You can always purchase BTC in small quantities if you cannot afford huge amounts of quantities at the moment. For example, you can purchase 0.001 worth of BTCs which can cost around ~$40 at the current market price. From this, you can gradually increase the amounts of your investment overtime with just a relatively small amount of value in the market. No one is forcing you to purchase 1 BTC outright.


I do believe that once the fork happens this year, the price of BTC will again skyrocket like what happened last 2021 when it reached an ATH of ~$60k. I believe that we may go back to that price and that would be the price floor of BTC in the coming years until the next fork happens again.

This is the reason on why it is heavily recommended to everyone to purchase BTC and HODL it until after the fork happens.

I do think that it may definitely impact the economy once Boracay becomes the national BTC island of the Philippines.

Remember that any form of payment that we receive is an additional money in our economy. If BTC transactions were to occur in this island, hundreds of tourists will definitely be maximizing this kind of payment channel. Not to mention, Boracay in itself is a tourist spot- lots of tourists globally visit the island yearly in order to experience its amazing beaches and waters. If tourists were enabled to use BTC on their transactions, this can directly impact the economy as more money would be circulated and added in its finances.

I just hope that the government takes advantage of this set-up given that Boracay has all the tools to be the first BTC island in the country. It already is a popular tourist spot- might as well maximize its potential by adding cryptocurrencies as its payment channel.

I personally saw on how it destroyed my father during his younger years.

My grandfather and father were notorious gamblers. They used to own a farm full of cockfighters and they raised/bred chickens. Inside our farm, they created this miniature ring wherein they can simulate fights between chickens without the blade equipped on the foot of the chickens. They participated tons of tournaments and they were even showcased in our national television.

When my grandfather passed away, we needed some funds so my father sold our farm in the province, though he kept a small portion of the farm in which it was to be designated for chickens for cockfighting. Unfortunately, my father prioritized gambling consistently to the point that he was struggling to put foods in our table daily. What made him turn and recover from this addiction was when my youngest brother was hospitalized due to an auto-immune disease that we badly need funds for.

Due to this incident, my father quitted gambling and he never touched that cockfighting once again. I just hope that people would not experience what I experienced growing up as a kid especially to have a father struggling to meet ends.

Oh yes I definitely regret my decision of selling my BTCs back in 2017-2018.

Back in those years, 0.0075 BTC was only around $5-$10 at that time. I was earning that amount of BTCs weekly from different campaign signatures and I used those money in order to purchase study materials back in college. In hindsight, I should have definitely saved at least 50% of those BTCs as I was not expecting its price to reach our current price of ~$41,000.

Moral of the story: Always anticipate that the price of BTC may increase in the future. Given that there is another fork happening in a few months from now, it is definitely recommended to HODL your BTCs either for short or long-term investment.

Do you have any screenshots or evidence to in order to inform us about your current situation? Also, do you also happen to have a screenshot of your conversation with the CS of Rollbit about this issue?

I do recommend that since they have an ongoing ANN thread in our forum, you may comment and inform them about your current situation as they are very active/vocal in fixing your concern. I also do believe that Rollbit, as one of the most famous online gambling platform on the internet, will not risk their reputation over this issue.

Again, please post all of the necessary screenshots so that everyone can help you with your case. Lastly, if you truly believe that you did nothing wrong on your side, then be confident that your issue will be fixed as soon as possible.

This is indeed the secret to gambling in order to maximize its success.

I have read countless of comments and observed hundreds of threads talking about the discipline of pulling the trigger. Remember, once you profit, cash out and exit. Do NOT even think about risking and trying again your luck as the result can go two-ways- either you lose or you win. Now, assuming that you lose, the initial reaction here is to gamble again in order to recover your losses; and assuming that you win, you may be tempted again to gamble due to that winning streak.


I also agree with your point.

If you see gambling as a way in order to profit, then you are viewing it on the wrong perspective. Always remember that gambling is something that a person should not completely rely on if they need to earn money. With the risks involved, you are most definitely going to lost than to win due to the presence of house edge which gives the gambling platform a slight advantage- and that advantage is leaning towards their side statistically speaking.

I do think that the word "addict" has a general misconception and stigma on its definition given on how it is used across this board.

To generalize, addict is someone who is just really likes to do a certain act. Most addicts have this connotation that they are unable to make rational decisions given that their addiction causes them to lose their sense of direction in their lives. But if a certain addict can balance their addiction and normal lives, then I do not see any problem with it.

Like what you have mentioned, an addict does not necessarily mean a negative thing for as long as they can balance things out. To be honest, I do consider myself as a computer addict (addiction to online games) but I seem to find the perfect balance between my studies and my addiction to playing games online.

This can be quite difficult without the use of any pharmacology.

Addiction is most likely caused by some mental disorder that disrupts the balance of satisfaction in the brain. Most likely, the dopamine and adrenaline that the gambler feels hungers him causing him to look for it consistently. I do mostly think that the use of pharmacology is essential and mandatory- at least for this aspect.


Given the task at hand, it is definitely recommended to explain the fundamentals and basics. It is also essential that the gambler must know statistics of gamblers who have profited vs who have lost that costed them their lives and their families.

With that as the foundation of my argument, the next step would be to recommend other activities that may stimulate the brain without the need to do any sort of gambling. I will recommend doing other extra-curricular activities (e.g. jogging, working out, etc.) in order to at least help them to be busy.

Oh yes definitely- this forum introduced me to this revolutionary technology that somehow changed my llfe completely.

Back in 2017 or in college, I was discussing some watches with my friend and I told him about owning some of the luxury brands in the future. I even told him that I wanted this Seiko that costed $100 on the market; he quickly mentioned to me, without any hesitation, that he was doing something on the internet which was learning about BTC. He showed me the symbol and I was definitely confused at first.

I visited this forum and slowly learned about its potentials and practical usage in a daily life setting. When I was able to join a campaign signature for the first time, receiving $5 worth of BTC felt super accomplished because that was the first time that I was able to earn some money on my own efforts.

Now, I am still active in this forum and I am still embarking on this endless journey of maximizing its potential. I truly believe that we have yet to fully use 100% of the potentials of BTC and its application in this modern world.

This entirely depends on the platform.

Generally, physical casinos market themselves a hotel. They tend to create hotels inside a country with theatres and shows, then they add gambling establishments within that hotel which turns the latter in a casino-hotel system.

On the other hand, cryptocurrency casinos market themselves through the use of different advertisement platforms, such as:

• Hiring content creators (e.g. YouTubers) to advertise and plug the gambling casino;
• Using famous celebrities as ambassadors of their casino;
• Advertising in this forum via campaign signatures;
• Placing ads in different kinds of websites for traction; or
• Offering bonuses and rewards during their initial phase of operations.

There are other advertisement platforms in which these online casinos may use in order to attract new audience and potential users. They also do not have a target audience but the general rule in gambling is that they can only accept users that are of legal age depending on the regulations of such country.

Lastly, these platforms have all the data they need for advertising needs. They probably know which kind of advertisement platform is most efficient in attracting new customers to their website.

Actually tama to and agree ako sayo. Medyo napansin ko nga na hindi na kasing dami ang mga billboards ngayon kung icocompare mo siya 5-10 years ago lalo na sa EDSA. Before, kada kanto may makikita kang mga malalaking billboard tapos yung iba pa nga may animations pa along Guadalupe.
Sure, effective pa din ang advertisement through billboards pero as years passed by, internet ads talaga ang mas nagiging effective to receive more traffic from users.

I do think na maganda na idea na magkaroon na billboard dedicated to cryptocurrencies kasi mas makikita din ang awareness dito. The fact na may nag patayo ng billboard exclusively for BTC gives an implication to the audience about its genuineness.


I also agree to that post.

Even if madaming pera ang mga mayayaman dito sa bansa, I doubt na gagawa sila ng isang activity na walang ka-irrelevant sa business nila. For sure kung sino man ang mag advertise ng BTC sa isang billboard, connected yan sa business nila (e.g. mode of payment ay BTC, exchange, etc.).

Ano sa tingin niyo kapag ang coins.ph naman ang gumawa ng billboard? Feeling niyo ba mga kabayan ay magkakaroon ito ng positive effect sa mga tao sa bansa?

This is somehow dangerous to the spectators whenever you see a person betting big amounts and you see them winning also huge amounts of profit in the end. This gives the spectators this false sense of hope that they can soon do the exact same thing with their bets.

To answer your question, I also feel envious whenever I see people betting huge amounts and winning big. But at the end of the day, I always imagine myself that in order to be at their situation, I also have to spend big and risk large amounts of profit on my end. Remember that gambling is a 2-way result- it could either make or break your day in a single bet.



I definitely agree with you.

While we may only see the success of others, the foundation of their winnings/profit is built on tons of losses on their end. Who knows, maybe before they have profited huge amounts of cash, they also experienced a loss amounting to the same profit they just got.

Well according to the news in this ARTICLE¹, that the picture was intentionally edited poorly in order to conceal the identity of the winner. Additionally, parts of the edited picture was taken from random images across the internet (google images) in order to really cast doubts as to his/her identity.

Personally, I find it amusing that people are even talking about this. If I were the winner, I would definitely prefer my face to be poorly edited (like the one happened currently) in order to fully conceal my identity. Be reminded that even the clothes you wear and the color of your skin may be identifiable by your friends/relatives if they were posted and unedited.

Lastly, this is all for personal safety and security. There have been rumors about the genuineness and legitimacy of PCSO announcing winners with strange patterns in the past. While this may be reserved for another discussion, I fully believe that the person that won here is true and real.

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1 https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2024/1/18/PCSO-viral-photo.html

I think there should be an option where both the immediate family and the gambler are affected the most in this situation.

While this may be true, I am also inclined into voting that the immediate family probably is mostly affected by the acts of the gambler. Like you mentioned, the gambler probably has no idea that he/she is addicted to the act. They tend to rationalize that what they are doing is completely normal and sane while disregarding the effects of their actions which ultimately affect their immediate family members.

Unfortunately, the family members of the gambler (if there are any) are the ones who are deeply affected by their acts. They suffer the consequences of not having to be prioritized when it comes to expenses; and they may also have issues regarding the budget which should be allocated to their respective needs.

More than gambling, it is about the decision-making of that person that lead him to live this kind of life. Gambling can give you a two-way result: either you win or you lose. It is that simple- either you win because you cashed out that money and stopped; or you lose because you initially won but you continued to gamble thereby losing everything in the proces.

At the end of the day, what really matters is how a person approaches gambling from the very start. His perspective and goal towards gambling should be taken into consideration as this would affect on how he/she decide in the future.

Lastly, a person must definitely allocate a specific portion of money in gambling to prevent any over-expenditure from happening. Once a person profits, then they must definitely get their initial bet and decide whether they want to continue with the money they have won or to call it a day and be a happy man!

What I actually observed here is not that they try to argue but most newbies quote posts that contain lots of quotes already. In a perspective of a beginner, it seems to imply that the more they quote, the longer that their post history looks. But of course, newbies and other veterans cannot be fooled by this scheme.


I do agree with your point.

I think newbies also focus too much on arguing than actually discussing about the topic to the point that they deviate from the original material that is being talked about. They also seem to bring up unrelated and irrelevant topics just to seemingly "strengthen" their argument but everything is just fallacious and wrong.

Ask yourself- why do you continue to gamble despite all the negativity surrounding it? What do you hope to achieve by gambling? Is this a financial problem that lets you hope of winning the jackpot; or is this an entertainment issue where gambling gives you that dopamine effect?

After asking yourself those questions, that is when you will start to re-evaluate your situation which can ultimately affect your decision making skills. Always remember, acknowledge that you suffer and then start from there. Start slow but with consistent pacing- replace slowly your gambling habits with different habits as this will create another discipline which is outside gambling.

OP, all hope is not lost- many people have stood on the very same platform you are facing and most of them had gotten out from this situation. Trust yourself and never lose that goal of recovering.

Referral links are mostly beneficial to the one receiving it- thus the person who gains the advantage here is the YouTuber sharing their respective referral links.

Like what your personal experience has taught you, for every sign-up that used your referral code, you will gain a percentage of that commission. Of course, to us commoners, there will only be a handful of people who is going to use our referral codes (e.g. friends, colleagues, etc.). But for YouTubers that has a consistent player-base and dedicated audience, that 0.03% commission piles up and eventually increases overtime which is amounts to huge profits on their part.

At the end of the day, referral links are something that is dependent on your discretion if you want to help other gamblers as well. In fact, you also have your respective referral link that you may share to others when they register.

The house always wins- this is based on statistics alone that the more the person gambles, the more he risks his resources more due to the presence of house edge.

I like this comprehensive discussion about managing winnings- it also discusses the pros and cons of cashing out and cashing in at the same time while taking into account taxes, fees, etc. I feel like we should have more discussions with technical descriptions of each techniques for everyone's guide throughout their gambling journey.



This is what I call the cycle of gambling- our initial reaction whenever we lose is to recover those losses by gambling again. This creates a perception on the gambler that the only way to recover their losses is by gambling again, thereby creating an endless cycle of deposit/losing or winning at the same time.

The only way in order to prevent this cycle is to re-evaluate the situation and to STOP. That's it! Stop and accept the fact that you lost your money from gabling.

As a rule of thumb, always cash out amount of your initial bet. In that case, you will be able to recover the initial amount you betted and you are free to use your profits whether you cash it in or use it to gamble again.

Personally, I feel like the more the player gambles, the more risks that he/she delves into. The more bets you stake, the more chances that you can lose all of your winnings potentially. This is the case on thousands of gamblers that experienced this kind of greed.

At the end of the day, greed is what drives people to gamble more even if they already have more than enough. That expectation of winning more and that hunger of betting are just too dangerous as you really run the risk of losing everything all at once.