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If you think about it, it makes sense.
Bitcoin makes you think with a long term mentality, you should save more than what you are spending. That's a big change from the "spend now, pay later" mentality of fiat.
This means that sending peer-to-peer Bitcoin (spending) should be less popular than investment (saving).
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America is a country that pays more attention to its people and they usually try to avoid letting dangerous people enter this country because they care about the security of their people that's why it's hard for some people to enter the USA. However, I think America knows they need to make some changes in the rules during the World Cup to make everything easier for the people who want to enter the country just to watch the World Cup games.
This might be a bit out of topic, but people inside the US are quite dangerous themselves. Only this year, there has been 520 mass shooting there: This is a list of mass shootings that took place in the United States in 2023. Mass shootings are incidents in which several people are victims of firearm-related violence, specifically for the purposes of this article, a total of four victims. As of October 31, a total of 621 people have been killed and 2,126 other people have been injured in 520 shootings. That's a crazy amount of people killed by mass shootings. Hopefully the World Cup is great and no major issues appear. |
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it cannot be denied that professional help is quite expensive and not everyone has access to it. one of the best and cheapest ways in my opinion is with the help of relatives, friends or closest family. someone who is addicted to gambling can ask for help from them to help them get out of their gambling addiction.
or if it necessary, help from a priest or other religious leader may help because usually they have basic knowledge about addiction and how to overcome it. maybe their help will help these addicts and usually it's free.
It depends on which country you are living. Some of them do offer free (paid by taxes) visits to professional help. In the end it actually costs less than dealing with the consequences, but that's a different topic. In the end I think the gambler personally has to take responsibility and try to simply do other things. We are what we do. If they stop gambling, they won't be a gambler any more. Easier said than done, but when you realize you have the power to change right now by doing something else, just for today, you might actually do it. |
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Actually based on the poll,nearly 59 percentage of the gambler was not agree to play the gambling in the work place.The reason for this was two,the first one was the gambler will not concentrate in the game for cent percentage while working the office work.If the boss had note you are gambling in the work place means,this will spoil your name on the boss.So the boss will stop the promotion process for you at the earlier stage.The hike also not increased by your boss by targeting your game play on the gambling site during the working time.Being a gambler,I had the counted number of the game in my office without the knowing of my boss in my office.
If an employee keeps gambling while they should be working, on a constant basis, not only that person is not going to get a promotion, most probably that person is going to get fired. It might seem a bit normalized for some people, but it is really not professional at all. Some bosses won't even allow it happening more than once. |
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The same argument could be said about record keeping in general and yet people do it despite the fact that most of the time what we end up recording are negative things, so why do it? Humans do this not because we like record keeping in general, a thing that in fact seems that we like, however we do so because it is useful as it allows us to see what we did wrong and then improve upon our mistakes, and while this is difficult to do while we gamble, there are a few gamblers out there which can do this and become professional thanks to it.
In order to control something, you need to measure it. If you want to realize how much you are gambling, you need to somehow keep track of the money coming in and out from that activity. Whatever gets measured, can be controlled. If you don't measure it, chances are you are spending more than what you think. |
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Sometimes there is a high difference between success and addictions when we talk about casinos and their possibility of winning and this is what we have to have at the back of our minds so that we may not take the wrong route while gambling because we have some gamblers who are addicted losers who never record any level of result in a positive direction but they are yet an addicts, so I think addiction is more of a mental stake or just a repeated bad habits, this has a lot to be considered so we can't really relate any form of peculiarity to which direction a gambler will be to declare them as an addicts.
But I am sure that, it will be hard to see anyone that have a consistent winning being called an addict, the reason being that, his level of addiction may not be noticed since he has money to gamble around with and sponsor his addictions which will make it hard to be noticed compared to when the gambler doesn't have any money to act with.
You can be addicted to good behavior as well. All you need is a positive reward when you perform a behavior. Then your mind wants more of it, and the cycle starts. For drugs for example it is the high you get when you consume them, like alcohol for example, or coffee. But eating feels good too, that's why we overdo it. But you can also feel good while running for example, the so called runners high. So, in the end it doesn't matter if you win or lose, it's how you feel in your brain that matters. |
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Without taking anything away from the current president of the United States of America Joe Biden, I don't think he's better president to Donald Trump. Most of the important decisions that's he's taking since he became the president of the country has really not been good especially when it comes to global crises and the best way to resolve these crises.
He acts took weak to be the Chief in Commander of the strongest Army in the world and that's why I think the US citizens would want to vote him out during the presidential polls.
I think Trump will have an advantage with a divided country. And I think right now the tensions are increasing and the US is really divided at the point that it might even be thinkable to have the possibility of having a civil war... Not sure how this will play out, but it's not looking pretty. |
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It is much harder to enter the US now. Unless you are somehow crossing the border into the US and making up a story about how you got human trafficked into the US and you seek help from the US. Then it is a different story. If I am not wrong, I believe that's what has been going on in recent times. A lot of people are actually crossing the borders, especially the US – Mexico border. And very little problems they have been facing. That is also probably a big reason why the US actually has a homeless people problem right now. A lot of people think that the US is the best country in the world. I definitely think it is actually one of the worst.
Absolutely. The previous World Cup in the US happened almost 3 decades ago (!)  It was basically a different world, Google officially launched four years later, in 1998. Most young people would not even be able to imagine a world without Google. There has been so many things happening in the world since, and the US has definitely been more restrictive in terms of who they are letting in. |
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Gambling cannot be a career. Gambling is played for fun and entertainment. To relieve one's stress. It's not something to be made as a source of income. You can earn a lot by gambling, but that doesn't mean it's a job. Come on, man! Gambling means betting on something of your life. How can one bet on their life? They have to feed their family, don't they? If I were to make gambling my only source of income, then I would be the foolishest person in this world.
I would also add that gambling can be seen as hope. Hope that at some point in the future things might be better if you are lucky. That's what casinos provide, hope, for many people. It costs a lot of money in the end, but the effect on the brain is real. |
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Actually, why we shouldn't gamble at work is because the impact of gambling can make us no longer optimal at work, because usually when we lose we will continue to think about the defeat and the money we have lost, and vice versa, when we win we will think that if we could to continue, we will have the opportunity to get more profits, so that important things at work will be neglected and many will be missed.
Also, gambling at work is very likely to be done in a hurry, because it is done during breaks so there will be mistakes that can be made, such as when you want to place a bet on a sports match.
So it would be better to gamble when we have free time and not when we have to concentrate on important things, such as at the office, so that there is no regret because we gamble at times that are not at work.
That is true. But at the same time, I can see how someone working at a horrible job might see this as an opportunity to have some hope to get out of the rat race. If only they get lucky this time, everything will be fine. For some people it's all they need to continue with the day. No need to gamble away all their money, just a bit to keep their hope. |
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I think we should not even be worried about the problems with taking a Visa for America during this tournament because I think America can easily handle this case. we should not forget they hosted the World Cup before and right now when we are discussing about this case, America and FIFA are both aware of this problem and they can find a way for it to be solved.
Yes, the US has hosted the world cup before, but that was in 1994... It was a very different world back then. Everything changed after September of 2001. The requirements for entry to the US are very different. It's much harder to enter the US now. |
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Part of the gambling industry the slot games, These games do not require too much effort or strategy just to play this game as long as you make the designated pattern to hit the score or jackpoot you can earn a profit, most of the slot games are no brainer game, reason why people are still addicted on it becaus the number of multiplier it can gives to the person once they hit a jackpot, and no one knows how much it is reason why they keep make a risk but of course like the other games not all the time player wins the game. Some people manage to win but because of being greedy they lose again their wages, and somehow others doesnt really have a bit of luck. So if you don't want slots what kind of game do you prefer in gambling?
Slots usually don't have the best odds compared to other games such as blackjack for example. An advanced gambler might get close to 50/50 odds when playing correctly. You can't really apply any strategy in slots to maximize your odds. |
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That's why we don't think about moving to another gambling platform when we lose. We should end the gambling game and take a break first to reduce the emotions and tension we feel. We still have more time to gamble, and we can get lucky and win another day. Switching to another platform requires depositing more money because the minimum deposit for each casino will definitely vary, so we have to adjust it to the funds we have prepared for gambling. We can't always win at gambling, so we have to prepare ourselves when we lose so that we don't try to recover from that loss.
That is actually a good point about the minimum deposit required. In the same way there might be applicable minimum withdrawals so you might want to consider that as well when planning to change casinos. I guess they want you to stick with them for a while and incentivize you to do so. |
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VPN only aims to change the IP on the cellphone or PC that we use so that we can access gambling sites if the country where we live does not allow free access to the site.
If it is said that using VPN can affect the results for the worse then that is wrong, this kind of narrative is very ridiculous because I once also accessed a site that I could not access freely and in the end contacted the support team to ask for permission to use VPN and it was allowed.
I tried the site with several slot games and the pragmatic provider can also produce wins and the RTP is also quite high so I sure the VPN won't affect anything.
By the way it is win with pretty good multiplier, it is very rare to come across multiplier like this, congratulations on the win.
There is also encryption at the client side when using a VPN, but that should not matter for the casino. Basically the casino only sees a connection from an IP that is not your computer directly. That's basically it. It should not affect the performance. Having said that, there are some known lists of VPN IPs so there is the possibility that they do something differently, but I guess they need to be certified and ensure they treat every connection as equal. |
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When something is too good to be true, people should start to doubt it. Yes id say making a living through gambling is too good to be true because gambling is not a hard activity to do and we can have fun on it aside from making a profit although when you make a profit, that also gives you a good kind of feeling.
Maybe those successful stories that we see are meant to be there to promote the gambling business because if we noticed, there are only less bad gambling experience that are being highlighted or shared although maybe those losers are too ashamed to publicize so they just choose to hide it. There are people who know it but they act like they didn't know it and continue doing gambling like there is no tomorrow. So the problem is also with them.
Although it is a good rule of thumb, sometimes things are too good and they are true. For example, there is a lot of excellent content on the internet for free, and it is really incredible, and it is there to be used. It is when the offer comes from a company that you usually need to be a bit more wary about things because you know that they are there for profit. |
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The United States is not going to get directly involved in this conflict and neither do Mexico or Canada has any interest in it. And also, Palestine and Israel almost never qualifies for the world cup (and that is not the case with Russia and Ukraine). The real threat to this event is the war-like scenario that is prevailing at the US-Mexico border. Millions of illegal immigrants (mostly from Latin America) are likely to invade the United States this year, and the situation may continue like this unless Biden is removed from power.
I'm not so sure about that. There are some clear alignments there from the US perspective. In any case, Palestine is ranked 96th, and Israel is 71st, so they are probably not going to qualify anyway as you mentioned. |
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The gambling addict doesn’t seem to acknowledge nor value the money he has at the moment. What would be going through his mind and foremost in his thoughts would be the money to be earned after gambling away the funds at his disposal.
Same with any addiction. The addict would prefer to accumulating money, the feeling or satisfaction gotten after having fulfilled the desire to indulge himself in the habit. And that’s why money doesn’t seem to stay long in the hands of an addict.
This is so true. An addict doesn't really value hard earned money. It will simply go away from their hands to fuel their addiction. And when the money is gone, then they would do anything to get their fix. That's how the spiral continues... |
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safest thing is just to plan from home to bring enough money to gamble and keep in mind to appreciate money, no matter how small. indeed gambling addicts will not think about this no matter how much money they bring to gamble but as a regular gambler it is better to always remember how gambling works just to have fun so you don't need to bring too much money to gambling and don't need to follow other friends gambling styles. .
Any addict will not value the money they need to pay for their craving. The same happens with alcohol. It doesn't matter how much they are paying, an alcoholic will continue buying more and more bottles until they are broke. Similar to a gambling addict, they will keep betting until they are broke. |
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Stopping gambling for a while can allow them to do other things that are more useful besides just gambling. They can improve their mindset and perhaps close their gambling records so that when they return to gambling periodically in the future, they will not need their gambling records because they will not use gambling as a way to make money but just as entertainment. They can differentiate between gambling as entertainment that uses money and other things that are entertainment that do not require money. By stopping gambling and doing other things, at least their minds will not think about gambling, and that is useful for reducing their gambling addiction slowly.
Yeah, I think that is always a healthy thing to do. Stopping your addiction for a bit, or maybe more than a bit, to let your brain reconfigure itself and approach it again with a fresh perspective. In that way the gambler will be able to continue, or not, in a more reasonable manner. |
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