he should not spend more of the money on frivolities but on good and beneficial things. Such a gambler can even start up a business or an investment with some of it, it must not be gambling only.

Nevertheless, the mindset that gambling is not easy should be ringing in the mind of the gambler and not because of the big win to now start increasing their risk. If care is not taken, the money won would be lost back in full. This has happened to many people and will continue to happen to people with weak minds. What is best in this situation is for the gambler to ensure the amount to continue gambling without any issues and also know the amount that will go into some businesses and spending. For gambling, the proportion could be higher than the initial ones that delivered the bettor a huge win due to an improved status. Regardless, it's still just reasonable since committing money to risk too much can't be to their advantage as anything can happen at any time.

Many people have their reasons not to allow others to see their gambling results but I must say that I respect the angle at which you brought your point, it's not the same as the ones I've been reading so far. You have a good point though because you never knew what they could cause to your psychology, some people can be so intimidating. Although we do not have the same personality, and for this, we can't react the same way, nevertheless, if you are bold enough and believe in yourself in such a way that no one can ridicule you with theirs, either their own have true or false claims, you will continue to do your thing whether they know or not and keep on shinning.

It's not that you are not winning at all, but only that you might win today and lose tomorrow, you are not so consistent, but this is never a big deal. Regardless, you should work more on yourselves in the aspect of gambling better and also manage your gambling portfolio so that huge losses will not be persistent anymore to the extent that it will cheaply erase the winning you had that was supposed to make you happy and increase your boldness.

You are right, especially if they are operating from a sane country that takes everything seriously, including their security and taxation. No casino will thrive in such a country for so long without being made to account for its deeds. This is why many casinos are running in offshore countries, the countries that are less strict and serious, and even if they are regulated with them, the regulation will be weak. Most importantly, this may allow them to have their casino business established for a while before they eventually do the needful with the government. By then, they might have been well-established enough to be able to fulfil all the government's demands, and after all, they've already bought themselves time to do some somewhat illegal things out of the radar of the government.

This is when you see the casinos that might have started without a KYC suddenly asking for KYC from all of their clients at once and might be strict with it, especially during the process of withdrawing their money. This means that they may want to hide in some circumstances, but not forever, and when the government has started with them, it is only two options. It is either to shut down or cooperate with the laws of the land. That's when you see them start doing the needful.

So this is about an addiction? Well, we can always beat it if we want. To some people, it is weak in them, and to others, it is strong, and for the last set, it is in between. The most unfortunate part is that many people who are gambling addicts may not even notice, this is because it is not so strong in them yet. They will only realise that they love doing it but can still enforce some restrictions at times and everything will be fine. To suspect that is not always easy even as they are almost completely with their sense. Notwithstanding, it all depends on ourselves as well, and that is why the voice inside of them that you mentioned is so significant as well, but I would rather call it a "force" even though the two are valid in this context.

Truly, there is a voice/force, but not that audible voice, it's figurative. So this force pushes them to gamble even when they do not want to do so. That is why you see so many people using the money they can't afford to lose to gamble, I mean, in most cases, the huge money that was meant for other useful things. But mind you, as humans, we are not totally useless unless we want to be, people do not fight but just accept. As the voice/force talks to our thoughts and tries to push us into what we do not want to do, we have the responsibility to ourselves and our loved ones to resist and fight so well. Many had fought it and won, only that the majority are just too weak to fight.

You seem to be mixing things up here, and if a gambler is not addicted because of the fun, then it must be for the money, so the money is still the problem of the gamblers. Also, you might have misinterpreted what @khaled0111 said there and I think you guys are still saying the same thing after all in the rest. Self-exclusion is just a way to restrict oneself, but not a way to cure gambling addiction. Just like you said, if he self-excluded himself but moved to another casino platform to play, is the issue still not persisting? That is why he said he doesn't think it can work just like you as the gambler may still find more money (even if he followed the style of the main OP) to still continue to gamble.

These are good points and I am certain that since gambling-related issues are psychological, psychological approaches should be used to tackle them as well. Self-deprivation like exclusion and locking out funds may only limit but will never cure the issue.

Judging by the time you made this post, you had a very good concern that later happened, though not entirely as expected. Bitcoin moved so well to hit below $60,000 but I am not sure if it will ever reach $30k-$40k anymore, at least for now. Well, this behaviour is not what any right-thinking person would not have expected and I've iterated on it many times on the forum that Bitcoin might behave in a way that will surprise people. The coin is in the bearish trend in a short-term scope and might remain there unless it has the power to rebound strongly to breach the current ATH at $73,850. The issue Bitcoin is facing is that it moved higher before its real-time, so people are now cautious because it has already moved too high and has created a new ATH, a level from which it starts falling in March.

I doubt if there are people still willing to commit their huge money to Bitcoin at this level, but time will tell on this. However, on the selling side, it can't be worse for it to breach $45,000 in my opinion, though the bearish impact is still being felt. Nevertheless, I can see some sideways movement on the larger scope, and one may want to make their money with this pattern. Lastly, a bullish candlestick is spotted today even as the 4-hour chart is positive with its price action. These might make it move higher for a while, particularly this time that the market continues to find comfort above the 1D Fibo level of 38.2% at $60,340.

This is worse in the crypto world. If traditional bank accounts could remain dormant with huge money trapped inside, how much more is a cryptocurrency that many will not even know you have them talkless of having access to them? It got worse in my country a few years ago when the government wanted to move all the money in dormant accounts of some certain period to itself believing the people who had them were either no more or got the money through illicit means. It wasn't until people shouted in their heads that they stopped that ignoble plan. There are many bank managers who would have known some illicit flows through which the people responsible are now dead as well, they will be making some illegal withdrawals from such accounts, and this is not even uncommon anymore.

Now, think of it, someone has a huge crypto asset in a non-custodial wallet and the person died an unplanned death, that money is automatically lost and will not even be useful to anyone. The custodial arrangement is not left out of it as well, though this arrangement will allow the company to have access to the money, but it will still deprive the family and friends of the owner unless they have access to it through passcodes.

And I do not know how they will lay claim to it even if they know of the money with exchanges like Binance. It is even more difficult since they are not in the same country.

No one is perfect and this is not about being an old/experienced user or not, there could be more quality posts you would like to reply to at times, and at times, there may be none. Imagine having 12 quality posts to reply to in just a 2-page thread, that's a whole lot of work. Well, I have never been overwhelmed with this, what I do is start from the beginning and reply to them bit by bit. I may start by replying to 4-5 posts today with their initial post quoted with them, then proceed to do that the next day as well.

Before you know it, in a few days, you would have completed the reply. But at times, as you reply, more relies are coming, so you continue to do that and fix the old inside the new posts. Alternatively, it is not a must that you reply all post no matter how quality they are, it is our choice. So, you might fight the temptation of replying to all but choose the most qualified ones that are deserving of your reply.

What do I call you now? A man of conspiracy theory? Thanking people who supported you about your heretic ("I don't like the term 'crypto'" thread) shows you are forcing things. Well, that's if anyone supports you at all because what you proved there was just out of point. Now is "timechain" again believing you know it better. Aside from the fact that the word itself is odd, it's more of a conspiracy theory when it is blocks we fill and build in the cryptocurrency world. How are you building the time to link together in cryptocurrency?

Well, don't let me waste much time on you, I can now see that you are trying to chase clout and turning the upright thing upside down.

I believe everyone has been warned several times about the altcoins, they are falling just the way they are rising. Some altcoins have moved almost 50 times their value in the last 1 year. Has Bitcoin or Ethereum done that? That is why we need to be very careful dealing with altcoins. They could be a trap and they could be a blessing. The fact remains that they are still small in value and in market capitalization, which is responsible for the sharp rise and fall. It now depends on how best we are in speculating the bullish time to buy and the bearish time to liquidate it pretty fast to avoid losing back the money we've already made initially.

This is why good analytical expertise is important here and I always advise people to be their good chart readers as the chart is the only means that can accurately guide us rightly. With that, nothing will happen to any crypto asset that you will not know, and I can only call it a proactive measure. Also, good money and risk management are needed as well so that you will just be at the top of your game ever with minimal risk exposure. And for me, I will always love my altcoins better regardless of what is happening now and that is due to the more earning opportunities that is ever present in them. All the same, I am stricter in liquidating and managing them so fast.

I think you are the one who is wrong here, or perhaps you did not understand what @SickDayIn narrated very well, or you just wanted to stress on what is not there. The guy is 100% right if you view it insightfully, even though there are no perfect metrics in what he cited as a basis to add value to the forum, nevertheless, what he said is on point, and you are only finding excuses. Good posters can write long posts and bad posters can as well do that, and the same goes for good posters writing short posts, and the same is true for bad posters. These are mere distractions in this context if I must say, they are not the goal here.

The main points he was trying to point out are; 1. Traffic generated and 2. The number of opened accounts considerations. You can't underrate them in valuing the forum by an external valuator. Whether you like it or not, they add value to the forum regardless of how they are created, who created them and how they are being operated. When it comes to the quality posting per se, it is a different bargain within the forum. Know the difference.

You have a point there, but we still need to consider that it is not about betting in this regard, it is about watching the match. You may bet your thing even if your family is here because it is not all that you do on your phone they see, and that is if you want to engage in the live match betting. Needless to say, you can conclude on your betting options and even place all your bets before the time of the match, which means that the family members will not know about it if you do not want them to know.

As for watching the match, it all depends as well, we have different family settings and even different preferences within the same family. The husband may like watching football and the wife may not like watching it, and of course, the children of younger ages will not leave their home to watch football in most cases. But if they love it, the father, for example, may decide to be watching it at home because of them. But if the father is such that his the only one who likes watching football, it is not a big deal for him to excuse himself to watch football while the other family members watch whatever they want or engage in other activities.

That by the way, it is a school of reasoning. In another school of reasoning, the personality of the person matters. If I am an extrovert, I will always love to watch it outside, which is the opposite of a private person or an introvert. Personally, watching football outside is not my thing, except it met me coincidentally in an honourable place where I can easily and freely watch the match. If not, I always prefer to watch my thing at home as "no place like home."

Hahaha... I have a lot to reply to here.

First, about the guy who lied to the wife that being beside her is his best moment, I advise him to keep it that way. Women like you to make them feel the most important, it is better to keep it that way. All he can work on is to be a responsible gambler, a good husband and a father. If those are in place, the rest is a story.

As for your story, I must say I truly laughed here and it deserved my merit. Online course indeed! Regardless, it saved the day, kudos to you and your lie. Besides, in your case, since you are a better man now, you may still tell her the truth on a casual note. Though it's not compulsory, it's a choice, just for you guys to laugh over it.

About your friend, I hope he can change his ways, this is so irresponsible, he just has to turn a new leaf. Also, the wife is not fair by saying he should have been beaten by the robbers to believe. It is not all robbers who beat or harm you when you cooperate with them. She shouldn't have thought it that far but for the safety of the husband whether he is lying or not. This is unless the guy is just entirely irresponsible which could have been his usual way to make her think that way.

Never! I don't have any reason to do so. Since I am a responsible adult and do not collect or steal money from anyone to gamble, I can't just think it twice than to tell you I gamble or I am gambling as the case may be.

Well said, but to be more precise and accurate, it is best for gamblers to keep it in their minds that they must have a very quality disposition towards gambling. They must be refined gamblers with the mindset that gambling is not a do-or-die affair, and that it is never the avenue to make money, so it is not a place where desperation should be allowed to thrive. If these minds can be observed, then it will be lovely for the gamblers to forge ahead in their gambling quests. With that mentality as well, the gambler should now look for the right strategy that will be more than average in delivering quality results. This is however not difficult to get, especially in sports betting. But the gamblers must tabulate their gambling style and plans further, which will include the gambling session, the time to start and finish betting, the amount to gamble as a whole and the portion of the whole sum that must be wagered per bet to avoid excessive gambling.

This is just to ensure the quality managerial aspect of gambling for it to allow restriction on the overconfidence that can entrap the gambler to cause losses. Going forward, the gambler needs to now manage himself very well. This is very important because if you can't manage/control yourself, no matter what you know about gambling, it will still amount to nothing. This is where the discipline comes in, and with good habits and plans set already, it will be easy for such gamblers to actualize the goal.

Sell their dignity to promote gambling? How? Is it not for the money nowadays for everyone, I mean getting as much money as you can? You show your talent, you get paid for it one way or another. Why are they doing that in the first place if not for the benefits, and do you think it is for the passion alone? Even if you have that passion and you can utilise the passion well to also make more money, won't you go for it? I do not see the dignity they are soiling here. For me, they are even dignifying themselves better for making more money. Some of them are basically being promoted by these companies you said they sold themselves to. Do you know how much the promoters are giving them annually? You will be amazed at the payslip of some of them. Some of these guys have turned these streaming games into a full-time career, do you want their career to impoverish them?

In all senses of reasoning, I see nothing wrong here. As they use their talent and capability, they entertain you and the promoters use the opportunity of their platforms to announce their presence (adverts). It is a win-win for everybody in my opinion. It is now left to anyone to register with their sponsors or not. However, if the arrangement is not comfortable for you, you may stop watching the streamer forthwith. But I will always view that decision as cruel because it is harmless to you, just do whatever you want to do and ignore the ones you do not want to participate in. I see tens of adverts daily on websites, platforms and videos, but they've never been my issues because I have my focus and purposes and the objective of visiting those channels which can never be compromised by ads.