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6261  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Online gambling becomes popular on: June 07, 2021, 11:10:36 AM
The rules for masks are already different all over the world. I am pretty sure there are many casions on land that allow gambling without mask with no issues whatsoever. Whether they require vaccines or testing, I don't know. Anyway, the casino scene on land won't be as frequented I could imagine. People are now familiar with the whole online industry and found that it's chilling to just play from home.

The online industry is still set to grow, but the Coronavirus definitely lifted it onto another level.
If their government is concerned with their people's health, they will still suggest people wear masks, especially if they are in the crowd or the land-based casino. Yes, they can be vaccinated before, but wear a mask prevents getting infected by other people because I see that when we are in a crowd, we can forget to use social distancing. And if we do not know the virus carrier, we can still be infected by them, so it will be better to prevent and be careful in this case. But many casinos still not reopen their business which leads the online casino to become popular than before. Besides that, the online casino will be safe from the Coronavirus.
6262  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Prayer and gambling. on: June 07, 2021, 10:40:28 AM
Whenever I win or succeed in anything tho, I always say 'Thank you God' even though I didn't even pray for that specific thing and worked really hard to achieve it.  Cheesy
That is what we will say if we can achieve a good result. But we might say, "Oh, damn, it should not happen to me Grin

Praying can give a positive feeling to someone and that increase confidence. But gambling is at a grey side of our life, so when we pray, we ask GOD help to help us win the game. Sometimes, GOD will allow us to win, but the other time, we will lose. We can let people pray or do whatever they like to win the games.
6263  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Man lost £20,000 in one night after becoming addicted to online gambling! on: June 07, 2021, 09:34:34 AM
To someone who has no control over his actions, this is bound to happen. The guy has no one to blame for this misfortune other than himself. Because it's impossible that in the instances that he's betting, he's not at least getting a win or two. Which he could've capitalized on instead of wagering it and literally throwing it down the drain.
He should blame himself for doing that thing and make him lose too big money. But that if he realizes of what he already did before. But I wonder if he can stop gambling because of his losses because if he is addicted to gambling, I guess he will hard to stop his habit of playing gambling. He will still play gambling, although he already loses the money. Although he can win one or more times, it will difficult to recover his losses because that is a lot of money.
I am not sure this guy is going to get over the shock of losing such a whopping amount of money on gambling, he need close counselling, I believed in bid to recoup his losses he continue to gamble thus couldn't control his emotion and stop as a result of strong addiction, this is a wake call to gamblers who gambles blindly in a bid to become rich overnight to desist from gambling with huge amount of money but rather gamble with the amount of money they can afford to lose.
I am not sure if he can control himself from the shock of losing that much money because, realizing or not, that still big money for him and us. He must stop his gamble and not trying to recover his losses because that will be hard. Yes, he needs counselling from a pro, but that is only if he realizes that he really needs that because some gamblers do not see their problem instead of playing gambling. We really need to avoid losing that much money and always control ourselves in playing gambling.
6264  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Ohio offering lottery prize worth one million for those that get the COVID shot on: June 07, 2021, 08:31:52 AM
If you read the articles related to the news released regarding the winners of the first lottery draw you will know, the governor himself calls the lucky winners to confirm it.  Tickets are drawn every Wednesday to win 1M and one scholarship per week.  Not all vaccinators are qualified so it is necessary to verify this first.  Is it too big to be disliked?  I don't think of that as a reason, maybe others just really don't want to take the risk and maybe they are still observing what happens next.  Because people also think differently about that, you just really need to think carefully because health and life are at stake here.  So when the right time comes for them and they have made a decision, they will also get vaccinated to their liking even without incentives.

The opposition to this measure is purely political in nature. The opposition (Democrats in this case) are having issues just because it is being implemented by a Republican governor. IMO, this is a very commendable move and the governor deserves praise instead of curse. Many other states (including tje ones rules by Democrat party) have now taken out similar measures to boost the vaccination rate. And one thing I want to specify here is that there is zero additional cost to the state treasury. The state of Ohio hands out scholarships on a regular basis. This time also they are doing it, but reserving some for those who get vaccinated.
So maybe sooner or later, the other states will use the same way to attract their people to vaccinated and if that can succeeds, we can see that most people will get the vaccine while they can also have a chance to win the lottery. The scholarships also help students have full funds for their school and do not have to think about how they will pay for their study. If many people want to get the vaccine, that will boost the rate of people who can prevent the virus attack and sooner or later, it could reduce the number of infected people in that country.
6265  Economy / Economics / Re: Is Covid-19 carrying the growth in digital currencies? on: June 07, 2021, 07:24:34 AM
Even before this pandemic happened, digital payments are already popular here however it doesnt mean crypto is the first option for this. Online bank applications, paypal and other platforms are some of the preferred option when making a transactions online.

Crypto get the attention of many people during pandemic not as an alternative for digital payments but rather an investment opportunity wherein we can earn money due to volatility. Its a fact that crypto or btc specifically are best known as an investment, an speculative asset which can give investors huge gains when the market is bullish.
right, cryptocurrencies are becoming more popular because of the bulls. especially when it happened while the pandemic was still ongoing. this may have something to do with the pandemic and the bullrun, considering that many people want to make money while staying at home
If bitcoin can get a bull run, it can get more attention from people and see that bitcoin can be their new investment besides gold. It can attract them to start investing in bitcoin so they can take benefits from bitcoin. What happens to bitcoin in the last ATH makes many people open their eyes that bitcoin can reach that high price. But bitcoin is not yet become a new payment system because that will be related to government approval. But in the future, bitcoin and the other coin can be the next digital payment system.
6266  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: BTC price VS gambling on: June 07, 2021, 06:25:39 AM
If they still continue to believe in the word "HODL", they would hold, but if not they will panic, that's the usual scenario we witness, a bull run makes the market overvalued, people always expect a high price, but when the price correct they easily panic. Anyway, we are gamblers, so it should not affect us, by the way the fee for bitcoin transaction now is very cheap.
If they believe in bitcoin, I am sure they will still hold it, no matter what happens with bitcoin. But if they panic, that will be a different story because they will fast sell their bitcoin without thinking twice or holding for more. Even if the bitcoin transaction fee is now cheap, I think we can still use altcoin to gamble because bitcoin can increase anytime.

Nah, this wasn't anticipated one bit. No one would have even believed its possibility from such a high and now, its almost half the price. Its unimaginable but thats the reality of the trade. Its not about what you imagine it to be and won't play into your analysis more accurately. At the moment, I believe a lot of us, I inclusive isn't 3xp3cting any further bear move but then, its still possible isn't it? Lol, we can only wish not.

Those that still regret not to have sold at the ATH, I think its a blessing in disguise for those of them that can hodl or perhaps, now is the time to pump some more new money into the market and hodl altogether in anticipation for the next bullrun. When would that be, we can't tell though, there is a 4 years pattern at play. Is it really that? And would it be worth it to hold for another 4years?

The moves is the only thing that could answer that.
We hope this will end soon and we will see the bull run comes again. But if that does not happen, we can only wait and still buy bitcoin at a low price. But some people will still use bitcoin with the current price because they think it is a good time for them to try to increase the bitcoin amount they have from gambling. I am sure the pump will coming soon, and we need to prepare ourselves for that coming. We still do not know when the next bull run will come but it will be back to the market, and we have more times to wait for that moment.
6267  Economy / Speculation / Re: Don't you think Bitcoin will die over the summer? on: June 07, 2021, 05:28:24 AM
We already had seen that bitcoin reached $3k before, and many people said that bitcoin would die soon. But then, we saw the price increase step by step and finally reach the new ATH that we do not expect before. Besides that, we know bitcoin is above $30k, and even the price goes down below $30k, bitcoin price will have a chance to increase, and I am sure that will make a new ATH and the price can break $64k. It is about how people believe in bitcoin and still holds bitcoin, and if they are tired of holding bitcoin, they can sell it right now. But they will regret it later when the bitcoin price starts to increase and break the high price.
It will be basically the same, people keep calling bitcoin dead almost all the time and that is like the norm in the crypto world, there are some people for some reason (different reasons) who keep calling bitcoin dead or dying. These could be any type of person, it could be people who just hate crypto from the first time they heard, people who invested and lost, people who didn't invested and envy, people who invested and made money and just do not want others to make the same, people who work for banks and such, basically there are tons of type of people who would be willing to do this.

Long story short we are talking about something that would be just not valid and would be not something we would be willing to listen as crypto people, I personally do not believe that the same could happen here where bitcoin "dies", it will surely not die.
Those people who say that bitcoin will die soon are people who know about bitcoin better than other people. They want to make people panic and sell their bitcoin, so those people can buy bitcoin at the lowest price because once people panic and selling fast the bitcoin, that will make their jump down to the lowest price. Those people are waiting for that moment and they still use many things to make people panic.

But I guess this moment is different than a few years ago which people do not just follow whatever other people say and they tend to search for the other info to make sure about what is happening with crypto. We need to do like that and not eat that word without search for the additional info so we can get in their trap and sell our bitcoin without making a profit.
6268  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: Crypto trading vs Forex trading on: June 06, 2021, 02:07:39 PM
Because I do crypto trading than forex trading, I can say that crypto trading will be profitable. I do not know about forex trading, so I can not say that doing forex trading can be profitable because that will depend on how you can learn crypto trading and forex trading. Okay, let's say you want to do both crypto and forex trading, you need to learn many things, and I am not sure you can understand between crypto and forex trading because the lesson will be different. It will be up to you which one you want to choose because all of that trading type will have a risk, and you should know that.
6269  Economy / Speculation / Re: Don't you think Bitcoin will die over the summer? on: June 06, 2021, 12:54:41 PM
Good thing I don't think much. That way I'd actually remember that Bitcoin has experienced worse dumps than this and has continuously outlived it. Even without considering that, just the identity of Bitcoin is more than enough for me to actually trust it. Man if everything died due to prices dropping, then ngl, a lot of things would've already ended up gone. It's the market being the market, ups and downs, highs and lows, it's literally the common sense of the market, don't really see why people still can't get that.
That is right. We already had seen that bitcoin reached $3k before, and many people said that bitcoin would die soon. But then, we saw the price increase step by step and finally reach the new ATH that we do not expect before. Besides that, we know bitcoin is above $30k, and even the price goes down below $30k, bitcoin price will have a chance to increase, and I am sure that will make a new ATH and the price can break $64k. It is about how people believe in bitcoin and still holds bitcoin, and if they are tired of holding bitcoin, they can sell it right now. But they will regret it later when the bitcoin price starts to increase and break the high price.
6270  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Online Gaming Scams during Pandemic. How to Stay Safe. on: June 06, 2021, 12:03:20 PM
You will be safe if you know how to be safe and you have a good character, during this time playing online will be like Pandora's box surprising you of the results when you get into gambling and you don't have control of yourself, even the best guide cannot help you, only your character that you build up over the years can help you not to become a compulsive gambler.
Right knowledge and right attitude is indeed the key to control yourself and preventing it from losing money. Gambling is very risky, and with scammers all over the online sites it will become more risky, so if you do know what you are doing you can avoid these kind of problem. Also, have your self-control always and don’t gamble with the money you don’t have.
Controlling ourselves will make us safe from losing big money in online or offline gambling because we will know what we need to do with our money. We do not want to see a big loss in gambling, so we will use small money to gamble and no matter the end of the result, we do not want to recover the money that we already lose because that will not be easy to do that. That is what we must do in offline or online gambling, and if we can stick to that rule, we will be safe and control the money.
6271  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: BTC price VS gambling on: June 06, 2021, 11:12:14 AM
I really think the worst is behind us, the correction that we saw is massive and that is undeniable however now the ones that remain not only have a stronger belief in the technology of bitcoin they are also the ones that did not took as many risks, as I really believe that even if the correction started with the declarations of Musk this would not have happened if we did not have many traders using a lot of leverage to try to earn more profits only to get margin calls and lose everything in a matter of minutes.
However, the correction now is too deep from the last high price. People are not thought that the price from $64k and get down slowly and reach the $35k level. Those people regretted not selling their bitcoin when the price was $50k-$60k, but that is no use to regret. If they can calm down and patients wait for the next rally, they can see that this is their chance to buy more bitcoin and not use it for playing gambling because they can use altcoin to gamble.
6272  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Ohio offering lottery prize worth one million for those that get the COVID shot on: June 06, 2021, 10:37:23 AM
In an attempt to increase the number of people getting vaccinated all kind of incentives are being given in the US, one of the most interesting is that those that get at least the first dose of the vaccine at Ohio will have a chance to win one million dollars, apparently there will five be prizes so a total five million dollars will be given for those that are willing to take the vaccine, and for those that are below the age of 18 there will be full scholarships being offered as well.

What do you think of this? Do you agree with what the governor of Ohio is doing or are you against it?

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-57096039

If they can give that amount why not, they are a rich state and they think that it will have an increase in vaccination, five million dollars is a huge amount of money and it's very tempting but if a guy made up his mind and it's against his will to get vaccinated, I don't think that $1 million dollar lottery can compel him to get vaccinated, there are people who are afraid of needle and they need consultation from a physical to overcome this fear.
I am sure they can give that money to the winner. But we do not know how many people will be vaccinated and have a passion for winning the prize. What we hope is the lottery will be honest and will give to the people who really win. Maybe some people will not want to vaccinate, which is not because of the lottery money that looks too big for them. Yes, I know that some people are afraid of needles, which is why people do not want to vaccinate.
6273  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Bet365 just achieved a big milestone. on: June 06, 2021, 09:26:50 AM
When gambling is surging the one that is likely to benefit here are the top gambling site in the industry, people are coming here from out of the word, a recommendation from friends and advertisement, newbies in gambling tend to trust old gambling sites to avoid problems Bet365 is one of the oldest gambling sites in the industry will emerge as the winner here because of their reputation and standing in the industry.
They will make the biggest profit from the trend and they will have a chance to become a top gambling site in the gambling industry. But if the casino can not manage their reputations, that will not take too long to survive in the gambling industry because people will leave them as soon as possible. So if Bet365 has the power always to take care of their reputation, that will make them one of the top casinos and will have many new people who will join with them and play gambling. They deserve to get it because they really care with their customer.
6274  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Man lost £20,000 in one night after becoming addicted to online gambling! on: June 06, 2021, 08:24:37 AM
We should know our limits and we should be clever when handling out situations, Try to balance everything if it turns out to be beneficial for you
or would really be putting you out on disadvantage.This is actually a matter of choice and its true that gambling is for the sake of fun.
Gamblers had just different perception towards it where they do see it as a money making machine without any realizations
until the reality comes and tell to themselves that they were wrong.
When that gambler has much experience in gambling games, he will know his limits and never break them. But we know that not many gamblers can do that, especially new gamblers who will lack control in gambling games. It is not easy to manage the limit in gambling and it needs time before we can control ourselves. If they think that gambling can become a money-making machine, they are wrong and it will not take too long for them to realize what they do is wrong.
6275  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Betting Experiment #2: Chasing the Draw on: June 06, 2021, 07:25:06 AM
Why do people try again and again something that is perfectly proven by math and by practice that eventually produces and event that will send your balance to zero? That is, I could understand that from a 10 year old - a silly one only - but we all known that everything based on doubling the bet is just nil.

Any experiment involving martingale is doomed to fail.
That is normal because people will be curious about what they did, and if they do not see a good result, they will not stop unless they have control to see what happens in gambling. We might think that does not make sense, but that is not what they think. They will try hard with so many strategies until they can feel the winning. But they will hard to win the gambling games, especially if they do not think much about luck.
6276  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Economic Costs of Gambling on: June 06, 2021, 06:10:40 AM
If someone addicted to gambling, he could become depressed and curious why he can not win the games. Yes, gambling addiction can leads someone lives will ruin and it could make his life cost higher as he wants to play gambling and fills his needs. Gambling addicts can go to jail if they commit a crime such as a robbery, steal others money, and else. But gambling addicts can also make someone losing his life because of suicide.

But if someone can manage his money to play gambling, I think he can prevent from becoming addicted and allocate his money to others. I think that will depend on how those people will react to gambling, and if he can control himself not to become addicted, he does not have to worry about other things because he will make sure that playing gambling will not disturb his life.
6277  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Prayer and gambling. on: June 06, 2021, 05:25:26 AM
I guess the spiritual not involved in gambling, but I do not for sure because their world is different from ours. Maybe they can involve influencing the result and they have been used by psychic.

I always prayed before doing something, including before playing gambling but I did not often do that because I do not expect to make money from gambling. I prefer to let it happen if that is about playing gambling because I know that winning gambling is luck.

We all worship and serve to GOD, and I think we can pray to GOD for what we want, and if that really happens, I think GOD allows us to get that. But if that does not happen, then that will not be good for us.
6278  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Online gambling becomes popular on: June 06, 2021, 04:13:42 AM
The more popular Crypto is, of course the more popular online gambling sites are, this is still one of the entertainment or an alternative way to get income.
However I think this is as complementary in the crypto world as gambling with money in general, of course it will attract more people and become more popular with various types of games/gambling in it.
But still, trying to get income from gambling will not be suggested as we know that playing gambling needs luck and skills. If you do not have luck, you will not have a chance to win, but you might have a chance to win if you have skills in sports betting. People who often play on the offline casino will search the online casino, especially in this pandemic, because they can not freely go to the land-based casino. That is why the online casino has become popular now and still attracts many people to try playing online gambling games.
^ Just because most of the land-based casinos now are closed due to this pandemic and still very risky to go outside because you don't know who will be the career of the virus while when you are inside the casino. That it is, no were to run besides in online casino, as much as possible everything now is made on the internet as long as it can be online gambling is becoming popular just because of this. Nevertheless, on the online gambling casino sites they are rising now like a mushroom, probably they saw that having an online casino is a very profitable business.
If the land-based casinos want to open their business and allow people do not wear a mask, I think that casino needs to think twice because the pandemic still happens on their country and other countries. They do not have to risk their place to invite the gamblers to play gambling on their place, but they must follow the health protocols and suggest that their member wear a mask.

That is why people tend to search online gambling websites to replace offline gambling to play gambling still. It is good news for land-based casinos to try to spread their business on the internet to get more customers from all countries.
6279  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Sumo betting seems rigged - can you make profit with it? on: June 06, 2021, 03:30:33 AM
If you're in the betting scene and you know that there's a rigging that happens, you'll feel upset and it's understandable that some puts hate to what they've watched.
But if you're just enjoying the show and you're really liking it. You don't have to hide your feelings of liking the matches that you've seen as you're not betting. That's it, if you don't like it, just stop watching it and move on.
Yes, we can feel upset and maybe we will leave the games and not care about the result. But we can not do anything and we only hope that next time, there are no other rigging on the other sport. But the chances for us to know that the sports are rigged is too small as the people involved in that will not show to the public and will make sure people will not know about that. Maybe we only need to enjoy the games and if we want to bet, we can bet for small amounts and not have a big expectation from the sports.
We will never know if there's a rigging happening in a sumo match until someone exposes it. And it is for every game or sport which has been said to have rigged games.
If you want to avoid such, just go elsewhere and only watch sumo matches if you feel uncomfortable. That's it and the only very little thing that you can do if you're truly upset with what you've known although it didn't happened to you.
Yeah, that is the point. We can enjoy the game without knowing the truth behind that sports. That sport will not look that it gets rigged because the player and all people involved in that sports look natural as the other sports.
So people will never think about the sports is getting rigged. People tend to enjoy the sumo and support their players, and some will bet on their players.
6280  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Sumo betting seems rigged - can you make profit with it? on: June 05, 2021, 03:23:57 PM
Still, enjoy every sumo games that you want to watch but if you're just putting a hate to the entire organization. It's hard to remove that unless you're not really enjoying it anymore.
But if you want to have some fun and watch most of the games about sumo, we're all free to do it. Hate or love it as long as you think that you're doing the right thing and you are sparing those who are not involved in such rigging, that's your decision.
That is the best thing that we can do and not hate the organization which rigging the game. We do not have to think much about the rigging, as that can happen in other sports. If we do not like that, we can move to the other sports, but maybe we will see another rigging that can happen. It is better to enjoy the game and get the entertainment from the sports because if we think about the rigging, that will make us hard to enjoy.
If you're in the betting scene and you know that there's a rigging that happens, you'll feel upset and it's understandable that some puts hate to what they've watched.
But if you're just enjoying the show and you're really liking it. You don't have to hide your feelings of liking the matches that you've seen as you're not betting. That's it, if you don't like it, just stop watching it and move on.
Yes, we can feel upset and maybe we will leave the games and not care about the result. But we can not do anything and we only hope that next time, there are no other rigging on the other sport. But the chances for us to know that the sports are rigged is too small as the people involved in that will not show to the public and will make sure people will not know about that. Maybe we only need to enjoy the games and if we want to bet, we can bet for small amounts and not have a big expectation from the sports.
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