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1  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: How do you handle losses? on: Today at 11:42:35 AM

Indeed, the time that you already understand the potential bigger losses to come, the moment you stop and pause your session, maturing is inside you if you know how to control your emotions, eventually if you don't failed yourself in turn things to addiction that experience will guide you not continue but much better to stop your gambling and accept the losses instead of pushing forward then lose more.
You can stop, but it will not help you cope with the defeat, if you stop, it will only help you over time, but to get a faster effect, you need to distract yourself with something. We are talking about those defeats that can have a big impact on you, I think that these are big losses, if the bet was not significant, then I do not see the point in doing this. And you can distract yourself either with work or a hobby, that is, with something else.

True, there's something that will remain inside you especially if the amount of your losses is something that you are not ready to let go, you need to distract yourself and find alternative ways to earn your attention, there are gamblers who can take this route while there are who can't and will go back and re-try to win back then lose more after.
2  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Using auto-bet bots on crypto casinos smart or suicide? on: Today at 11:06:12 AM
Likewise with me, am not a fan of it and like we discussed before, someone who wants to make money from gambling will always seek the easy way which is the automatic bot that can make things easier for them but for the sake of enjoying the fun too, I prefer the manual way of gambling because it can make someone think well too.
Making extra money using this bots can be really nice and makes a lot of sense but I fear if these bot turn out with some errors, that will be another challenge that the gambler will have to tackle of which by then it would have coat them some money already meanwhile they were hoping to Making all of the most of profit from this bot in most cases.

Even with bits, you can still get som e entertainment only that it will be different as compared to the ones where you get directly involved with the gambling and not the bots getting it done for you.

Agree to that, there's an additional entertainment when you are doing it manually, the excitement when hitting the right bet especially if the multiplier is huge, that's adds up to your enjoyment as after cashing out your profits, you'll be able to manifest enjoyment since you have profits that you can use for treating yourself, though there are also gamblers who don't want to invest time and they are okay with setting auto-bet and if the setting succeed they also earn something and they can also enjoy.
3  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: selfie required before you can play? on: Today at 10:40:20 AM
For some reasons,I think facial recognition can be valid and relevant in order to experience a proper data security and minimize as well avoid uncomfortable issues that compromise with privacy transparency.Honestly it's a protective step ahead and it should be enforced and further adapted to.
It's protective to the part of the casino so they can know if the gambler is actually on the legal age based on the facial preferences.

But it won't be as effective as it can be and if it's asked before someone plays, I think it's also about if the actual user is the right user on that time.

Because some times can be used when a gambler would like to gamble and they're just using someone else's account.

More on validating that the player who's present on that time is the same person, taking selfie will make sure that the gambler is using real identity and not someone's data when entering the casino, though there are different take and those who are not okay with doing so will find other alternative, while to those who already entrust their data to that casino will not have any problem to proceed and take that task taking selfie to proceed and play.
4  Economy / Economics / Re: Investment is for everyone on: Today at 10:26:48 AM

Every person want to be investor but that is not easy because every field many requirements . Many people are not mentally prepare to do investment in cryptocurrency because they did not invest small amount of money and they have fear to lose and they should be . People have to take important steps which will make them successful in life . People have to think which will make them rich in the future because they could lose money if they don't know how to play safe.Investment could be risky if you are thinking to invest on online platforms because there investment could be at risk because there are many scam persons who are launching different methods to do scam with people.

People who's being careless investing to something that they are not familiar with are those who mostly lose their investment, like what you said an investor should have proper preparation when investing, not just with financila but also with their knowledge and understanding, without these two factors they may suffer and they will just doing things like gambling and most of the outcome is just a waste and ruined their investment.
5  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2025 NBA Season on: Today at 10:08:55 AM

Gambling as well could be one factor. I remember one player, when his friends and entourage going to Las Vegas and play and gamble and have fun all night long. So that is the dangers for this young black players, very young and with a lot of money at their disposal. And then the lack of knowledge of how to handle that money. I think Antoine Walker becoming a spokesman to new players because he is one of those who fell victim on it. Hopefully Beasley can get up from his predicament right now and can bounce back and have a better life. 60% is a huge numbers for NBA players going bankrupt after their career is over. The NBA might have responsibility as well to remind players when they are coming into the league and let them know the consequences of their actions in the future if they didn't take care of their money.

Yup, most of those who mishandled their fortune ends up messing up their lives, though nowadays there are many available investment that players can choose to take care of thier money, they just need to think more about their future and just spend what's already spare, with huge contracts that they are recieving it's their obligation to themselves to set their future and not to live like there's no end of this fortune knowing that with a single mistake or an injury can completely ruined their careers.
6  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Do you think positive mindset keeps you winning? on: Today at 06:10:51 AM

There's no assurance still but strategy may work and past experienced and knowledge about the game, though there are always factors where gambler pick their chosen team or players, and then again luck will help if you know how to maximize using it, the more you think clearly the better outcome it may provide, being able to accept and to move forward helps you to keep that positve approach to gambling.
The main thing of all this is to be lucky enough, it does not matter what great tactics we do, or what strategy we have, for me the strategy of the game is optional, but the best strategy for me begins before playing when we assign a budget to the casino, however many players control emotes, they control the game but do not control the money and when you do not control the money it is easy to deviate from the discipline of having control when having impulses and emotes, you lose easily when there is little money available and you want to multiply.
Gambling is just luck, even if you have a positive mindset and the luck is not there no matter which strategy you apply, it won't still get the win even if it is a strategy that works for you in the past. Financial discipline is the best way to conquer gambling impulses because if you don't go above your budget then you won't have the urge to gamble more even when you feel like going outside your budget can help you recover losses but then again you will have the sensitivity to understand that no matter how hard you try, you might just be putting yourself to more unbearable situations.

I agree to that the reason why it's important to have that right money management as you can't control your luck, while you can control your possible losses if you know how to control your finances, the more you keep your strategy the way it should, the better outcome you might get when dealing into gambling, though same thing there's no accurate outcome more into luck even how positive you are.
7  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Implied probability and True probability. on: Today at 05:08:13 AM
For those who’ve been betting for a while, is this the first time you’ve heard of it? Or have you come across it before but didn’t fully understand it, so you never really factored it into your bets?
This is my first time seeing or having to see implied or true probability explanations. How is this helpful when preparing to place a bet, i care less about formula or calculating probabilities in sports betting. I make my predictions based on the performance of the teams playing, most times i go with the favorites (highest probability) while some times i choose to have the bigger risk (less probability), the outcome of betting is always unknown until it happens.

Exactly, the outcome remain uncertain it will only show up after the game, though there are some gamblers who keep an eye with specific game and they choose to pick the team that they have decent knowledge on how they perform though still not certain but the chance is better when you have decent understanding about the game and the team/player that you pick.
8  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: How quickly do you forget a loss on: Today at 03:34:30 AM
Majorly,a gambling loss can hit so hard both mentally and emotionally, it's draining to realize how much you've put into gambling games and more then it unfortunately crashes.Time doesn't heal everything but healing often takes time to gradually happen.Nevertheless,Its painful to realize that you've lost along the line,but acceptance helps to avoid further confusion and damages.

Acceptance is the major factor to move forward, even how deep you dwell with the losses that you commit there's nothing that it can help, otherwise you'll keep pushing and trying only luck may permits but if you push for it you may lose more, forgetting losses is something that needs to be taken seriously, unless you set a accpetable amount to lose and not to exceed then it's not that hard to quickly forget and move on about it.
9  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2024 PBA Governor's Cup on: Today at 02:30:45 AM
Another lost for Gilas, I did not watch the game just saw it online for the final score though those who took that handicap wins the bet as NZL only wins by 8 points, still I guess missing a big man like Kai really affects the performance of the whole squad, his presence really adding big impact to the team, though team gilas still trying their best hopefully they'll be able to win their next game.
Just enough for them to cover the spread, and yeah, I agree with you. Kai was a huge loss for the team, and without him, they’re clearly not as competitive as before. Remember during the FIBA World Cup qualifiers? They had a strong start, but once Kai got injured, they couldn’t win anymore. His presence gave the team solid interior defense, and now that’s gone.

So far, we’re 0-2. The next game needs to be a win, no more excuses.

They need a win to move forward and keep that hope alive, if they continue losing these squad may suffer and won't be able to move forward, can't say anything about the team as they put everything in, just lack of inside presence as both Fajardo and Edu are not filling that spot the way Kai was.

Another lost for Gilas, I did not watch the game just saw it online for the final score though those who took that handicap wins the bet as NZL only wins by 8 points, still I guess missing a big man like Kai really affects the performance of the whole squad, his presence really adding big impact to the team, though team gilas still trying their best hopefully they'll be able to win their next game.

Same here, i didn't watch the game live as i have doubts that Gilas will win versus the taller New Zealand team.
Definitely, they missed the services of Kai Sotto but still it was a good game just unfortunate that the comeback fell short.

The game against Iraq is a must win situation for them as that team is very beatable as they don't have a lot of naturalized players. T will bet for Gilas this time even if the odds is high as i think they will bounce back strong and cover the spread.

I agree to that Kabayan, it's a must win if they want to continue their quest though still a tough game but hopng we will see good result on this upcoming game, Good Luck Kabayan!
10  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2025 NBA Season on: Today at 02:06:13 AM
He is making more than James Harden, who is above him in the best point guards.

But I think the Spurs are making a big move here. Maybe they will use their new duo as the face of their franchise. Wemby + Fox and their good role players added in the first five + their good bench players. They are ready to be back in the playoffs. They just need Wemby to be healthy again and create chemistry with the team. Most of them are veterans, so I am sure he is going to learn a lot from them.
First ones to get the contract, will end up getting a bigger one. So let's check the list, seems like nearly none of the names above him, got paid recently, and plenty of people below him too. If all those names had a contract to do this season, then Fox would have still gotten 55 a year, and yet will be outside of top 20. Meaning, give it some time and we will see how they will improve to be a lot better.

This isn't some Mozgov offer, it's normal, it's just that salaries are rising huge now, and that's why we are seeing this. Look at Doncic, dude is getting paid 83 million, nobody got paid that before, so as you can see ,we are reaching a peak where everyone will start to get paid a ton of money very soon from their contracts.

Indeed, if he proves his worth then expect that Spurs will bring more decent offer for him, for now let him and Wemby create a good duo to bring Spurs back to the playoff competitor and who knows if they catch up much earlier we might see them move forward to the finals, there are improvements just like you say as teams always wanted to keep their stars and give that huge offer to let them stay, as long as they are gaining from the marketing and the business still moving forward we will see more and more huge offers from each franchise to have their stars continue to wear their jerseys.
11  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2024 PBA Governor's Cup on: August 07, 2025, 07:36:18 PM
Guys, just a gentle reminder, please keep the discussion in English since we’re not in our local board.

About the Gilas game tonight against New Zealand, the line is +9.5. I’m not sure if they can bounce back after that loss to a lower-ranked team, so I’m really skeptical here. The over might be the safer option, especially since Gilas doesn’t really play solid defense anymore, and their big men especially Junemar has struggle on the last game resulting to a very poor performance.

Another lost for Gilas, I did not watch the game just saw it online for the final score though those who took that handicap wins the bet as NZL only wins by 8 points, still I guess missing a big man like Kai really affects the performance of the whole squad, his presence really adding big impact to the team, though team gilas still trying their best hopefully they'll be able to win their next game.
12  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: How can we avoid addictions in gambling? on: August 07, 2025, 07:28:31 PM

You are right, but only partially, in my opinion, because those people who are financially secure and have no problems in society gamble out of boredom for the thrill of it.
And indeed, such people only need to find some alternative to spending time in gambling, and most likely, they will no longer be so interested in gambling. But if someone plays in the hope of saving their financial situation, then no new hobby will help such a person.
There are quite a lot of players who try to make money on the game, but this does not mean that they will succeed because they just wanted to. It is important to understand how exactly we will win or beat other players. Due to emotional control better than others, compliance with money management and other reasons. And this alone is not enough, it is important that all these useful elements are all together and even this does not guarantee us absolute victory. In gambling, there are no guarantees at all, except for the prize pool in poker, lol.

That's right, there is no guarantee or certainty that we will win at the end of the game, but for the matter of winning I think it does not depend on several aspects as you said such as emotional control or financial management, for the matter of winning it really depends on how lucky you are when playing especially in casino games, so some of the aspects you said are only useful to minimize the possibility of losses so that they are not too big or can also be used to secure your winnings when you win by restraining yourself from greed.

Luck and wisely done, you'll be able to take advantage of your luck if you know how to handle the pressure and the timing on when to push and when to stop, like you mentioned minimizing the possible losses and take that chance to cash out when luck permits you will surely brings both entertainment and enjoyment, most of the time, if you unable to control your emotions it carries the potential that you'll also going to missmanage your finances.
13  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Changing strategy to win ! on: August 07, 2025, 07:53:22 AM
It all depends on the rate at which you are losing, if you notice that you are not making any progress at all with the strategy and your losses are more than your wins then it's best to switch to another strategy. But in a case where you are making more profit than losses and you are probably going through a losing phase do not change your strategy. No strategy works hundred percent, with risk management you can cut down your losses

A perfect timing may give light to that strategy that you create, knowing when to stop and take advantage of the situation where you earned something, no need to change if you see that you have decent chance to win more compare with the numbers of your losses, though there's no accurate or sure deal that you may win more but if you have that chance better to take it and quit while you are still in green.
14  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Boxing Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: August 07, 2025, 07:31:04 AM
ONe of the main reason why Casimiro getting uncontrolled and boastful is because of the social media. He entered the vlogging, he wants attention!
That attention makes him more popular, he gets the traffic the views and audience. its very effective on his vlogging career. I think John is just waiting for the Inoue vs Casimero fight and he is good.

He is very far from PacMan, Time and Era. very different.

I agree that Casimero is just doing all these things in social media to attract attention and for the views as well but in real life, Quadro Alas is a nice guy, he even help people who are in need (as what i have seen in his vlog).

As of this time, there is no way that Casimero vs Inoue will happen, too many hindrance. The good news is that he is now under Kameda Promotions, this is final chance of recovering his boxing career so better for him to take care of his weight.

Yeah, doing it for traffics as we know that there are many viewers who still interested with what he's doing online, it might be his marketing strategy to bring those interest and have that views and clicks to make money, like you said the possibility to fight against Inoue is not that close since that there are many obsticle not unless a powerful and very influencial figure will intervined and make things happen, we know how boxing business being run by money there's always a way for those who can bring money on the table.
15  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: Please Give up! If you notice trading is not for you. on: August 07, 2025, 07:03:18 AM

Ye I don't see any need for a trader to give up because he's not getting the kind of results that will spice up things for him. Trading is not easy and we shouldn't think that it's our right ans obligation to get the best from trading anything we enter the market.
There are people that have lost fortunes in trading and their still trying their best to get more out of it. This is not a scheme where you will learn and start making money after few weeks or months. Trading is complicated and that's why we have been seeing people lose money while others are making money from the market.

Complicated indeed, though there are still lots of traders who keep trying their best to find the right sets of strategy that will developed more established winning position, always depends from how you percept things and how will you execute your strategy, their are patterns that you can follow strategy that experienced traders shared but the executions and timing is always on you.
16  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: How can we avoid addictions in gambling? on: August 06, 2025, 10:08:48 PM


These has kept me worried and restless so I decided to ask this questions :

- how can we avoid or control our gambling activities so that's it wouldn't lead to addictions ?

-how often should we gamble?



Proper set of limitations and good practices would help to avoid becoming addicted to gambling, if you know your limit and you fully understand what are the risks that you may encounter once you exceed from that limit, you will be alarm that you need to follow and practice whatever limitations that you setup by yourself, by following your own rules you'll also limiting yourself getting addicted, it's your own take that's needed there's only you who can practice it.
17  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: Please Give up! If you notice trading is not for you. on: August 06, 2025, 07:26:28 PM
The idea of wasting money in funding accounts for years is totally a waste of time and resources. Please reconsider because trading is not the only means of earning a living. thank you

What about the advice that if it isn't working for you now that you shouldn't quit but Keep trying and one day you'll get success. If everybody that was trying and not make it gave up when they were in that stage, we won't be having lots of rich people in the world. It's only when you don't have an interest in gambling but only doing it because you want to make quick money that you should quit if things aren't working for you. There isn't any professional trader that started from knowing it all. They all has times that it wasn't going smoothly for them but they didn't give up and that's why they're now known in the industry as big traders. Trading is a journey and it takes time before you get to your destination.

Yes, there are many different stories about success and part of that successful journey are those tough days that a trader experienced before they managed to figure out what's fits for them in terms of handling pressures and failures, once they overcome those kinds of interruptions they'll be able to stand up and make a better decisions, though it's always up to the person itself whether to push forward, or simply give up if he feels that there's nothing more if the outcome still the same.
18  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2024 PBA Governor's Cup on: August 06, 2025, 05:34:13 PM
Do you guys think the PBA is taking it personally? The PBA is imposing a 3yr ban on draftees who don’t sign and expiring players who join other leagues. For me, that’s a very bitter move, a baby boomer move. They can’t take it when players go abroad to play and don’t choose the PBA, so now they’re imposing a 3yr ban. For what? To make players think twice or stop them from going abroad? LOL. It’s like they don’t want others to seek better opportunities. No brainer, of course, these days, if there’s a better opportunity, you go and grab it.

Yes they taking it personally and the official of that league is so desperate to chase the young talents and make them doubt to go abroad. The fact that PBA is struggling to get viewership I guess they are doing that to maintain their league.

But I doubt young players would follow especially that they have a good chance to showcase their talent there and also could able to get more better pay checks. There are so many farm teams in PBA and it will be a waste of talent if those talented players in Philippines would let those manipulators and dictators on PBA to control them.

Going abroad still a best option and if they got banned from PBA players can still play on MPBL.

Yeah right, if PBA imposed this kind of ban those young stars who still choose to play abroad always have another option, MBPL also got some decent offers though not as decent as PBA teams can offer but still good enough if you just want to play at home, and same with what you said playing abroad still the best option if opportunity open its doors, that huge amount of contract that can cater a 3 year rookie contract inside PBA, a young star can acquire it just given a chance to sign abroad.
19  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: The solution to gambling… on: August 06, 2025, 11:26:31 AM

Yeah, those type of engagements needed to be cure as if that person continue that wrong perception they'll lose a lot of money,  and like you said, not only the person itself but also those people who are close to him, if he messed up with his life especially with his finances, it affects those who sorround him and those who cares about him, that's reality that needed to address.
There is nothing worse than not knowing how to control yourself when you lose a lot of money and you don't know how to control yourself within the game , because that compulsive player does nothing but think about how to continue playing and trying to win, that type of player is dangerous because in money they don't give importance to what they lose, it is very easy to go down the path of addiction and that is what must be treated urgently.

Self control is important and paramount for any gambler to have a balanced financial life because any gambler without self control is definitely going to regret because when a gambler doesn't have self control he lose himself to gambling and over time it becomes a problem to him

True, it can ruined his life and not  only him but also the life of those who cares about him, once he can no longer control his emotions, he mght fall into addiction and everything will fall apart, those are the consequences when a person got to engage and unable to control themselves, gambling can both be entertaining but also can harm a people's life, better to have that self-control and practice it each time you participate or each time you play or bet on the game you like.
20  Economy / Economics / Re: Investment is for everyone on: August 06, 2025, 10:43:05 AM
Not all investments are risky, there are financial investments that have minimal risks and there are also some of them that you can calculate the risks you take before investing. The reason why some people end up in the wrong side of some investments is that they don't make proper research and also they don't use the amount of money that they are can afford to lose, it's important to invest wisely
All types of investments are risky, some investments are low risk and some investments are high risk. You cannot name any investment that is completely risk free. Before making any type of investment plan, you must be careful about risk management and be knowledgeable about how you will deal with the risks. I would even suggest that whether you invest in high risk or low risk investments, you must use the money that you can afford to lose.
To my knowledge there may be no specific prohibitions on investing because it is largely true that a person may be able to understand the principles of investment very easily, which will allow him to determine its risk. It may also be necessary to know the investment principles because there we need to learn how to allocate resources, and we also need to know specific information on things like liquidity. You are right that we need to be careful in risk management, in fact it is very important to consider these aspects when investing because everyone probably knows that investments do not always yield profits. Therefore it can be said that one should determine financial goals before investing and and you need to change your mindset.

As long as you fully understand the venue of investment that you are going to support the chance still possible to succeed, there are factors that you need to consider and everything can be studied along the way, it's for every individual who have that passions to learn and not just to easy ride and think about quick profits, but instead, to those who have time taking every single steps as learning process to succeed with thier investment.
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