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681  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Lotteries and possibility vs. probability on: November 02, 2023, 10:38:58 AM
I have recently read an interesting essay on this topic, but it was already explained it to me a few years ago.

The thesis would consist that, although the probability of winning classical lotteries is near zero (typically between 0.0000007% in the case of Euromillions and 0.000003% in the case of national lotteries), people is willing to pay an excessive overprice because they are buying the right to dream about the possibility of winning.
we even dream for impossible then why not for this very low odds ? I mean this is something that give them excitement and enjoying while trying to get lucky.
so I believe that what we have here is something extraordinary that only lottery bettors only knows.
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Although there are extreme cases that get addicted to lotteries, this is quite uncommon if I'm not wrong, because, if you are not paying for the probability but for the possibility, a bet of 1 USD is enough to buy said possibility.
yes , that is on me  as I only bet 1 dollar per betting and that is enough for 3 combination in my country so that should be enough to try the possibilities.
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On the other hand, national lotteries are known to be "taxes on ignorance of mathematics", but if these revenues financed public expenses that revert to the common good: would you agree to pay systematically 1 USD more in your annual taxes as something that ensures the right to dream of a dear life of every taxpayer?


I care nothing about taxes because it is lottery that they will took off the tax if ever comes my way so i need not to worry.

Yes that is right, mostly posibility is about "hope" and probability is about math and statistics and the real chances of winning. However if you just want the posibility, it is not realistic to think that you are ok with 1 in ten million. That is not really going to fly with yourself, because it is so low that there is not that "posibility" factor in there to make it worth.
682  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: benefits of having mature accounts at 3 casinos (personal experience) on: November 02, 2023, 10:34:18 AM
Its evident that for affluent gamblers, reaching VIP status in their gambling activities is hardly a challenge, almost a breeze. Their financial standing allows them to wager hefty amounts, often millions, in pursuit of fleeting satisfaction. These VIP ranks are designed to attract high spenders by offering alluring advantages and benefits, therefore taking advantage of their propensity to spend excessively.
Poor and middle class gamblers will not be able to reach that level, VIP status is only profitable for rich people, don't ever hope to achieve it because it will definitely waste more money and time, after all what's interesting about pursuing VIP status just relying on Monthly bonuses and other facilities which of course require spending more, personally it's not attractive to me but maybe for rich gamblers they consider VIP status to be a symbol of their wealth.

VIP rewards became accessible even for low wagering players they have lower level. But don’t expect to get huge benefits if you are just playing very small amount since VIP is just a rakeback which is just a percentage to your wagering volume. Even if you reach high level VIP by playing small amount for a long time, You will still get small reward if your wager is just small.

It’s not totally spending more but rather wager more. You can wager 1000$ by just using 100$ so it means that you don’t need to spend huge just to have a decent reward from VIP. It’s all about the amount you are wagering in the casino.

A friend recently went to Las Vegas, he was curious about the place and went with the family and all. He said that the experience of real life is not at all like on-line gambling, it is impossible to not feel impressed by what is there, but the curious thing is that you will get free drinks even for a 1 usd bet on a slot machine. That type of treatment is just not possible on-line.
683  Economy / Gambling / Re: Omada Social Sports: Experience the thrill of sports betting on: October 31, 2023, 11:01:29 PM
If you are offering a service you will need at least two things to put forward to the prospective customers. How can we make sure this site is trustable? Where are the reviews or the forum members opinions and experiences. The second one, you are offering "a experience" so you have to substantiate that there is actually something different in the experience to other sites. More information is required particularly if newby posting.
684  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: October 31, 2023, 10:57:44 PM
Update from the dnipro banks: it seems that there is certainly a mid-sized operation ongoing to cross the dniper in several points. Nothing to be scared of, just adjusting ownership of a few square kilometers of land, very close to Crimea and not covered by the so called "Surovikin line". It must be going well for Ukraine, because the local military chief psycho has been replaced with another psycho. The cannot fire the team, so they fire the coach.
685  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: October 31, 2023, 05:20:21 PM

I am still trying to find the date of this "article" by this "outlet". I just randomly searched any other article.

The US says they have more than 13.000 planes, Ruzzia "says" that they less than 3500. An that's a Ruzzian claim, like they claim to have hypersonic capability, a tank called Armata.... A this point there is absolutely no doubt that Ruzzia is the second most powerful army... in Ukraine.

https://www.businessinsider.in/defense/ranked-the-worlds-20-strongest-militaries/slidelist/51930339.cms

Seriously, all the theoretically advanced weapons are simply missing from the scenario and we have to see shit like this published? Even if you want to judge by the number of active personnel (bad metric), China is ahead  Grin
686  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Crypto does NOT fund terrorism on: October 30, 2023, 10:31:04 PM
Such an old topic... if it were for terrorism funding, arms dealing, drug dealing and slavery, the champion across the world would be the US dollar. Is that why we should ban or stop the use of dollar notes? Is the US dollar bad?

The treatment that crypto receives in the media is usually biased, like it was the internet in the beginning - something dangerous that people should be scared of an avoid because it si "full of gangsters".
687  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: October 30, 2023, 10:27:28 PM

I guess link is removed because it followed official CIA narrative?  Grin

Meanwhile, we have more movement along the dnipro river, quite a few landing operations by Ukraine while Ruzzia is trying to create a new Bhakmut in Avdiivka and loosing troops by the thousands, Ukraine is clearly exploring the option of having a bridgehead in the less defended areas of the east bank of the river. Movements near Andriivka that resulted in further small advances. The front in Robotyne is not as active.

Ukraine would do well concentrating more artillery near Avdiivka, it is worth every penny.
688  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: October 29, 2023, 11:05:28 AM
...

"Israel is a separate matter – we are going to bring forward a standalone Israel funding measure (of) over $14 billion,” Johnson said in the interview. He said House Republicans will look for other areas to cut in the budget in order to finance the funding for Israel.
...

Yes, nothing new, Biden supports the effort in Ukraine and has good reasons to it. There is nothing indicating that democrats are reconsidering and we already knew Republicans are divided.

There are discussions going on. On the "separate matter", nothing is "separate" in politics.

The amphibious operations in the Kherson region are ongoing, there has been even a report of Ruzzian bombing near Oleshky, which is well inside the west bank of the river.

Three S-400 seem to have been destroyed by an ATACAMS, so yes, S-400 is very effective destroying ATACAMS once the missile reaches them. BTW this is a Ruzzian report it seems https://gagadget.com/en/342105-us-atacms-missiles-could-destroy-three-launchers-of-the-125-billion-s-400-air-defence-system/.

Judging from previous Ukrainian attacks this is not casual, there is an intent to clear the threats before the F-16 arrive or there is an intent to launch Stormshadows or more attacks in the area,...

I'm talking trends and macro level. From back in August Majority of Americans oppose more US aid for Ukraine in war with Russia that was too impossible for populists to ignore and now US has a Trumpist House speaker thus Ukraine Aid in Doubt as Johnson Moves to Drop It From Israel Assistance Bill. ....



So... you gather all the news that you find favourable to a certain position and you call that the direction of travel right? Including things like "a majority of Americans do not support further aid"? I mean, your own source says:

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And 51% say that the US has already done enough to help Ukraine while 48% say it should do more.
- so you are right, there are 3% more that think it is enough - seems to me like within the margin of error of one week to another, but sure, if you need "hopium" go for it.

About weapons that are game changers, well they actually are. Two questions that you need to ask yourself:

- Why does Ukraine have a corridor that is working perfectly on exporting grain and other goods by sea? You did not know? Well it is there. Why?
- Why is Ukraine specifically targeting the S-400 and why are they actually able to do it?

From columns of tanks advancing in the early days - or just staying there like sitting ducks -  all over the country, to loosing a year's worth of helicopters in a day, loosing a submarine, getting the Baltic fleet HQ bombed... Excuse me, but I think these weapons have changed the game, like a lot. This is a war of attrition and these weapons are great at blasting high-value targets.

And latest reports speak of even more troops being prepared for yet another assault in Avdiivka, after the loss of more than 200 vehicles in a week. Next week is going to be bloody for Ruzzia.

On the S-400, I will give you a hint: What is the single objective that could make a significant difference, requires a weapon that has not yet been used but it is on its way and might be bothered by S-400s? Another clue: It starts with Kerch and end with Bridge.

Ruzzia as of now has been reduced to WW I strategies - meat waves - with a 10% of other, such as gliding bombs, some Sahed (some say it is keeping them for winter, but it may be the case that there are not that many), missiles (nearly none las month), ... If Ukraine gets more modern aviation and over all the right munitions, the game will change again.



...
We must have a different definition for a "game changing" weapon. But that's good, now all we have to do is just redefine the definition of "winning" for Ukraine, they'll just need someone like yourself to help convince the population.

Yes, yes things will get even worse for Russia next week as Ukraine possibly looses even more land Huh and once again just saying that Russia lost trillion of people/vehicles doesn't say anything at all, you really expect people to know if that's low or high for themselves? You need to also make up a low number of Ukrainian loses so you could lead people to you conclusion. How would Russia loosing X vehicles in a week and taking Z meters help your point, if Ukraine lost Z meters and X+Y vehicles in the same time period? So to be able to make a comparison, you need say that Ukraine losses are much less than 1/3 of X (account for population difference), as well as mention tiny Russian manufacturing capacity which should also be much less than Y vehicles lost.
...

On the news you choose, yes it is biased, you choose those that reinforce your beliefs and choose to ignore other equally important information (e.g. change of Government in Poland). Also, you choose to ignore the effect of the increase in number an effectiveness of the weapons available for Ukraine.

On the redefinition of winning... do you happen to have the phone of the Ruzzian Ministry of Propaganda? They have so much experience in re-defining victory that they could share some of their learnings. I mean... "we will change the Ukrainian government, demilitarise the country and stop NATO expansion...." to "We hope we do not loose the bridge to Crimea and keep a minimum buffer zone and have some fishing boats in Sebastopol".

You do not need a formula to understand the cost of territory. It is simply enough to understand if it is sustainable or not sustainable. Sufficient to say that there are abundant reports of North Korean supplies of shells and low-tech going to the front. Why do you think Ruzzia needs to import low-tech like shells, rifles and artillery from North Korea? Is it because they are producing enough?

https://www.thedefensepost.com/2023/10/10/north-korea-arms-russia-2/

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‘Dramatic’ Increase in Rail Freight Traffic
It coincides with a “dramatic” increase in rail freight traffic at a North Korean railway facility bordering Russia, the US Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) reported citing satellite imagery.

The Tumangang railway station saw 73 freight railcars on October 5, the highest volume of traffic witnessed at the facility in five years.

Of course, no free lunch for Ruzzia at all:
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/south-korea-warns-russia-of-retaliation-if-missile-tech-supplied-to-north-korea/3034523
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South Korea on Friday warned Russia of retaliation if Moscow transfers its missile technology to North Korea.
Wink

Ruzzia is banking on entrenching themselves to the point that Ukraine would need two years of intense war to drive them out have the US & other not willing to support Ukraine for that long. Avdiivka is strategic, but it is also an PR exercise for Putin that is why the losses are not being counted.
689  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: October 28, 2023, 09:44:00 PM
...

"Israel is a separate matter – we are going to bring forward a standalone Israel funding measure (of) over $14 billion,” Johnson said in the interview. He said House Republicans will look for other areas to cut in the budget in order to finance the funding for Israel.
...

Yes, nothing new, Biden supports the effort in Ukraine and has good reasons to it. There is nothing indicating that democrats are reconsidering and we already knew Republicans are divided.

There are discussions going on. On the "separate matter", nothing is "separate" in politics.

The amphibious operations in the Kherson region are ongoing, there has been even a report of Ruzzian bombing near Oleshky, which is well inside the west bank of the river.

Three S-400 seem to have been destroyed by an ATACAMS, so yes, S-400 is very effective destroying ATACAMS once the missile reaches them. BTW this is a Ruzzian report it seems https://gagadget.com/en/342105-us-atacms-missiles-could-destroy-three-launchers-of-the-125-billion-s-400-air-defence-system/.

Judging from previous Ukrainian attacks this is not casual, there is an intent to clear the threats before the F-16 arrive or there is an intent to launch Stormshadows or more attacks in the area,...

I'm talking trends and macro level. From back in August Majority of Americans oppose more US aid for Ukraine in war with Russia that was too impossible for populists to ignore and now US has a Trumpist House speaker thus Ukraine Aid in Doubt as Johnson Moves to Drop It From Israel Assistance Bill. ....



So... you gather all the news that you find favourable to a certain position and you call that the direction of travel right? Including things like "a majority of Americans do not support further aid"? I mean, your own source says:

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And 51% say that the US has already done enough to help Ukraine while 48% say it should do more.
- so you are right, there are 3% more that think it is enough - seems to me like within the margin of error of one week to another, but sure, if you need "hopium" go for it.

About weapons that are game changers, well they actually are. Two questions that you need to ask yourself:

- Why does Ukraine have a corridor that is working perfectly on exporting grain and other goods by sea? You did not know? Well it is there. Why?
- Why is Ukraine specifically targeting the S-400 and why are they actually able to do it?

From columns of tanks advancing in the early days - or just staying there like sitting ducks -  all over the country, to loosing a year's worth of helicopters in a day, loosing a submarine, getting the Baltic fleet HQ bombed... Excuse me, but I think these weapons have changed the game, like a lot. This is a war of attrition and these weapons are great at blasting high-value targets.

And latest reports speak of even more troops being prepared for yet another assault in Avdiivka, after the loss of more than 200 vehicles in a week. Next week is going to be bloody for Ruzzia.

On the S-400, I will give you a hint: What is the single objective that could make a significant difference, requires a weapon that has not yet been used but it is on its way and might be bothered by S-400s? Another clue: It starts with Kerch and end with Bridge.

Ruzzia as of now has been reduced to WW I strategies - meat waves - with a 10% of other, such as gliding bombs, some Sahed (some say it is keeping them for winter, but it may be the case that there are not that many), missiles (nearly none las month), ... If Ukraine gets more modern aviation and over all the right munitions, the game will change again.

690  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: October 28, 2023, 11:46:07 AM

I am not anti-anyone I am pro-peace. Real durable peace, not agreements that are written knowing they will be broken.

I am not going to whatabout because your response is unrelated to the systematic tortures by Ruzzia as a estate, I will just say that if Israel declares something they are the ones having to explain why.  My view about that conflict is that peace happens when parties want peace - so simple that is always forgotten and anything else goes to another thread.

Now Branko, are you saying in your peculiar way that (pick one or many):

a) Ruzzia does not torture ever, UN reports are wrong.
b) Ruzzia does torture, but occassionally, not systematically.
c) Ruzzia tortures, but it is because all the rest torture so it is ok.
d) Ruzzia effective has the policy of torturing but only to get information.
e) Ruzzia effectively tortures as a policy of estate and because it is allowed in the ranks - e.g. raping a 75 year old that will not give you her fridge because she needs it.

Go on... whatabout, you do not have any real answer.



I am not pro-anyone, I'm pro peace.
All my posts are whatabout because its IMPERATIVE to use same standards for Russia as for Israel or USA or Croatia. Without that, all talk about democracy, freedom,
equality etc are void and nil.
You can't tell me that Croatian generals deserve 850 years of prison because of 1 (ONE!) artilery shell that hit civilian house which supposedly instilled fear
into their civilians and made them flee, and then allow Russia or Israel to use million shells on civilians, and then indict Putin, but not Netanyahu...or Bush or Obama before that

Then the answer is (c) Ruzzia tortures, but it is ok because others do it too.

I am not sure about the case of the Croatian generals. I cannot comment on Israel other I think that there is peace if there is interest in peace, which seems not to be there in the region. Re standards, yes, there should be same standards. I am not sure about Obama or others, I am certain that Bush ordered as a state policy to held prisoners without trial in conditions that, in my view, are torture (from 1 to 10, a 3, but still not acceptable). Also, it is likely that he ordered or consented to order prisoners deported to countries knowing that there it would be 10 of 10. Even before that, during WW II, both British and Americans attacked civil targets "to teach a durable lesson".

But objectively, what is happening in the occupied territories in Ukraine is not acceptable so it is fair to denounce it is happening.

https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-icc-judge-warrant/32529550.html

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ICC Expresses 'Deep Concern' Over Russian Arrest Warrant For Judge

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The Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) has expressed "deep concern" over Russia's issuance of arrest warrants for several court officials, including one of its judges.

The Russian Interior Ministry said on July 27 that ICC Judge Tomoko Akane was placed on the government's wanted list.

Akane was one of the judges in March to issue arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin and his children's commissioner, Maria Lvova-Belova, for being responsible for the deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia -- a war crime under international legislation.


691  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: October 27, 2023, 05:34:34 PM

Barbaric and disgusting.
To be honest, if these news coming out ocuppied territories about how local population is being treated by the invaders have truth in them, then indeed the Kremlin is behaving like a criminal organization for letting this continue to happen.
One thing is to invade a country without even declaring war and a causus belli, but a completely different situation is to try to take over a country and also do that to civilians. No wonder why The Kremlin allowed Hamas representatives into their country, they are more alike than we think.

Sad reality is that regarding war crimes everyone is more or less the sam, its just how media filters it out
I bet if for some reason USA stance would change, Ukrainians would suddenly become worst scum, fascists, rapists, whatever
Its emotional trap that you should avoid, its all about money for the elites, everything else is just for show

No it is not the same. The report speaks of systematic and widespread torture practices which are peculiar to the Ruzzian Army in the invasion of Ukraine. This is not a US report, this is a report by the UN of which Ruzzia is a member. This is not about any media filtering, if you want to open a thread about what US does feel free to do so, but here and now Ruzzia is torturing systematically and across many locations as a estate policy. That is inhuman and that is another reason why they need to be demilitarised.

Israel said UN reports are false and unreliable...are you antisemite maybe to question them?

I am not anti-anyone I am pro-peace. Real durable peace, not agreements that are written knowing they will be broken.

I am not going to whatabout because your response is unrelated to the systematic tortures by Ruzzia as a estate, I will just say that if Israel declares something they are the ones having to explain why.  My view about that conflict is that peace happens when parties want peace - so simple that is always forgotten and anything else goes to another thread.

Now Branko, are you saying in your peculiar way that (pick one or many):

a) Ruzzia does not torture ever, UN reports are wrong.
b) Ruzzia does torture, but occassionally, not systematically.
c) Ruzzia tortures, but it is because all the rest torture so it is ok.
d) Ruzzia effective has the policy of torturing but only to get information.
e) Ruzzia effectively tortures as a policy of estate and because it is allowed in the ranks - e.g. raping a 75 year old that will not give you her fridge because she needs it.

Go on... whatabout, you do not have any real answer.

692  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: October 27, 2023, 12:34:56 PM

Barbaric and disgusting.
To be honest, if these news coming out ocuppied territories about how local population is being treated by the invaders have truth in them, then indeed the Kremlin is behaving like a criminal organization for letting this continue to happen.
One thing is to invade a country without even declaring war and a causus belli, but a completely different situation is to try to take over a country and also do that to civilians. No wonder why The Kremlin allowed Hamas representatives into their country, they are more alike than we think.

Sad reality is that regarding war crimes everyone is more or less the sam, its just how media filters it out
I bet if for some reason USA stance would change, Ukrainians would suddenly become worst scum, fascists, rapists, whatever
Its emotional trap that you should avoid, its all about money for the elites, everything else is just for show

No it is not the same. The report speaks of systematic and widespread torture practices which are peculiar to the Ruzzian Army in the invasion of Ukraine. This is not a US report, this is a report by the UN of which Ruzzia is a member. This is not about any media filtering, if you want to open a thread about what US does feel free to do so, but here and now Ruzzia is torturing systematically and across many locations as a estate policy. That is inhuman and that is another reason why they need to be demilitarised.
693  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: October 27, 2023, 09:32:01 AM
...

"Israel is a separate matter – we are going to bring forward a standalone Israel funding measure (of) over $14 billion,” Johnson said in the interview. He said House Republicans will look for other areas to cut in the budget in order to finance the funding for Israel.
...

Yes, nothing new, Biden supports the effort in Ukraine and has good reasons to it. There is nothing indicating that democrats are reconsidering and we already knew Republicans are divided.

There are discussions going on. On the "separate matter", nothing is "separate" in politics.

The amphibious operations in the Kherson region are ongoing, there has been even a report of Ruzzian bombing near Oleshky, which is well inside the west bank of the river.

Three S-400 seem to have been destroyed by an ATACAMS, so yes, S-400 is very effective destroying ATACAMS once the missile reaches them. BTW this is a Ruzzian report it seems https://gagadget.com/en/342105-us-atacms-missiles-could-destroy-three-launchers-of-the-125-billion-s-400-air-defence-system/.

Judging from previous Ukrainian attacks this is not casual, there is an intent to clear the threats before the F-16 arrive or there is an intent to launch Stormshadows or more attacks in the area,...





694  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: October 26, 2023, 09:47:14 PM
Is it just me or the Russian invasion of Ukraine has been pushed to one side by the news we all received from Israel and within the United States (about the prosecution of Trump and his codefendants).
I have not see a single news about the conflict in several days appearing on my social media accounts, I am not even sure whether the Ukrainian forces have been able to keep the Russian troops at bay and away from Kiev.
Keeping in mind that obviously most of the western media is in favor of Ukraine, I fear there is a suppression of information, because there has not been good news to share...

The UN however has not pushed much outside, they recently published a report on the situation in the occupied territories. And people still speak of reaching a peace or getting Ukraine to accept an invasion. This is not an ONG report, these comes from UN Commissioners.

https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/10/1142617

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In one instance, a 75-year-old woman who stayed alone to protect her property, was raped and tortured by a Russian soldier who hit her on the face, chest, and ribs, and strangled her, while interrogating her.

Yes, you have read correctly, a 75 year old woman raped. That's orc behaviour at its worst.

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New evidence, same torture pattern - Their investigations also confirmed previous findings that Russian authorities used torture in a widespread and systematic way in various types of detention facilities.

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The Commissioners investigated further accounts of Ukrainian children being transferred to Russia or to Russian-occupied areas in Ukraine. They concluded that the transfer of 31 children to Russia in May 2022 was an unlawful deportation, thus a war crime.

This is why Ukraine must stop Putin and the "Eastern culture" of the Ruzzian Army.
695  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Why is horse racing so unpopular here and a bit of extra feedback on: October 26, 2023, 09:32:49 PM
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But here it seems like there is little interest in this, is that because horse racing is just unpopular or is it because, well,.... the casinos that sponsor most signatures here are not promoting it?

I come from a country, where horse racing isn't popular at all. I mean literally nobody gives a sh*t about horse racing where I live. Sad
AFAIK, horse racing in popular in the anglo-saxon countries like the UK and USA. I don't know why. I don't mind betting on horse racing, but I just don't find it interesting. I can't predict which horse is better than the other horses and can't analyze the performance of the horses and their riders. I don't think that crypto casinos actively promoting horse race betting around the forum would change anything. This sport simply isn't popular in certain parts of the world.
As far as I know, Horse racing isn't that much a popular game after all, though here in my country, some local casinos used to make the game available to bettors, but right now, it's hard to find a casino to bet on horse racing, this simply means that the game is probably dying off little by little.

And what i do think is that, when horses were a pretty much always available commodity, the game of horse racing was pretty popular and one that was enjoyed by very many people all over the world, but today, horses have become very scarce, and pretty expensive for those who still have it, so instead of spending so much money to host horse racing games, people now refer to spend less to host even games that are more interesting than horse race, as we have a lot of options today when it comes to sports.

In theory it is about knowing the game and the horses, but for real is a super-difficult game to make profit from. It is difficult to get enough good results in a systematic manner not to mention to have any advantage over the punters that are really well into the business. Anyway, I think is more popular with old people, that can spend a whole evening drinking and watching it.
696  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Fake casino streamers! Why such streamers are very popular? on: October 26, 2023, 09:23:31 PM
These platforms should remove such videos or place an age restriction on those containing online casino content to ensure the safety of their young viewers.
Yeah. That isn't happening anytime soon because these are the same platforms that allow viewers of all ages to watch game streams where real money can be used for various benefits such as FIFA packs, CS skins etc.

Their families are the only ones who can make sure that they don't get obsessed with any of that stuff basically.

I do not yet get why people collect things in general, it is just something that does not really click on me - I mean, other than collecting money  Grin But certainly I know people who will go through pains to find things like a carpenter's plane or certain physical items. What I mean is that if physical collections do not click with me, I won't even tell you about collecting digital items (other than art I guess).
697  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Peter Thiel outed as FBI informant on: October 26, 2023, 10:14:39 AM
Probably he has been messing around avoiding taxes or something & traded information in exchange for his freedom. It happens a lot, the threat of jail is more than enough for most people to snitch on even their closest colleagues, partners. I don’t like it, it’s dishonourable, it shows what type of man you are.

You mean, the type of man that would rather not be in jail or may not fare well in jail? Look, I think that the type of man informants are in first place is the people who actually get into such a trouble that they have to become informants or else.

But I think that there is so much shit in tax evasion / avoidance that is really difficult for companies to stay out of it so they are always in the hands of some dude that needs a forced informant.
698  Economy / Gambling / Re: - UGA - a Gamblers Union on: October 25, 2023, 10:44:53 AM
Trying to start something like AskGamblers, SBR, OLBG etc in the crypto space? That's very, very difficult op since crypto gambling sites don't have physical locations which is why it's a lot tougher to drag them to court.

Best example in this case is 1xbit which is still operating even though many, many punters tried ending their business, but failed sadly.

The OP would need to create a community and that works usually by either having a massive interest in the subject and creating a momentum in social interest or by spending money to grab traction, which is probably not that interesting if there is not a clear long term view to capture users and eventually have them paying for the information or monetising somehow else.
699  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Publicly held Trump trials - ongoing on: October 24, 2023, 11:51:11 PM
https://youtu.be/4rURDJl7Pko?t=21

Here is yet another example of Trump turning on his own people, just after their "own people" turn on him. Curiously, while throwing courses about a judge in New York, he tell the press to look for references about Steve Bannon from the New York courts. It does not matter, no cognitive dissonance ever.

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Michael Cohen accused Donald Trump of asking him to increase the value of his assets based on a number “arbitrarily elected” by the former president.

Testifying against his former boss in a $250 million civil fraud trial, he told the court his role was to “reverse engineer” the value of assets in order to achieve the number Mr Trump had chosen.

Cohen also piled blame on Mr Trump when asked to recount the federal crimes he had pleaded guilty to in 2018.

He said he committed one of the charges - lying to Congress about Trump’s efforts to land a property in Russia - “at the direction and benefit of Mr. Trump”.

Yet another "friend" that finally gives away the mafia boss and lays plainly what many people suspected -  a permanent despise of the law and the belief by Trump that he did not really have to follow it - that's for the lower kind.

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Too stupid to follow even the most basic of instructions.  How the hell did this man get made President?

Well, have you got some direct knowledge of the education system in the US? It explains lots of things.
700  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Navigating the World of Online Gambling on: October 24, 2023, 11:43:28 PM
We navigate by following the stars... in this case, the star is BTCGosu. It's not just that we get the real and tested info about the crypto casinos around, we get some protection as well! BTCGosu will help us if we have issues with the crypto casino, especially if we are playing under the Gosu link. Basically, it's simple, you try it and you will find out. Smiley
It's essential to have a website or a service that provides unbiased reviews and true guidelines regarding a certain industry, and BTCGosu is the one for the gambling industry. There might be a lot of review websites but most of them aren't reliable, just take TrustPilot as an example which is full of biased and fake reviews from users of either the same platform or from other platforms that want to show a negative image of a certain gambling platform.

Some people might think that such things don't have a lot of influence but it's not true, in the past, I've always tried to look for reviews regarding any platform before joining it, and if someone sees that a platform has a good trust rate on such websites, they might get a wrong perception about it. So, it's important to have a platform that actually provides you with the reality and no biased trust ratings.

Unfortunately there is nothing like "unbiased" nowadays because most of the sites give you incentives to give good review. I recall cases of people complaining that even a hotel had charged them an extra fee because they left a bad review and the "price they got was conditioned to not giving bad reviews". It may be an extreme case, but there is certainly a sensitivity that was not there a few years back.
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