Planning finances is important in gambling because sometimes even people with no addiction can become too absorbed by the games/bets for some time and simply forget about money. Therefore, I have a rule: never spend more than you earn. To follow that, I only deposit money which I can afford to spend on fun. I can spend it on the cinema, new gadgets, parties or gambling. Sometimes it's more, sometimes less, I don't have a fixed amount of money which I can spend, and I only play when I get bored and feel like it.

Yeah, I've had a similar experience, not with game purchases, but with many other things. When I only started using Bitcoin all my transactions were made through Blockchain wallets and a couple of months ago I was reviewing my transactions and scrolled way down and I was quite surprised when I saw many of them worth more than $10k. But then I figured out how this happened and felt somewhat sad because of all those expenditures and kind of wished I kept that money

Firstly, it might be challenging to counteract central banks. In order to do so, you need power and lots of money, more than the bank, obviously, which seems highly unlikely. Secondly, if we go against banks - how will people make transactions, purchases, donations, etc. each day? What can be said about today's world is that people don't use cash anymore, it's a very rare case, everyone uses credit cards all the time. And until it is possible to make all these payments in routine life with crypto - acting against banks would mean acting against all the people, who hold bank accounts, which is basically everyone.

I like card games, poker in particular. But judging from the average number of players on a website, who engage in poker - it's not very popular. Usually, I know almost everyone by their usernames because it's almost always the same people.  
Usually, there's a large number of slots on gambling websites, so they must be pretty popular. There wouldn't be such a variety of slots there wasn't demand for it. Also, I often see people placing bets on dice and other games alike.
So not counting sports betting, I think slots and dice games are the most popular.

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I am actually surprised that the working class is willing to receive payment in Bitcoin. I get it if company executives and/or investors are interested in crypto, but most people in working class aren't getting it yet and have this biased attitude. All they need is a fixed salary which they are used to and can easily spend. I imagine if many of these people received payment in BTC they wouldn't know what to do with it and how to use it. Besides, what's the point in salary in BTC if many people spend whatever they earn in a month. They would probably convert BTC to fiat right away.
It would be helpful if you could give some real sources to this news because a pic from Instagram could simply be a joke to catch your attention.

I'd suggest you manage your funds carefully and keep track of how much you spend on gambling. Write down somewhere in a column all your sources of income and how much money they bring and in the opposite column write down your expenditures, not including gambling. Then subtract the total expenditures from total income. If what you get is + you spend that on gambling, just for fun and maybe it will even bring profit sometimes. But never spend money if the resulting number is negative.
This method is good, because this way you can actually SEE (which is much different from simply assuming, counting in your head) the real numbers, to know what you can afford, and realize that constant gambling will lead to a disaster.
Also, it can help you to decide how much exactly can you spend on gambling so that it won't affect your financial situation severely. If you do all that and even realizing that with a lot of gambling you go negative won't help you to stop - perhaps you should ask someone else to take care of your funds and seek professional help because addiction isn't something, that goes away easily.

You just have to get over it and don't make it worth your life. I can relate, I've also been a victim and had my BTC stolen, a little more than 1 Bitcoin back in 2017, just a little before it reached ATH. It's not as much as you lost, but still, it's a lot. It was my mistake though, I was very careless and kept all my btc on blockchain wallet and wrote down all the data, passwords, seed phrase in the notes on my phone. For some reason, I thought nobody would get there. But one day my phone was stolen and along with it my btc. I was so shocked then, I can't even describe it, I couldn't talk for days. Also, I was just overwhelmed by the stupidity of this whole situation. It's one thing to be a pickpocket, but it's quite another to know about crypto and how to steal it. I worked very hard for that money and didn't spend any of it intentionally, because I believed that Bitcoin will grow, and so it did. And sometimes I get angry, especially today, because I see how much Bitcoin is growing and I imagine how much I could've had by now. However, you just have to let it go. There's no way of returning them back or tracking the thief.
Since then I'm being extremely careful, I don't keep any of my data anywhere except on a piece of paper and I memorize it all and always check out the latest news about frauds and viruses, how to avoid them.
The only way to let it go, I think, is to earn money and make new savings, so that the lost money won't matter that much. That's what I'm trying to do. And it works, the more I earn - the less I care. Though sometimes it still gets to me.

It's not always sportsmen that "run the game" and establish these rules, especially if we're talking about those, who are new in sports. Sometimes the sportsmen can simply be faced with the fact that they should follow someone's orders and they realize, that it's either they who will take the bribe and the glory or this will be proposed to someone else, a competitor, for instance. Even if they don't want to in such situations there's not much choice. Either dump your career or accept the proposal. The sports industry is swarming with corruption schemes, so, unfortunately, one has to get used to it.

One shouldn't rely on Bloomberg with such things, as BTC price. Or anything else, for that matter. That's mass media, they only do whatever it will take to attract public attention. You've said it yourself: just recently they were saying that Bitcoin is a bubble, now they're wagering on its price? Just wait for another month and they'll release an article about how Bitcoin will decrease to $10k or something like that.

I agree that limiting your bluffing to a minimum generally leads to a better outcome, at least I find it to be true for myself. Some people can bluff professionally, but for me bluffing almost always ended badly. And this strategy you're talking about, I guess many people play like that, it's just what naturally comes to mind - keep with good cards. But there are many downsides to this method, which is why I think only newbies use it. By limiting hands you can miss out on many good opportunities, like straights or flush. On the other hand, I've had situations when my starting combinations were awesome and I increased bets or even went all-in (with something like AA) and the other player had a very bad hand, but he got lucky and ended up with a straight, while I was left with my pair AA 
So I think the best was is to play as long as you can and try to figure out other's cards by analyzing their moves and general behavior.

We can't say for know if there will ever be such thing as "One World Currency", but if that's the case - I think Bitcoin is the only option because of its decentralization. Other options you've named here can fit as well, but the question is - who will agree to that, how many counties?
o admit a foreign currency to be YOUR currency as well would mean to recognize another country to be better and superior, to give them control, because of initial centralization. That can lead to many problems and, perhaps, even wars. Only something as decentralized as Bitcoin, which belongs to no one, can be considered for this role.

Contrary to what many have said here, I can say, that there actually is a drug option for gambling addiction, which is called psychedelic therapy, but in many countries it is prohibited.
I should note, that psychedelics aren't something, that directly cures gambling, but rather they reduce any kind of addiction. Many have said here, that addiction is a psychological problem and it is correct. But it is a misguess, that only things like psychotherapy can help here. Psychedelics interfere with peoples' mental condition, and that's exactly why they have an effect (unlike many psychotherapy treatments, which have no long-term effect).
Now, I don't know what can be said about the legal state of such substances in your area, but at least you should know, that this therapy is being under active research, including research center at Johns Hopkins University for the last 5 years and many findings prove its efficiency.

I personally admire flexible work schedules and think that they result in much higher productivity. With the ongoing quarantine and all the limitations, which led to constant work from home I realized how convenient that is and how much time can be saved with this schedule. Usually, I spend about 2 hours on the road to work and drive back home. Not only it is time-consuming, but also exhausting.
But what can be said from personal experience is that the "compressed days" option isn't productive. When I added working hours to my day I ended up being very slow by the end of the day. In addition, with such a schedule I felt very exhausted and I needed more time to rest and recover. As a result, those days I gained just flew by very quickly and I still didn't feel refreshed. So this is a bad strategy, IMO.

The best strategy right now is to develop your own business and invest, though it may be challenging at times like this. Today's situation is the perfect reflection of business cycles. Nothing good can go on forever, but it also works the other way around, so don't panic.
Major breakthroughs, like modern technologies, including crypto bring us prosperity. But at some point, something bad happens, e.g. a catastrophe, endemic, etc. This leads to inflation and all that you've described above.



Soon, I believe, we'll enter the depression stage, which some might see as something bad, but I, on the other hand, view it as a perfect opportunity, because the depression is characterized by stocks devaluation and decline in costs of doing business.
Yes, it's tough right now, but it will bring fruits in the future.

Sure thing, I agree, in cases where poor Internet connection interferes with the ability to bet - it might have an effect, but it's obvious in such case, that the problem is with the connection and the only possible outcome would be a loss, and there'd be no reason to suspect that the website is rigged. But the OP checked provably fair, so he most likely was talking about games like dice.

Though it is a very generous and kind move on your side, if you do this as a sudden surprise - she might freak out. Also, her husband may not feel very happy about that, it might look to him as if you're trying to buy her off with that money, even though it's not true. On the other hand, if you ask her opinion about this - she will most likely refuse to take it because it's huge money and many people just can't accept such things.
I think the best way to express gratitude is to help her financially rather than just give her the money. For instance, it would be perfect if she dreams of starting a business or something like that and you might invest in her. In my view, it's a win-win situation. She will be glad that you take interest in her self-development and help her with that, also this won't trigger a negative reaction from her husband, because this looks like an investment and help, which is ok. And most importantly, you will know that this money won't do her any harm, because these things happen frequently. Instead, you'll help the girl you like to pursue her dream.

I think the main problem is that nowadays to live the American Dream you need to do so much better, than just work. In developing countries, it is common that the government and oligarchs simply steal the fruits of people's work. They can try very hard but never get any kind of reward, while the upper-class people buy themselves the 15th car or the third mansion.

In the developed countries there's another problem. Too many educated people choose the same work field, e.g. everyone wants to be a designer, or a lawyer, an actor, manager, etc. This creates a huge and unnecessary competition, which leads to too many qualified people ending up working out of their professional field or having no job and, at the same time, lack of skilled labor in non-popular fields.

In such an atmosphere, in order to succeed not only you need to work hard and know your stuff, but also to be able to "sell" yourself, make a proper presentation, be very goal-oriented, competitive, and also sometimes you need to be lucky. Because in very developed countries you can possess all of the above-mentioned virtues, but still end up not living your dream, because your employer didn't like you, or had a bad day and didn't feel like hiring you, or you got fired after a long period of hard work.

This is what happens when the labor market is oversaturated because people aren't doing what they really want, but rather choose whatever they are saddled with from the very childhood. This needs to change.

I  agree that gambling isn't an investment (not in any way!), but there's something in stating that investment is gambling. There's critical thinking, but there are also chances in there. No one can know for sure which assets/businesses/realty, etc. will bring money. People lose a lot of money investing as much as gamblers lose while playing. And the risk in gambling isn't always higher, it all depends on the odds. Someone can only play games with 50/50 chance which won't be riskier, than investments.
And about the motive. I can say, that many people, though it's irrational, view gambling as a way of making money and not entertainment. That's where the addiction comes from...
Though I wonder if continuous investments can also be considered an addiction?

Why do you think that banks will accept Bitcoin in the nearest future? As far as I know, the banks are being careful for now, it is risky to accept something that volatile if the turnover isn't high enough. They declare that it's a possibility in the future when the demand is high enough. For instance, recently Daniel Pinto, the co-president of JPMorgan stated And other banks aren't in a rush towards Bitcoin adoption either. Though, maybe Goldman Sachs will be the first one to take a step forward.