Very muddy case, I did not fully understand it actually. If he won the trial, then why didn't he recover his expenses at the expense of the losing side?

But let's assume this is a purely theoretical question. I know that such dilemmas often arise in civil litigation, since there is always the word of one side against the word of the other side and the presumption of innocence does not apply. That is, you must prove that you are innocent (what the opposite side accuses you of). Often such cases end in nothing - that is, party A cannot prove their statements, but party B cannot prove that these statements are false. And in the end, the one who tried to protect his reputation loses time and money (for lawyers and other expenses), but cannot "restore" his reputation.

I don't know how to solve this dilemma. You need to look at your financial capabilities and how much your reputation "brings you money" - if you lose income after losing it, then you need to protect it (but again with reasonable spending), and if this does not affect anything, then it might be worth going through by and forget about it.

The problem is that in almost all ToSs it is either directly written that promotions cannot be abused (plus this is always mentioned in the description of the promotion) or there is a clause that says that "in case of any disputable situation, the casino has the decisive word and it is final."
But in general, this is an interesting theoretical question, because if, for example, in some game a player reveals the ability to beat the casino, then this is the responsibility of the casino and such excuses do not work here. However, it is obvious that this can only be proved in court, since no casino admits its wrongfulness/responsibility in case of loss of money.

I have not been to the US either and I would be interested to see information from those who were there. It is clear that you can spend any amount if you wish, since all people have different concepts of minimum comfort, but it seems to me that even residents of third countries can quite save up for such a trip if they set such a goal.For example, for me, the most expensive part of the trip will most likely be air travel (I will have to fly from Europe). For those who live at least in Latin America or Canada, such a trip will generally be much cheaper.

Since the golden generation (Figo generation) Portugal have never been the favorites of any tournament and even when they won (and there was even a big victory - the European Championship 2016) it was against all odds. Football is a team game and despite the presence of any of the top players, if the team is not capable of great accomplishments, then one player does not change anything. In general, both Argentina and Portugal have good teams but are not the favorites of the tournament.

Probably the casino requires at least minimal information from gamblers at the registration stage in order to avoid accusations of money laundering. Where is the guarantee that casino owners will not send themselves (and lose) dirty money to empty accounts? This reason seems logical to me. In addition, they need minimal information so that gamblers do not launder funds through the casino. For example, someone won $10k on an empty account. After that, he can sell access to this empty (in the sense of KYC) account for 11k dollars so that, for example, some drug dealer can withdraw clean money.

These statistics will be much worse if you add the failed statistics from the Champions League. It is unlikely that Barcelona spent such a huge amount of money (already having debts at that time) to repeat the elimination in the UCL group stage and the second place in La Liga. Xavi understands this and he himself talks about his possible dismissal, I only commented on his interview. But it seems to me that no matter how the results of Barcelona develop further, Xavi will be given the opportunity to refine until the end of the season.

I don't think that the Netherlands are so weak that they don't have a chance at all for the title. This is a short tournament and the result will be somewhat random. And in any case, it is better to lose in the final or semi-final than in the 1/8. Therefore, the Netherlands will be as motivated as possible. By the way, surprisingly, underdogs almost never become world champions, unlike the European Championship, where, for example, Greece, unexpectedly for everyone, became the champion, although the average strength of teams is higher at the European Championship than at the World Cup.

1. If a guy stole $10k he should go to jail and he's obligated to pay damages - $10k, the rest of the money is rightfully his.
2. I don't know how big this is (because it's some weird currency) but I think the best strategy for a student would be to send their boss to hell and keep all the money for themselves.

This is my opinion, but I understand that different people have different relationships and it’s not a pity for someone to give their girlfriend even 5 million. This is a subjective matter.

To say that Messi won nothing with Argentina is an exaggeration - at least he has World Championship silver and one America's Cup. But this is really not enough, especially considering how many attempts Argentina failed before winning the America's Cup (if I'm not mistaken, 4). For a player of this stature, the public expects corresponding achievements, and throughout his career, Messi has been under the pressure of these expectations. This is his last World Cup where he takes part, so he probably does not want to think of the tournament as a last chance and he talks about the chances of other teams.

I've noticed a lot of people talking about how they would stop if they won a life changing amount (obviously quite a lot). But this is just theory, in practice you have to risk smaller sums of money before you win the desired life-changing sums. Let's say you want to win a million dollars and your gaming session is going well - you have already made 50,000 out of 100 dollars. Do you really not stop and continue playing until you get a million (or lose everything)? After all, $ 50,000 is also a huge amount of money and it’s nice to get away with such a jackpot. And the other side is that risking $100 is one thing, but risking $50,000 is another. It seems to me that many will change their mind at this moment and will never reach a million.

There is no need for Arsenal to save energy and when playing in front of their fans I think they will give it their all. Even with the status of the Europa League where many of the results are unexpected (too many compared to other major tournaments) the odds of 1.55 look like easy picks and easy money. PSV as a whole is weaker than Arsenal, plus nothing threatens their second place, so PSV will not play "like in the final" and I expect the logical outcome of this game in the form of Arsenal's victory.

This is a sound reasoning, but an interesting nuance is that if we take a professional in some field and he tells us his opinion about the bets or shows his bet on the upcoming sporting event (boxer on boxing, football expert on football, etc.), then we shouldn't listen to him anyway. Firstly, this is a money issue and here we can rely only on ourselves so as not to shift the blame on someone else. We must clearly understand that we ourselves make the decision. Secondly, even a professional in some kind of sport still cannot beat the bookmaker. Otherwise, we would only hear about how professional athletes or experts do it.

Xavi understands the precariousness of his position and, judging by his latest interview, he is calm about his possible dismissal. He said that he would be sympathetic to the dismissal because Barcelona must fight for trophies and the head coach must achieve this. Now every unsuccessful game can be the last straw - even in La Liga, even in the Champions League. Everyone expects Barcelona to win and not just “regular” like over Villarreal, where the victory is “must be” but also in the next game with Bayern, even if this does not affect the outcome of the group stage.

It's almost 80 minutes and the score is still 1-0. A very slippery score given that Liverpool's defense allows opponents to score goals in almost every game. West Ham failed to convert a penalty at the end of the first half, which could have turned the game around, but even now I'm sure we have a hot 10 minutes ahead of us.

In my opinion, this is a fair forecast, it's hard to argue with the fact that Brazil and France are the main favorites of the tournament (although many add England). The fact that Messi did not mention Argentina may be due to the unwillingness to take on the responsibility of high expectations, or even the fact that Messi is afraid to jinx his national team. Inside the Argentine national team, I'm sure everyone is discussing only the possibility of taking the gold, they are all ambitious.

For the obvious reasons you listed, this is not an acceptable option. In an ideal world, the player first goes through all the necessary procedures (including the KYC), and then gets the opportunity to play in the casino. If he has passed all the procedures, then there are no more additional checks and the withdrawal of funds is done automatically (even if your winnings are very large).
Unfortunately, we live in an imperfect world and players from time to time encounter the problems that you described, but reputation plays a role here. Experienced gamblers play only at reputable casinos, which means that these casinos will not use KYC against their client and in general for fraudulent purposes, only out of real necessity.

This is a common thing in sports - only a few remain in people's memory, although there are always a huge number of worthy and great athletes. For example, I am sure that few of the modern generation will be able to name at least a couple of Pele's partners, although they were the greatest players. After the era of Ronaldo-Messi, it looks like there will be an era of Haaland-Mbappe, and already in the next era, it is unlikely that anyone will remember Ronaldo and Messi strongly (except for old people, of course, for whom all the best remains in youth/maturity).

I haven't seen this movie but I've heard about it. I would not draw analogies, since everything is more or less simple here - Niemann has US citizenship Chess.com also works in US jurisdiction. It would be cool if some independent prosecutor started an investigation against him and filed charges. There are enough reasons for this: he appropriated other people's money using other people's trust - this fully fits the criminal article of fraud, even though there is no criminal punishment for cheating. But the court can qualify any action as it sees fit (based on the opinions of experts, of course).

Blockchain documents everything by default. And regardless of whether the casino knows the client and how important he is to them, if he uses dirty money, they will be blocked, and information from transactions will go to the police. Do you think casino owners are so stupid to risk all their business (and maybe even freedom) for someone to use the "loopholes" in their casino? I am sure that no owner will take such risks, only if the casino was originally created for money laundering, then maybe.

This is true. Napoli are consistently in the top four teams in Italy in terms of budget and results. They play consistently in the Champions League and are used to the high level of opponents. Union Berlin is a complete newcomer to this business, just because they are now in first place does not mean at all that they will be able to keep it or even enter the top three teams at the end of the season. Union Berlin is a dark horse and it is not yet clear what it is capable of. Given that all the teams in the Bundesliga except Bayern somehow have big weaknesses, I think Union Berlin has a chance even for second place.