I believe so much in luck, some religious dogmas call it grace, while some other persons will describe a carrier of luck as being fortunate. But in whatever name they call it for you to enjoy it happening to you you also have a role to play to trigger it's effect on your life.

It is believed that whatever thing you believe in will always work out for you in the end, so yea, I think there's ought to be a correlation between our sense of luck in our regular life with what we get from our gambling. The only twist there is that the greed we often times harbour as gamblers most times affect what could have been a lucky win for us in some of our bets.

Just live your life normal, if you're lucky then you're lucky nothing changes or add to that.

The story of a prodigal gambler!

Well, I can't remember selling any valuable property of mine to use the money for gamble and if in the future I should see myself doing that for any reason then it will be that I have started gravitating towards gambling addiction and will without hesitation retrace my footsteps against doing that for the purpose of gambling.

I could sell a property to support my business or to invest in shares or asset like bitcoin because these are things we are guaranteed of making progress in it and not for gambling that the hedge to make profit is in the hands of the house whereas I the gambler is highly dependent on luck to make a win for a profit to be made. Let's be guided in certain decision we are about to take please.

This AFCON is one of the most interesting AFCON competition with thrilling events and astounding eliminations of teams fans never thought would exit the competition at the stages they did.

The bafana bafana boys of South Africa are not an easy team to beat as they didn't find their way to this stage of the semifinals by a streaks of luck but team hard work and determination. If the Super Eagles of Nigeria fail to beat the South Africa team within the 90 minutes of the match allowing South Africa to force them into extra time leading to penalty kicks then I fear for the chance of Nigeria qualifying to the finals because the South Africa goalkeeper is one of the best if not the best penalty kick saver in this competition. And I think that's how the South Africa side will want this game to lead to but I hope Nigeria finds all means to avoid it.

As for Ivory coast vs Congo; I am giving it to the Congo not out of neutrality but favouritism towards them. Best of luck.

Am in only that my pot-belly won't let me all in    but walking for a hundred steps each morning isn't bad either.

something I admire about the challenge is that it's promotes a healthy well being in the context of health is wealth in the journey to financial freedom, more like saying BTC is health.

In my perspective of this trending challenge it is just to keep the momentum alive about the speculations of bitcoin price possibly hitting a $100k+ anytime this year or by 2025. I am optimistic that this is possible as the signs are getting more stronger than ever before we got to this stage.

Op any gambler can fall for this as it's not just newbie gamblers that are susceptible to greed and overconfidence in gambling. What really causes over confidence among gamblers is their haven been on a lucky winning streaks for a lengthy time and when the losing steps in after so many wins they fail to accept that things have changed and they have to quit for a rest away from continuing with the bets. They get too confident that they can come back to winning ways immediately again. And most times this overconfidence is fueled by some atom of greed too.

There are some humans that are not bothered or concerned about others order than themselves with what interest or amuses them. A warning advise has being given not to attend to a crowded place not just for his own but for the sake of other people but he chooses the so-called fun and entertainment he claims to derive over the health of other people when there is an alternative for him to gamble online.

It is for concerns as this that I am very careful with the type of places I go for my on land gambling. I make sure to observe the quality and character of people that do make use of that very bet shop/house and the ventilation rate. While we gamble we should make sure to priotize our wellbeing based on where we go to carry out our gambling activity.

A word of advise, as a gambler and you know you are not feeling well, for the sake of you and others be humane enough to stay home and get sufficient medication for yourself, for when you're well gambling can still go on. Health is wealth.

Cheering for him indeed mate. I just for once envy his hope and determination not to back down yet and for what is worth it he's wagering within his affordable means even as he keeps trying his luck and that's why he finds the ups and down of it all as lesson learnt unlike some gamblers who will want to go out of their way in greed wagering an amount they can't afford to lose.

Sending some good luck!

Releaf Technologies you guys are welcome to the forum particularly in the Naija local board to be specific.

After reading your op I quickly made a background check on Google about your platform and services you render  and from what I read it's all there that you guys are for real although you have not being in the crypto industry for that long based on your establishment date of 2022 as read

A quick question on this, does it mean you guys have to create customized wallets for customers as for their convenience or your wallet is one type of wallet with a general features for all users?

Hey man, don't basically attribute the drastic fall in the value of the Naira to the printing of money by past administration, there has been the printing of more money over and over again by each administration the comes into power yet the Naira has never fell this down in value to the dollar.

In 2006/7 the Umaru Musa Yaradua/Goodluck Jonathan's administration printed more money into the economy (that was how we got the polymer notes we're using today and others) but never did the Naira fell so badly in rate to the dollar because the administrators as at that time had a working economic plan that was put in place as a government and it all was yielding results on the economy of the country that every citizen felt the positive impact of it in the process of foodstuffs, petrol price, and at that time dollar was around one hundred and something naira.

But right from the end of 2015, starting from 2016 the government that has set in to power has been government's that's without economic blueprints plan to show for, it has rather been an issue of many failed promises, trial and error policies, spontaneous decision making culture that has shown little or no positive impact on the economy. It's all been a rate race movement since then, as we are basically a consuming nation than a productive economy which is why the country currency will keep falling down in value against the currency of those other producing countries of the world. So it's not basically about printing of the Naira that has caused the fall in value this badly.

In any field you want to get into for you to thrive as a newbie you have to brush yourself with as much knowledge as possible about such field before diving all in, especially in the basics of such field which bitcoin investment is not an exception. Before start you have to be knowledgeable about things like  the investment strategy of your interest, risk management, market sentiments/psychology and with an investment plan (mainly a long term duration holding plan).

It is best to learn (equip yourself) before going into the market, instead of hoping to learning everything or the most important things about the market while in the market.

Yes, you're correct DCA is a good investment strategy for mostly to the benefit of low income earners who can't afford to big bitcoin in large quantity within a short time if they can maximize it under a well constructed plan in relation to their weekly or monthly income flow by devoting a certain percentage they are comfortable with  for DCAing.

Some of us today that are enjoying the benefits of bitcoin today never bought it the day before yesterday but because of the knowledge we later grew about bitcoin that got us to cease from further procrastinating and started investing in BTC without minding or considering  the current price of that very time and today profits has been made from that decision of yesterday.

For it is same opportunity today as it were for those of us that bought and started investing from yesterday, and if they can stop from procrastinating further and start investing today not waiting for price to fall dipper before taking action to invest they will have themself to thank for taking action today.

What I think that makes some persons to continually procrastinate in their decision to invest in bitcoin is due to the lack of the right knowledge because just looking at the historical events of bitcoin price right from day one till date you can see from it that we're still in the right position to come into the market to invest. You can have the knowledge but if it's not the right knowledge you can't know how and when to make the right decisions. it's as simple as that.

It's a very simple logic that gamble is not a reliable means to fall on to in resolving our immediate financial responsibility at hand, more often we have learned about the stories of people that got their problem compounded by using part of the money they had because it was not sufficient in solving or meeting the challenge they are facing but only to lose it all going back to zero default.

Sometimes these decisions are not motivated by addiction but mainly by the zeal for instant money making means of which gambling is fashioned to have such an outlook but in the end it's usually the opposite results that is being experienced by the victims. Maybe under such condition if only the individual could sit down to analyze the weight of the consequence that may befall him if he loses the part of the money he has in possession in solving his problem to losing it all, just maybe they will think of considering another better alternative than to gamble with the insufficient amount they have already.

You use an $$ amount to place a bet and luckily make an $$ amount of win and if you feel like continuing to gambling even after that win which for some gamblers like me will prefer going home calling it a day. But for you who insist on continuing to gamble, why not take out an $$ amount from the profit made from the win and go ahead with another bet but peradventure you lose it, taking a bow with both the capital and the other remaining $$ profit with you and walk away.

By so doing you are not leaving as a loser but with your capital and some profits not minding how little the profit might be it's more honorable and better than to leave as a loser which ultimately you won't be running out of funds anymore.

Let me come in through the front door on this with an explicit question assuming am talking to the minister of finance: How does this move reduce the daily increasing cost of livelihood like rice, beans, yam, transportation, garri, fuel, etc?

Do the FGN want to tell me that there are no Americans who have foreign accounts in euro currency living in the US? Why hasn't the government of the US come up to say it's due to holdings in foreign currency accounts that has been the reason for a dwindling effect on the value of the dollar to the euro. Rather their government is always hitting the ground running making sure all sectors are absolutely functioning optimally.

In essence what am saying is that no amount of pushing the blames on the citizens will bring to fruition the value of the Naira because from where I stand this move by the Nigeria government in forcefully converting domiciliary accounts to Naira immediately the currency is credit into the account is an act of coercion and intimidation on the citizens who are even in the face of hardship in the country are still finding means to legitimate sources of income to build their finance yet the government has bend on making life a living hell for them through irrational unproductive policies.

It is for this attitude about centralized authority that we are encouraged to move to a fully decentralized financial system of holding our finance and BTC is the alternative solution to it. Maybe this is an opportunity for you out there to talk to someone about holding his money investing it in bitcoin to save himself and the value of his money from this pro inflationary action of the FGN concerning their domiciliary accounts.

As for the solution to Nigeria's Naira devaluation problem it is found in the revamping of the agricultural sectors robustly nationwide, renovation of our refineries to fully functioning, and the restructuring of Nigeria.

I think he's smart enough to see gambling as a way to multiply his pension pay that wouldn't have been sufficient to go round if he's to be generous directly with it. However, it is pertinent to say this, it may not work out favourably to every person.

Just like you said, he is a pensioner with already grown up children which means those his children have reach the age of taking care of their responsibility and challenges otherwise he won't be using such money to such a generous extension to outsiders even though it was gotten from a gambling win.

Am a generous person by nature but in being generous there a thin line of rationality that should guide your generosity. Don't go being generous with money you need to pay house rent or water bill when it's already due, that will be foolish and unrecommended to me.

This is mainly some of the downsides am avoiding that makes me not to do p2p trading with any trader who is asking to pay with a different name from the name he registered with on the exchange platform. Immediately I see that in your conditions of making payment third party name is involved as the payer I will immediately ignore and move to the next serious trader in the queue.

We know the kind country we come from and how certain things wey even clearly they right for police eyes them go still want run man black just to get money from the matter. Prevention to me is better than cure, so instead of me to come the do plenty explanations make I dey proactive with avoiding stories that touch.

Greed is an enemy to any profit seeker in any line of business and not just in gambling alone do gamblers experience greed emanating in their gambling decisions which is logical to say that any gambler that has been able to control or conquer his greed and feel contented with every amount of win he makes from his bet such a dude has invariably conquered his losing streaks rate. Luck to repeat a win instantly after another win has just been gotten is very hard to happen to a gambler but as greed sets in the mind of the gambler all reality to be considered that he can lose it all get submerged by that greed not until all is lost.

Can you please come out plainly with what you really referring to as the drama's because from what I have seen about those members teleporting over to the altcoinstalk forum these are members that have made respectful name and repute here in bitcointalk and am sure the admin of  altcointalk will be more than glad to have such members in their community to improve discussions.

Maybe I don't know, but I guess the drama you could be referring about is that of the banters and small exchange of talks between contradictory members that may have issues and decides to iron it out mostly in the reputation board, then mate you might be missing on the real deal because it's some of those kind of dramas that makes the forum colourful and lively.

Or except you are talking about something else I don't know.

Wait! Did I understand the op very well. Like he wants me or us to risk our own funds for his gambling activity while he safe keep his own coins in a safe air gap wallet or timelock, and on top of thia bullshit I won't get an interest added to my fund am giving out to him inform of a loan just because he promised to pay back even if he gets to lose it as he gambles with it. Wow! And you refer to this as an offer? Hell no, I won't consider it any day.

No matter how you want to explain this it's no different from borrowing money to gamble which is something I abhor with all sincerity you are going to be making a debt-roll and not a bankroll because gambling risk  has nothing to do with professional skill if you're not so lucky in getting a win.

Based on how you have analysed about Liverpool should they be able to win Arsenal this weekend then they could have better chance of winning the EPL title. I think I should remind you that the EPL season has 38 matches to be played by each team, and almost all the teams including Arsenal and Liverpool had played 22 games already whereas Manchester City has played just 21 games which mean they have 1 outstanding match (outstanding 3 points).

Liverpool are currently with 51 points while their major rival Manchester City who are in second position on the table are with 46 points so invariably with City's outstanding match Liverpool are just 2 points ahead of Manchester City (and not actually 5 points) which is not much of a points distance that someone should settle on to confidently handover the EPL title to Liverpool when about 16 games are yet to be played.

Knowing fully the capacity and ability of Manchester City under Pep Gardiola to  been capable of overtaking their opponents in the league with any slight opportunity that may arise to their advantage, for now I won't agree that Liverpool will be winning the EPL title this season because for me the title race is still open for any of the current top four teams (Liverpool, Manchester City, Arsenal and Tottenham)  currently on the table as the points margin are not significantly much. Let just keep watch with an open mind for now as there are still more games to be played till the month of May.

I agree with you that the bitcoin is one only reliable coin to invest in come rain come shine with all the market intricacies you will be rest assured that with each fall in price there will be a lifting up with time and that's why I tell many people newbie particularly to always make their investment plan in bitcoin a long term plan of about 2-4 years upwards because those that usually get disappointed are those investors that jump in with a very short time plan in mind to take profit which obviously that's not how bitcoin works unlike those rug pull fast pump and dump altcoins out there in the crypto market.

Having a reliable and steady income flow no matter how little the amount is very important to the success of a long term plan of any bitcoin investor. Which is why nobody should joke with whatever means they are using to get income either monthly or weekly as the case may be. I have seen a post in this forum with the poster inquiring if he/she should quit his job because he/she has started investing in bitcoin and had made some profits. That's wrong a thing to do. Like how do you keep increasing your portfolio if you don't have another source of income and how do you manage your responsibility in a long bear market period when you're not making profits. So it's important to have a means of income even as we invest in bitcoin.

Definitely there is no better time to buy bitcoin than now, and even as we invest we should endeavor to invest wisely and with a strategy. And what's most challenging in the ownership of bitcoin is the storage aspect, if you store your bitcoin in the wrong places you can end up losing it all either to scam or collapse in the case of CEX, that's why it's appropriate we store our coins in reputable non-custodial wallets. One of many wallet I usually recommend to newbies is the electrum wallet due to how simplified it is to use as per newbie friendly features that are easy to grasp.

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