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861  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: October 20, 2022, 03:50:42 PM
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Meanwhile Ind A vs Associate nations at the same time.
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This is a good suggestion, but unfortunately the BCCI doesn't want the second string players to visit foreign nations. A few weeks ago, the West Bengal cricket team got an invitation from the Namibian cricket board to visit that country. But at the last minute their participation was cancelled due to BCCI refusing to approve the tour. The importance of U-23 and A team tours have gone down in India. And it was a big loss for the younger players, especially the ones who are not suitable for the T20 format.
West Bengal tour was cancelled due to presence of Lahore Qalanders as BCCI not want to have any link or tournament where Pakistan or their domestic teams are playing but here now as they are rich and have enough sources they can do good things for Associate countries which will be surely helpful for them and associate countries like @JSRAW saying bringing tri-series with India A and associate countries which is not bad idea which will give them good chance of having four-day matches as well.

But, here I am feeling BCCI is not interested in any development they are just looking for more money and personal interests which are surely not going to be filled with these things and their stance about not allowing U23 and A teams tour of other countries are ales wired because this was doing good around two decades back and now again can bring better results for them and youths.
862  Economy / Gambling / Re: The Biggest Wins with lowest risks in Casino History on: October 19, 2022, 09:49:32 PM
In my opinion, luck is more involved than gambling experience, though experience also has its importance.
We cannot rely on mere experience only, chance is also active or, should I say, more engaged in gambling.
We have seen several examples where lucky people take all due to their luck. Also, I agree to accept the minimum risk if you don't have enough money.
If it's a game of chance then yes, luck matters the most than experience but if the game that you are playing is poker or sports betting then experience plays a big part due to the nature of these games where it requires analysis and familiarization which luck cant simply provide but if you are a newbie on them you can still possibly win if you got lucky.

If you want to build an experience then you need to engage more in that particular game. The examples given on the op are big winners but no they didn't take all the money in the casino. It's impossible because all casinos has a limit and I don't think they are only lucky but they must be experienced and skillful too.
863  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Is there something I don't get about USD possible losing it's value? on: October 19, 2022, 05:02:10 PM
is there any stable coin that supports Chinese currency aka Yen? We have BUSD, USDT, USDC that are backing the United state dollar, what about China's very own currency?
Haven't seen one but there are now CBDC's which represent each country's currency and I think china have created one of it already. I think it's called digital yuan.

Also what do you think about USD future? Is it possible that USD might lose value on coming months? Will stable coins start to lose it's value? I am holding BUSD for dips on BTC but I still have alot, waiting for 12,000$ per BTC before buying but the scary news about USD losing its cool scares me.
USD future is going to be gloomy because it is said that U.S has an unpaid debt and there are talks that they may not pay it. Apart from that, we are also facing a recession and then inflation which can also affect it. Not only USD but I think other country's currencies are also going to be affected with it. Their value can also decrease. Stable coins are backed by dollars so it is possible that they can also lose a value. I think this is alarming since many people are using them now. Maybe what happened with algorithmic stable coins can happen again.
864  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread on: October 19, 2022, 03:40:52 PM
union Berlin might just be another Leicester, take them for granted and see them winning the league, Union Berlin is my favourite for to win the league this season. Have watched them play and they amazed me, the team are hungry for trophy this season, they are determined to fight to the end. Bayern Munich is another contender but Bayern Munich focus is on the Champions league, they are not in their best in the league right now and union Berlin are taking advantage on Bayern Munich poor performance in the league to grab more points. Before everyone realised union Berlin are Bundesliga champion.
I agreed about this all because we can't predict about any team and their future, but we can talk about their current form and right now they are doing job and having good improvement after their promotion in last four years so if they could be end like Leicester City at the end this is also possibility.

But it's all depend on management if they are able to settle things for long term and having better finances then surely they can go to stay like Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund because currently these both are the strongest teams in Bundesliga and their dominance need to be challenged even this all is too early but here surely Union Berlin is having positive impact and good development which is going to help them for having stronger challenger for Bayern Munich in this season.
865  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2022/23 on: October 18, 2022, 09:22:02 PM
ATM 1 v 0 RAY. I already knew the match gonna be a tough game between both team clearly seeing the first goal under first half by A. Morata. Is there any certainty that they could win the match tonight or possible to be draw.
I love betting on live matches instead, although I understand that there odds decreases as the matches are on running while some of them are locked.
I would love placing a silly bet on 2nd half, planning to play it to be draw since we still have 2nd half to end.

The Atletico Madrid Vs Rayo Vallecano match is going on right now for 90+ minutes. Atletico Madrid was ahead in this match by 1-0 till 60 minutes played. Morata scored in the 20th minute of the match.

Obviously, I thought Atletico Madrid is going to win this match. If they do end up winning this match, Barcelona is going to be in trouble. It is good to say that Athletico Madrid is playing so well finally.

Atletico Madrid is dominating this match so far. But I don't think that they are going to end up taking 3 points from this match.

Edit: oh boy! the match ended up just now by a 1-1 draw, bad luck ATM.
A match which was completely dominating by home side Atlético Madrid, and I was feeling full three points going to into their favour suddenly we have a penalty, and they lost two crucial points which are surely going to hurt them badly in coming days as now they can drop from third spot to fifth because now they're both close opponents having easy matches, and they can do jump over them after winning these matches.

Now in recent matches we have very improved performance from them in all matches but now suddenly result like this is surely going to have some bad impact but with quality and ability of skilled players they can fight back in coming matches hopefully we will have better result from them in coming matches.
866  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) on: October 18, 2022, 04:54:10 PM
I think finally Kylian Mbappe has come to realize that he can't do it all alone without the help of his teammates Messi and Neymar that'why we saw that attitude of cooperation between him and them last night, a lot of people especially PSG fans complained about Mbappe's attitude but against Marseille Last night we saw a different Mbappe in the field of play, despite PSG not getting multiple goals but the ball communication between the attackers Mbappe, Neymar and Messi was spectacular and the assist that brought the only goal that gave PSG the victory came from Mbappe and Neymar did the finishing it was a night every PSG fan has been looking forward to and am glad that peace and cooperation has finally come to stay among the players.
If Kylian Mbappé is going to change attitude then definitely it's going to be the biggest change in PSG and their winning chances into top leagues because if you are not going to change then you are going to be on wrong side here we have first assisted from Mbappé which is surely going to be good for PSG and all other unit which was suffering just because of his childish behavior in last few matches.
 
No one has doubt about his quality and skills, but main problem was his attitude which was surely hurting his team and their results recently they have few bad results in Champions League against Benfica which was not good signal so hopefully with this all now they learn their lessons and things could be in positive direction for their success.
867  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: October 18, 2022, 03:10:10 PM
We all know that in India political power is almost essential.
And if the BCCI President does not have enough political power he will not be able to work effectively.

Let me explain. I think if the BCCI President has the support of powerful politicians only then he will be able to work independently and not think about anyone telling him anything.
If that becomes a reality two things can happen:

  • The president is determined to work hard and try to improve the situation of Indian cricket.
  • The president will do anything that he wants because there is no one to say nothing to him. And that can be very problematic in the long run.
I agree with these all points but still we have to accept this thing right now BCCI is most powerful and richest board in the cricketing world but still one tag is also going with this which is surely not good as its also one of the most shit place as well because you have to do things for having support from politicians, and then you have to manage things which are not favourable to your enemy country because if you are not going to do things like these then surely you are not favourable person, and surely you could be down and out without any solid reason quickly.

Even mostly saying India is one of the biggest democracy but still not near this tag because they have many things which are not favourable for them, but they have to do because they never want to give any positive clue to others which is surely not good for this all hopefully we will have better and fair things in near future and this could be in better shape which is important for the development of this game and having more profitable for all cricketing fans around the India and world which is expecting good positive role from them.
868  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Survey] Do you still play or stop the game? on: October 18, 2022, 10:15:22 AM
If the fun is just getting started for me and that's too early for me to win such amounts, I wouldn't stop. I've just started and things are becoming exciting at the beginning so there's no climax yet. Those early wins will give me confidence that it's my lucky day and no one can stop me then.
Until I gain more and get satisfied with it then that's the time that I will stop. Note that, if it's only from the start and a few bets and then I get lucky. But if it's so long and then I've won, I'd be good to stop.
Thinking that it was your lucky day and you are unstoppable is the common mistake that I heard from other gamblers. Are you sure that this didn't screw you yet? But, how long you have been playing a gambling? Maybe it was only your early tries but the more you play and depend on that feeling, I am pretty sure that you will experience to fail miserably.

Nowadays I am mostly playing for entertainment and not for the profit therefore when I got lucky and win a decent amount in my early tries, I will definitely play more and I wouldn't regret it even if I lose the previous wins that I had. What important is that I enjoy playing the game longer than usual.
869  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Speculation (Altcoins) / Re: What's the $500 for? NFT or Coin! on: October 18, 2022, 06:49:53 AM
I think the NFT trend is getting down and coins are certainly more promising and safe, especially if we focus on the long term then buying NFT is very risky because the opportunity to fall even bigger than we invest in Coins.
It seems that is the case and it is not impossible that the NFT trend will continue to decline,
I'm not too sure investing in NFT will be promising,
most importantly keep doing research before investing and as much as possible to minimize risk
The trend or the hype are the ones that will only go down but some of the useful NFT's are going to remain just like those ico, ieo, and defi based projects.

If you believe that you invest in one the best nft's with great use cases then there is a hope that you can earn great returns on them but if you are not sure of the nft's that you pick then no problem, you can just dispose them as early as possible or as long as you already recovered the capital that you have use on them and you better stick on cryptocurrencies since they are the first to be introduced in the space and many of us are now already familiar and confident with them.
870  Economy / Economics / Re: Meta has burned $15 billion trying to build the metaverse on: October 17, 2022, 06:51:41 PM
It seems to me Zuckerberg has this mentality that he could build something even grander after building Facebook. Facebook was indeed a huge success but it can't happen all the time, and nobody could simply build one huge success after another. To a certain extent, success as big as Facebook in the field of technology is unpredictable. It just happens.

This man is ambitious. It's not necessarily bad, of course, but it could cost you a lot and the risk is high. I remembered how amazing a vision Libra was. And he, in fact, already managed to bring the largest companies in the world together to create the Libra Association. But then, for some reasons, it didn't materialize. He, then, went on to attempt to create another grand stablecoin project that also didn't make it.

And now his grand metaverse vision has already cost him a lot but it remains less promising until now. It's becoming more and more likely that it would share the same fate with Libra and Diem. This doesn't look good for the publicly-listed company.
This is the mentality of a successful people. They won't just stop after they create a working product but they will always try their best to improve it more because they know that once they stop, other competitors can beat them. This is a great mentality imo but I think there are people who will hate him for this.

They will say that mark z is only wasting his money and effort for this and the metaverse project that he is trying to create is still not good enough. They can also link this to other failed projects that they built on the past like libra coin but who knows, this one might be a success? He is only showing that failure must not stop us for trying again.
871  Economy / Speculation / Re: Why speculate when you can be at peace with Bitcoin on: October 16, 2022, 09:06:40 PM
It is a decision that the early holders will never regret because it's been rewarding for them. And on the other hand, those that have bought at the top and held, are only hoping to recover because they're down at these times.
But as they hold on, they should look at the other opportunities that are in front of them instead of thinking to recover. Because no matter what they do, recovery time will come and it's going to be shown if they're patient enough to see it.
Yeah and that is the beauty of crypto though, because there is a good chance that you can recover from the 'paper loses' you suffer. You can also lose if you don't sell at a lost, almost remember that. So even if you see your wallet value going down, it's doesn't mean you really lost that money. But if you continue to just hold and take every opportunity to accumulate then at certain point you will make profits guaranteed.
Not selling at loss is something people need to learn for sure. I have talked with some people who have lost a good chunk of money and sold their coins recently, some of them sold it 3 months ago, some of them last week, but they got out because "market is bad right now and it will get worse".

The reality is that they should have bought more, and if it ever goes down even further they should buy even more. Because, price will recover one way or another and that’s the important part, there is absolutely no reason for it to be going down and staying there, it will go up again and if you are ready for it then you will profit a good chunk in the future.
872  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2022/23 on: October 16, 2022, 08:12:53 PM
Actually Real Madrid have a complete team for this year. There are so many Real Madrid strikers, if one of them is injured, then there are other players as substitutes. In the last few weeks when Karim Benzema was injured, Rodrygo and Asensio could replace him. In addition, the performance of Real Madrid's players was very good against Barca in today's match. If we look at the average player performance of 7.0

Carlo is an experienced coach compared to Xavi. We can see substitutions are always at the end or after the opponent's substitutions are made. So that Carlo can replace it with an equivalent. And Carlo really believes in the ability of young players.
Great match for Real Madrid today. To be honest, I am very happy with the result and it is as expected. Now Real Madrid have made it 3 points clear of Barcelona although I don't think it's always safe. As I said before, this is a different match from the previous meeting record and great, I deserve to celebrate.
Surely a big success and now they are back at the top of league table which is surely a good chance for them with this win they completely thrash Barcelona power house which was filled by big amount and having few biggest names around soccer world, but today they completely fail to give any impression in this important game against defending champions with this success now we have good time for more entertaining soccer in coming weeks because Barcelona is the team which can't sit and watch things to be change they surely try their best for having changes by their power which is not easy as their performance in Champions League is also not good, and they have to change their strategy for having better results in La Liga race.
873  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: FIFA World Cup 2022 Group Stage Highlights on: October 16, 2022, 03:41:39 PM
Group C has Argentina, Poland, Mexico, and Saudi Arabia. Of course Argentina is the powerhouse there, but Mexico and Poland are quite good teams actually, so it will be a bit of a challenge for Argentina to lead there. Saudi Arabia will probably not go to the next stage, but I'm not so sure about who are the two teams that will go. It would be a massive disappointment if Argentina doesn't make it to the next round, but there is a chance of that with Poland and Mexico there.
Saudi Arabia will be very familiar with the conditions, and therefore it puts them in an advantage. Argentina will be the favorites, but then some of their players are currently going through injury issues. I am not sure how serious their injuries are, but at least in case of Dybala, concerns have been raised by the team coach. If there is an upset early on, it may happen in Group C. Brazil looks very solid in Group G, and I don't think that there is even a minute chance of an upset occurring there. They are in exceptional form at this moment.
There is no doubt they are familiar with conditions, and they can take good advantage, but their group is one of the toughest, so they have no chance for better result from this event because Argentina, Poland and Mexico all three teams are best in their business and not allowed them to have any positive result against them but here now things are going some complicated for Argentina as they are losing players through injury which is surely not good even we have time and most chances players can recover this, but now it's time for them to have their replacements are also in better way because main event is surely not easy and any team can take full advantage of opponents weakness for going through into next round.
874  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Champions League 2022/23 Season on: October 16, 2022, 02:21:54 PM
Ajax really deserve no more than the Europa League at the moment. I haven't seen them this much weak in even offense until the group stage. After a good start against Rangers things started to terrible for them suddenly. I was like they would compete with Napoli to take the 2nd spot in the group. But now Napoli are leading it and Ajax are a disappointment.

I know that Ajax have made important changes in their squad before the season started. But they still have solid players in the lineup and their performance in the Eredivisie hasn't changed much. It is all about the Champions League now.
Change of coach and selling of many quality players for money is surely having big impact on their performance in this season, and they are losing matches very badly just first match for something good for them, and then they have good performance against Liverpool, but Napoli expose their weakness badly and punish them badly which is surely going to be terrible for them, and now they have tough challenge in Dutch League as well with all top rank teams are giving their best which is bringing hard time for them in coming season.

Most chances after exit from Champions League their target could be at local league because this can give them good time for better strategy and having changes in their squad for next season, right now they are badly down and out of competition and have no enough chance for staying into good position for any big cup.
875  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Split the prize or Reroll? on: October 15, 2022, 09:45:34 PM
Let's say you join a give away with other user and both have to select a number between 1 and 10, you go for 7 while he goes for 9. The winning number is 8.

If the prize is 0.1BTC what would you do? Split the prize and walk away with 0.05 or Reroll to gamble for the full prize?
Every giveaway must have its own rules. For the case like you are talking about (a draw), I'm sure it is a common rule and most giveaway/contest/competition will split the prize if the result is a draw. However if there is no rule in the giveaway, I would prefer to split the prize as it is better than nothing. Re roll it means there is a chance for me to get the whole prize or get nothing. I'm pretty sure most people will choose to split it.
How can it be a draw when the winning number is 8? But the participants pick the wrong number. Maybe draw in a sense that both of them are a loser but anyway if I were to choose I will go with you and the majority which is to choose to share the prize to the other winner. Not only that it's more guaranteed but I will also feel happier that the other person have win the game because I am a type of person which is generous.

I always like to share everything I have even if I am not that rich enough. 0.05 btc is already a decent amount and I think I haven't received a single amount like that but I can only reach that amount if ill save every sats that I get and it takes a long time.
876  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Asian Cup 2023 Prediction and Discussion on: October 15, 2022, 05:48:23 PM
If China was so good in football, then they would have qualified for the FIFA World Cup in Qatar. I can agree that India is even worse, as they have never qualified for such international tournaments. In the end, the population doesn't matter. Argentina is a country with around 3% of the population as India. But their football skills are unparalleled. Same with Brazil and some of the other south American countries as well. I have a feeling that Asians are not made for football. A few, such as Japan and South Korea have managed to qualify this time, but none of them are being considered as favorites to win the trophy.
In Asia, we have never been ideal environment for sports specially in SAARC region which is having too many conflicts and other issues regarding their divisions and economical they are also having not good position just because of this they are far behind in soccer as well even recently India done good job and with the increase of numbers in coming world cup I have feeling they could be no able to qualify for this event because this need long term strategy which is not working in India due to their political issues if they are able to settle things and have better domestic set up then surely they can achieve better results.

Surely they could be at the top with their few advantages but as I already mention things are no easy as we are talking here it's difficult task to achieve, but we can expect India could be in better shape until 2034 or 2038 World Cups.
877  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2022/2023 on: October 15, 2022, 05:01:02 PM
Soon we will see the match between Tottenham vs Everton and it will be an interesting match, Tottenham seems ready to continue to compete at the top of the Premier League table including against Everton later and Tottenham are ready to give their best.
A Tottenham win would put Arsenal and Manchester City in a tight race at the top of the table so against Everton is needed to get full points, while Everton will also have to fight for full points as well to be in the middle of the table.
Tottenham is surely having superior quality, and they can manage easy win here in this match with Everton is also doing good after the worst start of the season right now they have ten points from nine games, and they won their two matches after six matches of this season mean they are adjusting with new players and trying to work on positive strategy which will keep them in middle of league table for this season and with today match which is surely having important for both teams if they are able to upset Tottenham then surely this could be big booster for them in coming matches.

Even most Chances Conte is going to be playing here with full aggression because right now they are at third spot, and they want to stay here or trying to catch top teams which need good results against teams like these so good entertaining match is going to start in few minutes.
878  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) on: October 15, 2022, 04:22:23 PM
Well , Juve has no other choice today besides victory ..or should I say Alegri has no choice ? Because if he don't get any points today , I'm sure he will be released as I'm still surprised he managed so long , because Juve is playing almost nothing...

This derby of Torino should put things in order no matter what but I don't expect Juve to have an easy game...
We already in this match and early fifteen minutes gone with no good action happening around as we all know Juventus has no option other than win because if they lost few more points then definitely this is going to be nightmare for Allegri as fans already lost their patience and things are also not positive for them in both leagues which is surely going to be terrible after this match's negative result at home Torino has never been easy team and right now long injury list is already going against Juventus and Allegri, so hopefully they will be done good job with their available options, and we will be having good end of this match for the visitors.
879  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Sportsbet.io 🏏 Men's T20 World Cup 2022 🏏 Discussion thread on: October 14, 2022, 07:03:06 PM
so now England will take revenge or still Pakistan could be on course it's not easy game for both teams.
Why would England need to take revenge against Pakistan when they won their recent 7 match series against them? If anything, Pakistan should be looking for revenge against them.
It's not all about recent series. England were at their best in 1987 and 1992 but sadly in 1987 final they lost against Australia which were playing under captaincy of Allan Border and then in second final they lost against Imran Khan side at MCG in 1992 final, so I mean here these both teams can go again in final and surely England will try to make the most and take revenge of their ODI WC final defeats.

Right now, many other teams are in good shape but still this is game of nerve and here we have to check few realities as well which are going to happen in this big event just because of this right now I have feeling we will have these teams into semifinal like England, India, New Zealand and Pakistan others can also go forward, but things are not easy for winning and having better results in these conditions.
880  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Sportsbet.io 🏏 Men's T20 World Cup 2022 🏏 Discussion thread on: October 14, 2022, 06:08:32 PM
OK here’s my slip, I had to go with England.



I feel like England are a really good 20 overs team. The mentality needed to excel at T20 is different to test cricket. Obviously Australia are the team to best, Steve will tell you that Grin

The spirit of 2010 is going to rise though & England will be crowned champions, just wait & see Wink
I really love this slip as right now after watching few recent matches I also have feeling we are going to have another big final after thirty years on this same ground between two teams England vs Pakistan, so now England will take revenge or still Pakistan could be on course it's not easy game for both teams, but I am sure we are going to have these two teams into final with other two teams are most chances India and New Zealand because Australia is not good and have some issues which are surely going to be had negative point for them in this big event, and they can go out of the race from top four slots.

South Africa is good team but with their current form and situation I have no positive view about them and Sri Lanka is also good, but they can go down against England and New Zealand in these conditions which are not favorable for spinners and batsmen.
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