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541  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Nutildah's Double-Or-Nothing Sportsbook Challenge on: February 24, 2024, 03:08:30 PM
I think ManU and fullham match will be good for over 1.5 because it may be a difficult match for Manchester United. Then another two matches could be AFC Bournemouth Vs Manchester City, and over 3.5 will be good, then Arsenal direct win over Newcastle United. However, you didn't specify how many odds you are looking for to bet up to the amount that will allow you withdraw but you seem to want to take a higher risk instead of gradually building the account with your winning or you want to close the gambling account after withdrawing your money?


This might be a dumb question, but can't you just deposit the required amount, so that you can withdraw everything later? Without bets.

Well I think this is another good suggestion maybe you want to close the account, you can make it faster if you transfer down there and withdraw all you have. To stake is not a guarantee you will win to make up what you have for withdrawal.
542  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Do You Phase Or Are You Slowing Down Your Gambling Activity When.... on: February 24, 2024, 10:41:28 AM

Gambling is a perfect fit for those who are not religious, intentionally going back and forth is making your sin massive.


I think this is a good caption for this because there is no point going back and forth of gambling as you are trying to pretend to yourself about your gambling habit during the time that it is not religious reserved season and going back to what vomit you have had.

If someone will drop your habit because of some certain purpose and after picking it up then they are playing a double standard and living a pretentious life style. So it is better to stay with one life style that will make people know where you belong instead of jumping in and out because you don't want people to judge you whereas you are already judging yourself with the habit of dropping gambling and later picking it.
543  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Outcomes of insighting gambling for a source of income. on: February 24, 2024, 08:39:28 AM

Just in, he is on medical attention after he slumped as a result of loosing a borrowed fund meant for a business re-startup after the gamble made him squandered his previous business.

Truly a gambler who is a high staker is on health risk and to borrow money to gamble is a no no. Gamble with the money you can afford to lose is for a purpose and which is if you lose, you only see it as a game to try again next time.

At his regained to a normal state of health, he explained that he thought he would be lucky to win at the stake so as he could expand his intended business with a bigger capital.
At a point I don't see any business oriented ideal in this Friend because $1,000 ls good enough for a start of lucrative businesses.

I was thinking he would be making confessional statements that he would never gamble again after he saw his close state of giving up life. But gamblers who are addict never gives up to it when they don't see someone committed to help them out from it. If he is still remembering that he was trying to win big then he is likely to go back on the same track. So you and your other friends also have a responsibility to help him leave such gambling addiction.

Moreover, depending on the country, I don't know the kind of business that $1,000 would be enough to start for him. I wish him good luck anyway.
544  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: The odds we can get on our side. on: February 24, 2024, 06:31:27 AM
I understand the point that you are making and I think it is about increasing the chances of winning your bet by limiting the possibility of losing because of few options like either win or lose like you gave the instance of tennis but then it is also a choice to the kind of sports that you want to bet on. However, you also have such limited option in football, like if you have chosen the option of goal goal (GG), this means you have bet that both teams will produce goal each and so either they produce the goals each or they don't, just like in tennis where either a player wins or lose.

It is just like the same thing when in football you bet on draw no bet, this means you are not betting for a draw and if the team plays draw then your bet is refunded to you and you won't lose anything.

There are other numerous options in football that limits your losing chances through narrowing your bet tighter but the thing is they come with smaller odds. Therefore, it is a thing of preference to what sports gamblers bet on and I think gamblers choose to bet in the game they understand what happens there.
545  Economy / Economics / Re: The Same way like money is created you can use this trick to become wealthy on: February 23, 2024, 09:07:47 PM

Use this method with action becouse without action unlikely Will happening

Try this method and let others know how it was Smiley

To use the word "I promise" without the intent of it is deceitful because it raises the hope of the second person and it makes them begin to shift ground in expectation of the fulfillment of the promise. This is a P2P level and if this promise isn't fulfilled, it brings distrust that never get to be forgotten except there is an atonement later to placate the distrust.

I promise have been used so much with politicians in their manifestos and program but at the end it turns out to become building bridges that never comes to live and then the hope of the people is dashed to their own heart. Not to fulfill promise has alot to do with disappointment and bringing systems backwards and changing the future of the people because lies are factors of cheating and doesn't lead to any positive outcome.
546  Local / Nigeria (Naija) / Re: Nigeria and the Current State of its Economy on: February 23, 2024, 05:38:08 PM

I will like us to discuss broadly on any of the possible highlights i will be dropping below and give our own opinions on the about the current state of the economy.

1. Will a massive and national protest not emerge soon like that of End SARS, as the people were getting to their elastic limit on economy hardship.

No I no think say that kind of protest go happen for this hunger protest but wetin people go dey do na to dey hijack trucks wey carry food stuffs like we don dey see am already.

So the reason wey make me talk say we no go experience that kind protest now be say people still dey fear the experience of the killings on that protest wey army dey intentionally shoot Nigerians to death.

Another very important reason be say this time around the South South and Southeast no go follow join as dem never even put eyes for the protest till now. So the population fit no much.


2. There's no plan on increasing the employment rate and minimum wage, what will be the effect of these on the country leaders of tomorrow.
 

Your guess dey as good as mine my brother  Grin e get one proverb wey dem dey talk say "he who fails to plan has already planned to fail". You see, no plan for employment and na so things go dey worst if.....


3. Are we having an incompetent leader or the people around him are the ones causing the uproar for their own benefits, we can remember this, that the truth will always prevail, any illegal achievement will not last for good, because the foundation is evil, is there nothing wrong with the last conducted election.

Na who talk say subsidy is gone? from day one. Baba Tinubu say his name suppose dey for Guinness book of records and if dem no put him name, him go find way to put himself, funny where Nigerians are dying of hunger. Him remove subsidy without entering office, at least him for check books wey dem go bring come his office, plan wey forward if him remove subsidy before removing it. Na that bad policy of not planning first carry poverty come. This government no get solution but only palliative wey person dey only hear for news, it ends there in their office.

Of course the election is faulty, the people dey suffer and national assembly no fit update the voting system and make transmission of results only by electronic, that is through the Irav.


4. If nothing is done, we should expect the economy to keep getting worst than ever, but i doubt if its not causing a lot of innocent people already as ransom.


Of course people are suffering beyond what they have witnessed and that is why the rate of jakpa don increase. Nigeria is having brain drain like never before.
547  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Do You Phase Or Are You Slowing Down Your Gambling Activity When.... on: February 23, 2024, 04:10:40 PM

Did you slow down or are you taking a vacation? how long is your vacation before and after the religious activity?


Religion is a strong tool for control and to order obedience in followers and during religious activities, some certain behaviour do reduce because those followers who are known to be involved in all those would desist from it. Take for example those who smoke, womanize, drunk or even gamblers stop or reduce their rate of committing such until the festive period is over.

This is not just about the Christian Religion or Islamic but those in traditional worship do have their sacred days that followers would have to stay away from certain behaviour or activities and that is abstainance just like the Christian or Muslim do.

The must popular of them is Christian activities and Muslim. In such times it is well noticed that there is abstainance in certain activities because of the numbers of followers who involve in such activities. People who smoke stay away, also those who do alcohol and gamblers try to stay away even though they could be doing that in secret. They stay away in the guise to seek for the face of God through the holy period, like for example there is the lent period going on for Christians and that will cause the reduction of sale of alcohol and others. I also seek to keep such season holy and that is the normal thing for religious believers.
548  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Gamble with what you can afford to lose can actually make a good investment on: February 23, 2024, 03:37:57 PM

Put this in places that if you keep those money into investment do you know how much you would gain by the end of the month or year without even you making such profits while gambling but yet we kept preaching the word "gamble with what you can afford to lose" why not some people use that same money to go into bitcoin investment or any other investment that could help their lives rather than wasting them into gambling and even secure a better winning themselves.


There is two angles to this, the knowledge of bitcoin and the zeal to invest in bitcoin. Some people don't have such knowledge or information that there is bitcoin and how to invest in it. This is why the saying that information is power is very apt. What you don't have the information then you will be acting in ignorance of it. I won't conclude that people don't want to invest in bitcoin because I know quite a number don't know about it. And the second point is the feeling that bitcoin is a scam. Some people also still feel this way and for such people who fall in the category of gamblers would prefer gambling their money rather than putting it in a "scamming venture"  Grin


Does this really make sense, sometimes I have to reason twice and come to think about something very important which we don't always pay heed to because we always believe that when spending about $1 to $4 is something we can afford to lose right but, it may surprised you if you Sum all this little dollars into investment and savings you (we) would probably make a good investment and savings at the process reducing our gambling rates and lost.


Have you heard of people saying gambling is investment? People have different views and that reflects on their investment too. So some people believe gambling is also part of investment. They don't see it as merely fun or what they gamble but they regard it as investment and so when they stake they expect a certain return from the investment. Thus, this kind of people, your good idea will not make much meaning to them because as far as they are concerned, they are equally investing with their money through gambling.
549  Local / Nigeria (Naija) / Re: Taking advantage of situations positively on: February 22, 2024, 04:15:28 PM
Are there people who are still complaining about the country without doing anything to help themselves?

The ladies story goes to say Omo if you dey rely on only one source of income, na hunger you dey invite be that oo because with the rate of inflation, you no go fit survive for naija.

However, to enter into multiple business no be really the thing but na to identify the business wey go move for each area. Like e get business wey dey sell for high way and business wey be say na for street or certain strategic position dem must sell. Person wey dey plan to open drug or chemist shop suppose know say na for street e go sell.

I don identify now say for naija e get some businesses wey you go do and na so so loss you go dey loss but certain business na profit no matter the hardship. So like the lady say, anything wey be food na profit because people must still find food to chop. Then drugs business also must sell because people wey sick go still pay drug even if them decide to self medicate, dem must buy drug.
550  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Kakistocracy or democracy which one are we in Nigeria? on: February 22, 2024, 12:38:35 PM
Well I didn't know kakistocracy exist as a form of government. I had to search on Google and was surprised to find it and it is:

Quote
government by the worst persons; a form of government in which the worst persons are in power.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/kakistocracy

It is therefore not surprising that most underdeveloped countries have found themselves in this system of government albeit the pretence of practicing "democracy". They preach democracy but they don't allow the few institutions to work for the people. They manipulate everything in the economy and not allowing for credible, free and fair election.

Election is where all the bulk of the beginning of corruption starts. These worst people in the society come with intimidation of the opponent lives, they buy over security agencies who are already part of them, they buy over the election umpire and that is where the rigging starts. The courts are there friends and stooge, they make the arms of government look like they are separate but in actual sense they are one supporting each other worst in their arms.

Such system knows no progress but retrogression and the citizens have no choice than to search for livelihood in other countries.
551  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Gambling for fun and not a way of making money on: February 22, 2024, 11:58:41 AM
What I understand by gambling for fun is simply not to have the mindset that you want to make huge profit from gambling and you can only achieve that fun thing about gambling by not having the profit mindset in gambling. In other words, you have to reduce your risk appetite in your gambling and stake just a meager amount that will make your heart beat not be doubled when you lose  Grin

But the point is how many people really come gambling because you want to have fun?  Huh Hahaha. If you want to have fun and you mean to have fun then there other ways to have fun. You can find your to a video game centre, search the internet for games to play, go swimming with your wife or friends or go watch matches live without staking on them. If you make a stake then you are probably not going to be having fun with that because your is emotions is attached to the money you have staked and expected to win.
552  Local / Politics and society (Naija) / Re: NYSC scheme is another failed structure that could have helped our economy. on: February 22, 2024, 08:48:32 AM

How does teaching help better our nation?  What we have is teachers teaching other teacher that will end up becoming teachers. How does that translate to a nation becoming productive to be really honest?


Teaching is important and good but maybe you no really put the question well. Like me I don't see the reason wey dem go send people go out for a year to go teach as if trained teachers no dey the school. It is understandable if dem ask people wey study under education to teach but to just put everybody or must corper for teaching line no make sense because it is not useful after that one year for dem wey no dey under education.

Wetin even stop dem to use dat one year train people for skill acquisition so dat after dat one year beneficiaries fit establish small business by demselves with even the small money wey dem fit save (lol I dey talk about save wey only half bag of rice don collect all the alawee. In fact, I don talk say make dem scrab the program because the purpose is no longer visible. Insecurity just dey grow for the country like mushroom so wetin be the need again. Nysc don lead different good brains and young people to early grave through accident and insecurity challenges. Which one we go talk or live regards the nysc abi na the contract scam wey dey go on for acquisition of facilities for the program like the fake and substandard uniform, beds, feeding on the camp etc.
553  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Recovering gambling addict stories on: February 22, 2024, 07:52:19 AM
The most important thing is not to go back to the addiction after you have come out of it and made such video.

This story is synonymous to gambling addiction stories and there is something he pointed out that I feel gets a newbie into the addiction and that is first time wins or early wins. Yes I think as a newbie if you begin to lose, you may be discouraged to continue but by the time you start winning then you have that pump up adrenaline to keep playing and before you know it the loses starts to come and you enter the chasing for loses stage and there the addiction builds up more.

It will be a worse addiction that your children won't matter to you but the next bet will engulf your mind, this is really absurd and the height of the addiction.

However, I have witnessed gamblers losing there relationship, wife because the gambling is losing more than he is winning but in the case that he is winning, it is rare losing your relationship. You don't give time to relationship if you are losing because you keep researching for how to better yourself on the gambling.

Well, it is a usual story of gambling addiction and meant for learning process.
554  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Don’t play gambling with drugs or in half sleep on: February 21, 2024, 09:42:39 PM
Being on drug and gambling is not going to give the gambler a good mindset to analyse what he is playing, likewise being intoxicated and gambling. At such times of gambling, you can only rely on luck and not by your calculated effort.

So you have done your best for your friend and giving advise that will also help gamblers here. To be under the influence of drug or other substances that will make you not be calculative to your betting will keep getting you loses and not profit.

Gambling is better when you have a sane mindset so that if you are losing, you can have the emotional stability and control to stop yourself. You can also be able to control your bankroll more than if you are under the influence of drug because you can go as far as signing away your property to get an instant cash or loan to continue the negative thrill you are having. It is a good advise to be adhered to.
555  Economy / Speculation / Re: As Bitcoin Prepare for more Bull, What's your Decision on: February 21, 2024, 07:48:36 PM

Bitcoin is all I need and you can ask me why?

No need to ask. Bitcoin enthusiast already know to accumulate is better than procrastinate about accumulating  Grin


Because Bitcoin is on it irresistible move to $60,000 and more thereafter halving.


$60,000 is not yet at the current ATH and bitcoin has the tradition of doubling it previous ATH or trippling it, so if you calculate ATH of $68.997 and doubling it or maybe times it by 3 then you can estimate the range of next ATH. This has been the tradition with btc in the past 10 years plus. Bitcoin at the last two halving was around $20k and it went up to $68k. So be assured that after the resistance, bitcoin price will keep soaring especially after the halving in April.
556  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Corruption enlarges when politicians uses the citizens for disruptive tools. on: February 21, 2024, 07:24:56 PM
In this side of the world, if you want to commit an offense maybe corruptible activities, if you are caught in a minor offense, you will be prosecuted but if you commits a highily level of offense, it is negotiable and you would be celebrated even likely to be awarded. Shame!


This could be the issue of the constitution where such crime and its punishment is written and it depends on the mode of committing such crime or offence. Like for instance with the crime that involves physical exertion of strength, use of force and weapons. These types of crimes can cause bodily injury or harm to the victim or survival and the law doesn't joke with such kind of crime that will inflict injury or cause death to someone from such act if there is no other provable extra factor from the attack that caused the death. Therefore, if you then commit a crime that falls on such physical injurous offense then you will be charged according to what is written on the sections of the constitution or the law where it is found. Example stealing a little substance that worth less than $5 will be equated as if you stole probably $1 million, so because it is under stealing and the law presume force, use of weapon on the crime to scare victim.

But on the contrary, stealing by trick, pretence and all sorts that doesn't involve use of force, bodily harm, death etc, they are categorised as lesser crime. Therefore, if you trick someone even beyond what a thief steal, the trickstar is likely to get a lesser punishment or penalty. So either it is unfortunate but it depends on jurisdiction and the law guiding them.
557  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Couple won the jackpot but split soon after! on: February 21, 2024, 06:45:52 PM
It looks like a story dealing with distrust in relationship and this buttress the point of not to throw in all in a mere relationship. Relationship is different from marriage and Charlotte couldn't have done that to Michael with all the impetus that looks like she is going free from it.

What could have caused Charlotte to decide sending her boyfriend away because she won a jackpot , this unfortunate but such action is not peculiar to any the female because the male also does that so long it is a mere relationship. Anyway, lets see if Michael will succeed in his 50/50 bid or if he is going to get lesser or nothing from his lawsuit if he can prove that his transfer would have been used for the bet if there was no network hitches.
558  Economy / Economics / Re: Isn't it all about money? on: February 21, 2024, 04:25:46 PM

What if I don't want to go through all these process, don't care if I'm a graduate or not or if I'm good at speaking good English or not buth I'm just focused on how to make the money and end up making the money, won't the end justify the means?

Have you also thought of those who made money by not being formally educated how they sort to go to school after they have been successful and wealthy. There is a hunger for being formally educated and that is why you hardly see a very wealthy person lacking education. In the past, traditional rulers and monarchs may not be educated but those days are gone because now they are the class of highly educated and professionals who have excelled in different fields before retiring as traditional institutions. Education is more of competition than a luxury.


I mean, we can just learn how to read and write and focus on how to make money.

This is very important at least you can sign off your own document without a third party knowing what business you did. Knowing how to read and write creates a level of independence in people and they are free from certain encumbrance that would have been caused by not knowing how to read nor write.
559  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Do you feel excited while gambling on: February 21, 2024, 02:32:52 PM

I just have to bring this to know the category of people who belong to this sets that always feels bad or are emotionally touched due to their games has been constantly bursting without winning. I don't know how to channel it but at least gambler should be happy most times i will noticed that only 1 games do take me away from winning and most times there will be option to cash out I will have the full confident that all will be successfully played without knowing games change even at dying minutes.


Your feeling is mutual and that means you are not the only one that feels this way. Some gamblers have taken some break because of this as they don't win after playing series of times with high hope of winning. The most painful aspect of gambling is when you have seen a reasonable amount in cashout but refuse to click on the button to exit your game in some little profit and then everything disappears like you never had the opportunity for the green  Grin

I have learned not to be greedy in gambling because I have seen that most missed chances to winning emanates from not taking a quick decision and that is caused by greed. There is no need to beat your chest that your bet will be successful and then you let a chance for cashout roll away. Cashout is very good for gamblers to avoid losing all and gnashing your teeth in regret.
560  Local / Nigeria (Naija) / Re: How Does popular economic trends solve real life problem? on: February 20, 2024, 10:16:50 PM
Everywhere is currently flooded with the price of the dollar and fuel rising too high that has directly affected the price of foodstuff and so many things in the market and BTT is not left out as so many threads is now centred about our current economic situation.


You see my brother this na part of the right wey people get through the freedom of speech. No be only this platform wey people dey write wetin dey deir mind, if you listen to radio na the same thing, for Facebook, X or other social media na same thing because the government never try do anything but to increase the hardship on people. That na why the last administration try to ban different social media platforms because dem no want make people dey talk about their bad policies.


My question is, how does this whole trend help reduce the price of dollar?


Don't be surprised that government personal are somewhere locked around but moreover government go through other social media handles and pages to get reaction of people on governance. They have media aids and press department that relates the pulse of the people to their boss. Be rest assured the media put the government on their toes. At least you hear say dem be do meeting with cement producers yesterday and because of that meeting, cement price suppose come down between 7k and 8k depending on the state and bua promise to release 6 million tons to the market to further crash price. So e still make sense when people express dem self irrespective of the platform so long they are saying fact and truth to it that glares in the faces of everybody.
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