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521  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2024 NBA Season on: May 07, 2024, 11:10:18 PM
Yeah, I've seen those history made by the Cavs and the same goes for the Magic. Considering that the Cavs have not been in the playoffs this long with so many rosters build up that they've made, they deserve to be there.
Time flies so fast. I remember the series because me and my friends had a bet on Orlando. I was in college at that time and I have a project with my group mates where the males are just watching the NBA games while the females are the ones doing the research and everything. Cheesy

Anyways, Cavs were right taking Mitchell. First year of the contract and they were already back in the playoffs. This is the Cavs second season with Spida and here they are heading in the second round playoffs. I still think Boston is too much for them though.
We've missed Cavs seeing in the playoffs. Oops, this is for those that are quite young at heart already when James was still with them.

In a few, we're going to see their match against Celtics and let's see who's going to make their debut win together with the other match of Mavs and Thunder.

Interesting, Thunders made it but it seems that the attention of the fans aren't with them on this playoffs.



Thunders are quietly working on their own journey,  they are now on the 2nd round playing against the Mavs though I'm not a OKC fan but with their capabilities it will be a tough match for the Mavs,  SGA and those other young cores of OKC will give a hard time for Luka and Kyrie they are capable to put that tight defense and with the height and speed advantages I guess it will really be an exciting series for these two competing teams.

A battle of good game plays and chemistry that needed to blended out and execute well, let see if who among the two competing team will adjust and win this series.
522  Economy / Gambling / Re: My betting strategies on: May 07, 2024, 01:14:29 PM
However, you gambling strategy can be different from mine but what matter is that if we're not lucky, no matter the research that we do, we will lose the bet.
You are right to a certain extent here. Sportsbetting does rely on a good degree of luck indeed, but skills do help too which is why it's not 100% luck dependent unlike stuff like casino games in comparison.

The luck factor in sportsbetting can be further reduced through smart betting(Arbing, Card counting etc).

No doubt luck is inevitable in sport betting but the more smart you are the more likely you do away with luck by getting more regular win than losses, a good analysis can hit target of wining than when compared to poor analysis and lacking smartness.

You can link your knowledge while waiting for your luck to continue guiding your bets, I mean same with what you are saying, if you know the game and you can create good strategy and follow then practice whatever the setup you have, there's a bigger chance to make more winnings that losing bets, it's not all about waiting for luck but to setup your strategy that will help you to established good practices while you are into this kind of activities,

gambling is more on self-control and good money managements together with your good anticipation and knowledge about the types of games that you are betting with.
523  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2022–23 PBA Commissioner's Cup on: May 07, 2024, 12:56:41 PM
NLEX should not lean only for berto but they need to come up with their resources,  if they continue putting that big burden to him opponent will focus the defense on him and  for sure there's always a  man for the job in each squad that they are competing against with.

I guess they didn't learn on this previous losses. they are still heavily relying on him, Berto now in NLEX is just the Donovan Mitchell of the Cavaliers, so let's see how they'll progress in the elimination match. Actually, NLEX is capable of beating strong teams as they had proven that by beating the Ginebra, and they can also play a defensive game as this game only has a total of 148 points, so it was a very defensive game.

On this particular game, only Bollick who were able to score at least 20 points from all the players, he scored 25 from 10-24 shooting, or 30% of the total team attempt.

Good comparison, seems that a good defensive stop will lead them losing the game, if there's no one who can provide them numbers that will let them survive then there's no chance for them to reach the finals or if ever they manage to reach the finals and who's waiting for them? SMB? Gin Kings or maybe TNT? those are teams that have solid cores, meaning to say that they are complete with both defense and offense, though TNT is not that tough as how they are before but still got that rotations that will give their opponents a hard competition to win, but then again, lets wait for the next round and see how NLEX will adjust and how they will continue their campaign for this season.

NLEX can't beat the SMB with how they are playing. SMB can easily minimize the production of Berto and the offense will already shutdown. Though  the NLEX are fun to watch with Berto but they aren't a championship team yet, maybe if Berto will join a championship team, that will be the time that he'll win a championship for his own. I think the best team for him to land would be the Ginebra so he would also get a help to improve his defense.

Or maybe he's preparing his departure to TNT hehehe, without Williams the team is struggling and for sure if a trade take place Berto is also fits with how coach Chot directing his system, keep attacking the basket and try to outrun your opponents which mostly the way Berto playing the game, with NLEX, there's no way that he can single carry this team against the those super teams in this league.

That's how boring this league now, as any moment trade can be done, and in just a glimpse of an eye you'll see players being transferred to another team that will create them big impacts.
524  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2024 NBA Season on: May 07, 2024, 12:37:08 PM
Yeah, it might be a different story this time and we'll see what will happen. But for now, I am excited to see the 2nd game of Nuggets and Timberwolves and game 1 of Pacers and New York Knicks.

It's actually been the same story all over again but the story is even been written in a pretty much explicit fashion here, and to understand how near perfection the Wolves have been all night here currently leading by 30 points with about 4 minute left in the 3rd Quarter. This is the first time in my entire life of watch the NBA to see am team not use a timeout until about 5 minutes left on the clock in the 3rd, that's Minnesota while Denver Nuggets already burned 5, that goes to show how much of a control the Wolves have exerted over this game from the tip-off.
Yeah, the Timberwolves is a buffed version of the Nuggets. When most of us have thought that Jokic is unstoppable, it's a great wall of defense coming from them. I know that the mastermind of this is their head coach - Chris Finch. While he's got the most defensive player of the year. It's no doubt that the built of the team through a balanced team members with scorers and defenders. 2-0 already and note that Gobert wasn't there on the 2nd game.

Yeah right, Wolves is composed of a well balance squad, everyone knows their responsibilities and they are inside the court to perform whatever the task that coach gives them, Jokic and Murray ain't getting any confidence from this two last games, they are outperform by the wolves on both defense and offensive stats.

Still not done yet, Wolves needs two more games to win before concluding the series, and they are competing against the defending champ who who can comeback and snatch this series from them.

Let see if what adjustments both team will comes up this upcoming game 3, good luck to those who already place their picks either per game or per series.
525  Local / Pamilihan / Re: NBA discussion, betting and etc. on: May 07, 2024, 12:28:16 PM
Anong nangyari sa Nuggets, parang naging mismatch ang series na to, 0-2 na sila sa homecourt nila, and take note, hindi pa naglaro si Gobert niyan. Iba talaga ang defense ng Wolves, struggle malala si Murray kay nambato nalang ng towel, hehe... baka may consequence din yan, maaaring ma suspend ng 1 game kay lalong delikado na ang Nuggets. Sayang naman ang team na yan, defending champion pa sana kaya lang talunan naman.

Anyway, bukas na ang Dallas vs OKC, sa dallas ako, +3.5 para mas malaki change manalo.

Grabe nga nangyari sa Nuggets at TWolves. Zero talaga sa mismong homecourt at ang masakit pa tinambakan na sa game 2 habang walang Gobert. Sobrang nakakademoralized habang ang Minnesota naman at sobrang boosted ang moral lalo na lilipat na ang court in favor sa kanila. Pwede talaga maging sweep to pag walang major adjustments ang Denver. Kailangan ng Denver manalo ng dalawang beses sa homecourt ng kalaban kung gusto nila makuha pa rin ang series nato.

Naka OKC nako sa series pero di muna ako tatalpak sa game 1. 50/50 talaga ang series nato dahil walang experience at masyado pang bata ang mga nasa OKC.

Ako nga sa Nuggets nakasugal sa series, pero parang suko na ako dito. hehe.. Hirap talaga sila sa defense ng Wolves, pag si Muray hindi pumuputok, talo na automatic ang Nuggets. At mukhang suspended pa yan game 3, siguro kung papaburan sila ng refs mananalo sila.

OKC ka pala kabayan, good luck rin sayo, hehe..Dallas ako eh, excited na ako sa game 1.

Ansaklap nung ginagawang depensa ng Wolves sa Nuggets hindi kasi nila mabenta yung mga arte arte  nila hindi nabibili ng referee ang galing kasi gumamit ng katawan ng Wolves tapos ang liliksi rin kaya inaabangan din sila sa ibabaw para botatahin, pero sabi nga nung ibang umaasa pa rin sa Nuggets same lang din naman ang nangyari last season tinalo din sila ng dalawang beses sa home court nila pero sila pa rin ang nanalo sa series, pero sa palagay ko medyo ibang level na talaga yung Wolves kasi ung chemistry ng players ngayon makikita mo talaga yung tulungan nila at ang isa pa sa magandang atake ng sistema nila eh yung salitan ng atake ni KAT at ni ANT iba yung tiwala nila sa isa't isa tapos yung mga role players determinado pagdating sa pagkuha ng offensive rebounds.

526  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Never gamble in front of your kids. on: May 07, 2024, 12:17:54 PM
It's better that way, make them innocent of bad habits as long as possible until they can really understand what is happening and they will make their own decisions on what they should do.

Right. Children are not to blame for copying the behavior of their parents. It's also not their fault that they constantly want to learn something new. Even if it's something bad like gambling. Even teenagers who seem like grown-up children still copy their parents. What they see is immediately remembered and stored in memory. In fact, by our actions we are writing their life story. Therefore, it is very important not to show aggression in front of children when playing gambling. It's hard, because gambling is about emotions and money. But children are much more important than all this.

Indeed, they just following what they are seeing around I guess the only thing that you can do if you really don't want to see any imitations from your kids is to prevent doing things that will gain their attentions, especially now where gambling is just like a normal game where it easily attracts attentions to young kids,

they think that when you just click the spin button on your slot it will spin up and will create things that will be look like an entertaining ordianry games so better to have that responsibility inside you,

don't do anything that will create interest and will give you pain in the butt when time comes that your kids already learning the process and start using your device to play.
527  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Stopping the curse of losing streak? on: May 07, 2024, 11:30:41 AM

Some people see gambling as a means to make a fortune for their future, such people will never stop chasing their losses because of this mindset of theirs. Even if you tell them not to chase their losses, they will not listen to you because they have ready made up their minds and willnot just let go of all their losses.

Will let go till they still got money to use, the kind of mindset that mostly suffered from huge addiction, remember gambling is so addicted even sometimes you already in the winning streak, instead of quitting and take your profits, you'll push ahead and think of trying to recover those amount that you already lose. Eventually you'll just lose it back and add it up to your losses.

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How wish those gamblers can understand that gambling is give and take, the casino gives you the entertainment and you pay for it, that is why you should only gamblw with the amount that you can afford to use for paying for the game that you enjoyed. I guess that if a lot of gamblers know that they will lose more than they will profit from gambling, they will not gamble.

Hahaha, for entertaiment purpose, yes it's easy to think like that, but no, gambler most of them thinks that they can take advantage and win some from this venue of entertainment.

528  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2024 NBA Season on: May 07, 2024, 04:24:45 AM
I can smell Boston heading back to the finals once again.
If ever they win against the Cavaliers, I don't think that either Pacers or NYK will be easy on them. We know that Celtics have been struggling always if they're against the Miami Heat but there's no poison on them this time.
Because Butler was out that's why it was easy for them, but the Cleveland Cavaliers, this is another team, they haven't meet in the playoffs yet so we can't say if the Celtics could just easily beat them. mitchell has been in the playoffs many times consistently in his previous team, so this stage is not new for him, he will be the leader of the Cavaliers and will try to make it a tough challenge for the celtics.
Yeah, it might be a different story this time and we'll see what will happen. But for now, I am excited to see the 2nd game of Nuggets and Timberwolves and game 1 of Pacers and New York Knicks.

It's actually been the same story all over again but the story is even been written in a pretty much explicit fashion here, and to understand how near perfection the Wolves have been all night here currently leading by 30 points with about 4 minute left in the 3rd Quarter. This is the first time in my entire life of watch the NBA to see am team not use a timeout until about 5 minutes left on the clock in the 3rd, that's Minnesota while Denver Nuggets already burned 5, that goes to show how much of a control the Wolves have exerted over this game from the tip-off.

Still leading double digits with almost 3 minutes left in the final period, Wolves really dominating the defending champ on both defense and offense not sure what happened with the core squad of Denver they can't break the tight defense and they are allowing Wolves to penetrate, ANT and KAT are really bringing everything here, plus the role players who also helping whatever help they can provide, that's the beauty of this new core squad of Wolves they are all working together and they are seeing the fruit of their hardwork.
529  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2022–23 PBA Commissioner's Cup on: May 06, 2024, 03:28:37 PM
NLEX should not lean only for berto but they need to come up with their resources,  if they continue putting that big burden to him opponent will focus the defense on him and  for sure there's always a  man for the job in each squad that they are competing against with.

I guess they didn't learn on this previous losses. they are still heavily relying on him, Berto now in NLEX is just the Donovan Mitchell of the Cavaliers, so let's see how they'll progress in the elimination match. Actually, NLEX is capable of beating strong teams as they had proven that by beating the Ginebra, and they can also play a defensive game as this game only has a total of 148 points, so it was a very defensive game.

On this particular game, only Bollick who were able to score at least 20 points from all the players, he scored 25 from 10-24 shooting, or 30% of the total team attempt.

Good comparison, seems that a good defensive stop will lead them losing the game, if there's no one who can provide them numbers that will let them survive then there's no chance for them to reach the finals or if ever they manage to reach the finals and who's waiting for them? SMB? Gin Kings or maybe TNT? those are teams that have solid cores, meaning to say that they are complete with both defense and offense, though TNT is not that tough as how they are before but still got that rotations that will give their opponents a hard competition to win, but then again, lets wait for the next round and see how NLEX will adjust and how they will continue their campaign for this season.
530  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Don't make your bets when you're tired on: May 06, 2024, 02:50:43 PM
It is definitely not ideal to make bets or try to stake games when you are tired,reason is because you won't make any reasonable bet that will have high chances of winning because of the tiredness.Peoole who really seat down to analyse games takes time to do the job properly,it is not something you rush over,it is something you need to look at critically,check their head to head,check their last winnings,where they are on the table,and how good they play.These are the necessary things to check before betting on a game,but if you are tired,you would want to do a rush work on it,and that will cut your games.
Gambling involves money so even though losses are more than winnings but almost every one plays to win therefore it should be played at a time when your mind is settled so that you can concentrate and know the right predictions to give to a particular event by so doing even if you don't win oftenly but there will come some time when you make accurate predictions because you actually took time to make analysis before you place your bets.

Yeah right, it's better to take that time to analyze the game either you are playing with a game of luck type of gambling or a sportbetting there's always a need to analyze whatever path you are taking, without doing it the chance that you might stress yourself more will take place, instead of having some relaxation, when you lose there's aggression that may develop that might push you to keep adding more money in your bankroll to extend your chance of recovering or a possibility that it will give you that potential to win decently.
531  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Stopping the curse of losing streak? on: May 06, 2024, 02:42:09 PM
I use to remember those strategy during the old days of playing dice, something similar that since you think that you can't lose more than 5x in a 98% losing streaks then you'll just keep adding to your bet size to recover your loses only to find out that there's no assurance that the kind of losing streaks will take place.

You'll just ends up regretting that kind of strategy and lose a lot of money, thinking that it will bring something decent but in return it's just another bad time with your gambling sessions.
Can you imagine how many people could get rich with this strategy if it worked, but for every player, even with a large gaming bank, their losing streak will come, which will make winning impossible for them. I don't even know if this strategy has worked for anyone, because it turns out that if you apply it constantly, it will only be a matter of time before another streak occurs, that will last long enough to empty the entire deposit.
Gambling can make you lose millions in a day if you can't manage to control your emotions and if you chase winning. Losing 3bets straight is not good anymore and an indication that we are not lucky today which we need to stop for a while. There is no other strategy to avoid major losses other than controlling ourselves and knowing when to stop. More gamblers get in trouble because they always think "What if I'm lucky in the next bet and win the jackpot". This kind of thinking will certainly be pushing us to lose more rather than saving our ass from happening.


Aside from that hope also addiction push gambler to keep chasing, thinking that luck may find his way to back you up and immidiately will  give you the chance to recover your money, though the possible earnings might be too small but there's some who knows how to play with their emotions and manage to take some wins from the house, it's a case to case situation same deal with those who losses a lot as they experienced bad losing streaks.

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I use to remember those strategy during the old days of playing dice, something similar that since you think that you can't lose more than 5x in a 98% losing streaks then you'll just keep adding to your bet size to recover your loses only to find out that there's no assurance that the kind of losing streaks will take place.

You'll just ends up regretting that kind of strategy and lose a lot of money, thinking that it will bring something decent but in return it's just another bad time with your gambling sessions.

5 times in a row with 98% win chance? I've never heard of such case to be honest. But as I showed above in my post, even two losses in a row with that win chance could be enough for you to lose so much that if you are a sane person you will not continue with your attempts to recover your losses. With five such losses in a row you can gamble away a budget of a small country. Smiley

Just like what you said, if you are not that addicted for sure there's something inside you that will push you to stop and not to continue that same strategy or it will push you to quit and call for the day, knowing that if another loss will burned huge amount of your bankroll or maybe will suck everything so better to quit than being sorry regretting your mistakes.
532  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Double your money and quite on: May 06, 2024, 10:29:40 AM
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Lol the funny thing is that after most people have done doubling their money by luck , they won't quit or stop and go with the win they have made that day , because there's always this common emotions in things like this and such emotion is known as greed. Like we humans are fill with such emotion , because we always want to make more and most time endup losing more. Like for me I will advice any one that have hit it big in gambling, should minimise the urge of gambling or quit it totally and use the money to establish something that will serve as an sources of income in a long run.

Yes, it is basically from ancient times, we evolved to do that.

If something works, we do it more often, if something doesn't work, then we stop doing it.

It doesn't really matter the why, we just make up an explanation.

Hahaha I like that wordings " we are just making up explanation" but seriously, the post above you just make a good point, after doubling the money instead of quitting we think that we can make more money as the winning streak might be on our side and maybe it's our lucky day, eventually after pushing forward and losing everything back, we regret that decision and it keeps reminding us that what if we quit during the time that we are still in the positive side and we can enjoy our winnings?

 It won't change anything at all, just accept that and move forward again and try to establish that good limitation when it's needed you to decide.
533  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Rich or poor gambler, who should risk more? on: May 06, 2024, 09:30:18 AM

That's something that makes a difference in between, though in terms of the possibilities that both might overspend their finances is still possible as not all those rich gamblers really understand the situation,  there are also rich gamblers who can fall into it and that's the intentions of those casino owners,  they love to attract those people who got that huge capabilities to gamble their money,  they will try to provide offers that will engage the gambler and if by chance the gambler get really attached and become addicted that's where the money will flow and that's what the owner intend to happened.

Indeed, rich and poor gamblers certainly have their own differences and similarities, but both rich and poor gamblers can choose and decide on the steps and how they carry out their gambling depending on each individual.
Rich gamblers who already have a greedy nature will definitely be more aggressive in risking their finances apart from being supported by a lot of material so it is easy for rich gamblers to do whatever they want and in the end the rich gambler also experiences quite a large level of loss. because his self-control had disappeared.
So, this is where we as gamblers should always be careful in the gambling game sessions that we are going to play, because the casino does not differentiate between rich gamblers and poor gamblers. The casino only wants to profit and avoid losses.

That's true! Casino owners are after with the profits that they might gain to whoever or whatever types of a gambler you are as long as they can benefits from  how you play the game, though the risk if a rich gamblers do understand the situation and a wise type of a gambler as he can simply quit once he already achieved  his goals and leave the house with a very decent wins, but then again, just go back to the original setup, gambling house is built to earn so they will find that way, the best way to attract and let both rich and poor gamblers to wager huge amount of money for the chance to bank that amount and become their profits.
534  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Gambling addiction causes loss on: May 06, 2024, 08:56:37 AM
I agree with you that when we win, we immediately cash in the winnings and enjoy them because that is a very safe step for us as gamblers.
It is clear that balance in controlling ourselves when gambling is very important for us because this behavior will lead us to a safe path and will definitely avoid or minimize bad things in our lives. that is, when we win or lose, thinking about maintaining consistent self-control is clearly very useful for us so that we don't play excessively and limit bets when playing gambling.

In the same sense of withdrawing winnings or not, I once got into a discussion about cash-out... withdrawing before the bet was completely concluded.
The conclusion in this discussion is that there is no right or wrong and that there are several points to analyze where everything depends on the profile of each bettor and also on the game, because when it is safer, cash out can become completely favorable, as more aggressive people see it as negative.

There are players who want to make several quick entries and exits, and use cash out to boost their bankroll quickly, as long as they make accurate bets and withdrawals. On the other hand, if you are not very accurate, the final result will be very negative as the cash out will most of the time be a value much lower than the final profit.

Anyway, here too in the case of withdrawing winnings, I have always argued that 50% must be reserved or withdrawn, but this also depends a lot on the profile of each player.

Previously, I can conclude about your opinion and the point is that if a gambler has won when he has won, but in his heart and mind, if he goes back to gambling, he will succeed in winning again, obviously he will stay there because of the strong belief in himself that he is able to keep playing again. gambling.
However, if he has won and is satisfied with the results, it is better to just stop, because that is the safest way to immediately cash in his gambling results. and I think it's better not to cash out the winnings. All you need to do is set aside a little, maybe 5℅, just in case we then want to gamble again.
And I also confirm your opinion that it is necessary to have savings from winnings that are not all cashed out and are big or small according to what we want.
If luck permits and you managed to win more then better to stop after, there are gamblers who experience that kind of luck and managed to win more after a good winning streaks,  those who can handle the pressure and can do things accordingly,  though not too many can initiate that kind of experience as most of those gamblers who push for more experience huge losing streaks and bring all those money back to the house.

It's on your decision making and how you take care of your finances, a wise gambler alway have that certain point of limitation and they will stick on it to make sure that they are securing their funds.
535  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2022–23 PBA Commissioner's Cup on: May 06, 2024, 08:27:11 AM
It's Sunday, a day for Ginebra as it's expected that the fans will come.

On our first game, we have the TNT vs Magnolia,  both teams needs to win for positioning especially for TNT who loss on their last game. However, by saying that it doesn't mean that I'll be betting on them. I saw their weakness on the last game so I'm rooting for Magnolia here to win.

The betting spread are as follows.

TNT +1.5
Magolia -1.5

The 2nd game, it's NLEX vs Ginebra, and Ginebra is slightly favored by -3.5

TNT managed to win against Mags while NLEX upset the crowd favorite, it's really tough to bet even how careful you analyze the game and what's the capabilities and the advantages of each teams against their opponents, upset really happen, Not sure what happen with Ginebra seems that they can't make a good game play with that so very low scoring game, they can easily use the twin towers against the small line up of NLEX.
I was wrong picking the Magnolia but I was never wrong that TNT have some weakness, it's just that they played better this game and got the win. Better luck next time for me, I'm sure Magnolia are going to come back and we will have an exciting elimination games coming soon.

Berto exploded again with 25 points though he's known of doing that, a leader who really play tough games and loves the competition.

Congrats to whoever place a bet for NLEX money line sure thing that it deserves a celebration!

That was necessary because they were on a losing streak, they needed that win to gain confidence in the elimination round. I thought they'll win comfortably but they also have some weakness, Ginebra displayed their never say die attitude in the 4th quarter and almost completed a comeback win.

Lucky for them as the time already short for the gin kings though like you said they need this win to gain confidence , it's really important for each players to play everything if they wanted to make it and take the next round, it's a hard competition for them as all those teams who are on the top are really got something to counter them and give tough competition,

 NLEX should not lean only for berto but they need to come up with their resources,  if they continue putting that big burden to him opponent will focus the defense on him and  for sure there's always a  man for the job in each squad that they are competing against with.
536  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Gambler avoiding friends after a big win. on: May 06, 2024, 05:49:52 AM
At one of the local gambling shop I visited during the weekend I happened to listen to a conversation between two bald looking gamblers at the shop talking about one of their gambling colleague who had won a big amount of money amounting to a million in the local currency and due to that win this colleague of theirs' has been avoiding them since e won that money. From their conversation it was obvious that they were a circle of close three friends that gamble together.

After all I finished with my bet headed home and was asking myself what could the colleague act that way avoiding his close friends they all gambling together and just because luck shines on him first he decides to create a distance and class. I couldn't actually annex a good reason why anyone should do that.
any person who win gambling is at risk because the no quite to that it is neither you win your gambling and it disburse the money to some of your friends who participate in gambling with you or you win the gambling and keep it in secret majority people who participated in gambling before and the experience on losses always make sure that they keep their winning in secret and they will not like a situation whereby they exposit to other people to know sometimes they do avoid people so that they will not be much asking of money or demanding of money from them so that they can do or establish yourself with the money they win in gambling

I like that idea, if you already suffer before losing a lot of money, then once you win you wanted to keep those money and not to let anyone knows to avoid someone to ask you to lend them or to give portions of your money, it's not greed but being practical to save up your winning money, and logically it's your money  and it's always your right what to do with it.

Though, someone might think that you are doing bad things by avoiding other people but if you just want to save then there's nothing that they can do about it.
537  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2024 NBA Season on: May 06, 2024, 05:32:28 AM
I would not conclude early because Boston also have weakness, but I feel the cavaliers are more deserving to face them as they have big lineup to give Boston some problem in the paint. Mitchell has been carrying a heavy load but just one game, win it and they'll get to the next level. So far in this series, either teams win their home teams so I would not deviate on that trend, instead I will just follow where the money is.

Boston only weakness is their choke potential when facing strong contender. Right now, No team in the east can give them that much pressure since all of the team that has a solid roster like Bucks and 76ers are already eliminated due to the absence of star players.

Current Boston with Porzingis as center feels like hell to beat by team like Cavs that only relying to Mitchell. I doubt that he can keep up against the pressure which the Boston players can give against them.

Boston may choke again in the NBA finals but not on any matches within EC.

True. Miami without Butler, Bucks without Giannis and Philly are all eliminated in the first round. The current remaining teams are a little inexperienced and Boston should be able to handle them. I expect Boston to win 4-0 or 4-1 against the Cavs.

I can smell Boston heading back to the finals once again. For now, I am rooting for Denver because the team has the championship experience and has a great line up. But if Denver lose to Minnesota then I think Boston gets their long awaited title this season.

Still far from concluding the finals, I guess one series at a time, Boston as you mentioned have that advantage against those 3 squads who manage to move to the semis as they got the experienced though I guess it will be a tough final in the East as both Pacers and Knicks got that determinations to win, it's been a long time since these two squads manage to move forward and really aiming to comeback and have that chance for the season finals and if possible to win a title.
538  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Use your winning responsibly on: May 06, 2024, 02:04:49 AM
Do not use all the money back to gamble, that's not wise.
Just wanted to drop my achievement from gambling responsibly here.
I agree with this. It is better to take some amount of money buy for stuffs, vacation, or any other else. When we won the games, we deserve to enjoy it. So don't use all the money to gamble again. There is no guarantee to double the money when we use all of them to gamble again. Even, it may have a bigger chance to lose again the money. Sure, it is not a wise idea because it will waste the time and efforts only if we lose again the money. That's why it is good if you take some money for buying a Smart TV or another useful thing.

Anyway congrats mate!!

Better doing this kind of things instead of being greedy and try pushing for more, the usual action of a addicted gambler is to use the winning money to extend their gambling sessions, but for those who still in control of their emotions, it's best to take the big portions of your money and use it for something like what OP did mentioned.

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I believe a lot of occasional gamblers can do such act. But for regular or addicted ones, greediness is always part of their game, so they re-bet the winnings up until they lose those winnings. Most of the time, they don't appreciate the chance of winnings because they also lose it eventually.
Just stay away from addiction, so we still can think realistically!
Sure, if we are addicted, we may never use the prizes for useful things because we will spend all of them for gambling again.
If this happens, we will never enjoy our efforts in gambling. The prizes will be gone when all of them are used for gambling again.



Just like what I mentioned above, if we are already in this stage we don't have that mindset to quit and use the money for something
that will benefited us, we all want to keep pushing and extending our time during our gambling activities.
539  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2022–23 PBA Commissioner's Cup on: May 05, 2024, 02:56:58 PM
It's Sunday, a day for Ginebra as it's expected that the fans will come.

On our first game, we have the TNT vs Magnolia,  both teams needs to win for positioning especially for TNT who loss on their last game. However, by saying that it doesn't mean that I'll be betting on them. I saw their weakness on the last game so I'm rooting for Magnolia here to win.

The betting spread are as follows.

TNT +1.5
Magolia -1.5

The 2nd game, it's NLEX vs Ginebra, and Ginebra is slightly favored by -3.5

TNT managed to win against Mags while NLEX upset the crowd favorite, it's really tough to bet even how careful you analyze the game and what's the capabilities and the advantages of each teams against their opponents, upset really happen, Not sure what happen with Ginebra seems that they can't make a good game play with that so very low scoring game, they can easily use the twin towers against the small line up of NLEX.

Berto exploded again with 25 points though he's known of doing that, a leader who really play tough games and loves the competition.

Congrats to whoever place a bet for NLEX money line sure thing that it deserves a celebration!
540  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Understanding the Impact of Social Media in Gambling. on: May 04, 2024, 07:49:42 PM
I think these influencers must know their target audience before accepting the offer or should not be included in their blogs or videos?
This is common in my country. They do not care than the money the gambling site they are advertising for will pay them.

YouTube is not better but there are local channels in my country that you will see gambling site advertising which is worse.

Recently I was passing through the bank road in my town, I saw a sign board of 1xbet. Did you know how many under age that would have seen it. The problem goes to government negligence.
Same here in my country but I can't blame those hungry influencers who are getting paid to promote online casino on socail media like FB which has way too high traffic from billions of users around the world and that is actually a downside if we are taking minors into consideration since most of them are now involved with it. Poor people becomes even worst since in the hope of making huge returns from gambling they end up nothing but miserable.

Yeah, as there are always minors who can easy view and visit whatever gambling site the promoters shared from there videos, as the emerging technology grows a lot, it's easy to for young minors to fake their age and their identities once they already get engage to whatever types of gambling that earn their interest.

But, that's also the thing here, money is all that matters for those influencers who don't care about the possibilities that they've got minors viewers/followers.
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