Joao Felix is a player tipped to be one of the best strikers in the world. His days in Benfica were glorious but his performance reduced drastically when he moved to Atletico Madrid for a record fee.  He never adapted to the club's style of play and fell off with the coach Diego Simeone which made him move to Chelsea on loan. He has so many opportunities to make an impact on the team but he also failed to live up to expectations.

Xavi gave him the lifeline to rejuvenate his career in Barca and he was performing well as he scored three goals and gave three assists in fourteen games. Joao's main problem is inconsistency in his performance but it all depends on Xavi and the management of Barcelona to decide if he will be signed on a permanent deal. But Atletico Madrid will not let him go for free because they are known for making money from player transfers.

Going back to Atletico is not an option for the Portugal players because it is glary that he is not in Coach Diego's plans. He indicated that the player has failed to blend with the team and has also refused to abide by the tactical plans of the coaching crew. He even alleged that Atletico's fans don't like Joao Felix and he would be pleased if he secured a permanent deal with Barcelona.

If you want a safer and less risky area to keep your money during inflation, gold, property and government bonds would be ideal. These investments have lesser risk but have lower profit. But if you want to make some profit and also hedge your funds against inflation, investing in Bitcoin will be ideal. However, the risk of investing in Bitcoin is greater than established investment platforms like gold and real estate.

The option of socking house with food is a good one but it will depend on how long the inflation will last. Sometimes the price of basic products keep increasing consistently for several months or years so these household item might not sustain the house before the end of the inflation. The best option will be consistently buying goods in bulk from wholesalers instead of patronizing retailers who sell higher. Another option could also be growing your food if you have farmland.

With all due respect, the Bitcoin project is now bigger than Satoshi. Every day the Bitcoin industry is facing new threats and opportunities due to the everchanging political, economic, and social global systems. The currency has become very influential, complex, and dynamic for Satoshi to control or predict. I believe that he would have the same answers as some of the reputable members of the forum. Satoshi might not have envisaged that issues like ordinals would be a challenge because these are new threats. The future will still come with more issues that will test the strength of Bitcoin. I don't think I have any questions, if there are any, the forum is enough to answer them.

That's true! If the casino is comfortable with people depositing lots of money and will not demand KYC, why would they ask for it after a win and withdrawal request? I know many nations or regulators mandate casinos to enforce KYC policies but some casinos are taking advantage of it. They will use the KYC to fraudulently delay payment and sometimes freeze customer's funds. Doesn't it mean that the funds become tinted only when they are coming out of the casino

Using no KYC as a business strategy to attract customers is not bad. But it is important to give your clients a long time notice before changing the casino policy. You shouldn't assure gamblers that they don't need KYC but when it is time to withdraw a big win, you start asking for KYC. Let everything the gambler needs to know be in your terms of service, there should be no hidden terms.

The outcome of gambling is unpredictable but there are indeed people that have track records of more wins than losses. But be sure that you can take these risks and bet only what you can afford to lose. While growing up I have seen people finance gamblers to win games. This is common in physical football games and table tennis. This happens when you believe that the gambler can win the bet. As a witness of such experience, I have seen many people win bets and also lose. This is because there is no assurance that somebody will win the game.

My example will be the last World Cup in Qatar. Even if you have someone who has a track record in betting, I think many of them would have failed to bet that Saudi Arabia will win Argentina. Considering the record of Tyson Fury many great boxing stakers wouldn't have predicted that Francis Ngannou would give the world champion a great fight.

I don't know the kind of legal document that will be signed between both parties. Would it be that the gambler will pay back the money the financier invested if the game is lost? I am sure the gambler will never want to lose bets it's just that gambling is unpredictable. I don't think there are any legal grounds for an agreement except in the case of the sharing formula for wins.

This story is targeted at promoting Binance. CZ is using the story to showcase Binance as the protector of customers' funds by claiming that they can trace and recover stolen funds. He is showing that his platforms is an option because they can recover stolen funds when he said that stolen funds can only be frozen if they are send to centralized platforms.

This news might be true or made up but it is good that we have a chance to choose between Cex and Dex. Binance and other platforms will only showcase their strength and hide their weakness. He can only deceive newbies or those who have not learned any lesson from the failure of many exchanges. If CZ likes to let him come up with stories of how he recovered funds from millions of scammers, Binance will not keep my coins.

In my country, there are no such laws and parents a given the right to share their wealth as they deem fit. The problem here will be the definition of "dishonourable or disgraceful life" and chronic gambling". How can the law determine that your gambling activity led to disgrace? Would it be determined by calculation of how much you spend on gambling in relation to your earnings? Is there any other indicator to measure gambling addiction in your country? If gambling is legal in your country, you have a good case and if you can prove that you gamble responsibly, you might win the case. But if there are clear proofs that you have wasted a fortune in gambling, then you might lose it.

But if my parents have decided not to give me any inheritance, I think it is based on some personal reasons and not just because of gambling. Maybe they assume that I will mismanage the inheritance and waste all in gambling. I may have been wasteful and brought shame to them. I will not also sue my parents for disinheriting me after all they own the property. I might consider begging and reassuring them that I will not misuse the gift. But if they refuse, I will work hard and get mine.     

Even if you want to hire professionals to help you start or run the casino, having a basic knowledge will be an added advantage. Having prior knowledge will reduce waste and scams because some of these professionals are not trustworthy. Mentorship or apprenticeship should be a good means to gaining experience on how to run a casino. Some people seek to gain experience in a business by working in the sector. I have seen people that gain experience working in a successful business. So it is not out of place to locate a successful casino and spend time learning how the business is run. The gambling industry is complicated which means that owners should have some basic skills of how to operate it.

Most people see the crypto space as a get-rich-quick industry because they want to double what they have invested in a few days. Immediately you tell them the truth, they will see it as a waste of time. However, it is our responsibility to give people balanced information about the sector and let them make the decision to invest or not.

It is not compulsory to tell someone about the Bitcoin ecosystem, but I will blame you for not giving the person at least some basic information about Bitcoin. He came to you and you have the responsibility to help him. It is possible that he does not understand the sector and needs further clarification. I will never persuade anybody to buy Bitcoin but any interested person will get an interesting lecture from me about the sector. Bitcoin awareness is the pathway of adoption so any opportunity to speak to someone about the currency is not a bad idea.      

Mentorship is one of the easiest ways to learn but how would one know a good mentor? Most people in the Bitcoin ecosystem always want to maintain privacy so they don't like having mentees. The problem with mentorship in my area is that most people you trust end up becoming the biggest scammers.  

Undoubtedly there are many strong and reliable casinos that have high reputations. However, the crypto gambling sector is a free market that is not well regulated. Some of the licencing nations or organisations only give authority to run a casino but they don't engage in regulations. In some cases, these casinos are not mandated by regulators to present audited financial statements. There have been cases where casinos issue doctored or fake financial reports to cover up their negative financial position.

We use casinos based on trust and not by rating from diverse bodies or websites. Even some of these reports might also be faulty because the process of gathering these data might not be reliable or valid. We shouldn't also forget that these casinos can also give researchers fake data just to deceive customers. Gamblers should always stake only what they can afford to lose and should always use casinos in the forum. This is because you will have genuine feedback about casinos that is present here.

I know that this policy will have positive and also some negative effects, but it is good to know that it is targeted at low-income earners. At least it will meet some of their basic needs. It will also create employment opportunities because businesses will enjoy high patronage which could lead to an increase in profit maximization. The only problem with such policies is implementation. In some cases, they are marred by corruption, tribalism, and nepotism. But if it is well implemented, it will improve the standard of living of citizens for a while.

The time frame for the use of money is also ideal to avoid saving or hoarding these funds. It will help to stimulate the economy within a period and the government will afterward roll out control measures to tackle inflation.

There is a need to control the money that will be spent to avoid waste. Spending money on cigarettes and alcohol is a waste because it has little impact on the people. it is better to spend the money on food, clothing, and shelter. I would have suggested that the spending be limited to locally produced goods to stimulate the local industry.

I appreciate coach Mauricio Pochettino's strategy to keep attacking even when it is obvious that he also needs to defend more. Manchester City is a very good attacking side so I was scared when he took the risk of replacing Moises Caicedo with Armando Broja. Meanwhile, he knew that the extra time would be long based on the time that was spent on VAR checks. And his experiment was fruitful because Broja won a penalty through the sliding Ruben Dias. It was a good game to watch again and again, I have even watched the review two times.

VAR might have a positive impact on football but it is making the game boring. VAR checks these days in the Premiership are taking so much time and it's not funny anymore. To check the slight struggle between Marc Cucurella and Haaland VAR took three minutes and 37 seconds and it took a needles two minutes for referee Anthony Taylor to confirm that Diaz's tackle on Broja was a penalty. It might reduce error but I feel it is becoming stressful and energy-consuming and it might not be healthy for people with health concerns like high blood pressure.

Skill is the most important factor in gambling. You need to understand the game and know the winning strategy before you can even successfully place good bets. Even some games that are somehow based on luck require skill because it increases your chances of getting lucky. Depending entirely on luck in sports bets and other games that require skill will always lead to losses this is because you need to do some analysis or research to understand the ability of both both teams before placing your bet.

But gambling like lottery tickets and slot games might be determined by luck than skills. However, it is better to acquire gambling skills than to depend solely on luck because nobody can predict the lucky times. So you need skills to keep sustaining your gambling activities until you get to your lucky day.

Most of these indexes published by many of these research organizations like chainanalysis might be lopsided or faulty because they use data from exchanges and web traffic which cannot be reliable means of data collection and analysis. However, I do not doubt that Turkey might have a high population of crypto users because of inflation and depreciation of the Lira. As of 2018 one Lira was equal to 4.5 dollars but today it is $28.5. So it's normal for citizens to seek other means of protecting their money from loss of value.

However, the main indicator to check the friendliness of a country towards cryptocurrency is government policies. If the government bans or restricts its use most people will never want to get involved in it because of the fear of persecution or even imprisonment. Unfavorable government policies will limit the investment and development of the sector.

Sorry for your loss bro, I know how painful it is to lose such an amount. I guess you will have a hitch-free experience next time.  

No need for the outburst mate. All I have for you is love and respect. Best of luck.

The SEC could always hire and train new crypto experts but it seems they want to hire experienced experts. The US government is preparing to expand its regulatory function which is why they need personnel that have a wealth of experience in the sector. People will gladly help the SEC but no real crypto enthusiast will want to dump his coin or give away his privacy for the SEC's reward. 

I am just wondering why they want these proposed workers to obey the mandate to divest while the US government is holding large sums of cryptocurrencies. Does it mean that the current staff of the SEC are mandated not to own crypto or is this law limited to only these new recruits? Maybe these proposed applicants have special tasks to accomplish that require them not to hold cryptos.   

I think you can always build your own casino and play games win or lose. You can hire a personal software development expert or contact a software development solutions company to develop any kind of casino games you want. But it becomes an issue when you want to monetise it or make a profit from it. If you want to gamble and play games with your friends and family, you don't need a licence or government approval. But once you want the public to use your gambling platforms, then you have to register the casino.

The gambling business is very profitable if it is well-managed. If your casino abides by its terms of service and satisfies customers, it will become reputable within a short period of time. But I prefer to play in other people's casinos because I don't think I will be able to manage a casino. I respect casino operators because the gambling sector is very complicated and risky. They have to face government regulations, licencing, scammers, hackers, etc. But if I can design some games that will be played just within my close circles, then I could start a family casino.     

Money is very important but to me, the first thing is knowledge or experience. I think the best casinos will be owned by experienced gamblers. If you have the money and lack the basic knowledge about the casino business, it will not succeed. You might end up wasting the money because of inexperience. This is why people hire gambling business experts to help them establish casinos. But when you have experience, with little funding, a casino can be established and groomed to succeed.

This forum has some of the best information on gambling. Much information about gambling has been extensively discussed here and the most important aspects of gambling are constantly discussed in bitcointak. This forum also has some of the oldest crypto gamblers as members, so they can always give the best advice to newbies. I suggest that every new member who has an interest in gambling should forget all they have learned from social media and spend some time reading about gambling. I am sure that they would at least learn some basic truths about gambling from the forum.  

Thank you, OP for your instructive statements that can guide newbies on how to enjoy an entertaining journey of gambling. It is good you highlighted that gambling is for entertainment but referring to gambling as a pathway to wealth is not ideal because it could be misconceived by some newbies.

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Hello @9G, the casino website is not working. Is it going through maintenance or or what?

It is true that the government and its agencies cannot stop decentralised platforms and people will still secretly buy Bitcoin. But we should also take into cognisant that unfavourable policies discourage people from joining or continuing in the Bitcoin ecosystem. People will always avoid investments that are illegal in a country because it will be seen as risky. More Chinese citizens would have acquired more Bitcoin if it was legal in China and Beijing crypto space would developed to compete favourably with the US market.      

After the regulation of mixers is completed in the US, I suspect that they will move after decentralised exchanges. Laws will be enacted to criminalise its operations using the same outdated excuse of fighting against terrorist financing. They just want to control the financial sector of their country because they think it will make governance easy for them. The best advice still remains "Not your keys, not your coins".    

I am not also familiar with the Lighting Network but I can always learn and adapt to it if it is the best option. I am also open to other options like receiving payments bi-weekly or monthly.