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561  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Without money, the knowledge is a waste on: June 22, 2023, 11:44:43 PM
Knowledge helps you well in making money. If you've got more money to invest, then one was able to book his profit at the earliest using the knowledge. When you're to start from the scratch your knowledge is the important thing, because it is you that present the business and make others understand the goodness behind your product. In any situation one's knowledge isn't wasted.
562  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: The fight between Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk. Who you betting on? on: June 22, 2023, 11:26:31 PM
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What kind of sh*t did I just read lol. Sounds funny. Cheesy

Can't believe both billionaires stepped down on their respective levels and take this challenge seriously.

Reading some related news around, Musk even wants to fight in a cage match, yes on OCTAGON lol.

If that is really serious, meaning no script or any kind of related stuff, that depends on their respective health status. Not sure about their current medical condition but of course, the younger one has the advantage here especially if physically active in their everyday routine.

Though believed that the match won't happen for real. If happened, curious about the odds if ever bookies will even consider listing that match.
For sure the bet will have the odds for draw with the lowest value, because this have got the highest chance of ending in a draw. The reason, one person down to other in some means will surely have some controversies as well as leads to big debates. Sometimes this even can disturb the market of the companies owned. For this reason there is more chances that the odds will be in favour of the match ending in a draw. Lets see what's the hard reality.
563  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Tennis League All Thread on: June 22, 2023, 11:18:08 PM
Before we see Struff vs Zverev, we must first see them beat Bublik and Jarry, Struff vs Bublik are still pretty sure this German player can win if he stays consistent and what is doubtful is Zverev vs Jarry, Jarry was very good at beating Tsitsipas though Tsitsipas on grass isn't great but Zverev on grass isn't anything special either and he hasn't shown anything impressive so far, but if the two Germans met in the semis I would still go with Struff.

And the last remaining player from Germany in Halle is Zverev. Struff lost against Bublik in 3 sets. It was a good and close match from Struff. But in the end it was not enough. He will still have some opportunities this year.
Zverev is not good on grass. I already mentioned the reason above. But it seems he has developed and it will be a close match.


Can't be sure of the winning of Zverev. The quarter finals match is against Jarry. He's is in better form winning against Tsitsipas, and earlier he had won against Ruud in French Open. Won the Geneva Open title winning against Dimitrov. So, the match will be have good fight. In the remaining quarter finals it is Sinner, Rublev and Medvedev to reach the semifinals. Lets see if something happens as a surprise.
564  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: June 22, 2023, 10:52:42 PM
Uganda have outlawed Kenya in a one off tournaments final match by a run. Uganda have scored 125 runs in 20 overs losing the entire wickets. Kenya started to chase the target with consecutive wicket fall, however the score kept coming along the way. Finally 24 runs required in the last 27 balls with 6 wickets in hand. Kenya wasn't able to reach the target and lost the match by a single run. Kenya seems to be better in ODI cricket whereas it wasn't able to perform big in T20.
565  Economy / Speculation / Re: Take advantage of the price fall. on: June 21, 2023, 10:56:09 PM
Not everyone does it. Whenever there is price fall whales take advantage and accumulate whereas the common man investing/buying small amount just gets into panic. Some even sell their holdings, which is a wrong decision. Whenever there is crash in the market we should try to make use of it. All investments were suggested for long term holding, same needs to be the priority with bitcoins. In between if the market gets pushed, then it is time to enjoy the goodness by selling at the best price and making a buyback when there is drop I'm the price of bitcoin.
566  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Can Casinos Go Bankrupt Because of Player Wins? on: June 21, 2023, 10:39:12 PM
Some incidents have taken place, but it is quite rare to find a casino go bankrupt. In recent days one such incident happened with a casino that even had its signature campaign running on our forum. Within a month's time the casino notified about the closing of the platform, but no proper information have been shared. Based on my understanding it was some mismanagement of funds that caused the closure of the platform. These days the terms were very clear on the settlement of bets.
567  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Indian Premier League #IPL on: June 20, 2023, 08:50:15 PM
First, I thought probably did you not want to give test cricket too much importance. But after that, I thought if they did not want to give test cricket too much importance they would have done that from the start. They have failed in the most important test match of the year. Part is they have failed so miserably but they are still not worried about it. I believe the selection should be controlled by the coaches now. Because the players are basically screwing up the selection process by having power in their hands. They are obviously choosing players by having an influence of favoritism inside them. And of course, the players have to be held accountable for their bad performance.

As a matter of fact, I am not a big fan of test cricket. But still, I would argue that players who are not interested in test cricket should not be a part of the test squad. While watching the WTC final, this was the impression that I got from the Indian players. It seemed as if they are paying just for the sake of it. The aggression and commitment that these same players were showing while participating in the IPL a few weeks ago was suddenly missing when they were playing against Australia at the Oval. In fact they looked quite happy when the match was over.
Agreed, and the WTC final could've been played in similar style same as the first ashes series test match between Australia and England. Till the end England fought to win the match and lost it by 2 wickets and 27 balls left. India lost the match very badly. The match went upto the 5th day's 1st session, but they weren't able to make it atleast to the last session of the match. As mentioned the players have begun to give importance to the franchise cricket over the team playing for the country.
568  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: June 20, 2023, 08:41:27 PM
Kenya was in good position earlier, and the performance have went downwards. The team have played 5 World Cups, and later it had big break. The new team and the new players are once again forming the team better. However the team losing its one off tournaments against Botswana and Uganda is really unexpected. Once again Kenya to play against Botswana tomorrow, and this time Kenya needs to win the match. Cricket is much on Asia and now getting widespread around Africa and other parts of the world is a needed one for now.
The players themselves lost interest in the game as a result of lack of support from the ICC. This is what happened to Kenya. Anyway, to their credit, Kenya has finished at no.2 in the group stage. They won 6 out of the 9 matches to finish with 12 points. But at this point, Uganda seems to be the strongest team from East Africa region. They managed to win 8 out of their 9 matches. The final will be played tomorrow at Gymkhana Club Ground in Nairobi. BTW, many thanks to International League T20. They are the organizers of this event. They sponsored this event, to show their commitment towards global expansion of cricket.

I don’t think Kenya is going to reach the same level that they did back in 2003. At least they are not going to reach that level any time soon for sure. The ICC is the only reason why a lot of teams like Kenya have not been able to improve at all.

Basically, in 2003, I believe it was the Srinivasan Pawar mafia in the power of the ICC. Maybe they thought that giving the test status to a country right beside India was going to give them a better market for cricket.

Remember at that time Bangladesh was not a good team. So probably the thought that Bangladesh cannot play well themselves so they are going to watch cricket matches of India. That is going to generate more revenue.
The level of cricket that is being played by different countries compared to 20 years back is much progressive. So, no one will be expecting such a reach from Kenya. The power holders always want to take advantage and this continues forever. We don't know what exactly the power Mafia were thinking, but they were much tricky thinkers and the politics continues forever. ICC have destroyed more teams that have made good progress in the past. Kenya and Zimbabwe can be added to the list.
569  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Tennis League All Thread on: June 20, 2023, 08:27:17 PM
berrettini retired from Queen's Club Championship! The former winner of Wimbledon has not been able to play this tournament.
Bad news for him and all supporters. It seems the player has hit a loong streak of defeat and retirements.
Now he is at 34 place in ATP (last place was 21th). I think this an interesting data for all gamblers.
First of all, he is now in bad shape so it's could be interested bet against him.
Secondly, when he will come back to play as usual, this can be a bargain chance...
But... we don't know "when"... so let's wait.
Interesting fact Roll Eyes (like we have seen with Tsitsi)... he starts to play bad after he has get officially linked to "Melissa Satta" a famous italian starlet.

over at Queens - Murray will be playing de Minaur today, thats a tough draw for him but
I think the markets really dont know, the odds are even really, 1.86 to 1.88... I think I will
make a bet on Murray, he is playing in good form ATM.

Tiafoe also plays today in an easy enough draw against Van de Zandschulp, he
should win this one at 1.45.
Both were disappointing. Andy Murray who had been with his consecutive wins have lost to de Minaur 6-3 6-1 in a much easier way, kind of one sided game. The young player of Australia have defeated Andy Murray during the Monte Carlo Masters in the same way.

Tiafoe have made it a winning match against Van de Zandschulp 6-2 6-4. Tiafoe to play against his home country player Korda in the group of 16. Winning the match makes him reach the quarter finals where the competence will be at its best.
570  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: June 20, 2023, 08:15:40 PM
Once again it is Khawaja that have took the match towards the win.
Eventually, it is Pat Cummins who played the important role in the victory of Australia. His batting performance was pretty good in both innings, and he bowled really well in the second innings. Usman Khawaja got man of match award, but I was expecting Cummins to get the award.
No doubt, at the end it is Part Cummins who had made it a winning day for Australia. A responsible performance from the captain, in both the innings Khawaja had a big contribution. Particularly in the second innings, while wickets were falling on one side he stood strong avoiding wicket fall and scored the highest score for Australia same as that took place in the first innings. Also the best thing for the win is the tail end, because in the first innings the contribution is not big and now they're the heroes.

It looks like the early declare by England in the first innings gonna pay.
Most of the people were surprised by the decision which England did in the first innings. Now England team has nothing to do except regretting their decision of declaring the innings.
That looked different, but it was like favouring the England team as they took wickets the last few overs and increased the pressure on Australia. However none could've predicted those two wickets will serve to regret the decision.
571  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: June 20, 2023, 06:18:52 PM
Today we have two matches - first one between Zimbabwe and the Netherlands and the second one between Nepal and United States of America. If Zimbabwe manages to win today, then they are almost guaranteed of a spot in Super-6 (they won against Nepal in their first match). This one should not be very tough for the Africans, as the Dutch are missing at least 7-8 of their regular players who are out on county duty. On the other hand, both Nepal and USA have lost their first match and therefore need a win today to keep their chances alive. 

I was very surprised to see the impressive batting of Zimbabwe against the Netherlands. A huge target of 316 was set by the Netherlands team. It was a big enough target in 50 overs. But Zimbabwe's batting looks like it was an easy target. Zimbabwe collected 319 runs in 40.5 overs. Sikandar Raja and Williams batted brilliantly. Sean Williams scored 91 off 58 balls and Sikandar Raja remained unbeaten on 102 off 54 balls. Raja hit 8 over boundaries in this match. Zimbabwe's batting looks like they would have won the match even if the target was more than 400.
Netherlands played good, scoring 300+ runs is really good from any team. Zimbabwe have chased it in a very easy way. Sikandar Raza have played well and scored century as if playing in an T20 match. From the opener Gumbie and Ervine, everyone scored good and this ease the winning of Zimbabwe. Raza contributed in batting as well as in bowling with his four wickets in 10 overs bowled.

In the other match USA played against Nepal. Good scoring from USA, but Nepal with its strong batting line-up reached the target of 207 runs losing 4 wickets. Century have come for USA player Shayan Jahangir, and every qualifier match is revealing some potential players to the world.
572  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Tennis League All Thread on: June 19, 2023, 11:55:24 PM

Struff lost to Tiafoe but it was a very close match, this will be Struff's first ATP title if he can beat his opponent, he played pretty well only his opponent played even more solidly despite the pressure from the crowd that was on the German's side.
Prior to the finals, both have met in two matches. Each have won a match, and this made winning prediction hard. Somehow based on the player statistics Struff had an upper hand against Tiafoe. Finally Tiafoe made it in style with two deciding set wins. Missed the first set 4-6 and fought back to win the other two sets 77-61 710-68. With this he had recorded his third ATP Singles title and first grass court title.

Yes, Struff played really great. He started well and Tiafoe was a bit better in the decisive moments. Otherwise he would have won his first ATP tournament. So far he has tried it 200 times. But if he keeps playing like this he will win his first tournament this year. I am curious to see how he will perform in Halle.
Struff to play against the Russian player Roman Safiullin. Here Struff have got the higher winning chance. We will see close fights from the round of 16 as the young strong contenders will get slotted against each other. Though the match is a lose against Tiafoe, he could've got some boosting for the upcoming tournament. In that manner I'm expecting better performance from Struff. Lets see what happens?
573  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Do gambling addicts bother about the consequences of their actions? on: June 19, 2023, 10:19:21 PM
1. The gambler will think of the second thought after losing or encountering some problems soon after busting the money. This happens with most of the gamblers. Maybe if they had gone through the second thought they might have not gambled.

2. Surely the person will feel guilt at some point. Maybe at the beginning the thoughts were we couldn't have caught. Later surely the person will feel guilt for the act as the loss will surely pain him.

3. The reality, they're in an uncontrollable state. For some reason they've got into gambling, and keep running with the hope and never thinks of from where the money will come. They'll try to manage on the go and end up with similar incidents. Finally at some point they'll understand it is really hard and loss is the end result. Even at that time their mind doesn't wants to stop, but it gets adopted to it.
574  Economy / Economics / Re: Keeping money and keeping bitcoins? are they similar? on: June 19, 2023, 09:35:14 PM
Saving money is similar to saving bitcoin. Both savings are priorities for the future, but one(bitcoin) has greater volatility that, if saved and protected from hackers, may make you a fortune than the other(fiat).

Anyone who can save will undoubtedly be able to save bitcoin, but that doesn't imply that all individuals who spend their fiat money extravagantly can't also hold onto their bitcoin for a long time. It all comes down to choices and being ready for the future. I've seen someone who lives a lavish lifestyle but will never touch his bitcoin funds, no matter what because his whole target and vision is to save bitcoin for the future. He's been holding onto his Bitcoin savings and accumulating more for at least a year.
Savings is same, the volatility makes bitcoin savings differ from the fiat savings. Different people have difference of opinion which is the best way of savings. For now limited people were aware of bitcoin and this makes majority of people terming fiat savings as the best way to save money.

There is advantage with bitcoin savings against fiat savings and things have been made easier with the existence of more choices available for buying cryptocurrencies. When we save in fiat we easily take and use it whereas with bitcoin the direct acceptance is limited, atleast for that reason people will try to hold and save more than cashing out to spend.
575  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: June 19, 2023, 05:28:14 PM
I am confident that England will lose the first match since that target isn't enough against a team like Australia regardless of the weather condition etc. They could wrap this game up before the final session itself.
England's biggest weakness is that they don't have a game-changing spinner like Lyon, Ashwin etc though Ali has been bowling well recently.
Aussie scoring freely now but I still think that the England bowler's final chance will be in the morning session tomorrow. At that time the bowl will be moving and England would need to take 3 or 4 wickets in the morning session. If Australia survives that session, then it will be an easy win and a 1-0 start for the Australians in this Year's Ashes.
On the other hand, getting a lead is always important in an intense series like Ashes and Australia won't be losing grip in this match.

England set a target of 281 runs. But I thought England would give a target of more than 300. A target of 350 would have been easy for England to win the match. But the target of 281 runs is not enough to win.

Australian batsmen are batting very well. They collected 61 runs in the first wicket pair. Warner returned to the dressing room with 36 runs. Usman Khawaja is batting very responsibly in the second innings as well. Australian batsmen are quite experienced. However, the outcome of the match will depend on the performance of the first session tomorrow. Staying at the crease and scoring runs is tough in the first session.
Match is getting more interesting as Australia have lost the second wicket. Khawaja as usual does his role, earlier Warner lost his wicket to Robinson and now Labuschagne have lost his wicket to Stuart Board. Both the wickets were caught by Bairstow. We can see the Australia into pressure as the team surely have the plan of ending the day without any wicket fall. Already two wickets fallen and the final day's opening session will have few wickets. Same as the first match id they allow Khawaja to score then this is going to be difficult for England to record its win.
576  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: June 19, 2023, 02:31:34 PM
Ireland vs Oman
World Cup qualifier match Ireland vs Oman. Ireland batted first and collected 281 runs by taking 7 wickets in 50 overs. Oman scored 178 runs for 3 wickets in 31 overs to bat for victory. Oman played well today and have a chance to win today. Kashyap Prajapati he batted superbly and got out with 72 runs off 74 balls. Aqib Ilyas also batted well and was dismissed for 52 runs off 49 balls. Oman need only 104 runs in 19 overs to win today. I think Oman will win today.
Oman is chasing the target in a very comfortable and confident way. For Ireland it is Dockrell's 91* runs helped the team reach good score of 281 runs. For Oman starting from the opener there is good contribution. Oman requires another 22 runs from 30 balls with 5 wickets in hand. Three players have contributed with half centuries. The World Cup qualifier matches were really interesting as teams are performing really well and beyond the expectation.
577  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Saudi Professional League 2022/2023 on: June 19, 2023, 07:50:12 AM
The upcoming season in Saudi Arabia is expected to be highly competitive and challenging. Following Al-Ittihad's recruitment, Al-Nassr is also gearing up for new season. Hakim Ziyech, who is reportedly close to finalizing personal terms with the club. Ziyech isi one of my favorite players at Stamford Bridge. I feel that he still has a lot to offer and would have preferred if he stayed in Europe for another season. However, sometimes things don't go as planned. As things stand, it would be exciting to see Ronaldo, Ziyech, and Zaha combination for Al-Nassr next season.


Al-Ittihad, Al-Nassr will be the two teams that are fiercely competing for next season and it seems that these two teams are preparing each other to become the greatest.
But of the two teams I tend to prefer Al-Nassr for next season and there seems to be great hope they can achieve that.

It looks like Ziyech is playing in Europe because he wants to boost his popularity and also his career in a big European team.
In fact, it's also not wrong because every player wants to be a player for a big and famous team.

The kingdom is more supportive and they're in the bid for 2030 World Cup which is the major reason for the importance of bringing popular players into the league. There were discusssions that the kingdom wants Saudi Arabia Pro League to be competitive with the old English Premier and European Leagues, but that isn't the truth. Because it is a known fact, some things can't be changed in a short.

The presence of Ronaldo into Al-Nassr have given good reach to the league. Al-Ittihad and Al-Nassr were much on the race to win the championship. Rest of the teams too perform well, and the signing of players weren't disclosed. Saudi Arabia Pro League is trying to do the best and do everything in the global standard. The league have taken big list of players and the next season will give clear data on how big investment were made on the league.
578  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Smart Way to Introduce Bitcoin to Relatives, Spouse or Family on: June 18, 2023, 11:56:29 PM
However we try to educate a person on something, if he/she hadn't got the interest then it is kind of wasting our time. What OP have mentioned is good approach, but to make use of it first we need to find the person who is interested to learn and know about bitcoin and cryptocurrencies.

When technology is taught we need to make use of the devices. Showing how a transaction happens will let us know whether the particular person is interested or not. Depending upon that we should continue or just wind up with some basics.
579  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Tennis League All Thread on: June 18, 2023, 11:12:35 PM

Struff lost to Tiafoe but it was a very close match, this will be Struff's first ATP title if he can beat his opponent, he played pretty well only his opponent played even more solidly despite the pressure from the crowd that was on the German's side.
Prior to the finals, both have met in two matches. Each have won a match, and this made winning prediction hard. Somehow based on the player statistics Struff had an upper hand against Tiafoe. Finally Tiafoe made it in style with two deciding set wins. Missed the first set 4-6 and fought back to win the other two sets 77-61 710-68. With this he had recorded his third ATP Singles title and first grass court title.
580  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Saudi Professional League 2022/2023 on: June 18, 2023, 10:36:56 PM
There is suddenly a lot of media attention for this competition since Ronaldo has come to play here. Still, they will be very disappointed that Messi did not go here too. Would there ultimately have been a demonstrable reason why Messi chose not to continue his career in Qatar? Because money is of course good. I also cannot imagine that Ronaldo will continue to live here if he is no longer active as a player in Qatar. He still has great value for his team in Qatar, but he will also feel itchy when he sees the European Cl on TV.
The interest of the Saudi teams haven't come down after Messi ignoring big offers. Different players have got difference in plan and dream. We can't be sure that Messi ignored the for this reason. They might give some information to the world, but the real truth might be different. In one of the statement he had mentioned that USA is a dream nation and so he's moving there. With what he earned, living in USA is not a big thing for him. Anyhow he's away from Saudi Arabia Pro League and the hunt continues with the other popular players on the list.
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