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5541  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Your Gambling Life During Quarantine on: April 25, 2020, 12:55:31 PM
When you are locked in the whole day, you do not feel the urge to do anything. The same is happening with me I have not been to any gambling website from day one. When there is so much uncertainty in the world and you do not know what will happen next how can you enjoy and gamble?
5542  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: CORONAVIRUS IMPACT ON SPORTS GAMBLING on: April 24, 2020, 08:41:30 PM
The major sports betting websites wait patiently for the right time when they will announce the new promotions in order to recover their losses during the COVID-19 drama. The mistakes made by punters before the pandemic shutdown will be a good lesson to recover from the loss. Sports betting lost its credibility in the pandemic test and casinos took this position.
They are no losing their credibility, people will still gamble once major sports will resume again, they are just in a pause for awhile but they are not gone. Their reputation will remain as people still love watching sports while betting on their respective sportsbook.

Yeah it is short break for few month. when things become normal, sporting events will again resume and so will the gamblers. In the meantime they can gamble on online games.
5543  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: April 24, 2020, 06:12:12 PM
Nice tweet!

I am waiting for history to again repeat itself.

Chernobyl happened on 26 April 1986

USSR dissolution happened on 26 December 1991

It took just 5 years and  8 months.

Covid 19 outbreak happened in December of 2019 exact date I am not sure.. so if history repeats it would be 2024 and April should be the month.
5544  Local / Off-Topic (India) / Re: Facebook buys 9.99% stake in Reliance Jio for Rs 43,574 crore on: April 24, 2020, 05:40:03 PM
One thing is certain, all Indians using this new WhatsAppPay platform can start preparing to kiss your privacy goodbye.

Almost half of India has already kissed Privacy Good bye by downloading the Arogya setu app. It is indeed a good app in situation like this but it seriously compromises your Privacy as it is always tracking you whenever you are carrying your mobile phone.

Therefore Privacy does not matter to most Indians untill they get entangled into some serious issue.
5545  Other / Meta / Re: My 9 months & 850 merit on: April 24, 2020, 05:34:54 PM
Amazing achievement!

I have been in this forum for close to two years now and still struggling to achieve such an accomplishment. Those numbers are really a motivation for people like me.

Thanks for sharing.
5546  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Are Airdrops allowed here? on: April 24, 2020, 05:29:00 PM
Is it allowed to make a airdrop like, join our Telegram then u will get some free coins?

Airdrop are basically promotions

So, as long as it is genuine I do not think it should be a problem.

I think you need to create a new post for airdrop here https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=238.0
5547  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: April 24, 2020, 05:04:37 PM
As you can see most of the users including me are saying that option no 3 is the best but if the ICC wants to implement rule no 2, this would mean they have some other intentions and they have a look at the bigger picture for the players interest too and also what is best for making more money. If IPL is rescheduled to some other months other than Mar/Apr 2021 it will not be good for the game.
Postponing the tournament by two years is not possible. If they do that, then the ICC may suffer a lot of financial damage. On average, ICC conducts one major tournament per year, and most of their revenues come from these tournaments. In the end, the annual contribution for various national boards may take a hit and the nations outside the big 3 will get impacted.
It all depends on the availability of the vaccine to cure this dreadful disease. Practically it is not possible to again reschedule the tournament again in next if the virus is still a five in 2021. I think they should wait and watch the situation. They cannot come into any conclusion within few months.

If the coronavirus epidemic will not subside quickly, most provably ICC will change their schedule, but till now they don't want to change the schedule. You know, most of the ICC-Money is earned through this tournament, so postponing the tournament means their financial loss. That's why ICC will wait until the last moment. If they could, they wouldn't change the schedule of the tournament. so, they will have to wait some more time to reach the conclusion.

You cannot stop the inevitable, financial loss is now in every sector so if they try also they cannot organize this tournament. Untill a permanent solution is out.

Already few countries have initiated the trial for a vaccine but that trial also takes a minimal six month to one year time. So most probably a cure vaccine will be available by next year or end of this year.

Untill then sports tournaments will be on hold.
5548  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Cricket match prediction discussions on: April 24, 2020, 03:38:46 PM
As long as its not book cricket, i am fine with it.

One creative way could be, Players using sandpaper officially as they can't use saliva on ball. Grin

Yeah, The Melbourne Cricket Ground.

 Grin Grin Grin

You can check my previous posts and you will find that I have always favored the usage of sandpaper over saliva (even before the COVID 19 epidemic). Both of them have almost the same impact on the swing of the cricket ball, and I don't understand the reason why one is permitted while the other is not. This is also a very unhygienic practice which needs to be done away with.  Grin

Both are helpful for swing but..

1. Saliva is for smoothing one side of ball and let other side get rough naturally as game proceeds.
2. Sandpaper or other foreign object is used by players for disturbing one side of roughness in short period of time, intentionally.

That's why one is legit and other is not.

There are two more ways to tamper the ball other than using a sand paper. Scratching one side of the ball using nails and the other one is excessively rubbing one side with a hand towel.
5549  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: The growth of cryptocurrency on: April 24, 2020, 03:16:54 PM
I have not seen or heard any government accepting cryptocurrency to pay utility bills and niether I have seen governments accepting it as a legal tender. They have only created a negative impression about cryptocurrencies especially Bitcoin and still most of the governments are pretty much confused as to how and what to do with these digital currencies.

To counter Bitcoin big countries have already started ro point out their own crypto, where in they are trying to mislead their own citizen by creating a myth that their centralized cryptocurrency is better than Bitcoin.

There are very few good online organization that are trying to promote cryptocurrency but not the governments.
5550  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: April 24, 2020, 02:51:24 PM
As you can see most of the users including me are saying that option no 3 is the best but if the ICC wants to implement rule no 2, this would mean they have some other intentions and they have a look at the bigger picture for the players interest too and also what is best for making more money. If IPL is rescheduled to some other months other than Mar/Apr 2021 it will not be good for the game.

Postponing the tournament by two years is not possible. If they do that, then the ICC may suffer a lot of financial damage. On average, ICC conducts one major tournament per year, and most of their revenues come from these tournaments. In the end, the annual contribution for various national boards may take a hit and the nations outside the big 3 will get impacted.


It all depends on the availability of the vaccine to cure this dreadful disease. Practically it is not possible to again reschedule the tournament again in next if the virus is still a five in 2021.

I think they should wait and watch the situation. They cannot come into any conclusion within few months.
5551  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: April 24, 2020, 02:09:29 PM
Since we can't watch those matches, so we can't imagine how they were played. But even 20 years ago the technology were not so good as it is now. We didn't have closeup reviews, hawkeye and a lot of other things at that time.

True. All that remains of that match are a few photographs. BBC was having the broadcasting rights for the 1983 Cricket World Cup (which was being played in England). Back then, India was being considered as one of the minnows, with West Indies being the overwhelming favorites to win the world cup. On that day, West Indies was playing against Australia and therefore the BBC sent the crew and equipment to cover that match. For them, the India vs Zimbabwe match was not a very important one.

Those were bad days for colored people. British Media had a very negative outlook towards ex colonies . Australia at that time was being governed by the monarch therefore more emphasis was on their game.
5552  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Is the main purpose in gambling, always to make more money? on: April 24, 2020, 02:02:56 PM
Actually the aim, objective or the purpose of getting engage into playing gambling depends upon the gambler itself. It is not always about the money because there are gamblers who perceive playing gambling as for entertainment purpose only on which the aim is to relax themselves by playing.
Seen many times about this entertainment and fun purpose.

It's just the latter but the main is about making money with smaller amounts for not high risk takers but for those who made themselves a living  with gambling, they consider it as a source.

I think that up to now only professional poker players like the ones we see on Pokerstars in Tv.All other people and gamblers play to win money but only to face with losses.That is what happens to most of us unfortunately but the truth is we all play with the purpose to make always more and more money.
It's a fact and this entertainment reason, I think it's still there but not that the priority anymore.

A gambler will always aim to win and when we win, there's money = profit.
Well, it is true, this entertainment reason seems to be their way to escape the fact what they really after. I don't think that there are some people who only gamble without aiming to win money. There is no such person with the idea of burning money without expecting a return.

The aim was never to get entertained but to win money by which you can entertain yourself. I do not gamble for the sake of fulfilling my addiction I gamble when I feel I should try my luck to get some extra money which I can spend for my entertainment. Unfortunately it never always but sometimes it does.
5553  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Analyst: "Covid-19 Could Spur More States to Legalize Online Casino" on: April 23, 2020, 03:15:55 PM
Don't know about governments asking it's people to gamble but people would certainly be much more attracted to online gambling in such circumstances. There are no clear future and people have very less thing to keep them entertained. Both of which makes gambling less risky and preferable.

Actually the government will be doing it. They will need funds to activate the economy and the best way to do so is by allowing people to gamble more and tax them.

Countries that are affected by the virus will take minimum six month to a year again to restart the economy, so things will change a lot in coming days.
5554  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Crypto predictions on: April 23, 2020, 02:42:48 PM
If you follow price prediction then do not follow it blindly. It indeed helps you to keep yourself prepared for the future but I have not seen it working for cryptocurrency.

On BTT we have Speculation on Bitcoin and Altcoin forum. Trading view is also a good place to check it and on Twitter there are many individuals who provide it for free. Just do a search on twitter and Google you will get the answer.
5555  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Has this period killed your desire or exited it on: April 23, 2020, 02:37:17 PM
I have been in lockdown for 30 days now. I am so much frustrated for not being able to watch any games and enjoy a single day.by going out with my friends and family.

In situation like this how can I enjoy gambling therefore I am not gambling at the moment.
5556  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Xcard a scam? on: April 23, 2020, 07:10:07 AM
What's happening with Xcard? I participated in this bounty campaign and since months ago now everything seem quiet and no one is talking about the project, is Xcard a scam project or a failed project?

These are uncertain times and startups are struggling to raise funds. In general after the bounty is over they prepare for with fund raising or to get listed on an exchange. This is the period when they generally go silent. So, it is possible that they might be waiting now for things to become normal.

If it is a good project and if the team is genuine then you hsve to wait for them to respond patiently.
5557  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Can Blockchain Technology stop Election Malpractice? on: April 23, 2020, 07:05:19 AM
I am not sure how it will be implemented? but, it can be done. If every individual is provided a unique identification number  or alphanumeric ID on the Blockchain then the problem can be solve. To generate this ID they have to go through KYC.

The best part about Blockchain is that you cannot manipulate with this ID as once it is created you cannot delete or edit it.

But, will the government of these countries allow this to happen?

5558  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Crowded Casinos - Play or not? on: April 19, 2020, 10:55:24 AM
Evern after the lockdown is over I think it would be better for everyone to avoid crowded place and stay as much possible I side you house to avoid this virus. Untill a vaccine to cure this virus is out, which in my opinion will either end of this year or start of next year we need to keep ourselves safe by self isolating and following social distancing rules.
5559  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: What are you doing now? on: April 19, 2020, 10:50:03 AM
Pretty much frustrated with current situation and also being in lockdown for more than 20 days. I have spent most of my time by being on this forum, working on my project and watching movies on streaming apps.

The only time I went outside was when I needed some groceries or had to smoke. Else I am in my house and waiting for this shit to be over.
5560  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Service Discussion (Altcoins) / Re: High rewards still possible in bounties? on: April 19, 2020, 10:44:37 AM
$350 000 is only speculation of the price of the ICO when it started trading only 1 out of 100 projects that can achieve it so the possibility to get prize of an allocation that is set only 1%
That was based on the ico price as the base price to determine how much worth the bounty was. it's rarely to see a campaign that used the rate on the exchange site as the base to determine the total reward for the bounty. The high reward is still possible even if that said 1% when it was created by a trusted company too. it's really difficult to predict these days.

ICO price is expectation and actual price is always a reality, which by the way is always bitter lol..

I still do not understand how does these project come with such an astonishing market price? When the market is struggling so much after 2018.
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