So earlier this week I had an interesting encounter with an older professor who came to buy a computer from me off of an online marketplace. He came by and I had him all sorted out in about 10 or 15 minutes helping him get the thing all set up and get him out the door. Anyways, while the device was booting up I killed time asking him about what he did, and turns out he was a Professor for Dept of Education and Couseling/Psych professor in the dept of Psychiatry. He said he had studied gambling for over 20 years and his team did some of the first testing on Nintendo game systems to see if there were any links or associations of game systems with anything that could later corrupt youth in life, their findings were that Ninteno systems best associated with GAMBLING.

 Do you think as a result of this and the way certain game systems were engineered do you think they were meant to flip on some kind of like deep and sleeping cognitive gambling switch that woudl turn on by certain cues later in life? Food for thought, I found it quite an interesting encounter and little gambling nugget that I never knew. What are your thoughts on this? Did anyone else know this?

Howdy!

We are almost done with the first month of 2026! Nearly 3/4ths of the way through the month and I am curious to know if anyone had any gambling goals for this year. Have you stuck to your goals so far or have you slipped yet? I think this goes without saying but lets all be as encouraging as we can here and respectful towards one another and their goals. You could have a goal to not gamble as much, maybe to not gamble at all. Maybe you have a goal to gamble more often? lol Who knows! Everyone has goals, but not everyone talks about them so openly so I think we ought to get a decent turn out here.

I will kick us off, my gambling goal for this year is to pick 2 sports that I really like and make a concious effort to study them & the statistics of the teams/ sports and do more sports betting this year. My goal is to be strategic and make educated decisions after studying the players, leauges, games etc. I also have a goal to go to the hardrock at least one time with my buddies for a little fun playing poker!

What are your gambling goals? Please share as much or as little as you like, and I will be looking forward to hearing everyones GGs!

Cheers,

tread93

I've noticed that there are many different types of gamblers. So I had this fun idea.

You know how in school there were clicks with cool nicknames, well I feel as if we should have that here in the forum for all the different types of gamblers.

Like the Poker players could be the "Pokes" slot machine players could be called "slotters" , black jacks could be called BJs haahhahahha jk that one will need some work jajajjajajajaj. old sports would be a fitting name for the sports betting group, etc etc.

But you get my idea? I feel like there could be a really unique naming conventions going on here for all the different types of gamblers and nicknames might be kind of fun. Especially when referring to amongst eachother in our postings.

Or maybe this is just a terribly stupid idea and I just need to stop lol. Let me know!

So this is an interesting idea, im sure its been thought of before but im not sure if we have ever discussed this in here before and even if we have im sure its worth it to resurface. 

The idea is this: If you consistently gamble large amounts of your income perhaps you should consider this strategy to avoid huge losses. instead of using 10-30% of your income on gambling why not try to invest it in an index fund or mutual fund that sees 10-20% amnual returns and at the end of the year cash out on the returns to use towards your gambling activities.

This strategy has huge upsides:

1. You practice restraint of all gambling activities and earn your gambling though investing
2. You traded a bad habit of gambling and losing with investing and now see consistent returns if invested properly.
3. You will feel better if you do lose in your gambling activities because you wouldn't lose your initial earnings, just the gains for that year.
4. If you do win, youre not only winning from gambling but now youre also winning from investing 😉

What do you guys think about this strategy to help avid gamblers mitigate their risk of loss?

This should be a fun one....

What are some of your beliefs or superstitious about gambling?

What is a gambling ritual or tradition you like to partake in or perform before (or during) a game?

Everyone wants to win the lottery, but few people usually care or pay attention to what happens to lottery winners. Pretty much every lottery winner ive read about and you've read about in the end they end up going broke again. The money goes away because they never learned how to keep it. They never earned it.

Winning the lotto sure would be a thrill but I feel like the people who win fill their life with lavish experiences and things and in the end they just turn into greedy and unhappy people.

Let me explain. When you've won all this money suddenly your hard life becomes incredibly easy and now you can afford to live a life of ease or excess. At least until its gone. People lose their selves, kill themselves though addiction, ruin their relationships with family and friends, quit their job, uproot their whole life. I mean in a way you get all tje money and stuff but you become a different person in the process right.
 
Idk, I feel like the real winning of the lottery of life is just being alive and breathing. Just the chance to be here right now existing should make us all feel like the luckiest people on earth. Plus ya know we know about Bitcoin. The real fun is in the journey, the struggle, the toil is what makes things satisfactory and worth it! Building something is edifying. Winning is too but its the earning it that makes it all worth it at the end of the day. Just saying. I feel like people look at it the wrong way, especially gamblers. You're too busy gambling to realize the blessings and opportunities that are right in front of you!

Ive been seeing a few random gambling social media presences lately, one of them being Jake Paul with some gambling site of his own creation I believe. Honestly it's pretty smart. Jake Paul love him or hate him is getting his money web tangled in a lot of different things and honestly a casino ain't a bad idea lol

Can you think of any other popular gambling infuencers today? Drop them in the comments section im curious to see who else ive missed promoting this stuff

Alright so this is an interesting one and there is not a topic on this yet here to my knowledge but I keep coming across these headlines and so I did a little digging. Is anyone actually going to be claiming their night tokens? Bitcoin holders are eligible for claiming NIGHT tokens, but not just BTC holders its a multi chain airdrop including XRP Cardono and some other shits. So basically its supposed to be like some crazy amount in the billions to be distributed.

Does anyone know about this or want to weigh in on this? I am too skeptical of getting rekt trying to claim this bullshit from some bad link or something so id be testing first with a wallet that has a very small amount since the snapshot was taken (in June I believe). The claim timer ends on October 4th then the non claimed tokens go to a pool to be mined by users seeking rewards.

I think this airdrop is good to post here since its bitcoin related and relevant to Bitcoin holders. I feel like nobody is really talking about this. What do you guys think about this??

Check it out:
Midnight Airdrop Explained: Everything About The Glacier Drop https://blog.mexc.com/news/midnight-airdrop-explained/

Snapshot Details
The official snapshot was taken on June 11, 2025. To qualify, wallets needed to hold a minimum of $100 in any of the supported assets at the time of the snapshot. The supported chains are:

Cardano (ADA)
Bitcoin (BTC)
Ethereum (ETH)
Ripple (XRP)
Solana (SOL)
Avalanche (AVAX)
Binance Coin (BNB)
Basic Attention Token (BAT)
This extensive list represents some of the most widely held assets in the crypto space, making the airdrop accessible to a vast number of users.

Trump's oldest sons' American Bitcoin stake worth $1.5 billion in stock debut | Reuters https://share.google/Al83G9s9avmgji1kR

This was the headline on Reuters for Trump's sons who have equally a very large stake in the mentioned companies, so the question is: Is it of ethical concern due to conflict of interest? I think the sheer argument in America that stands is that anyone is entitled to start their own crypto venture and that anyone could do this if they wanted to. That is what Donald Trump Jr. I think is implying when he say's that its "insane" when he responds to Democratic lawmaker's critiques due to the "conflict of interest" that this poses for the Trump family fortune. Donny J touts that this has nothing to do with his father aka The President of the United States of America, Donald J. Trump.

Wild times to say the least! I think the biggest difference here within the last year is that the Biden's played in the dark and made their money like cockroaches, while Trump's make their money in the light of regulation in a growing innovative industry and they do it with style! Hard work pays off. It also does help when you're a Trump for sure but hey I'd be doing the same thing if I were them, would you not? If you say no, you're gay. hehehhe jk.

Does anybody have any unopened booster packs that they would be willing to sell for a decent price? I completely missed this drop! They look to be a super cool set with a lot of one off cards and a chance at 1 BTC redemption card again!!

I mean why not? It would be just extra exposure for me and im already contributing into another one and there's enough in there to get .25 of "paper bitcoin" sometimes with the silver ETFs they call it paper silver. I mean i am completely bullish and think 200k before year end is definitely doable as well. What do you think of this idea?

Hey guys,

I'm gonna do something fun here and create this log to show my scratch off results over time.

Now I buy them here & there trying to get some W's but im not buying them every day. Usually I take loose change of mine and use them to buy $1 scratch offs.

Today I got a commission so I bought two $5 Scratch Off games.

First game: 5/15/2025
Details: 2 $5 scratch tickets
Results: $0 made

Currently down $10 (will start posting pics of wins)

I will keep updating everytime i get one and we can start to compile stats using chat GPT ( I will be inputing all information to help me keep track). I'll be trying to mix them up and not buy just $1 but 5 10 20 eventually and you know what I'm going to win some big $$$!


If you also get some scratch offs and want to share your wins please contribute!

Who are yall betting on??? Kentucky derby is live now i was thinking of putting money on Chunk of Gold! I am at one of our close friends house right now at a party for the derby and I put a little money on Tiztastic and Sovereign

Just in case you guys missed this I would urge you to check out the poker game & order yourself a set of these as a fun momento and poker collectible that is unique to this section in the bitcoin talk forum!

This post is regarding this really awesome poker deck / chip display  https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5537075.0  and appartenly we only have 1 more day of Theymos's actual poker game left! (I hope that he makes it is a permanant thing tho it would be so great). So we better enjoy using the poker while we still have it!  If you haven't already put in to buy your set of chips and cards (some with gold foil!) then you definitely should. I am paying for them today and I can't wait to recieve these display set to put with my other card collectibles

It's all in the title. Say that you're new to this space and gambling is foreign or maybe you just have the slightest bit of experience in some gambling category.  

Is there a free gambling for dummies guide out there that explains in depth all the oldest to modern facets of gambling with historical data that you would recommend? Like a gambling encyclopedia that keeps up with the entire gambling world? Are there certain tools that can help gambling strategies like apps or websites and is there anywhere that lays out the best strategies in every category including sports betting, all table gambling games, online betting and physical casinos bets, etc etc the list can go on and on. I believe becoming a student in anything you do certainly has its benefits and it's important to always keep an open mind.

I'm just curious. Don't know if a thread like this has been created in some time but I am excited to see what people say.

When you gamble, have you won a decent amount ever? Maybe enough to buy a really cool experience or maybe something really nice? Maybe you used the money to do something really cool for someone else, whatever it is I'd like to know what everyone's favorite thing they've done or bought with the winnings from their gambling.

For me I think it would have to be the experience one time that I funded with my winnings from a fun run in black jack. I splurged on an incredible meal for my wife and I and we spared no expense and ordered whatever we wanted 7 course meal with all the drinks and desserts and the ambiance music and wonderful atmosphere. It was a wonderful time in a beautiful city. That day I will always remember & I look forward to doing something else like that with future winnings

Now its your turn! Can't wait to see the posts. Good luck out there folks!

Best,

TREAD93

I'm very curious to know of all the folks in here that gamble, did your parents gamble when you were growing up and is that the reason that you gamble as well? Or is the very reason that you gamble was because your parents shunned it? I feel like this could go either way. It could also be a neutral stance.

For the folks whose parents didn't have anything to do with it when did you start gambling and why? Do you have anything or any memories you'd like to share of past gambling experiences? Would love to hear

So I have a friend who I went to college with and i've stayed in contact with him for the last decade and we're still friends, we were just at our other buddies place having a little pow wow and my buddy who was really into the crypto mining back in 2013 was telling us of his wild mining stories for ETH and XRP. For ETH he was parternered with this other dude that I rushed Pike with (didn't end up joining lol but I did get a bid.) Anyways long story short the kid that I rushed pike with made a bone head move and was convinced that these shitty miners were going to work like a few months before the mining difficulty was going up. They had this operation going on in a residential home and they ended up blowing a transformer. That caused the local energy authority to start looking into what they're doing & they were questioned a bit but eventually it subsided and they were gooddddddddd untilllll it happened again and the power company was trying to make them pay for it. He said the energy bill was already so high he ended up using a lot of the ETH he mined to pay for his half. The other dude who rushed Pike with me ended up taking short term loans to cover that and he kept all his ETH. Apparently that dude has like 200 million in gold my buddy said and a shit ton of land in Colorado now. He was a bit bitter on how he ended up doing really well but not nearly as well off as he should be compared to many of his other friends who were mining crypto as well.

The other story on his XRP mining was also pretty wild. He had this Mac book pro laptop that he was using with a bunch of Virtual Servers and had it running on his desk 24/7- he left it there and never moved it. One day he said the thing literally burst into flames in his room and he was so pissed becasue he didn't back up his wallets and all of the XRP he was mining was on the laptop. Once this all happened Apple reached out to him and he had multiple phone calls with like an engineeringn team he said that convinced my bud to sign all these papers and send Apple back the laptop in exchange for a brand new laptop that was even better, he took it. After all that he realized his mistake and that he might have been able to recover his lost XRP. he said that in 2017 when XRP went to $3 he would have had 500k!

When he told me these stories I literally had flash backs about him bitching about the other pike dude because I remember being in the library in college studying for Accounting and he kept saying how much of an idiot that dude was lmao. Its crazy. I knew my buddy was really smart you know he always talked about these wild server rooms he was working on but he never went into detail with me. I helped him cheat in accounting too lmao I should have got some coins for that or something!!! lmao. Crazy stories from one of my good buds. He is currently just chilling with a brand new R8 &  just traveling and working as a coder. Anyways, I thought you all would enjoy the stories I just finally had a momemt to jot them down

Does anyone else have any good mining stories? I would particually like to hear about some Bitcoin mining stories

Check it out. https://www.google.com/amp/s/decrypt.co/301063/thailand-ban-polymarket-online-gambling-crackdown%3famp=1

I am suprised to see that Thailand would be so quick to ban something that has to do with gambling after learning recently that in Thailand culture that gambling is a popular form of grieving and encouraged during the loss of a loved one. I found that to be quite odd, but now I find this to be odd after learning that. Why would Thailand ban a pro gambling site if it is offered as a past time? What if the mourning groups gambled through Polymarket then would it still be poised to be banned?  In the article they stated that the operation is an illegal form of gambling that promotes social and economic risks, do you agree? I am just curious what everyone's thoughts are on this.....

I think one thing that I am curious of is the percentage of folks who gamble who are either married or in a long term relationship and how it affects that relationship and how the gambling is percieved by your significant other. What does your spouse have to say about your gambling? Have they or would they respond negatively or positively on this subject? Do you keep them informed on the wins and losses? or just the wins? haha. Are you honest with them about your gambling or is it something that is completely under wraps? Personally I've kept most gambling to myself as its usually a very small amount that is insignificant and therefore not really worth bringing up. However, If I had much larger wins, or losses. then surely I would keep my partner in the loop. What is everyone's take on this?