This is actually good one @op because there are so many threads here and especially in gambling board that have been inactive for a long time but sometimes i will try and explore the forum and i will see some comments on that thread, meanwhile @op i will also love to ask you some questions concerning your post too because i will also like to learn more on this,

1. is there any specified duration for a particular post to last on the forum ?
if the answer is yes please kindly refer me to the guielines where i can read about it in the forum because i am new in the forum and i will not like to be  a victim of not obeying the rules and regulation of the forum. the forum is filled with so many users and also welcoming new users by the day, so how will the new users know that a particular topic has been inactive and how will they deal with the situation.

My dear mate i sincerely agree with you, in Africa the quest for power is quite alarming and virtually all the African leaders are very greedy and selfish, they don't have the interest of the citizens at heart and that's why we experience coup from time to time, they don't have respects for fundamental human rights and treat her citizens as animal and also deprive them of freedom. however, the chances of having a good democracy in Africa is very rare because African don't have sincere leaders and few sincere ones have been killed by the bad ones.

From experience and learning, i learnt that democracy is government of the people by the people and for the people, but in Africa the reverse is the case, because their leaders don't have even value the masses that voted them into different offices so democracy really cannot work perfectly in Africa because Africa is still a developing continent.

We experience racism in most of the games which is very bad because it brings hatred among players and countries, but for me i do not consider racism while playing bet because i believe that racism cannot deprive me from having fun. There is no way racism can manipulate your game and in most of the sports racism have been banned and there is always a fine placed on each player or country found in such act. the core essence of sports is for unity and integration, that is why the organizers are very strict when it comes to Racism because it can lead to disintegration.

The reality here is that prediction sites are not always accurate but the truth here is that there is no harm in trying, your predictions too might also not give you 100% of your expected win, in gambling there is no correct prediction, and everything is based on trial and error, yes, it is very obvious that most prediction sites are fake but there are also need to give it a trial because gambling entails luck and if by chance you are favored , then its your luck that very moment, however, in gambling we don't hope on one particular strategy, we try every strategy to know the one that will Favour us. the rationale behind my contribution here is that there is no good prediction in gambling and there is no bad prediction in gambling, everything lies in your luck and the ability for you to utilize every bit of your chance to win.

My dear, it's very nice that you seek for opinion or advice here in the forum because there are virtually good people here who are experts when it comes to gambling, but i will sincerely advice you to think about it first because this should be a personal decision my dear. promoting gambling is not actually a bad thing because promotion is a means of advert and a way of making money too, but it all depends on the medium of your promotion so as not to infringe peoples right. some promotional mediums are strictly meant for adults only and gambling is specifically meant for people who have reached the statutory age requirement of a particular country so while promoting gambling do well to meet the target customers. however, it is not a bad thing to promote gambling but do it responsibly.

Exactly my dear , i guess his friend has a prior knowledge about sports betting before decided to invest on slots, while introducing sports betting for him there is need to let him know the importance or moreless the advantages of sports betting to slots so that he will not end up making conflict of choice which invariably will affect his gambling life. there are people who have good knowledge about sports betting and can make good analysis on every games and there predictions are always close to 100% but they prefer other games than sports betting for their own happiness. They probably like slots for fun and to make themselves happy not considering the amount that they stand to lose.

I sincerely agree with you that greediness can actually make some gamblers to loss more than expected one thing we need to know in life is that appreciation is the application for for more, let him value the little that he is winning first, and give himself time then huge amount will come. there is virtually no harm in trying everytime but one thing is certain because the more you give your self chance to try the more you are exposed to either winning or losing, and it is very unfortunate when you are losing because you will keep on trying to recover your lost amount then you will end up becoming an addict. just like you cited in your paragragh, there is no better strategy in gambling, gamblings is all about luck and when you are lucky to win any amount, kindly consider it as good opportunity to restrain from gambling for your own good.

There is possibility that destiny can influence the amount we can win in gambling, religious believe made us to understand that we can only actualize what we hope and believe on, there are practically set of individuals who believed so much that they make it in life through gambling by winning huge amount, and they practically work on that, believing that God will make it happen for them. one thing about destiny is faith and faith ordinarily is the manifestation of what you hoped for. so many people have become successful in life as result of destiny and gambling is not an exception, that is to say that if one is destined to be a great person through gambling and he believed on it definitely it will come to pass. so i really think that destiny can influence the amount we can win.

I thought as much because the question should have centered more on the core essence of having KYC in casino houses, knowing palpably well that kyc is a regulatory process of ascertaining the identity and other vital information of a financial user. it is not bad that casino house know their customers because it helps them to guide against money laundry. i don't think any casino can revert to non KYC just to have more customer, because i believe that every business requires trust and integrity to keep their business going, so if kyc will make them keep to that standard coupled with the government demands on KYC, i  believe casino will stick to KYC.

Exactly the point that have in mind, i have being imagining how the family will look like, or the nature of the family when husband and wife are gamblers or probably if they are pure addicts. Even when the man alone is gambling, and he is an addict the family is not always stable because he spends most of his money that are meant for domestic use to gamble not to talk of when the wife is a gambler too. i have not seen such family though but i know for sure that there will be no peace in that family, and it is very possible that the children will follow them to gamble too. We understand the fact that life is very hard, and most people gamble to make money, but it is very absurd for both husband and wife to gamble just for the sake of money and considering who to quit as you asked @op, i will sincerely suggest that the woman should quit because women have that tendencies and that natural charisma to influence their children than the men. so, i suggest that the woman should step down for the man for peace to exist that family.

Yes, to tell someone to stop is very easy to say but the mind to implement it becomes a problem. There is this spirit in gambling that once you start plaving, it will be very hard for you to just stop like that. Gambling is a game of luck that we usually have that mindset and mentality that once we keep on playing and adopting different strategies there is always chances for us to be favored with a win and that is why to stop is very hard. I have seen so many people advising gamblers to stop when they are not winning at all, this is actually a good advice but it is quite difficult to obey because every gambler needs winning and will possibly try different betting strategies just to recover his lost funds and by so doing he will keep on losing more and more. I can only advice gamblers to adopt some regulative measures to control their emotions so that they will not keep on losing from time to time and thats the only way they will learn when to stop.

Very true my dear, before anything is called a bet, they parties must mutually stake something of value to make it a bet, because one person must either win or lose something of value be it money, property or any other tangible things available. just like the casino or betting shop that you cited earlier both of them have their money to risk and that is why they cannot allow you to play without risking your money too because if you win you will go with their money and if you lose vice versa.

gambling or betting should be symbiotic in nature because that is the fun, and that is also the reason why the bettor will take it very seriously, though i have seen friends who bet orally just to have fun and probably to keep themselves busy, gambling is also fun and sweet when you stake something reasonable because the amount you have staked brings out your seriousness.

Gambling is not something important, i guess that people borrow money to attend to their important needs and if someone is actually borrowing money to gamble that means the person did not know anything about gambling and should understand that every activity relating to gamble is very uncertain. Experience in life taught me that i should not risk any amount that i cannot afford to lose either in investment or in gambling.

We are expected to gamble with a portion of money that will not affect our daily needs and other utility bills, because if we use the money that are meant for our domestic needs to gamble it will surely affect our cost of living thereby bringing problems in our homes especially in our marriages. i don't know how to put this but borrowing money to gamble is insanity and can lead to depression if the game turns out bad.

I totally agree with you that the consequences of irresponsible gambling have done more harm than good to most gamblers, it is very obvious that most gamblers look tattered as a result of their quest to win game and the idea of their continuous trial and this has actually rendered most of them useless because some of them use some of their properties to gamble as a result of addiction and this probably must have caused depression to their relatives.

The society is filled with so many insane people arising from drugs, natural madness but the height of it all is gambling, these persons should be advised to quit gambling because they are constituting nuisance all they in our major cities. I know quite alright that people make money from gambling, but they should consider the fun as their major priority than the money they make because it is as a result to win money that they got addicted. concerning your question, @op gambling is not bad to the society but the individuals who play gambling makes it bad by turning into addicts and as such constituting nuisance in the society.

There is nothing like match fixing my friend, no team would like to lose to the other opponent just because of money, the players have different intentions while in the field apart from winning the match they also want to advertise their skills so they will be noticed by a bigger club for contract, and no player will like to ruin his grace of going to higher club just because he was paid a huge amount of money in a single match. the example you cited concerning a player who failed to score but shot the ball directly to the goalkeeper, that does not mean that the match was fixed but the best that he can play at that moment considering the pressure at that particular point in time.

Any player can miss that goal, even Ronaldo and Messi often misses penalty in some critical matches and that does not mean that they are been paid or that the match was fixed and for the Manchester coach to have shook hands with him must have probably being a coincidence because he is very fond of shaking a very player next to him when the match is over and he did not specifically went to the player to shake him just because he missed the goal. And also note that, while starting any game no one knows the player that will have the chance to score so Manchester city coach did not even know that the player will miss the goal because all football activities are very uncertain. so, there is nothing like match fixing @op.

The quest for money has rained globally no one survives without money and as a medium of exchange it has practically affected every sphere of life, we are in the society where money has become answers to major viral problems, even in the scripture for most of us that are Christians, it is rightly quoted that money answers all things which invariably implies that we need money for our survival. Op i might not say that the quest for money is actually addiction, because people need money for survival and most people work so hard to earn money while some loot money just like you earlier mentioned for them to remain in their position.

No country survives without money because the citizens solely depend on the circulation of money for survival, practically the society has been stratified into different classes the rich, middle, poor just because of money, money commands influence and brings you closer to a different level with different people. however, for me no one is addicted for money, but the insatiability of man turns money into addiction.

The essence of different odds in sports betting is to give you the room and chance to make decision when your strategies are not working well as planned, most times we rely on our steady strategy probably because it has favored us once and we succeeded profitably, but in sports we should be ready for changes knowing fully well that it is a game of luck , so it is quite advisable that we try another strategy and not relying on one particular strategy.

I have also felt same way @op because there was a time that i relied Soley on correct score just because i won a huge amount from predicting correct scores, and from that day i insisted on playing correct score not until i realized that i am about to lose all the money that i won earlier on predicting a particular style. when i decided to try another strategy fortunately, it favored me, that is to say that there is need for us to re-strategize in our predictions even when we know that gambling is a game of chance and luck.

Everyone wants law and order back in the society because no one wants to be living with fear, no one wants to be robbed on daily basis, the present day society actually need armed forces in other to maintain peace and order in the society because the activities of gangsters are becoming so worst by the day. some cities are trying in terms of security, just like Canada that you earlier mentioned they have the interest of the citizens at heart and cares a lot to ensure that there is peace and order in the state and every country should emulate that. but in some other countries like my own country Nigeria, the people that are supposed to ensure that peace and order are maintained are the ones committing crimes and even making the cities horrible for the people that they are supposed to protect. they also know the activities of the hoodlums but will fail to act instead they devise means to extort money from the citizens thereby making the city very unbearable for the citizens. for law and order to come back in every country, there should be a total and wholistic sensitization on the law enforcement agencies for them to understand the need for peace and orderliness in the state.

It is quite obvious that religion teaches us about good conducts and the best way to help one another, it also teaches unity and morality, but the truth is that we are human being with diverse minds and evil hearts, yes, religion can teach us all of this but how far can we practice them, how far do we fear what we believe on, how far do we respect our God. it might also interest you to know@op that most people go to church for the sake of formality and not because they want to go. Some even go to church because their wife and children asked them to go to church. their religion can reshape mankind but cannot reshape crime because even in the churches there are also crimes here and there, incessant killing in the society is also carried out but religious believers which invariably implies that we don't practice what we believe on. There is this saying that you can force the horse to the water but can't force the horse to drink water which shows that we Don't practice the ethics of religion. however, morality and religion are two different things, there are people who do not believe in any religion, but their hearts are pure, so religion can curb the excesses of people but can't stop them from committing crime because it lies in our heart not to commit crime.

There are virtually so many things to learn in the society and the society is comprised of so many things,  as an individual we have different understanding and believe , we also have different ethnic groups with different religious background and believe , there was a time in the society where so many of our forefathers depends Soley on traditional religion before the introduction of Christianity and then people were leaving in peace, understanding, love and care without any atom of envy or betrayal but now the introduction of Christianity has defined people's choice and the proliferation of churches also have led to a lot criticism and misunderstanding between different religious believers.

religious fanatism has been the major problem of Christianity because everyone believed that their own religion is better than other people's own and that has resulted to so many controversies and has kept the society in disorderly state. Talking about the activities of peer group in the name of cultism i will rather condemn their believe on that because it has rendered so many youths useless and has also taken so many lives as a result of their quest for dominance and leadership which invariably has led to societal instability. so, the society is quite difficult because different individual with different mindset, the best way to make society stable is to instill unity and also ban cultism and other social groups that can lead to violence.