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861  Other / Off-topic / Re: Do you gamble because you don't have sufficient money? on: October 06, 2023, 02:48:05 PM
I may not have the stats to back this but a very huge percentage of people who gamble are in it to make money. Only very few are doing it for fun. When you go to gambling platforms, you'll see a lot of lower-class people who forever use their last money to gamble (hoping that it could be their lucky day). I've gone to numerous physical gambling stores, but I haven't seen a really rich person there, it's always people who are struggling, wasting, and tossing their money away out of desperation.
To be honest, I dont really understand what they thinks about gambling, gambling was created with the aim of having fun and the possibility of winning is smaller, but they are willing to spend money in vain if they are not in a stable financial condition. of course this will make them even worse and lose hoped if they don't succeed in winning. There are many other things that can more definitely make money, of course not gambling because gambling is fictitious and the profits are uncertain and gambling only relies on luck.

you are right Gambling is made for fun. And I think it's made for rich people. Why should I gamble if I don't have enough money?
Personally, I think gambling is more likely to lose than win. And it's not a way to make money. I don't understand why I would waste money gambling when I don't have money. As a result, we may need to borrow money in the future to cover my personal expenses. However, gambling is only a game. And one should never gamble if one does not have enough extra money. If a person gambles even after he has enough money, he is definitely said to be addicted to gambling. And gambling addiction is very harmful.
862  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Lessons of my experience and knowledge about Bitcoin on: October 06, 2023, 04:16:52 AM
Many people say that cryptocurrency has high risks. I think that applies to altcoins. If I look at bitcoin, I think it is quite safe because bitcoin always has value and is the best among others.

It seems like you are quite familiar with bitcoin and that is an expression of experience with bitcoin. I agree with you and bitcoin will always be the best now and forever
Bitcoin is the king and will always be. Those altcoins are just decorations in the crypto market and those who may find them attractive will surely take higher risk from winning their investment. But with bitcoin, you get the assurance to end up with profits as long as you stick to it and maximize long term hodling, which is hard yo achieved with altcoins since they’re nothing but a pump and dump scheme. Although there are established altcoins in the market, but let’s accept the fact that they can never be profitable and secured like bitcoin.

If you compare altcoins and bitcoins, the safety level of bitcoins will be absolutely superior, but to say that bitcoins are safe and risk-free is not entirely correct. Because no investment is absolutely safe, not even gold or real estate, let alone bitcoin. But investing in altcoins is really too risky, it is no different from gambling and is no longer called investing. So, for those who do not like too much risk and want significant profits, bitcoin is the best choice. But don't be too subjective that it has no risk and put all your assets and trust in it, remember everything has risk.
863  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: This is my plan. on: October 06, 2023, 03:55:31 AM
I am still here to gather little knowledge about Bitcoin, I don't need enough knowledge, I can invest while learning Bitcoin, but the thing there is I am shuffling my self, so I will not be tangled while I am accumulating Bitcoin, I have come up with a plan of using the DCA method to accumulate a $50 monthly, my monthly payment from my job is $300, if my expenses will collect up $100 then $50 can be kept in crypto (Bitcoin) and another $100 for emergency funds then the remaining $50 can also be kept for personal things. Now is the best time to buy Bitcoin, I am not in a hurry to start investing Bitcoin, when the time comes for me to invest nothing will stop me to invest in BTC, as Bitcoin is not something I will start today and get rich tomorrow that is why I don't want to rush in to it. I will use electrum Bitcoin wallet to save my coins because I have learned so far that the electrum wallet is a safe wallet for any investors that what to hold Bitcoin for long, so I will be using it to hold my coins when I buy some Bitcoin, I will update when I buy my first BTC.
really? 100 dollars for monthly expenses? how much are you dealing in daily base? 3.30 $ expenses daily? do you really live with that amount? that is a single meal in my country .
but if you can manage to do that with earning 300 dollars a month then you are good in spending that 50 dollars for investing , since you need no big knowledge in bitcoin like what you said , then for what is the DCA all about?
you said that you are willing to invest while learning then better to learn from your own mistakes .

If you come from my country, are single and live frugally, then with 3 USD you can spend enough for yourself, a budget meal in my country is only 1 USD. In many developing countries, the average income is only 250-300 USD, so spending 100-150 USD per month is reasonable.

I think what he means is, he doesn't need a huge amount of knowledge to get started with bitcoin, just the basics so he can buy and hold bitcoin. He will then increase his knowledge while accumulating bitcoins each month. DCA every month and continue to improve your knowledge, this is not a bad idea for newbies. What's important is how long they can maintain it because it's easy to say but not easy to do.
864  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season on: October 05, 2023, 07:35:21 PM
Celtic lost 2-1 at home against Lazio. Celtic scored the first goal in the match and ended the first half with a 1-1 draw. Lazio didn't play very well away from home, but Lazio got an important win with a goal in the last minutes. Pedro, who came on in the 84th minute, scored the winning goal after 10 minutes. Thus, Atletico and Lazio reached 4 points in group E while Feyenoord 3 and Celtic 0.
A team with an attacking playing style like Celtic was not expected to lose the match against Lazio. Celtic should have scored more than just 1 goal in this match, but Lazio's defense was also very good, making Celtic's attackers confused. Lazio's last minute goal certainly added to the pain for the Celtic players and if this continues then Celtic will definitely be eliminated in the Champions League group phase.
Celtic used to give most teams a hard time. Nowadays we see a Celtic that is far from its former strength. Normally, when they play at home, they can challenge their opponents and even win, but we can see that as time progresses, they have lost their old strength and are no longer the feared dream of the big teams. Celtic's performance so far shows that they will definitely not get out of the group and will be eliminated. I think they will most probably finish 4th in the group.

The Celtic team is relatively weak. But winning against this team will not be an easy task for Lazio or Atletico Madrid. Feyenoord had an excellent 2-0 win at home against Celtic. However, it was not easy for Lazio to defeat Celtic in the away match. Celtic's players performed very well at home. They fought to win the entire match. And the performance of the players was also very good in this match. But they were unlucky. Lazio won the match by scoring in extra time after 90 minutes. Lazio won the match 2-1 thanks to Pedro's goal in the 90th+5th minute. However, we saw a very good performance from the Celtic players in this match.
865  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ICC WORLD CUP 2023 ACTUAL DISCUSSION THREAD! on: October 05, 2023, 07:15:35 PM
It is very likely that today's match will be very tough for England as England have lost four batsmen in their top order but none of the three batsmen could score a half century/century. England will need a long partnership to make a good target but it is easy to guess that England's batsmen are under pressure from New Zealand's bowling department. England fell by 4 wickets for 119 runs which is an indication of how well England's next batsmen will do.
England posted 282-9 in 50 overs against New Zealand. Joe Root out in 77 by 86 balls and Jos Buttler is out 43 runs in 42 balls and with the support from the tail-enders, England reached a decent total. New Zealand need 283 to win the opening match. NewZealand have successfully limited the reigning champions to a modest 300. M. Henry took 3 wickets 3-48-10 and M. Santner also picked 2 wickets his bowling figure is 2-37-10. I think NewZealand have strong chance to win this match.
With a target of 283 runs, New Zealand came into bat in the second innings where they managed to score 67 runs at the end of 8 overs after losing one wicket. England bettors today might be tensed right now as England's first innings collection is not at all strong. England scored only 282 runs on a batting friendly wicket. The way New Zealand are batting, if they don't lose wickets too quickly, they will reach their target in forty overs. Even if England can't do well in batting, they must do well in bowling.
New Zealand beat England by nine wickets in the first match Chased down the target 283/1 in 43.1 overs in the World Cup 23. Devon Conway Scored 152* in 121 balls and completes 1000 ODI runs, the fastest Kiwi batter to do in just 22 innings. Ravindra started attack on English Bowling line up and just finished their hope to win the match. Rachin Ravindra has been named as the Player of the match' for his outstanding knock of 123* in 96 balls. England bowling is very disappointed, i think New Zealand waited 4 years to take their previous World cup Final's frustration out and everyone thought they were the nice guys

Before the start of the World Cup, England played ODI series against Ireland and New Zealand. And they won both series. This team performed very well. So I expected something better from England in the World Cup. But the way they performed in the first match is really sad.

England's batsmen cannot do well. But it was not at all expected that their bowlers would do so badly. They managed to pick up only 1 wicket. Conway and Ravindra destroyed England's bowlers. New Zealand collected 273 runs from this pair. The way New Zealand have started their World Cup journey is admirable. If this team can continue this performance, it will not be difficult for them to qualify for the semi-finals.
866  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Europa League 2023/24 Season on: October 05, 2023, 07:03:57 PM
Sporting Vs Atalanta -- Group D[/b]

It was the most competitive match of the day. Both Sporting and Atalanta are very strong teams. I won the bet on this match. I know Sporting is a very strong team. However, the reason I bet on Atalanta to win is because the team has played quite well in their last few matches. The team shared points with Juventus in their last Serie A match. They played very well against Juventus. That's why I bet Atalanta to win today's match.

Atalanta won the match 2-1. Atalanta's players performed well in the first half and took a 2-0 lead. After taking a 2-0 lead in the first half, they played somewhat defensively in the second half. Atalanta conceded a goal though. Atalanta are now at the top of Group D after winning both of their Europa League matches.
867  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Stop discouraging people from Bitcoin... on: October 05, 2023, 04:00:55 AM
Whoever is caught trying to discourage people from their involvement in bitcoin and crypto entirely, should be considered and enemy of the state.

How on earth should someone who's supposed to be advocating for the change in the centralised financial system be the same person discouraging people from bitcoin purchase, how is the space suppose to grow and gain relevance.

No one is stopping newbies from entering the market, what everyone is trying to tell newbies is to start with the basics instead of rushing to make money. Do you see how anyone can make money and become rich if they have no knowledge? Especially with trading, if you participate in trading without knowledge, it is like gambling.

Knowledge is what newbies need, don't rush into making money with an empty mind. If you think you can make money without knowledge, you are just participating in the market just to be bait for sharks to enjoy.
868  Economy / Economics / Re: Ideas without action: An overview of a successful entrepreneur and a dreamer. on: October 05, 2023, 03:36:54 AM
The list @OP shows the traits and ideology of a pessimist person.  In entrepreneurs, there is no room for pessimist people.  Optimistic people are those who dare to challenge the risk, learn from their past experience, and love to prove their idea over the idea killers that their idea is not wrong.  Optimistic people mostly experience success in their endeavors because they take life in a possitive outlook, of course, their actions also consider risk factors but they mitigate them by analyzing situations and planning for the best approach.

For an optimistic entrepreneur, nothing can be a hurdle and every problem has its solution.
but I think optimistic entrepreneur also should know when to be realistic, if thing just doesn't work then it just doesn't work, you don't force your business to work just because youre optimistic while at loss because it will result in even bigger problem that is strangling yourself with debt.
i think businessman should always be realistic with a little flavour of optimistic, basically balance of the two, with being overly pessimistic someone will get nothing done.
because business isn't as easy as many have pictured out to be, its really difficult thing to do so much stress, so much pressure and need to be really effective at doing things since we are constrained with limited capital.

I highly agree that an entrepreneur must be realistic and base their action according to the situation.  The reason why I stated that a successful entrepreneur always considers the risk factor is because knowing the risk factor keeps these optimistic entrepreneurs in reality.  The difference is that with being optimistic, they have different approaches to hard situations where they are less prone to stress and frustration making them see the whole picture with motivation and hope which can lead to more competitive decisions.

What you are saying I think is subjective, not optimistic. Many people are so confident in their plans that they do not pay attention to the reality that is happening, which is called subjective and irresponsible. Optimism means that we are always calm in every situation, know how to listen to everyone's opinions, and find ways to come up with good solutions for the business no matter how difficult it is.

I agree with what poodle63 said, doing business and being successful is not as easy as many people imagine. To me, the first thing we should do is step out of our comfort zone, do things that others don't dare to do, act and act instead of just planning and talking and talking. Don't teach or show someone how to get rich when we can't get rich ourselves. Results are what people will see and judge a person as, ideas and theories are useless if they do not bring good results.
869  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) on: October 04, 2023, 06:32:21 PM
Why do we assume Mbappe will join Real Madrid? Despite his desire to play there, would La Liga be as exciting without Messi and Ronaldo every week? He has proved that he is determined to win the Champions League, which PSG, even with Neymar, Messi, and himself, couldnt achieve. Still, thinking about him playing in the EPL, where the competition is stiff and the weather is so different from Parisian nights, makes me laugh.
Regardless of anyone's assumptions about this, if Mbappe wants to win titles in the domestic league and Champions League next season. So Real Madrid is the more appropriate team for him in that regard, even though other teams are also more appropriate, such as several teams in the EPL. However, considering the competition and the very different weather as you said, the consideration might be quite correct if Mbappe wants to choose Real Madrid as the team that will make his career even more brilliant than it is now.
I think that Kylian Mbappé can have a great career if he joins a good club as Messi and Neymar are not in Europe now. The rising star is likely to join the Real Madrid squad next season. I think it is best for Kylian Mbappe to join Real Madrid.
Messi and neymar will not give any impact to his career. Mbappe is far below compared with messi and neymar in term of achievements. Real madrid will become the most suitable place to be his next club. Mbappe has a bunch of potentials to grow even bigger as a superstars.
What he needed is now a good team that can help him to reveal all of his potential. Having mbappe, bellingham, vini and rodrygo at the same club will be a disaster for another club especially barcelona.
I hope that perez will be hearing what we wanted and real madrid will try to send an official bid to get mbappe as soonas possible. I hope that everything will be going smoothly.
I do really support mbappe to go to the madrid as soon as possible. It is my wish that Perez will come to recognize and understand it.

Mbappe is a great player and very talented, I have no doubt. And Mbappe has a lot of scoring ability too. But the problem is that Mbappe is very selfish. He wants to score alone, and he doesn't like to assist. And I think that mentality is completely opposite to the way Real Madrid play. Real Madrid is strong as a team. We saw the performances of Benzema and Ronaldo in Madrid. They scored a lot of goals as well as a lot of assists. That's why I think if Mbappe doesn't change his style of play, he won't be successful with Real Madrid either. Of course Mbappe has a penchant for assists.
870  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Gambling should be play with care on: October 04, 2023, 06:15:19 PM

Something that needed to address in a much earlier stage, just like you mentioned it's alarming since the chance that it will continue
to the next generation as it was being treated as normal ways of entertaining themselves.
If there's people who wanted to take care of this kind of activities, better to look on those young adults, they should be guided to make sure
that they will not push for more and they will continue treating gambling just for fun and not to exceed from it.
Yes, of course this is very worrying for parents in particular, because if teenagers are not controlled it can lead to addiction. Having guidance and understanding from an early age is also a good thing, but it is not easy to just do this, because today's teenagers are difficult to advise, once they feel comfortable in an activity it tends to be difficult to stop. Like gambling, teenagers who are addicted will not be able to just stop, because they feel happy even though the risk is dangerous for themselves and can also have an impact on the people around them.
We have different ways each everyone of us engage into gambling, some can personally control theirselves while others couldn't because of the fun and fantasy that comee with gambling, same also is expected that we don't allow children go into this as long as they are still dependent, being an adult, gembling should be done with moderacy and caution, since we are not like children that needs to be controlled from doing what is not expected of them at a particular time, but it's obvious that some mature adults also needs to be pampard like these same children in other for them to know how they can gamble with care and remain being unaffected.

you are right I think adults should not gamble. Gambling can make you a lot of money, and you can also lose a lot of money. And if we can't control our greed, we are likely to lose a lot of money in gambling. However, I know many adults who cannot control themselves. They have lost a lot of money gambling, yet they continue to gamble. And they are addicted to it. They cannot keep themselves away from gambling in any way.
And so I would say first of all we should learn to curb our greed. If we are greedy we will never be able to control ourselves. We will get addicted to gambling and lose a lot of money.
871  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Educate yourself to be a frugal gambler on: October 03, 2023, 03:12:00 PM
Gambling is for fun and not to make money. Gamblers should know this and not try hard to win the gambling. If more gamblers knew about this, perhaps cases of gambling addiction could decrease and not be so worrying. This requires awareness from each gambler, especially those who still gamble too often, to immediately reduce their gambling activities so they don't experience problems later. Only self-awareness can help them avoid gambling addiction and enjoy gambling as entertainment. People need to have a gambling budget so that they don't exceed their limits so that they don't lose a lot of money in gambling.

You are right. Gambling should only be considered a game. This is not a way to make money. If someone sees gambling as a means of earning money then he will become addicted to it. And the consequences of gambling addiction are dire. I know many gamblers who have lost a lot of money due to gambling addiction. And many have become addicted to various drugs besides being addicted to gambling. And its bad effects are seen in his personal and social life. And this is why I think of gambling as just a game. And I only gamble when I have extra money. Or I stop myself from gambling. It's not like I haven't lost money gambling, but even if I lose money gambling it doesn't affect my personal lifestyle much. And so we should always be aware. We can stay away from the harmful aspects of gambling only if we are aware.
872  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: October 03, 2023, 01:32:45 PM
Australia scored 351 runs in the first innings of the warm-up match between Pakistan and Australia with the loss of 7 wickets. Aussie batsmen gave a great batting performance in today's match Australia can have a chance to win against Pakistan today. Australia batsman Maxwell batted well in batting form, he collected 77 runs from 71 balls, unfortunately he could not reach the century. Pakistan are batting in the second innings, opening batsmen are doing great batting performance to meet the target of 351 runs. Imam-ul-Haq and Fakhar Zaman are two experienced batsmen at the crease and if they both get out with half-centuries, there are definitely players to hold the game later. And if Pakistan's batsmen can bat well in today's match, they will win against Australia. But today's match may be difficult for Pakistan to win if Australia can put up a good bowling performance.

We saw a perfect gameplay from the Australian batsmen. They batted carefully from the beginning of the innings. They collected an average of 6 runs per over. At the end of 40 overs, Australia's collection was 248 runs. But in the last 10 overs they collected 103 runs. The team batted well. At the same time we saw a poor performance by the Pakistani bowlers in another match. I don't know why they can't do it after having such great and experienced bowlers in the squad.

Pakistan went into bat with a huge target of 352. But the team stumbled at the beginning. They lost the wickets of two openers Fakhar Zaman and Imam Ul Haque. The team lost two wickets for 47 runs. And their total in 10 overs is 59/2.
873  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Boxing Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: October 02, 2023, 06:00:41 PM
The whole microscope is also on Derrick James the trainer, Crawford vs Spence and then now, Canelo vs Charlo. So it's 0-2 for him in championship fights and I see a lot of meme's in social media and questioning his award as trainer of the year.

He didn't motivate Charlo in the corner or give instructions on him. He needs to tell him to throw more punches, however, the trainer couldn't do anything in the ring. And if the fighter didn't respond and so he shouldn't be blame.

Just wondering that Ryan Garcia also change trainer to James after his lost to Tank Davis and there's rumour that he will announced his next opponent in the following week. Maybe he is the bad omen in the gym?  Grin

Anthony Joshua and Ryan Garcia joined Derrick James' stable knowing he's got a unified champion in Errol Spence and an undisputed champion in Jermell Charlo in his gym. But since these two fighters joined James, the flagships of the stable not only lost but were badly beaten by Crawford and Canelo.

Although I believe James knew Charlo's chances against Canelo. The guy is over a year inactive and then moved up two divisions north without a tune-up for Canelo. It was a clear money grab on the part of Charlo who's expected to receive around $5 million in that fight. I believe Jamal tried his best to prepare Charlo but the guy came there to survive and not to win.

Yes, it is absolutely true. In this fight, it definitely looks like he was trying to not get hit instead of hitting his opponent. And his opponent, Canelo, took full advantage of that and actually went really hard. I will say that he did dominate the match. And there was only one winner in this match in the end. For me, the fight between them went exactly as I thought it would. After all, Charlo was not going to win this fight against a fighter like Canelo, especially after having so many disadvantages. I also actually believe that this was definitely a money grab. I can't actually say anything negative about that as well. Because after all the money was good.
874  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24 on: October 02, 2023, 12:15:08 PM
Real Madrid playmaker, Lukas Modric is an experienced player that have lifted significant and memorable titles with Real Madrid, his respects is earned through years of commitment to Los Blancos at Santiago Bernabeu. Carlo Ancelotti resting the Croatia international is simply because there's replacement for him and the coach is eager to watched these young talents play good football without the guidance of these senior players. Though Toni Kroos is been effective in games, but still have backup, weak bones doesn't generate vital results for the team.
There shouldn't be any debate about him because in the end he will be replaced by another player, and a team that can make changes to its players at the right time will be able to keep the team stable in its performance, and I think Luca Modrid won't have a problem with that either because he certainly realizes that his time at Real Madrid will not be long so the team will slowly start to replace him with younger players.
Real Madrid has been quite successful this season with their young players, at least that's what has been seen so far, and next season it is very possible that they will be even stronger because the players are getting more compact and they just need to find a replacement for Ancelotti who can make this team even better.
I think Luca Modric and Toni Kroos realize that they are starting to age and it is natural that they no longer get regular playing time. But Modric and Kroos are still really needed by Ancelotti, their experience really helps the team both on the pitch and in the dressing room. I think if some people complain about the lack of opportunities given to senior players then that is very wrong, because it is no longer possible for Ancelotti to force them to continue playing, especially in high level matches.
Luka Modric is 38 years old, of course his strength is decreasing and it is time for young players to replace him so that the club's performance remains stable, but in my opinion, Toni Kroos is not too old, he still has enough energy at Real Madrid like Lewandowski who plays at Barcelona, he already has 35 years old but his performance has not declined, I think Real Madrid still needs senior players who are certainly more experienced than replacing them with young players who actually lack experience.
Young players still have optimal strength, but if they lack experience it will actually cause the club's performance to decline and they need to adapt well and build cooperation in order to be successful in facing the match.
There is a lot of need for experience, a team will never field a completely new player but must have talented and experienced players. Real Madrid are always weak on young players, they are always looking to buy young and talented players. However, in addition to evaluating young players, they also evaluate experienced players enough, if they did not evaluate experienced players, they would not have kept older players like Luka Madrid or Toni Kroos in Real Madrid in this transfer window, only considering the experience of these two stars. Even if these two players are kept in the team, I don't see them in the XI now, I think these two experienced players should be given a chance in the XI, I hope these two stars will not disappoint Real Madrid.
It is because of the fact that Real Madrid management knows very well that they need the experience of the their veteran midfielders Luka Modric and Toni Kroos that the club made sure they didn't leave during the summer transfer window. But that doesn't mean that they're gonna remain at the club till whenever they'll call it a day in their illustrious career. The young midfielders in the team has the whole of this season to learn from their experience as the two legends of the club might leave at the end of the season.

I think Toni Kroos will play another 2/1 season in a Madrid jersey. Kross is only 33 years old. And Kross's fitness is good enough. So at least two more seasons we will see Kross with Madrid.

Luka Modric is now 38 years old. He is also one of Madrid's most important players. While Modric may stay with Madrid this season, it is very likely that Modric will not be with Madrid next season. Ancelotti brought Bellingham into the squad as Modrich's replacement. Bellingham has adapted to Madrid's gameplay very well. So I would say that Madrid has been able to produce a worthy replacement for Modrich. Now the Madrid management has to find a suitable replacement for Toni Kross.
875  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: October 02, 2023, 11:29:37 AM
New Zealand vs South Africa, 7th Warm-up game New Zealand are batting in the first innings, and they scored 171 runs in 29 overs with the loss of 1 wicket. At the moment the game is stopped due to rain, otherwise the New Zealand batsmen could have scored a lot of runs by chatting brilliantly. Moreover, two New Zealand batsmen got retd hurt today, Kane Williamson and Devon Conway both scored good runs.  However, today's match was interrupted due to rain due to which both the teams are facing problems. The match will be suspended until the weather changes, with rain threatening the match.

New Zealand batsmen are playing well. This team is in good rhythm. They have the potential to do well in this World Cup. New Zealand collected 220 runs losing only 1 wicket. Although they lost 1 wicket, four batsmen of the squad batted. Williamson and Conway are now in the dressing room due to retired hurt. Conway scored 78 and Williamson scored 37 runs. We are not seeing good bowling from the South African bowlers. They are not able to pick up wickets. The South African captain used 9 of his bowlers. No other bowler except Lungi Ngidi was in control. There is a possibility of South Africa falling behind due to bowling weakness in this World Cup.
876  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: October 01, 2023, 04:58:53 PM
New Zealand Women's batsmen are batting with responsibility. The target is not too high. The New Zealand women's team will easily win this match if they can survive at the crease.
Opener Suzie Bates returned to the fold with just 9 runs off 25 balls. But Amelia Kerr is batting very well in today's match. He scored 30 runs off 37 balls unbeaten. The New Zealand women's team collected 54 runs in 11 overs. 156 runs in 34 overs will not be a difficult task unless the team loses wickets very quickly. However, it is very difficult to make predictions about women's cricket matches. The performance of almost all teams in women's cricket is very erratic.
Well, it seems thar New Zealand women team is keen to win this one day match to have a positive end to the series. They need almost 90 more runs in the remaining 18 overs and this is indeed very much possible. The required run rate is only 4.85 and with 7 wickets in hand, there is no way that New Zealand can lose this match.

Well, if you were betting on the match, you would have chosen South Africa women's team as they have won the first two matches. But you will lose the bet today as New Zealand may win. I usually bet on the weak team if the series results have already been declared and the current match results are no longer important.

In the end the New Zealand women's team won a match. New Zealand's bowlers did not perform well in the first two matches. This is the reason why the New Zealand women's team could not win even after giving a descent target. But in today's match New Zealand bowlers bowled very well. And this is why South Africa women lost all their wickets to score 209 runs. New Zealand team reached the target of victory by losing only 4 wickets today. Amelia Kerr was unbeaten with 100 from 117 balls. He batted very responsibly from the beginning of the innings.

I don't usually bet on women's cricket. Because the performance of most teams in women's cricket is very erratic. Betting on women's cricket is very risky.
877  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: October 01, 2023, 01:28:15 PM
Today is the third and last match of Women International tournament South Africa-W against New Zealand-W. South Africa-W already won previous two matches and leads by 2 victories this match is quite thrilling and now South Africa-W batting live and they played almost 45 overs and give 209 runs target which seems not good and low target for New Zealand-W. Lea Tahulu took 3 wickets and also Sophia Devine took 3 wickets of South Africa-W batsman. I only like Marizanne Kapp performance because they scored high runs from whole team. I feel that New Zealand-W would chase this target I almost 40 overs if they save their wickets then highly possible to win this match
The ssouth african women's team has already won the series by winning the first two matches . And so today's match is not a very important match for south africa.  In the last two matches  we saw very good batting from the batsmen  of the south african women's team . But today their batting was very weak.  The team lost all the wickets to collect only 209 runs . It is very difficult to beat new zealand womens team with such a low target.  However  South Africa women's bowlers have a chance to win if they perform well...

The top order of the south africa women's team did not play well in this match . South africa would have lost all wickets before 150 had it not been for middle order Marizanne Kapp's brilliant innings of 72 runs.

New Zealand Women's batsmen are batting with responsibility. The target is not too high. The New Zealand women's team will easily win this match if they can survive at the crease.
Opener Suzie Bates returned to the fold with just 9 runs off 25 balls. But Amelia Kerr is batting very well in today's match. He scored 30 runs off 37 balls unbeaten. The New Zealand women's team collected 54 runs in 11 overs. 156 runs in 34 overs will not be a difficult task unless the team loses wickets very quickly. However, it is very difficult to make predictions about women's cricket matches. The performance of almost all teams in women's cricket is very erratic.
878  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2023 NBA Season on: October 01, 2023, 01:24:07 PM
I’m seeing reports that Blake Griffin is considering retirement. I thought the last time I saw his name in the news he was working out with the Golden State Warriors to maybe team back up with CP3 for a little bit of Lob City reunion in the Bay. I guess Kerr is deciding that these old guys can’t help the Warriors anymore.

Yes, doesn't make sense that the Warriors are getting a old version of Blake Griffin, it won't help them just like what they saw on Dwight Howard. As for the Celtics, well maybe they think they have value of getting Blake but if he gets injured then what's the used of him?

Could be better if he will retire already. He has one heck of a career during his prime years with the Clippers. But he is also a case wherein a injury can ruin someone's career. He was a high flyer during his prime and one of the best dunkers we have seen, he is very athletic when he started his career. Unfortunately, it was just pure show during the Clippers with him and CP3 and a prime DJordan. Wasn't enough to be in the finals in the West.

He is 34 years old already. And judging by the style that he plays, I think it is easy for him to actually get injured. The thing is, if he does not get injured, he can definitely provide good value to the team still at this age. But if he does get injured, it is not going to be helpful for the team at all. If he is injured, there is literally no use of him. But that's the thing. If he can stay healthy, he will be helpful. And I hope he will stay healthy. At least the team is definitely going to hope that he will not get injured.

Comes the part about what happens if he does stay healthy and out of injury. I think he will be able to contribute to the team pretty decently. Of course, no one is going to expect him to perform as he did in his prime.
879  Economy / Speculation / Re: Buy the DIP, and HODL! on: October 01, 2023, 02:49:07 AM
Because my sell target is still the new ATH, as long as the price remains below my sell target, I will buy without worrying about the price.
Hopefully you do not end up selling too many BTC too soon, and a lot of BTC HODLers have learned to modify how much they plan to sell.. and sometimes they move down from their ideas of selling 100% to selling 50% and then sometimes they realize that maybe they should not sell any more than 20% to 40%.. so there can be some variation and even some decisions to cut back on the idea of selling - especially since many times the previous ATH is not really a place to sell.. it is known as a kind of deadman's zone in which the BTC price tends to pass through.. of course, no guarantees...and maybe that is why sometimes folks end up selling too much of their stash at previous ATHs but then the BTC price does not end  up revisiting those previous ATH prices when it drops back down.. your milage will vary for sure.
I see people setting a sell goal of $100k for the next bull season, but I have a higher target because I believe the upcoming bull season will be a super cycle. Furthermore, I will only sell when the price reaches the target, I will not rush and excitedly sell the majority of my bitcoin just because it surpassed $69k, which was the old ATH. It may be high compared to many, but I believe bitcoin will be able to reach $150k-180k in the upcoming bull run and that is when I will sell my bitcoin.

In case bitcoin fails to achieve that target, I will continue to be a long-term holder for next season. That's why I decided to choose DCA monthly and not worry too much about the price in the short term.

I feel as if I am repeating myself, and I know that we are not talking about selling in this thread, but sometimes there seems to be some need to make a point, which you keep talking about selling all your bitcoin which  and then you talk about holding after that which largely seems to mean that you would sell and then try to buy back later.

Let's say that a hypothetical person got into BTC in early 2016, and such person had a salary that when from $10k to $30k in the past 7 years, so if such person had not made too many other investments, maybe such person had made some mistakes along the way, but maybe ended up accumulating 2 bitcoin.... so it could be possible that such person never sells all of his/her bitcoin but instead maybe shaves off 10% of his/her then holdings at various points in time.. at $100k, at $150k, at $250k.. .. so even if there might be questions of BTC price direction, the amount of BTC that is sold is less than the profits that had been made in the integers.. and surely you could look at 2 BTC and you could say that from $30k to $100k the profits had gone up $70k per coin, so a total of $140k for that price move, so if there is a decision to sell 50% or less than the profits, you will never run out of bitcoin and you will still be able to skim off pretty decent profits to either be able to buy back if the BTC price goes down or just use such value for consumption purposes.. .

yet, I still would suggest that if you are still in accumulation stages, then it is problematic to be selling too many BTC on the way up and expecting to be able to buy back lower.. but if you think you got it all figured out regarding when to sell and when to buy back that is up to you.. and I think that I probably have already deviated enough from the topic in terms of talking about selling ideas, since this thread is not about it and I still think that conservative selling on the way up if any is still somewhat potentially somewhat still aligned with ideas and accumulation focused theme of this thread.
Thank you for your helpful advice, I will take the time to review my investment plan. You're right, the discussion is straying from what this topic is about, and selling is not appropriate to discuss too much here. We should focus on Buy DIP and HODL, this is the main content that needs to be discussed further in this topic.


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880  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) on: September 30, 2023, 11:42:30 AM
Basically, Jose Mourinho is like a hero for the AS Roma club. But we know that the ups and downs in a club's performance are quite normal in football. if we talk about who is to blame then we will be confused. Because basically sometimes a decrease in performance can occur for reasons that are not very clear.
He has done a lot of big achievements with Roma that are more recognizable and meaningful with very limited money spent for player transfers in the last three seasons. If they had been more luckily, they would have won Europa League in the last season.

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And what is happening to Roma at the moment is actually not very clear about the reasons behind the decline in performance that has occurred at this club. Sometimes internal club problems that we don't know about can also be the cause.
The arrivals of some players in attacking and midfield areas give a lot of hope that they will improve their attacking power and in the last season, it is their weakness. They have some new defensive players in the summer too but problems come from here. It is always biggest priority of Mourinho, defense first but it's very strange to see they got so many conceded goals so far.

Roma players still shown their ambition and readiness to work with Mourinho and things ares till in control of Mourinho, it's just results are not on his side. In latest press conference, Mourinho talked about impact from Roger Ibanez on Roma defense structure that I felt even before his talk.
Well, maybe that's what is actually happening to Rome right now. But somehow but I feel confident that Roma will return to their best quality of play again in a few weeks. Some adaptations may still be imperfect. But as time goes by everything will definitely get better. Maybe currently Roma is ranked 16th. And that looks sad. But we'll see in a few weeks Roma will definitely manage to return to the top 10. Mourinho will definitely find a solution to the current decline in performance.

I can no longer trust Roma's performance. I expected to see a better performance from Roma after Lukaku joined the squad. But we are seeing the deterioration of the team's performance day by day. A team as weak as Genoa scored 4 goals against Roma. I would say it's a shame for Roma. Roma's achievement in 6 matches is only 5 points. I can't imagine Mourinho's team playing this badly this season.

I don't think Roma's attack is weak. However, there are some problems within the squad. Players are not confident. Besides, Roma's defense is very weak. If Mourinho can strengthen Roma's defense, Roma's performance is likely to stabilize. This team managed to perform quite well in the previous season.
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