I can't really answer that question for Germany, because here it seems different. People prefer to buy the cheapest gas for their cars. On a big street overhere we have a the big name gas stations and normally a few hundred meters further we have the low budge gas station with lower prices. Everytime I pass the gas stations there are more cars for the budget gas. But in the end it's probably all the same gas anyways and they just try to sell more.
The only difference is that the brand gas stations have a premium gas for high end sports cars. But I barely see people actually using it. I guess the Germans are looking more to save money than anything else.

Yeah I agree, going to onsite casinos is all about the atmosphere and flair. For me it's more about having a good time than actually winning big - I prefer games like poker and black jack. The upsite is fairly limited if you only play a few hours. Sure you can have a good streak but in the end I just end up spending most of the money for a 5 star dinner and a some expensive drinks. Playing online in a casino however it's more about winning. I am focusing more on my bankroll and always try to save some winnings. It's hard to compare playing online in your living room to being on a huge gambling floor with many people around you having a good time.

Investing time to learn more about crypto currencies is very useful and owning bitcoins is even better. Bitcoin will not go away, it's already spread and being used by so many people around the world. Just by looking at the bitcoin price we can see how stable the price is, and managed to get through the crisis so far without really being affected that much. Of course there was a big drop in March, but which asset class didn't tank in March this year? There are many more mid cap stocks that are much more volatile than bitcoins. I believe we all can rely on bitcoins for the future.

I don't now if valorant will get as a big as CSGO. There is a huge hype at the moment and many streamers switched games. Who knows how long this is going to continue. As for betting there wasn't really a big market when APEX Legends came out, people where hyped too but in the end no real market materialized. So far watching valorant games on twitch is fun and enteraining. I really hope it stays around.

Did you actually bet yet on a game?

Not sure if I really understand this, but why would the prices drop 1-2% if someone buys $20M worth of bitcoins? Shouldn't the price go up since a lot of sell orders will be filled instantly in the exchange? Sorry if I am missing something here but having institutional investors invest heavily into crypto currencies should force prices upwards, or not? Also, why would you want to exercise your options? Just hold them until prices go up even further.

I think they are tying to downplay the corona crisis until elections in November, but this is still so far away. What if the numbers keep rising until autumn this year? Everyone can check the statistics themself, there is no point in believing the various TV news when there are statistics online available. It looks really bad at the moment.

Congratulations on your winnings, 1.1 BTC return on such a small starting balance is awesome and that in a little bit more than a month. I saw that most of your bets had Odds of 1.35 to 2, which seems like a good range. But the number of bets are a lot, a little bit too much betting for me. Will you keep betting all your bankroll or do plan on cashing out some winnings?

The thing with most casino sites is, the just ask you if you are 18 but don't actually verify it. Especially at the age of 14 boys want to rebel against the system and faking their birth date just seems kind of not so bad compared to other things possible at that age (alcohol and drugs). It would be good for you to monitor the online activity of your son to really see whats going on. Better not to rely on good corporate governance.

It's just crazy to see him abusing the media for this. There should be laws against it. It's obvious he doesn't want to be president and just promote his music. I hope people won't fall for this and actually buy more of his music

I think that a free country desires in some extent a free market. But for most Western Countries where we see a high degree of "free" democracies the are a lot of force trying to change the country into more socialism. A real free market we don't see at all at the moment. Most countries subsidies some sectors while having special taxes on imports. Just looking at the trade wars of the West vs China or Russia, free markets are still a long way to go.

I don't believe there will be another world war. Very likely we will see a depression, recessions are already here for many countries. And it will get very ugly in the next 6 months. But a world war? The times of big wars with millions of people fighting on the battlefield are over. If there will be a big war it's all about who has more nukes.

I think it will take some time to actually judge new casinos if they are successful. We are still in crisis mode, a lot of people have more spare time due to covid 19. Even though people are less likely to spend a lot of money we are seeing gambler who usually went to onsite casinos now switching to online gambling.
For a casino to really be successful it would need to survive the times after the corona crisis. I really hope the online platforms for casino remains more diversified in the future.

I think the unemployment rates are correlated with corona numbers, as long as we are seeing rising number of corona cases also the unemployment will keep rising. But as soon as the curve is flattening again, or a vaccine is available for general population. The numbers should drop drastically.
People shifted their purchases of non essential goods into the future, so demand should pick up again once the outlook for the future is better.

If something would happen to her now it would be so obvious. I mean the hole world if watching now. Let's see, I can't believe they will try another "suicide"

Is there any betting on her life expectancy?

Thanks for the update. Betting on Biden seems a good bet at the moment. But I also think betting at least some money on Trump could be a good hedge for the next election. I am waiting for better odds to get a good payout. Who knows how the campaign will end, it's probably just another coin toss like with Hillary.

It probably will take a long time until sport events will be back to normal. As long as the corona numbers are so high, it would be completely reckless to open up the big stadiums again. Fortunately for sports betting the impact is not so big.

We just have to be patient and get used to watching sports only on TV for a while.

You already have the basic that it's impossible to predict the numbers of a lottery. But it's not only about chosing the correct numbers. If you want to write a guide for new lottery players I would take an approach to try to maximize the value from a lottery.
One appraoch would be to work in a team. If you split the lottery tickets with other players than you don't have to pay so much upfront and are able to buy more ticket (increasing your winning chances). Of course if you win you have to share your winnings with your team, but since most people prefer big winnings it's a decent trade off. So splitting 20$ with 10 people doesn't make a big difference, and splitting $100 Million with 10 people seems fine to if your chances are much higher.
Another approach if you prefer to win really big a lone, would be to avoid common numbers such as 3, 6 13, 19. etc. Most people tend to pick theirs, or family members birthdays; or other specific dates.

But who knows how long this trend will continue. It's mostly streamers swichting from games like Fortnite, Pubg, Apex, etc. It's not really new players who haven't played before now starting to play because of Valorant. Likely we will see another game coming out in 6 month and then the players start shifting again. It's really hard for a game to be around for a long period of time.
On twitch at the moment even Call of Duty has more viewers than Valorant - not mention Mobas such as LoL.

I agree, there is no reason to be praying all at once in one special place. Your connection to God can be from anywhere. But if you really need to go to a church, then entrances should be limited and very spread out.
The risk of spreading the virus during a mass gathering during worship services is very high.  Only one corona infected could easily infest 200-300 more people. We need to be keep distance

On an individual level your strategy seems very good, but for the hole economy it's not very helping. With cutting down spending you will just worsen the crisis for everyone. Cutting down unnecessary spending seems good but if everyone stops spending, where will the economic recovery coming from?
Same for trying to avoid investing in risky assets. So far the stock market is pretty resilient to the crisis. If you would sell all your risky assets and just hold cash then you will be losing money every year due to inflation. Being risk averse is good, just not too much, you might miss out on the recovery.