Kaya gustong gusto ng mga developers or owners ng mga online casino's na mai-introduce ang kanilang website sa mga kababayan natin dahil sa mga influencers na walang pake kung maraming matalo basta ang importante kumita sila sa pagsisinungaling sa kanilang mga followers. Sa kabilang banda, mayroon naman ung mga kulang sa kaalaman na followers nila at nahuhumaling mag-invest sa mga sugal na kagaya ng mga ganito kahit hindi naman rehistrado at walang lisensya galing sa PAGCOR.

Wala rin naman tayong magagawa kasi hindi naman natin kontrolado ang utak ng kanilang mga followers. Ang magagawa na lang natin ay wag na lang sumabay at gumaya sa kanila lalo kung alam naman natin na magiging scam lang din naman ito sa huli. Matututo rin ang mga yan kapag nangyari na ung ayaw nilang mangyari at yun ay ang matakbuhan ng mga developers ng casino na ito.

There was a time where they are up against the Thunder, but instead of betting on the Warriors which is obviously has a higher chance of winning, I bet on the Thunder at that time simply because the Warriors are playing on the road. That's how awful the Warriors are on the road this season.

I'm pretty sure they are aware on what's happening on them at the road, but they just can't find a perfect solution to this nightmare that they are facing. They are playing really well on their home, and they've got one of the best home records right now, but one of the worst road records. On the other hand, the good thing about the Warriors on this game is even though they lost, Klay flexed yet again his 4 rings to somebody. They didn't show who it is, but winning 4 rings isn't an easy thing to do so, he has bragging rights to do it especially with a team who don't have any title yet.

The Rockets are already eliminated this season, but they are still playing really well. They are on a 3 game winning streak and they even defeated the Celtics on this one. With how the Warriors are playing, I might put a bet on the Rockets on this one simply because this will happen on the home of the Rockets.

It's good to see Brunson back with the team after a few games of him being out.

TBH, the Knicks are one of the most improved teams this season. From being at the bottom to now at the 5th spot. They are on a 3 game winning streak and 7-3 on their last 10 games. Their last 10 games will be a balanced one because 5 games will be on their home, and 5 on the road. The Knicks currently have one of the best road records right now in the league with 22-14 win-loss record, so them playing on the road isn't a problem unlike the Warriors who are struggling so much on the road. If there's a problem with the Knicks right now, it's Randle's shot selection and his shot attempts where the volume is too high, and he don't know how to adjust when he isn't having a good night.

Anyway, teams must watch out the Knicks team, and I hope that they will not get eliminated on the first round immediately.

Well, as expected on the first games of the playoffs. Teams who are on the bottom will lost by double digits.

On the first game, it's the only game Converge's import, but he scored 39 points, got 10 rebounds, played for 46 minutes and 40% from 3-pt area. For a debut match, I guess it's a good stat line already, but as we expected, they lost to the SMB by 16 points. Clark, Perez and Manuel combined for 86 of the total 121 points. Manuel showed his efficiency on this one as he's the best player of the game scoring 20 points with a perfect 9/9 shooting.

On the second game, when I saw that Selden Jr. got an injury, I didn't watch the game anymore because I know and we know what to expect with this one. I mean with Selden Jr. at least they have a chance, but without him, that chances drop to 0%. I wonder how the NLEX Road Warriors performed this whole conference if they retained Jonathon Simmons as their import instead of Wayne Selden Jr., but anyway, they lost bigtime.

Two sister teams in SMB and Ginebra will face in the Semi-Finals on a best of 5 series. I think Ginebra will win on this match-up. Only a prediction though.

You might get overwhelmed by the tons of advices that they can give to you.

I mean there is nothing wrong with joining a trading community or group because I also joined one or two when I was still new to trading. The problem that I encounter is that, the amount of information that they're giving to a newbie is too much that you might get overwhelmed because of the terms, the tips or the strategies that they are giving. It comes to a point where I don't want to read their comments anymore because it's too much for me. I don't know if there is somebody aside from me whose experiencing this, but I see it as a disadvantage, and can affect your learning journey.

My advice? I'm not an expert in trading like most of us, but learning on your own pace will help you. This helped me learning trading. I watched Youtube videos, tried some strategies personally, and fortunately I'm getting some profits in trading already.

Did all of these last year. Constantly accumulating Bitcoin that I've been storing in a non-custodial wallet. Constantly checking my backup keys as well while avoiding making some bad decisions that caused by the FTX drama sh*t. I didn't have Bitcoin in any exchanges last year. I didn't even touched these platforms that has a yield feature, or even those apps that lets investors to lend their money for an annual interest.

If there are things that I might regret not doing last year, these are the 2. I'm fatter than what I was in 2021 because I didn't have the time to go out and play or exercise etc. At the same time, I didn't gain any new experience at all (or if there is one then I can't recall what it is).

If I will add, I guess it's "Always learn new things". Businessmen always read books so that they will learn something.

Partly yes.

I mean like in crypto where investor's trust is affected towards a project when something bad happens, it's the same with the banks that some people no longer trust them because of what happened. Banks are known to be against crypto so the fall of some banks for some investors is a positive sign for them thus, they will invest more. At least it's what the sentiments of the investors, and we are already seeing Bitcoin pumped up at the time these banks fell down.

Currently at $27,400, if the fall of more banks continues, we might see Bitcoin continue to go up as well. On the other hand, there will still be people who will trust banks no matter what happened to them. They will just withdraw their money, and then find a larger bank for them to keep their money there.

Maybe the fact that Bivol defeated a superstar in Canelo made him increase his points.

Anyway, like many others here, all of us wants to watch a unification fight between Beterbiev and Bivol, but it seems like it will not happen this year at least like what @Baofeng said. Had to watch some of Smith's highlights on Youtube, and he's a good fighter, a good counter puncher, and looks like he's copying what Canelo is doing to his opponents where he make a punch to the head and then to the body instantly.

21 KO's out of his 29 wins (70% KO rate), I think Smith might be a good opponent for him, but... it's Beterbiev that will be his opponent. A monster in the light heavyweight division that has a hundred percent KO rate. A boxer who isn't throwing a lot of punches, but when he throws punches, it's full of power. Anyway, I hope this match will materialize, and will happen this year. As for Bivol, is there any updates with him, or any opponents that he will face this year?

Whether it is on business or in gambling in general, there are still dark secrets into it.
These are secrets that any normal people don't know, but on the other hand, they're the ones that are suffering because of what the rich can do to them.

As for dark secrets in gambling, there are some, but I believe the main reason why only a minor number of gamblers are winning is because of how they see gambling, and how they approach gambling. Most of the gamblers sees gambling as their way to financial freedom, and that isn't the correct way of seeing it. Many gamblers sees it as a way for them to make profit though there's nothing wrong with it, but that kind of thinking makes the majority of the gamblers lose more money.

For sure there are secrets in every business including gambling itself, but businessmen and casino owners worked hard for it, and they deserved what they achieved.

I think you can watch on Stake.com because they are livestreaming NBA games there. I'm always watching there whenever I have time, and so far I'm comfortable watching on their website. Maybe the fact that it's a small window only is a problem, but you can enlarge it still.

Your Parlay is already lost because the Warriors lost on the road "AGAIN" against the Nuggets. This is their 3rd straight road loss on their 5 consecutive road games, and 11th straight road loss. Curry just held to just 16 points after having a high scoring consecutive games. Kuminga on the other hand is their highest scorer with 24 points off the bench. This kid is a good pick by the Warriors because he's a great defender, and their opponent doesn't respect his ability to shoot threes. Overall, they still lost to the Grizzlies. I wonder what Dillon "Dynasty" Brooks will say again against Draymond Green.

Well, they are still 4 games above the 2nd seeded Kings, so maybe these is a strategy to them. I mean kind of they will not perform 100% on their remaining games, so that they will still have the energy when playoff comes. If they know that they will retain the 1st spot with a few games remaining, for sure their key players Jokic and Murray will sit in preparation for the upcoming playoffs.

Currently, they lost 5 of their last 6 games and the only win that they got in that 6 game span was against the Pistons. They only have 11 games remaining, and it's a bit tough at least because on that 11 games, 7 of them are against teams above .500 (Warriors, Suns, Sixers, Bucks, Nets, Kings). TBH, I'm a bit worried on how the Nuggets are performing on their last games, but if they will manage to win majority of the remaining 11 games then I still think that they will retain that top spot in the West.

Speaking of locals, the local players of Converge are also good players, and can help their import in terms of offense.

They have players like Ahamnisi, Teng, and Stockton to lead the offense for the locals, and at the same time they have Arana, Pascual and Tratter to defend the paint. The FiberXers' local players are also good ones as well and will be a good help with their new import. Well, Converge are the heavy underdogs in this series match-up because why not? They are facing the SMB who we know how star-studded their team are even without Fajardo.

Like you, I also believe that the spread that the sportsbook will put might be covered by the SMB whatever number it is (spread).

I just felt this thread is kind of a bragging post, and an advertisement post at the same time.
I mean why making a thread like this where you only won $500?

You beat their site and took their money? As if the only money Stake.com has is only $500 base on how you said it. Kind of funny that you are bragging that you won that amount where the reality is, there are much more gamblers out there who are winning way better that you are and yet, they aren't saying it to the public. There are gamblers out there who has more money than you (base on your video), and yet they aren't bragging it.

Well, good luck with your gambling journey, and I know that you just created an account here in the forum just to brag your $500 winnings.

Silvergate, Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, First Republic Bank, and even Credit Suisse are having a hard time right now for different reasons.

What's happening with these banks affects the trust of the people towards the whole banking industry. The more banks to fall, the less deposits the people do and they might find an alternative way to store their money. Will these different banks falling down might be a cause for another "2008 Global Financial Crisis" again?

As for the crypto, it looks like what's happening to the banks right now is a positive for the crypto investors thus, they are inserting more money and buying Bitcoin and other altcoins. We know that the sentiments of the people are a huge factor towards the price of a particular coin. Anyway, I don't know, but this might create domino effect towards other bank as well, and we might see more banks falling on the succeeding weeks.

And... they lost again on the road. 2/5
Yes I'm counting it because these 5 road games will be very crucial for the whole team. If they will still lose in these next 3 road games, they might go down to as low as the 9th or even 10th spot. That's how important these next games for them especially that they are on a Western Conference where the 4th until the 12th spot are only separated by 5 games.

I also thought that the Warriors will win on that game, but missed threes, turnovers caused them the game, and with that they extended their road losing streak into 10.

The Lakers' defense crumbled at the final seconds of the game, and they focused their attention on Irving too much that they left his other teammates.
On the other hand, I'm pretty sure nobody expected Kleber to shot the buzzer beater right, but still it's not ok to leave the you're guarding away because they can just shoot on three if needed like what happened. Anyway, it's a good revenge win for the Mavericks after blowing out a 26-point lead on their home to lose eventually against the Lakers.

Bitcoin can end poverty of some people, but not all people.

First, not all people are aware of Bitcoin or at least in every nation like you said. In every country, not all of them knows Bitcoin so how they can be out of poverty with the help of Bitcoin? Aside from that, if there are some who knows Bitcoin, chances are they might not interested on even learning it because they might think that it will be a waste of time for them.

Second, some or let's just say most of the poor people aren't going out of poverty because of their mindset. They don't have a perfect mindset that will make them out of the poor. We know how important it is to have a mindset because that will help you.

There might be some people around the world that turned themselves into a rich person with the help of Bitcoin. Now to answer your question, it will not happen. A poor person will not have spare money for them to invest into Bitcoin.

I guess this Youtube shorts will be an evidence, and a proof as well that Kyrie's statements were true
https://youtube.com/shorts/ioaA5g4bdng?feature=share
Watch the video. You will hear the word "This is for Vegas" coming from the commentators with a little bit of an explanation.

To add this up, there is a rumor back in the days where a referee in the name of Tim Donaghy conspired of fixing NBA games.
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/25980368/how-former-ref-tim-donaghy-conspired-fix-nba-games

I guess what Kyrie's saying is true, and that really affects the whole organization.

Kind of funny that Converge's new import might play only 1 game in the PBA because they might lose to a star-studded team like SMB.
On the other hand, this might be an opportunity for that import to showcase his talent outside his country. Who knows. If he will play very well and will be very efficient on this game despite losing, he might be given a chance to play again as an import on the next PBA conference where there is an import.

Like you, I feel bad as well with regards to the sequence of events that happened to them. Lose to Ginebra by a huge margin mainly because Franklin was a crybaby, then the FiberXers had a hard time finding a replacement import despite having more than a week of finding it, and now they are facing a team that is very dominating even though they don't have JMF. Better luck next time for them I guess. They played really well in their first games, but they lost steam on their remaining games, ended up the elimination round with a losing streak.

An upset?
Converge winning the first game might be the biggest upset that they can do IMO, but to win against SMB? I also doubt if they can.

Last night, the price of Bitcoin is at around $26,000. By the time I woke up, the price of it already reached $27,500.
A huge spike in just a few hours.

RSI currently is on the overbought territory already. It's only one indicator, but I guess we will see a bit of a correction in the next few days after this massive pump. I guess it's always a positive sign for the cryptocurrency market whenever the FED is printing money right? They just printed money because of what happened to SVB, and now we are seeing Bitcoin pumping.

As for Bitcoin reaching $30,000 this month, we are at the mid of the month and still have at least 2 weeks before the month ends. Maybe it will, but for that to happen, there must be some catalyst/s that will make the price of Bitcoin pump (maybe the FED Press Conference). I don't know what it is, but Bitcoin will not reach $30,000 if there are no reasons at all.

This is just some of the games that you are playing in your locality. You just added the fact that you are betting on which team or which animal will win. Is it considered gambling? Yes because betting = gambling, but this isn't the games that we are seeing right now on some gambling sites or some casinos etc.

This question is a subjective one if you will ask me.

There are some people who wants to socialize with other people in person thus, they see gambling in a physical casino more fun than online. They are the ones who wanted to see people around them while gambling that's why they prefer it. On the other hand, there's the ones like me who is an introvert guy who loves gambling more online than in physical. I don't know the exact reason as to why I see online gambling more fun to me, but maybe it's because of the fact that there's no gambling here in our place where I can attend physically, or it's because of my trait.

After all, people see physical gambling more fun than internet gambling, and vice versa. What's important is people are gambling without any stress. People are gambling because they are entertained to do it. People are gambling because they find it relaxing.