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881  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Still not a safe practice even if it works on: September 06, 2023, 05:25:22 PM
Absolutely true. If the TOS explicitly prohibit the use of VPNs, it's advisable to not use it and to avoid potential problems with your account, such as being flagged or locked and even if the TOS does not mention VPN usage, less reputable casinos might invalidate huge wins due to VPN usage as you already mentioned.

Generally, it's wiser to refrain from using a VPN as I don't see a genuine need for its use, especially among gamblers who can legally access gambling sites within their countries. However, if accessing such sites is restricted and a VPN is the only option, remember that using it is on your own risk.Wink
Don't try this because there are certain cases already that the gambler able to play using VPN and when he is about to withdraw the money, he was restricted due to this violation so again, if you are not allowed to play on that site better not to push it or try other way just to gamble on that site because its not safe at all. If you are going to gamble with your money better to follow the TOS, read it and understand it so you won't regret playing on that site if something bad happen to your account.

Privacy is important but there should be a stop if the system disallowed such thing. There is nothing wrong in using VPN, it's legal and that's why we see them deployed in Google play store and apple store but there are some casinos and sport bookies that don't want people to use it on their platform, it's always in their privacy and conditions because they know how important privacy is to people. Some gamblers don't bother to return ad between lines, they rather chase bonus than do the necessary.

If a casino says a country is restricted, there is no point to prove or be stubborn, leave quietly and make use of other betting platforms but some gamblers will prefer to use VPN to bypass this just to either enjoy the benefits and promotion and by the time the casino kick against them, they shed crocodile tears and play victim game that casino has cheated them when they are the ones that cheated in the first place.

The rule is simple, use VPN if they allowed you and when they don't, move to the next one. Infact, it's best to check this terms before making any deposit, check if KYC is required or not to avoid later story that will break the heart.
882  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: September 06, 2023, 04:09:55 PM
I think Xavi sounds selfish, if he really wanted Ansu Fati back, why did he still get so little playing time in the end? in other words Ansu Fati is playing at Brighton just to hone his skills and then Xavi will take it back. Isn't that selfish enough, I know it is their right because Ansu Fati contract at Barcelona is still long. I never stop thinking that Ansu Fati potential will not develop even if he returns, because he has to queue for a long time to get playing time. Waiting for the main squad to be injured and Ansu Fati remaining unchanged whether he goes to Brighton or not, he will remain a reserve player.
All Ansu needs now is to just keep his head focused on maintaining a good fitness schedule and at the right moment am sure he would get to show us why he is likened to the next Messi with the kind of potential he has displayed already.

You shouldn't be surprised if Xavi asks for Ansu back, once he can begin to feature more in Brighton matches and find his confidence. After all, what's the point of a loan deal, if the player on loan don't return to the original club who did the loaning.


Ansu Fati was sold because he was never part of Xavi project, check his last appearance in Barcelona before he went to Brentford, Xavi didn't start him and as a young player, it will be bad of him if he dont start most of the matches, there is too much competition in Barcelona and that's why he was loan to Brentford. However, what I don't understand is the option buy they included in the contract, Brentford can decide to buy after the loan expired and I wonder why they allow such option if if wasn't that they don't see him in Barcelona in tbe future or probably was just use to settle part of the debt Barcelona is dealing with right now.

As an academic kid that hail from Barcelona, this loan transfer is not a good idea in my opinion, to Brentford isn't giving at all. Ansu is just 20 with a single trophy won and 33 goals, it's going it be a long ride for in such club that hasn't won anything in a long time. It would have been better if he go to Arsenal where young stars are been celebrateed with good future. Imagine going to Arsenal and won the first Champions League, I know many will say it's a dream but you never can tell. Tongue
883  Economy / Economics / Re: Another Coup in Africa: What is the economic effect? on: September 03, 2023, 11:16:20 AM
Just early this morning some group of soldiers in Gabon declared that they had overthrown the democratically elected government in Gabon, Africa. President Ali Bongo Ondimba has been placed under house arrest and there are also celebrations on the streets of the capital  Libreville.

Some observers believe that these coups in these former French colonies like the Central African Republic, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger is to reduce France's economic influence in Africa. Gabon has the largest manganese mine in the world and it is controlled by the French mining group Eramet. Manganese is a major raw material used to produce steel and batteries. The company that employs about 8,000 workers has suspended its operation due to this coup. There have also been concerns about the continuity of uranium mining by French-based Orano after the coup in Niger. Niger supplies about controlled 15% of France’s uranium needs.

The argument from the citizens of these African countries is that France is only concerned about exploiting raw materials and doesn't care about the development of the local economy. Others are also stimulating  that these coups are sponsored by some external forces that want to replace France. What is the economic effect of the coup in Gabon on the global economy?


What are we going to call a country that says they practice Democratic government for decades and only 3 presidents have been elected in the country in the history of Gabonese. The father rule the country as the country government for 42 years and died without any achievement in the country, no welfare, decreased and worst standard of living, the number of poor homes is more than half the population of the country. As if we that was not the end, the son took over to rule for 14 years, is that a democracy or monarchy, it would have been better if it was a monarch system of government, they need that coup than anything mate.

African countries are power hungry, once they see power, they see it as a generation opportunity to leach, embezzle and steal without thinking about the people, they rather see citizens die than put citizens tax into good use. If you have been to Gabon to see how they are been coping with this family that have been ruling the country for years now, you will support the coup and provide the ammunition to send those guys out of the presidential for another fresh election.

You see the rate at which the coup has been around African countries, it's a going to be a signed and warning to other countries that have enslaved their citizens and corrupt officials into doing bad things, if they don't change in this short time and improve, believe me this coup will reach their country and they will be brought to justice with time.
884  Economy / Economics / Re: Are you risking investment in other things? on: September 03, 2023, 10:27:00 AM
There is a halving coming next year to which many people who know and have bitcoins have set a target of the amount they hope to have in their holding by the time the bull run begins. I like to know if with this knowledge of bitcoin halving coming, if anyone is investing in anything other than bitcoins. I do not mean alt-coin but things like Real Estate, stocks, bonds etc. I know that Real Estate is good to invest in, but asides real estate, what else are you risking the money you should to invest more in bitcoins on?

What is the point of having another investment in Real estate when the halving is always about Bitcoin, it's only memorable bitcoin event that happened in every 4 years, so if you want the best investment for yourself, it's better you live everything in Bitcoin, altcoins may follow after bitcoin run but it's not a good advice, since bitcoin will have a shake in the market, rest assure that you will make some profits in the market during the halving and after the halving, not guarantee though but we hope that history repeats itself again.

But wait, this is the second time I have read this today about having impact on other investment. Bitcoin has nothing to do with Real estate or stocks nor bonds, they were moving some months ago and been an economic growth, bitcoin was coupled together with their moves but bitcoin is always ahead of them, bitcoin can follow their move when there is good news about the economy but they can't follow bitcoin because of bitcoin price speculations.
885  Economy / Economics / Re: Blackrock invest in ukraine on: September 03, 2023, 09:58:34 AM
We can assoome the war Will be over soon becouse blackrock invest in ukraine so 1-2 years more and war over.
Blackrock ready to invest a lot capital in ukraine probably ukraine could be ready for huge bull run.
And off course west Will replace Putin or make Putin to go back in russia and USA come in ukraine to build their financial markets in ukraine so the wall Street Will make money and everybody knows that wall Street money making moment is holy Even putin will be killed if he Will interupt ukraine once big guys are there with their big capital.

I'm trying to grab some point with what you mean about Blackrock investing in Ukraine, what would have been the faith of Ukraine if Blackrock didn't have investments with them, I will be ashame of US if they watch and allow Russia continue to destroyed some part of Ukraine because they don't have benefits from them. Not to say much, US are having history of reputation of been a leach from other countries, this is what they do and when you need them the most, they ghost you but will come back when they see precious opportunity in your circle.

Russia will not allow that to happen, I'm not in there country and I don't know much about them or perhaps they hide the negativities from their media but I know Russia like Putin with his rascality, this why he has been forming coalition with other big guys to stay relevant.

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Imagine what's the price ukraine currency once bull run start by holding ukraine currency you can become filthy rich.
And blackrock never do moves what's not good If blackrock ready to go all in ukraine then i follow them i rich

Since when did bitcoin result to currency pumping? The last bullrun we had, we didn't experience dollars and euros been pumped rather they lost value in purchasing power due to increased in inflation. Blackrock impact in the market so far hasn't even yielded anything, ETF application were not successful which lord knows only when SEC is going to make another consideration.
886  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: About Altcoins Investment Experience on: September 02, 2023, 11:07:11 PM
I did invest in lots of altcoins and i received many tokens from bounties as reward. I experienced that, most of the tokens turns into shitcoin or dead after a few months. Some Altcoins performed very good for a certain time then all of those lost 90-95% of values and still traded on exchange with so called volume. Thus process is continued. Even top altcoins also replaced by new altcoins. 2017 vs 2023.

Moral: I think BTC and ETHEREUM is better option for investment, Can be trusted blindly, profitable for long. Low Ranked Altcoins, Memecoins and shitcoins are just headache and reason of huge losses in long time. But anyone can invest his money wherever they want.

Do you know what, this will not be the last of it, more shitcoins will come and more gullible people will invest in it, not that they are not wise; they are but they are not smart because the only thing they are after is the next 100X without understanding of what they are buying, how it work, the tokenomics and coins distribution, the circulating supply, the total supply and when to exit the market. It's funny how some people always fall for the "market will continue to pump forever'', you should know when to exit the market.

No coin is a 100% decent to invest, it really depends on when you enter the market, some altcoins are down by 80% and yet, there are couple of seed and public investors that are not in loss; not in loss in the sense that their capital is not rubbish(not yet) and if you look at the BTC and ETH that you think are the best, there are people that are already with negative value in what they bough because they bought mid way to the top and they are stuck with what they buy, so in addition to your moral, time is also of the essense.

Don't forget to also sell when you make enough unrealized profits already, some of the bounties are best sold as you receive them, they are reward in your value of the task that you carried out and not to be kept as investment, so you don't blame anyone about that; It was your decision to keep it after some thought and they died along the way, I hope lesson learned and get ready for another bull run that is coming soon.
887  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: PEPE's $16M Nightmare: Ex-Team Under Fire on: September 02, 2023, 10:52:41 PM
Three former members of the PEPE community are alleged to have stolen $16 million worth of PEPE tokens from the project's multisig wallet and transferred control to the only remaining member.

The anonymous founding member clarified the situation, explaining that the ex-team members stole the funds and abandoned the project, leaving control in the hands of the remaining member. The stolen funds were sent to exchanges for selling, while the remaining member and the remaining 10 trillion PEPE tokens are secured.

The remaining member is now focused on moving forward in the best interest of the PEPE community. This is what happens when you trust anonymous frogs with your money.

Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/rogue-pepecoin-team-members-blamed-for-pepe-multsig-withdrawal

Another story but this is nothing new in altcoins, you see team brings idea to the public only for them to change along the line because of disagreement but it doesn't make sense to dump a part of your share into the market, even if the teams doesn't align with your judgement, that shouldn't spark their pride to dump everything on the market to hurt the masses that are only after the norm of profits.

Anytime they say defi this and that, I don't believe those story because they have not sell doesn't mean they are commited to building the project and that is the problem of altcoins. When you invest in altcoins, these are part of the stories that happen along the line and it's the investors that used that do feel the heat from this project but, they know the reality of them, so I don't think they are bothered about these, I mean the diamond hands that invest beyond the drama team if the remaining teams are committed to the development.

888  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Earn an apartment in a bear market on: September 02, 2023, 10:34:49 PM
Hi all.
I decided to set myself a goal - to save money for an apartment with the help of cryptocurrency. The cost of the apartment is $130,000.
At the moment there are 6000$ in cryptocurrency
My portfolio consists of BTC,ETH,XRP,SOL,DOT,XLM,ADA

Ready to invest $500 per month.
Advise on the best way to fix profits and what kind of cryptocurrency to buy. Now the markets have fallen - it's time to buy.

I'm speechless but this is step will land you in hospital if things go wrong, not because I don't see confidence and light in your process but the decision is vague and too easy to adopt. I hope you have plan B in your future plans if things don't go the way you expected, it will back fire and the to be clean and clear with you, that amount can become nothing tomorrow if the marrket should slide down further from this price, you see what has been happening since August.

If you are trying to make plans with Altcoins, I don't think trying to make money for apartment should be your primary concern, you should only be concern on how to make profit, altcoins are not guarantee, not even the entire crypto so expecting to have an apartment because you think you can own one in the future may not come as you expect it, becareful and think it through before you continue.

Another small advice I will give you is concerning SOL and ADA, so much money was lost from investors and for such 2 project to grow back requires lot of effort, if you are diversifying your portfolio, they should be the least you will allocate money to, don't forget to do your personal research.
889  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: Bitcoin's Resilience: Returns to $26K Support Amidst Market Volatility on: September 02, 2023, 08:21:59 PM
During the past week, BTCitcoin witnessed a substantial decrease Sad in its market value, raising concerns among individual investors who may have suffered losses due to the significant market volatility. The price of Bitcoin exhibited fluctuations within a range of approximately 2,700 points, with its highest point for the week hitting $28,176 and its lowest reaching $25,451, eventually stabilizing within a precarious range.

The market is really scary right now to trade, it's full of more of fundamentals and speculations than technical because right now, only the minded traders are opening trade, you can't make money trading spot, it's all loss on losses, nothing solid to make but the futures and perpetual traders are making something out of it. For instance, Gray scale won the case against SEC and the market pump early than we thought and about $1T liquidation happen to short traders and when the ETF got delayed, we had another leg down with losses and win win for longer and shorter.

If you look deeply into the market, traders or moneymakers don't have what they can leverage in the market and that's why they exploring ETF to determine the market and the damage it's causing is affecting people who don't want these big players in crypto in the first place.

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This decline in the value of Bitcoin, intensified by the loss of critical moving averages and the breach of the $27,000 threshold, can be attributed to adverse market sentiment and delays in the approval process for spot Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Furthermore, on-chain data reveals an increase in the number of transactions occurring on the BTCitcoin Network, rising from 415,000 to 430,000. While this surge in activity has not had a substantial impact on Bitcoin's price, it has elicited concerns among investors due to the heightened activity amid the ongoing market downturn.

All these data doesn't matter, Bitcoin hash rate can continue to climb higher, but it doesn't change about what people feel about that particular time, even if Elon decide to bring back Bitcoin payment into SpaceX, it will not get attention like the way he had back then when everyone loves him, all this may change in the future or as we progress gradually.
890  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: Do you expect better, but then impulsively jump into things due to FOMO? on: September 02, 2023, 07:58:44 PM
Hey all, I am new here: I've been reading a lot, and not posting much at first. You have a great place to learn at BCT. When trading crypto do you expect better, from yourself, but then impulsively jump into things due to FOMO? Has anyone reading this ever found a cure? How do you permanently change and naturally be patient? Thanks all.

Technically, trading with aim planned is the best and following that is the best practice because when things fall out of place, it's the same technicalities that will help you out but when you don't have a plan in trading, this is where problems start to  grow. When a trader set a trade after mapping out the trend using the trend line and studying the candle stick and then deviated from such plan, it can lead to what they don't expect. However, this is limited sometimes as plan of trade do change, like when the fundamentals change all of sudden especially when you don't expect it.

That been said but I haven't say the main points. Crypto is move by emotions rather than skills and that's what drive the price of coins; have you asked yourself why meme coins pump madly without anything valuable to show about this coins and tokens, they are hype products and the only thing you need with this coins is to hold instead of trading them, you will gain less when you trade them. This is why you sometimes see people abandoned trading when these give you profits you don't expect, imagine expecting a 10% increase and then you wake up at night only to see 200%, that's insane profits to make you change mind in your initial plan.

Bull run is another aspect that can change ones mind, literally coins pump more during this time with hype, this are one of the things that can make you abandoned trading and turn to full time holder because in trading, profits can be choppy but holding a coin is not stressful and you don't check for of your stop loss is triggered or not.
891  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: My experience as a beginner trader on: September 01, 2023, 06:33:45 PM
There are no experience mate Grin you lose  as a beginner to become a stronger trader  Smiley so for everyone out there thinking of QUITTING QUITTING is not the option here just keep learning  till you  can say "Gone are those days " Grin

Even the strong trader experience loss many times in their trading life journey, but the beginning of the journey is attributed to losses more. The word Quit isn't something to embrace, only the fear soul quit but there are some situations that you have to quit and change plans, if you don't quit, you will only be adding to the already damage on the ground, that's why stop loss exist, use it very well.

Trading is really difficult, that I wouldn't lie to anyone and I will not sugar coat it but with the right strategy and using paper trading, it helps reduce the exposure of losses. The advantage of using paper trading is that while learning to trade, you are doing it in real time according to how the crypto market is moving unlike demo trading that's doesn't do that, they gives you high hope that you are an expert and then when you try the real life trading, it bounce back on you with heavy loss, paper trading isn't like that, it helps you understand the market in real life, the only thing you don't loss is the money because it's virtual and very helpful for beginners.
892  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Importance of Gambling to the society on: September 01, 2023, 06:00:15 PM
In general, gambling is not important for society because basically it will have a negative impact and harm yourself and other people around you, but on the contrary, if a country legalizes gambling, it will actually benefit that country, because of the possible taxes that bookies have to pay to the government.
However, it is different if the gambler is said to be a professional gambler, it is very likely that he always gets lucky or wins and loses a little.

Dont forget that once gambling is legalized in a country, there will be many casinos which means that there will be many new job vacancies to apply. Dont you think it is a benefif for the society?
For me gambling legalization will not only give benefits to the government, but also to the people around to be worker in the casinos.
Some people can even open small business close to the casinos , lets say money changer so foreigner can change their money in the money changer before entering the local casinos.

I think casino are mostly dominated by Asian and other parts of American, maybe because they have this physical casino everywhere and they don't have to deal with insecurities and the revenue generated increase the GDP of those countries but here in Africa, people don't play casino games too much, reason is that they don't know how to play this games and you don't want to bet with something you don't understand. Instead, they prefer sport betting, an average gambler can spend half of his day in any of this physical betting shop just to keep himself from been idle.

Gambling has help the society especially the areas where there have been low employment, they use it as a source of income, try some luck and get the money to take care of the needs and put food on the table. One thing with this group of people that practice gambling for taking care of needs is that once they have started, it's a point of no return. To believe that they love gambling as source of wealth, there are some of them that have used gambling to build houses.

However, the government has made it mandatory for license gambling companies to show prove of their revenues in % of what they have earn and loss. You will be surprised that these betting companies triple their revenue in every quarter, this shows that overall gamblers losses money, only few of them end the quarter with profits, the rest are just doing try and error with nothing to show.
893  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: September 01, 2023, 12:35:31 PM
It was quite a surprise to see West Ham United coping so well in the English Premier League this season without Declan Rice. After a draw at their first opening game against Bournemouth, they manage to win both matches against Chelsea and Brighton to gain a total of 7 points out of 3 matches played. I think Luton Town should be an easy opponent for West Ham United to handle and I guess it would be another 3 points in the bag for them at the final whistle.

Now with the players they have also signed they will not get regulated if they maintain balance both in the Premier League and Europa League.
The newly promoted Championship clubs are tougher than the clubs.present they will want to impress after a long time visiting the Premier League. Against Chelsea Westham got me by surprised as they ended up winning that game.
Tonight they will get the better of the game against Luton Town it's a good time to gather all these points not when everything finally gets tough.

Luton Town are just pupet that qualified from Championship that made there away to Premier league after many attempts, they will be used to gain 3 points by the big guys, Chelsea has used them to get there 3 points to save their self from the humiliation of defeat syndrome to come to 10th place, West Ham being in good place will use them to gain their point as well. What I find amusing about West ham is the way Moyes improved his attack and midfield. He noticed that Declan departure was going to be a hole in their formation and he added Alvarez to it's defending Midfield and expand attacking Midfielders by Ward prowse and since then, they have become more stronger and play without fear.

West Ham keeping up early in the Premier League is the best thing, if they gather points as early as possible, it will be great and advantage to keep the same energy in Europa, even if they are times comes for difficulty in the Europa leagues, the Premier League will be easy going for them to keep the dream of making the Champions League next season without any doubt.
894  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Behaviours of gamblers you dislike. on: September 01, 2023, 12:04:27 PM
What is the one behaviour you noticed in a gambler and  you dislike it? You don't need to have a reason for disliking it but you just do.

As for me I dislike when gamblers complain of their losses, meanwhile you hear them complain when they are getting winnings.

What about you, what do you dislike ?

Gamblers behaviors are subjective and relative to individuals, the way Gambler X will react to winning and lost is going to be different from the way gambler Y will behave because it's inherent of our anxiety. There are people that don't even show anything at all, when they win something big, they will remain silent and when they win something nice for the day, they also remain quiet, that's how they react in every game they play and it's natural to be like that.

A gambler can win a game with big amount that is worth life changing opportunity but will celebrate it with friends, they will not loud it or make it public, what they do is withdraw their money and continue gambling over again. However, any time you they lose a stake or lose in a game, that moment, they become disappointed but will move on the next one.

Another scenario, a gambler may win a good amount of money, they will blow it up that instant without any plan of the next thing, but once they lose a game, thats when you see the blaming the platform or the game been flawed and if it's a player fault, they blame the player for not helping them accomplish their expectations, very ironical that in winning times, they don't exhibit this behaviors.
895  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: September 01, 2023, 10:08:28 AM
Al Ittihad continue to increase the amount they are offering to Liverpool. But there is still not a positive answer by Liverpool. They just want to keep him for the season. But next summer they might change their mind on this topic. Because Salah will have one year left on his contract and they might not convince Salah for another extension maybe.
Ittihad refuses to give up in getting salah. I do really support this club to get salah as soon as possible. Salah can still go there as there are still enough time for him to decide it.
Salah has been in liverpool since a few years ago. Salah may not feel confidence anymore in extending his contract in liverpool. He must think about his life. He can enjoy his life with what already achieved by him. It's not really bad to play in SPL.

You should checked this conference, I'm also suprised that Klopp denounced Ittihad offered. He just said there has not been any offer from any club, that means nothing serious is going between Salah's agent and Saudi Arabia or maybe Salah has reject the offer and doesn't want to make it public or Liverpool and Salah already had a close door agreement to remain in the club.

Ceferin has debunk connection of Saudi Arabia Pro league joining the Champions League, with this development I wonder if more players will be willing to go to Saudi Arabia. Leaving Europe means they are done got good and their future to play in each of this leagues will not be a thing to see again.
Salah is going to stay in Liverpool for another two years considering his age before going to Saudi Arabia, that's if the offer will come like that again when he is ready.

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Therefore after this season we can really see him signing for a Saudi Arabia team. It would be really sensible for Liverpool to sell him like that while they can make a lot of money from his transfer fee. Saudi Arabia teams are already eager to splurge on these stars.
Ittihad wants to buy Salah from Liverpool, but Liverpool doesn't want to sell him. Ittihad is now trying to convince Salah to ask Liverpool to sell him quickly. Ittiahd is still trying so hard in bringing him to the SPL.
We will see what's gonna be the result of this transfer drama. Will salah stand with his decision to stay in liverpool?
The transfer season will be closed soon and liverpool has no time to buy the new player to replace him.

Klopp has some things going under his sleeve, it will be a wasted effort if he doesn't signed any player now. However, seeing that they don't have any business in the Champions League this season, he might want to wait and observe how his boys are going to perform in the Premier League and then make some changes by January transfer period.
896  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Has your Responsible Gambling had any of these Effects on You? on: August 31, 2023, 07:35:56 PM
This is not a case of being addicted to gambling. There are people who are actually in control of their gambling habits or addiction. For instance, they do not gamble beyond their budget; they commit an hour or two to gambling per week or twice per week and strictly adhere to it, among all other things. We have heard and read stories here and out there about how gambling ruins lives, careers, relationships, throws people into debt and more. But my question is, could this be happening to everybody? Has your responsible gambling habit had any positive effects on your relationships with your spouse, kids, parents, and others? Has it improved your finances and helped you stay out of debt? Has it improved your mental health and well being in anyway? Has it been able to help you meet an urgent need? Let's discuss.

I'm not sure if you use this banking apps like Opay and Palmpay, that's the app I used in funding sport bets especially Opay, they have lightening payment.That's the best place I put my gambling funds, I don't combine it with my main account because I know myself that I will go beyond my budget if I live everything on the app, this is how I am able to control way of gambling and it's has always help me responsibly without been in debt.

I don't have number a particular number of time to bet but I do have a budget, once I cross that amount for that day(Saturday, Sundays and sometimes Monday), I don't bet again, this has help me and I don't get addicted to gambling no matter the outcome. I sometimes take break when I win something good for that week to cool off because I have noticed that when I win and I don't take break, the joy of the win makes me take wrong decisions in my next bets and usually, all lead to losses.

Concerning relationship, I'm single and I don't stay with anyone, my decisions, my calls and my girlfriend don't have time about gambling. She doesn't even like sports no casino games, and I don't bet in her presence, so she hardly notice any gambling activity around me.
897  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season on: August 31, 2023, 06:14:40 PM
I am obviously not happy aboit this draw due to some certain things. I am a fan of England teams and I have been having a great affection for Newcastle but I am just surprised to see a deadly fixture for them.
PSG
Dortmund
AC Millan
Newcastle
This is not a good draw for a club that first appeared in the Champions League recently. This means that Newcastle might not qualify from the group stage of this year's Champions league. Just sad

Looking at the group stages from A to H, there is no better place to fit Newcastle other than group B, I'm more than happy Seeing Arsenal among minority teams like Sevilla, PSV and Lens. The only treat to Arsenal is Sevilla and I think it was done on purpose because over the years, it has always been difficult for Arsenal to beat Sevilla but this time could be a better chance to the last fight they had on emirates cup, Arsenal will definitely live the group stage with or without any worries, these teams are not going to do any damage.

Looking more on F, I don't know lol what Fifa was thinking but I am certain that PSG will live the group stage, I'm not sure about Milan but it's going to be a tight schedule between Newcastle and Dortmund, the struggle is going to be extra because those two want the Champions League than any other teams in that group stage.

It would have been better if they do a little combination of some big teams vs big teams but with this draft, minor clubs will find it difficult to make it to knockout stage especially team in group A and group C, Napoli Real Madrid is not staying behind in that group stage, they are going to knockout stage either by force or by luck.
898  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: August 31, 2023, 05:35:07 PM
Easy, they're Manchester City, Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United.

Chelsea will not able to finish in the top four because Nkunku suffer long term injury and there are many players are currently injured too. I think it's already a big achievement if Chelsea can finish in 7th position because they're not that good.

West Ham, Newcastle, and Tottenham might look convincing, but they're not able to maintain their good performance for long term.

Its very early to use only round 3 match to predict where the teams and who will finish in the top of the league and I'm not sure why you did  not included Tottenham Spur from your top 4, they hare ahead of Mahdester united by 1 point and currently sit on number 3 in the standing, the goals they have conceded in 3 of their matches is twice less than what Manchester United has conceded but you think 3 matches shows you the vision of top 4 standing, i don't agree with your call my friend.

Nkunku is not the only player why Chelsea will not make the top 4, a single player will not have so much effect to draw them back, the only problem of Chelsea is that they are yet to blend together, more than half of that squad are all new to the club, they are good or even if the result is not good now, they will do better with time. If Chelsea doesn't make the top 4, West Ham or Tottenham will make it because the two teams sold the face of the club(Kane and Rice) but their early matches shows confidence.

After a thrilling week, Liverpool will be Aston Villa this week. What they achieved against Newcastle should be more motivation for them in this match. Aston Villa is not an easy opponent for them to beat. They can win 2 wins and one defeat, and the defeat they achieved against Newcastle and they lost with a landslide score.
If we talk about logic, then Liverpool should be able to beat ASton Villa too because they can beat Newcastle. But football does not always prioritize logic, here there are things that we might not have expected before.

Van dijk will be absent from that match which makes them more vulnerable, he is one the best defenders that other club fear the most and will not be playing in this match. However, even if they have been having good winning streak, they lost to Newcastle that Liverpool beat in there last match, this could also be an advantage to boost confidence for Liverpool to trash them in the match, this is an easy win to get 3 points if Liverpool use it very well.
899  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Will the transfers to the Saudi league become a problem for European football? on: August 31, 2023, 05:13:28 PM
Money is everything for these players; this is not the historical era of football, when players played for their passion of the game; alternatively, it is the contemporary era, where players play for the enormous payments they receive. This summer, the Saudi Pro League is bringing in substantial and famous big names. It's more like shifting your concentration from the impending league to the realm of popularity league. They emerged into the enormous space of European football when they first signed Cristiano Ronaldo, an established player in Europe; this maneuver was advantageous for them because his presence created additional opportunities for bringing in good European players with minimal efforts to date.

There are other players that value dignity over money and that was what Messi did when he was offered a whooping deal of $500m per season to come to Saudi Arabia, 2 years deal could go to $1B but man turn down the deal, today he would have been the highest paid player in the word, even Ronaldo didn't have that high value, Mbape didn't come close, they knew how valuable Messi and used money to attract him but he humbly refuse but instead went to Inter Miami, the worst team in MLS with $150M for 2 and half years with a share from the club, aside from been the greatest player, he also won people's heart for been humble.

The players that are going there shouldn't be blame, who see money and ignore it for the passion you have, I just think that Saudi Arabia are over stretching deals in other to capture the players but there is nothing wrong in players decisions though, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, and Drogba era were ballistic but the pays weren't great like that but yet they played, won Balon D'or and World cup but players like Mbape had fame when they are little and have enjoyed the privilege of European clubs, now that Saudia Arabia has step up their game, I don't see it as bad idea for players to earn money, passion and money goes together.

In addition, inflation has affected all price of items, players are not excluded, the amount players were been sold last season are different from now, if they don't increase these payments, the interest will not come from the players and Saudi knows that having this money on the table is the only way they can push the agenda of bringing those players to Saudi Arabia.
900  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: August 31, 2023, 04:56:37 PM
After watching Cucurella's performance against Wimbledon yesterday, Manchester United are cooling their interest in the player, despite having submitted a loan proposal. They are now turning their attention to Sergio Reguilon, especially as Marcos Alonso is unwilling to leave Spain.

Do Manchester United have any choice? Chelsea already sealed the deal of getting him in the squad, I don't think Pochettino will entertain any loan deal to give out what they fought to have from Brighton, Manchester United want a contract that could be terminate January but Chelsea don't want that, Cucurella performance in Chelsea against Wimbledon was more than average, he is worth more than what Manchester United is bringing to the table. It's better Manchester go for Sergio Regulion, the defender loan deal in Tottenham has expired, if the club is not willing to put him back to the team, pushing the loan deal will be accepted without rejection considering the name of the club and the merit he is going to have it accepted.

I don't know why Manchester united is yet to process Maguire deal, West ham was piss off with their non cooperation and process Rice money to other players. The more I look into Hary Maguire in Old Trafford, the more I think it's turning to political force because why keep a man that is not generating nothing but attention from people, it's better they loan him out instead benching and doing nothing.

At the moment João Félix is only dreaming of playing for Barcelona, which he ones said that they've been his drean club and he'll really want to play for the club, but the problem with Barcelona is the financial crisis and currently holding the club if not xavi would really love to have him in the club he'll make a good addiction to the squad depth and easily get into the starting 11 making a good replacement for Dembelé.
 But i believe if they don't end up getting him today, then he'll likely move to the Epl before the window ends tonight, probably return back to Chelsea where he was loaned last season, he performed well in the team despite their poor form and now they have a better coach in think it would be lovely to watch him play under Pochettino who's a better coach with more experience than the previous ones after Tuchel.

This is like what you want doesn't want you at the moment, Barcelona is having issues with finances but deep down, if they want to signed Joao Felix, it's will take them few days to that, the club is not interested in the player and even if they are, Atletico Madrid might not be ready to let go of the loan deal cash flow they are having from the player and the fact that his Chelsea transfer wasn't a successful one will reduce his value in the market transfer.
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