I hadn't seen this news, I appreciate you sharing it.  I do take a bit of umbrage with your statement "but taking your life is something unimaginable and unjustifiable to do. No matter the regrets suicide isn't an option to be taking as a solution".  I'm not sure that's up to you to judge people like that.  I surely don't think anyone should take their life, but if they so choose, then that is their choice.  It's unlikely in my opinion that this man took his life solely because of the gambling loss.  More than likely he had a lot of other things going on in his life.

I was just looking at the lists of games today, checking spreads and what not trying to decide if I had any interest in betting any of these games.  Typically I bet games that I'm somewhat interested in watching, and really the only game today that I have much interest in is the Lakers versus Spurs game.  I haven't seen much of what's his name on San Antonio yet, plus I know the Lakers are kind of hot right now.  Prob put a few bucks on LA.

As others have mentioned, this goes far beyond financial advice.  As a financial advisor I meet with different sorts of clients on a daily basis, but these aren't typically the types of financial situations I find myself in.  I guess the best thing for your uncle to do would be to find financial products that lock up his investment, keeping it from him being able to spend it.  Depending on his age, that could be things such as retirement plans such as IRA's or financial products such as annuities. 

Again, I don't think it's financial advice your uncle truly needs help with.

I think it would be prudent to add to the advantage column how it's more sound money that traditional fiat money, how it's blockchain is a breakthrough technology that no other type of similar "platform" had ever had before.  How it's decentralized nature is different (better) than that of our current monetary systems which are all centralized in nature.

I do agree with your main bullet points though, they are pretty spot on.

Honestly the biggest aspect that was a challenge for me was how to fund the account, and how bitcoin came in and changed the game when it comes to how you do so.  But to answer your questions, I think just learning the basic principals of what covering the spread meant, what the over/under line was, as well as learning about how the money line worked.  It really didn't take much time to learn and I was on my way.

Man, my Chicago Bulls played another tight game and almost knocked off the Milwaukee Bucks for the second time in a row.  Had that happened, I guess I'd be a bit scared that something spooky is going on lol.  That being said, only losing to the Bucks with Lavine out once again, pretty impressive in my opinion.  They really seems to be on a roll right now that's completely unexpected, I plan to bet that hot hand in the coming days.

Yuck, what an ugly selection I picked out there.  How the fck did the Titans beat Miami and my Bears beat Detroit.  I guess it is as you say Wheelz, had I bet on the Bears, no question they'd have lost lol.  

Well, after last weeks win I go to 8-6 but it looks like I've been eliminated from the playoffs if I'm not mistaken.  Frustrating as I'm 8-6 in my other big yahoo league and it looks like I'm shit out of luck in that league too.  Is it next year yet??  

I think most of us are having the fear of missing out “bug” at this point in time.  I often have this feeling when Bitcoin is on a ride, but right now it’s very obvious that Bitcoin is on its way to an even bigger breakout than what we’ve seen so far, especially since the announcement of the first Bitcoin ETF hasn’t even been approved yet. When it does, watch out. Stack on !

Why must everything be about making money? This is one of the biggest problems with the Bitcoin ecosystem in my opinion as people should be much more focused on the inner workings of Bitcoin, how to improve its blockchain transaction speeds etc. I feel if people cared more about those types of aspects, Bitcoin would grow more efficiently. 

Lol sounds like we’ve got an angry conservative. The fact of the matter is the most heavily populated places in this country tend to be ran by democrats. But it doesn’t mean this doesn’t happen when ran by Republicans. Just take a look at Chicago before their two most recent mayors as well as ILs last Governor. Still had these issues.  A lot of it also seems to stems from Covid for whatever reason.

As an independent I actually prefer many republican laws over democratic..however I don’t see them making this problem much better as both parties are corrupt as all hell. If you don’t understand that something is wrong with you.

It has been kind of crazy seeing the Chicago Bulls payout so well without Zach Lavine.  For whatever reason their chemistry just seems to be so much better with him not out there on the floor. I’m not really sure what it is, or if it’s really more so just a coincidence..but it leads me to believe they’ll be pushing it trade Lavine harder than ever. Who’s getting him!?

Be enough for what? My advice as an advisor would be to make sure you can even afford it first off. Secondly it would likely make the most sense to simply do dollar cost averaging over the course of time. I wouldn’t force yourself to buy bitcoin if you don’t have the necessary funds readily available. Keep in mind bitcoin is not an investment..inherently.

Winning bid. Congrats. I will message you in a bit to get all the details sorted out. Thanks everyone for participating!

Pretty crazy that we've got just two weeks left until the playoffs start.  It's insane how fast the NFL season flies by.

Here's the games I like for tomorrow..

Tampa Bucs +2.5 Falcons   - Just feel like they've been playing well lately.
Detroit Lions -3 Bears-  My Bears suck
Miami Dolphins -13 Titans

There's a few other games I like, but these are the 3 I feel most comfortable with at the moment.

Current high bid  About 5 hours left to get your bids in.

Current high bid..less than a day left.

Stop wasting your time on shitcoins is what I tell my clients.  Buy bitcoin, ethereum, Monero, litecoin and that’s about all I think are legitimate. But first make sure yoube got a traditional portfolio tied to the real economy (businesses).  These are actual physical places that provide goods and services..not some token with no utility and no chance long term.

The only time I can say that I was a gambling addict would be during my Jr/Sr year of college. This is when Texas Hold’em absolutely exploded and everyone was playing. I had a game I could join nightly in my own apt complex and I was hooked for months. I was a bit addictive, but the good thing is our buy ins were like $20..and we never did buy back ins.  I did waste a decent amount of $ when I’d go all in just because I’d get a text from my gf “you should come over” lol.  But thankfully, again, never a serious issue,

Casinos are not out to help you out, and in fact it’s just the opposite. They are getting worse and worse when it comes to screwing gamblers over. Doing shady stuff like planting “coolers” to mess up peoples gambling hot streaks. Casinos are about one thing, taking every single penny they can from you. Don’t be fooled,

You know I’ve been hearing all about this lately too. I’m not so sure what to believe.  He needs to go, DeRozan, Vuc…all need to be moved. Zero point in keeping them any longer, the Bulls need to rebuild, yet again.

Rumors that Thibs wants him back. Thibs is far better than any coach the Bulls have had anytime recently (and I’ll never forgive Gar/Pax for pushing him out since he challenged their competency..or massive lack of).  Lavine had his breakout year in MN under Thibs, and Lavine said he really respected Thibs coaching style. Thibs doesnt f around, and he makes absolutely everyone better. I have no doubt Thibs could make Lavine a sizably better player. Thibs would force him to be better at D..his major weakness.

We shall see how it plays out.