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4161  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: July 24, 2023, 04:05:21 PM
Consistency was a problem for Arsenal last season but I think what Arteta has done in the transfer market this summer is to improve on their weaknesses last season by recruiting several potential players who have the same quality as the core players so that there are no game changes when there is a rotation in the middle or at the end of the competition.
The power of money cannot change, but everything needs a process. After being handled by Arteta, there have been many positive changes for the Arsenal team, and I believe in the process that Arteta is doing to make Arsenal even better.

The Arsenal squad already has good quality, but as far as I know they don't fully have a winning mentality. Arsenal are still struggling to get out of the pressure like last season, but gradually this can be changed as the players mature.

The same thing happened to Manchester City in the Champions League, even Pep Guardiola admits it. In the end experience has given them the mentality that ultimately helped Manchester City win its first title. Arsenal also have the opportunity to do so, but of course they have to learn from past experiences.
Well they're still under the process  of building a very tough squad that would challenge for a very long time and that's why they hired Mikel Arteta who has a mentality for recruiting young talented  players as their manager, aslo because of the experience he's had under Pep Guardiola in Manchester City and if you observe there's a similarity in the style of play of both managers, and gradually Arteta would instil that winning mentality to his squad, they took everyone by surprise last year, and had a very good start at the early stages of the competition
and most people even thought they were going to win the league
though they lost their position to City and bottle it, too bad.
 Left for me I think the squad is okay and strong enough to take on any team in the league but there's still some areas they need to strengthen which is the defence, and hopefully is going to be different this year because they've added some tough players into various areas of the squad and even introduced a player with a very good mentality in winning the ball, one thing i know for sure is that even if they don't win the league this season they'll very strong tittle contenders and would learn from their mistakes of last season.
4162  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Deposit limits on: July 24, 2023, 03:45:57 PM
  It Is a very nice idea and could serve as a risk management in gambling, thereby helping bettors reduce their addictions for gambling for instance if I set my gambling limit to $100 for 7 days I know that my daily budget for the is about $14 so it would encourage me to gamble responsibly because when I exceed my  budget for the day I'll have to wait and strategies of how to spend my $14 in gambling to win the next day, it Is a very good Idea by various platforms to help bettors control their reckless spending in gambling activities.
 
 This would help people in managing their funds and making choices in making deposits of funds they could risk losing, and would also help people to different money meant for gambling and the one for other bills, because most people would want to recover their loss and temper with food, utility or other bills which is considered very risky, although this could help tame addicted and reckless gamblers but in a case where gamblers are impatient they could easily create another account or sign up with other sites as well so this would mostly work for those gamblers that have tolerance.
4163  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread on: July 24, 2023, 03:20:14 PM
Marcel Sabitzer possibly will be joined to Dortmund this because Dortmund is really required new midfielder especially after Bellingham left and the latest is Mahmoud Dahoud who leave Dortmund to Brighton so Dortmund really want to bought more players on midfielder position to strengthen their squad and Dortmund thought Sabitzer is the right player for them and the good news for Dortmund is Bayern Munich are will not hold Sabitzer and they are willing to release him especially Tuchel have a plan will not used Sabitzer service again so that's why if there is good offers who came to them for Sabitzer transfer then Bayern will sell him immediately however previously after loan duration ended Manchester United will thinking to permanent Sabitzer but apparently it just a rumour because Manchester United don't have any plan to buy him
I don't know how through but I'll make a research to see if there's a  transfer news or rumours concerning the possibility of him moving to Borrusia Dortmund, but I'll would very okay to have him in there squad regarding the fact that they've lost one of their world class players to Realmadrid and are on the verge of losing another midfielder to an English side so strengthing the midfield is an area they need to consider, Marcel Sabitzer  is a very fantastic player though he was given an opportunity to showcase his talent last season and the season before at Bayern Munich due to the numerous and preferred midfield options in their squad, but he had good time at Manchester though it was short spell and they couldn't seal a permanent deal for him but moving to Dortmund would be a good idea, cause his good passing ability and shot for goals would make it easy for him to get into their starting 11 and he could be used in various options, as a holding midfielder or from the attacking roles as AM as well, so far in the pre-season he's had good performances that could make Bayern have a second thought over losing him completely and would likely lose him to another loan spell of better still keep him as another midfield options incase of injuries from the difference competitions they're participating in.
4164  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Wagering requirements for withdraw on: July 24, 2023, 02:50:35 PM

~snip~

So as a gambler,  I think it better to avod those bonus rather than losing your entire balance trying to meet their requirements,  so at best we must remain thankful to those casinos that have given a low wager requirements because that way player can easily pass through them and come out with something tangible for themselves at the end of the day.

exactly  because bonus hunting have become one of the major source for discomfort for gamblers lately due to the fact that most pf them who run after bonuses always end up in frustration because in trying to meet the wagering requirement that is attached to the bonus,  their end up losing their already winnings and ultimately drain out their entire balance in trying to reach the wagering requirement and this have become a bigger challenge for gamblers and that is why we always advice to you avoid bonuses as much as possible and if you must take any bonus it should be a the with the lowest wager requirements,  let say anything above 1x is already a big red flag to avoid if not you may lose your deposits including winning trying to meet a high wager requirement on bonuses.

The other part where I may not agree with you or not be clear about what you mean is in the last paragraph where you state that looking for a casino with an easy wagering requirement,  the point is that,  no casino has an easy wagering requirement of mechanism different from the general perspective,  but the highest a casino can do is to place a low wagering demand let say 1x requirement is still ok.
You're right I won't even consider going on a wild goose chase to look for a casino that offers good wagering requirement, because you'll definitely not discover any, i don't consider the bonuses as well because what this casino sites do is that they try to lure you into signing up with huge offers and bonus that mostly turns out a waste of time at the end, I mean what's the point offering me a bonus and ask me to wager a fee before I could get it, to me it's just like offering a gift and involving a task before I could be able to claim the gift item you get for me, it should be considered a bonus since I'm wagering to claim it.

 Also I don't consider using any site that's been red flagged by the forum and 1x is not exempt, no matter the bonus or low wagering demand they offer, I don't think I'll consider giving a second thought about gambling with that platform since it's already been condemned by the forum and like you stated i won't like to lose all my deposit because I want to claim a bonus when I already know what's at stake.
4165  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Gender in Gambling [differences between Women and Men in Gambling] on: July 24, 2023, 02:33:51 PM
What religion?
What societies?
I don't know where you are from but in some parts of the world, women who gamble are seen as sinners and men, there, can' accept that a woman has the right to gamble and there is nothing wrong about it. I'm not talking about developing countries because in some developed countries men also think the same way. They can't accept the fact that a woman can afford to gamble and assume her responsibility when she loses.
A religion that considers gambling a sin does it for both men and women, take Islam as an example. In Islam, a man or a woman who gambles is a sinner, and there is nothing one needs to do in that case, it is just them who needs to stop doing it and repent their actions and ask for forgiveness from their creator. And, I believe any religion that has the same rule would have it for both men and women and not specifically for women.

If we talk about the general world where people don't really care about a religion or where their religion allows gambling for both men and women, women tend to gamble but not as much as men because it's not in their nature to waste money on such things, they don't get too greedy too easily.
If you happen to find yourself in a religion that say gambling is a sin and could end up being ostracized then it's in your best interest to either be obedient and keep to the laws of your religion or you could change to another religion where you would not be criticised, left for me inthink why most religions comsider it a sin is because they feel it promotes greed and other illegal activities, however it would be very bias when the say it's a sin but only discriminate or punish women only because that would be promoting gender inequality.
 Anyways the ratio of men that ate gamblers would always be greater than women due to factors like religion, gender inequality, fear of discrimination an so forth, also men in our society you'll find men more interested in things related with gambling, like sports, video games, and other events and since most don't have an idea about it, they see no reasons to pick interest in it as well, hopefully in future more women could likely begin to pick interest in it because of the introduction of women to various sporting activities.
4166  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: As a gambler do you have a potential winning amount limit? on: July 24, 2023, 11:36:34 AM
I have heard and read about people gambling because they had no source of income,  a job or they wanted to add gambling as part of their streams of income. Whatever your category the bottom line is that we all gamble to make money though some group claim it's mainly for fun. But who would want to be losing money all in the idea of catching fun!

There are gamblers that don't place their bet not until they have gotten a certain amount as their potential win. Some do this based on their financial challenge with the anticipation that just one win they may get on such amount is a life changer for them.

My main focus on this thread is in this question: as a gambler do you place your bet according to the weight of your financial need or you're always okay with whatever amount that comes out as potential win no matter how small amount?

The thing Is whether you gamble for fun or as source of income or job whatever your reason is, you should understand that you'll would definitely loss money at some point no matter the strategies you use or how successful you're,and there also a possible that you could be gambling for fun and be lucky to make a fortune out of it, another thing about it is that whatever reason that makes you gamble, the possibility in winning or losing are equally same.
 
 And however gambling for fun or a source of entertainment could help tame one's addiction for it, compared to when you take gambling as a joke or source of income, for someone to gamble for fun, they must be already financially stable and have spare money they'll easily lose without any remorse whereas it's very risky to go into gambling when you have no source of income because you could lose you little you've saved and go back to square one, however you could be lucky but chance are little and the risk it not worth taking. one of the best measures to take in gambling is betting according to your budget and not exceeding the limits.
4167  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Greed can cause a lost bet, (true or false) on: July 24, 2023, 11:16:43 AM

Last 2 night I signed up to an online bet called betking (become a KING) and I bet a virtual stake with 1700 naira to win 1,438,540.92 naira, but the game was lost and the bet that made it to lost was the last one I added, before I added the last one that made the winning to be this amount, I was having double thoughts like should I make the winning a random figure 1.5 million or I should stake it at 1.3? But out of greed I refused to bet the game at 1.3 and I added the one that lost the bet, what a pity?
Greed is one thing that gets some game lost, the stake we are supposed to win out of greed we add another that get the game lost.
Out of my own experience I have learnt my lessons, but I don't believe that this opportunity might ever come again because I don't bet often, on a second thought this my story is what makes some people put more interest on gambling.
  If only you didn't add the last game out of greed you would have been 1.5 million richer in your local currency, too bad, learning is a constant process and it's a good thing you've learnt from your mistake, although you learnt the hard way, one thing a dislike about losing a bet out of greed is because it makes one very remorseful and while having regrets one could develop emotional pains like depression and it's kind, I've had similar experience as well, but I've learnt from it though sometimes I still become little greedy when gambling buy I try to avoid including games that are very risky.

 There are many gamblers that have been opportuned to win a fortune through gambling but greed has made them miss out on such opportunities, greed sometimes is an enemy to gambling and people should avoid being greedy, if you're already sure of the outcome of an event, be cotempted with the profit it comes with or you could stake higher if don't think the profit is enough for you and not including more games to it. another thing is understanding a game that suits your strategy before including it into your predictions.
4168  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Gamble Responsibly on: July 24, 2023, 10:44:58 AM

Following your statement OP, that wrong impression with gambling is what more people got addicted into it, that easy to earn patterns most of those who wanted a quick result experienced huge losses, thinking that by luck beside them they will quickly earn a huge amount of money, and because of that laziness they will not stop and will continue to this same process.

I guess more on excuses and not thinking in the right way, gambling is more on the risk side and only a small percentage will make some money out from the casino, more on those who will lose their money so have that time to assess yourself, don't count yourself as lazy trying to use this venue to make an easy profits, instead use it for a temporary entertainment.
One important thing I've always had in mind is that, ideal people should never be allowed to gamble, this was if we had and lived in a society that is sane, but unfortunately, we are not living in a sane society after all, so keeping track of who or those who have no job or verifiable means or source of livelihood outside gambling is almost impossible, if not totally impossible, but then, thinking deep about this, if this was possible to implement, that is where casinos block those who have no job or business of their own from gambling, this i believe will give gambling a better reputation, today in many societies, gambler are seen as tout and lazy people who do not want to work or be useful to their society.

  Well said, you've made a very valid point here @Fivestar4everMVP, and online casino and gambling platform should look to start implementing kyc policies and those that are already on that track should also review their kyc policy for people to also provide their occupation or sources of income  before using the platform, because it would help kick against those idle people that won't want to steal so satisfy their gambling addiction, infact I think one of the worst set of people to get addicted to gambling are the idle ones that's got no job and source of income, and the idle man they say is the devil's workshop and they could do anything to satisfy their addictions for gambling.

 and not only that, their are also people who use gambling site as a means of saving or diverting fraudulent money from bank accounts where they could easily be tracked, so this KYC policy would help prevent fraud activities and as well as preventing idle people from stealing to invest in gambling, but I think I would be difficult because the platforms are business platform and know they'll loss alot of money because the number of idle people using the platform and greater compared to people with jobs.
4169  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Speculation (Altcoins) / Re: What altcoins would you invest $ 1,000,000 in? on: July 23, 2023, 11:40:59 PM
Undoubtedly thats a huge amount! Investing such Million dollar on one altcoin is stupid idea. And altcoins you mentioned, aren’t so good to deserve million dollar investment. It is good to buy risk free altcoins and make profit from it. Lots of exceptions can be Result loosing everything. So I'll try to invest only half million. I'll give priority to bitcoin, ether. Secondly will buy potential altcoins among top altcoins. And will kepp.rest of half milliom for taking advantage of market.

If I had that amount of money, I can't invest all into cryptocurrency, those that has that amount to spare most be very rich. If I had $1 millions I'll spend them on other investment that's not as risky as investing in cryptocurrency that can crash and I lose all my money. If I was to invest anyway, I'll make sure I buy many bitcoin as a security Incase I didn't make it with altcoins.
I'll get invest $20k into 25 different tokens as I would had invested the rest into bitcoin and Ethereum first then BNB and other coins will follow. I'll invest in coins that I can stake so I'll be making interest on my investment. My other investment will be focused on the top memecoins on Binance exchange as I love those memecoins more and also I'll invest in new projects that aren't listed on the market.
These projects will be those that has big potential like those on Binance exchange launchpad that give big profits to investors. I'll also invest in some layer 1 projects, I don't have all the project off hand  to get to list them but I'll choose tokens from every trends so I can be among any of the trends that decide to pump during the bull market happening very soon.
4170  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: People with quick rich attitude always mess up with alt coins on: July 23, 2023, 11:28:15 PM
Some traders or investors who get late when the price of that particular altcoin hasn't reach 100% are very lucky though fewer in number compared to the majority who bought at peak when the price is on reversal mode basically it's due to their inability to analyze and made research about that particular altcoin, for instance I was lucky to read the recent XRP court case a Sec which ripple won consequently triggering a massive pump on it price, I bought at the middle of the price rally and sold at high, actually the reason for that massive pump was because of the case won by XRP, there are other more examples we are to kept abreast with latest news on any altcoin to be traded.

Xrp just has a quick pump and dump but the price might continue dumping because I read about the SEC saying they'll appeal the case and this will also make investors to start selling xrp again but the selling mightn't be as high as it was the first time that they had a case against them. XRP is a very risky project to be in right now but it can benefit you if you get lucky.
Everyone investing in altcoins wants to get more profits as if they wanted security they'll be investing in Bitcoin but they know that they can't get the high profit that altcoins are giving to their investors that'll why they're investing here. You can have quick rich attitude and also make profits from altcoins because some altcoins are better to take profits and leave the coin.
If you keep holding the coin, it can make you lose a lot of money when it starts dumping. Altcoins aren't investment that you should be holding for a very long time because the SEC can sue any project at anytime and cause them to start dumping as XRP did before it won the lawsuit against the SEC. You should always take profits when you invest in altcoins.
4171  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Speculation (Altcoins) / Re: If I have 1BTC So how did I use to invest in different Coins on: July 23, 2023, 11:16:39 PM
put 30% btc, 20% eth, 50% on 5 alt, 10% each, to many coin will harder to make choice & tracking the movement. safer but less ROI
there is less risk putting your money on bear market when many alt -95%. when you trade on bear market use usdt pair, when bullrun happen use alt/btc pair

Instead of splitting my 1 bitcoin into this different coins I'll keep holding my bitcoin because of halving is almost close and we know before and after halving bitcoin always increase in price and this year won't be any different. We'll see bitcoin increase and some altcoins won't increase until maybe later in the year when we have altcoins bull season which mightn't happen.
The last bull market that we had in 2021 didn't have any period we could say was an altcoins bull season. Meanwhile people including myself was expecting it to happen by the last half of 2921 but it didn't happen. We mightn't get an altcoins seasons but Bitcoin will rise so instead I'll keep holding my bitcoin and trade it as bitcoin pumps and falls during this period.
Since the altcoins are down -95% or more is there any possiblity that they all can go back to their former prices when we were in the bull market. Not all will go back so to avoid investing in the wrong altcoins that won't rise I'll not sell my bitcoin for altcoins but if I have new cash I can buy some few altcoins that I love like memecoins, ARB and some few metaverse projects.
4172  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 on: July 23, 2023, 10:47:29 PM

but it is still very insufficient to make them win the Saudi league, I don't know how many foreign players are allowed to be playing on the field, but in my opinion Al Nassr needs to hire more players, especially in the midfield which is where their big problem is, even if you change coach while there is some rule that prevents many foreign players on the field, so these many signings will be of no use, in my opinion the field should only have 3 internal players

It's very disappointing for Al Nassr that Hakim Ziyech could not pass his medical, but I think it's not the end of the transfer window yet and they'll definitely bring in some more players to assist Cristiano Ronaldo, although they've had several huge defeats against some European clubs but more players would join the team shortly and they'll challenge for the trophy next season, if you notice Ronaldo is not very strong as before to make those runs and they're really in need of more players to back him up, he still had eyes for goals and with the right wingers you'll bring out his best form.

 SPF is the most participating league in this year's transfer window and has attracted top European players compared to the MLS, I feel the presence of Ronaldo last year has made it possible for players especially most of his compatriots to move to the league, maybe due to the huge wage bill they throw at players as well, they are not affected by the financial fair play rule and are financially capable  of attracting player with very huge wage bill, also many European club see the SPF as an agenda to offload player demanding huge wages from their club.
4173  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: July 23, 2023, 10:26:34 PM
Although Chelsea didn't win the match with a big gap of scores, we must appreciate them. They look like playing more effectively now, they can score more accurately. Just look at the stats, actually Brighton has more shoot attempts. Brighton made 14 shoots, 8 shoots on the target. While Chelsea only made 10 shoots, 4 on the target. Surprisingly, Chelsea can score 4 goals but Brighton scored 3 goals only. Nkunku, Mudryk, Jackson, and Gallagher have contributed for the goals. With this result, we can assume that Chelsea possibly perform better in the next season.


Of course we hope Chelsea can be stronger next season after they slumped last season. Many Chelsea players have been sold to other teams in this transfer window. But look at the friendly match against Brighton where Chelsea game was better and quite organized in that match. Yes, Pouchettino certainly welcomed this result quite happily because his first debut with Chelsea started with a win even though it happened in a friendly match.

Apart from that, we have seen a more aggressive tactic developed by Pouchettino in the Chelsea game where they are so focused on making lots of shots at goal when they has the ball. So if Chelsea plays a game like this match in the EPL next season I think Chelsea can compete again in the top 4 next season.
The thing is that the Premier league is going to be a tough one next season and there would be a very strong competition for top 4 battle teams like Chelsea and Liverpool would challenge very well this season and I think I would be tough for the defending champions to win the trophy again, if you notice, they've lost a player who help them challenge for the treble to Barcelona and also Mahrez to a Saudi side though I still have fate in Pep to do his magic but it's not going to come easy, defending all three troophies they won.
 Pouchettino is a very good coach as has the quality to transform the Chelsea team to title contenders once more and he's already trimming the squad and removed many players that would be a treat to his style of play, the current squad is filled with young and talented players like Madueke, Enzo Fernandes, and Mudryk, that people should watch out for next season, against Brighton it's was a wonderful performance from the blues in winning their first pre-season match against a strong Premier league side.
4174  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24 on: July 23, 2023, 09:36:26 PM

I believe Real Madrid does not have a big problem with the striker. Joselu can certainly do the work for Real Madrid. But is it going to be good enough? Benzema was a one season wonder for Real Madrid. He was not able to perform well in the last season and Real Madrid suffered a lot. I also think that Real Madrid was counting on Benzema, a little too much to be honest.

Of course, it would be better for Real Madrid if they can get Mbappé,  Harry Kane or Victor Osimhen. But the problem is Victor Osimhen is not leaving napoli. Tottenham is trying hard not to sell Harry Kane and that’s why they are giving him a huge price tag. And we all love the drama around Mbappé. I think Joselu will be above average for Real Madrid. But I don’t think being above-average is going to be enough for Real Madrid.
Maybe there's something Ancelotti sees in Joselu that made him sign him into the Realmadrid squad, because I don't see him coming close to the standard of the previous striker, well I won't write him off yet but there's this doubt I have about him and I feel they might add another striker to attacking force of the squad because if they're thinking of a long term  attacker then Joselu is not the man for that role, he might only play a season or two and if his performance are good enough maybe would be given to play for a third season before being sold out.

 I expect Realmadrid to be the front runners of Harry Kane pursuit but it came as a surprise to me knowing they got Joselu instead, though Kane is very close to 30 but he's a fantastic striker, good goal getter and a proven a worthy fit to be the top 9 of any high ranking European team, the only advantage Joselu has over Kane is the experience in the Spanish league and doubts of whether Kane would adapt to the Spanish league, if not he's no where close to Harry Kane, who is capable of causing damage to the defence of an opposition team, and has powerful shots that leads to goals
4175  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: July 23, 2023, 09:01:44 PM

Winning the Ballon D'or would be among the best reasons for him to leave PSG as soon as possible. Being the best striker in Ligue 1 is not sufficient to become the Ballon D'or winner and I also think that it really matters what team you are playing for when that individual title is your goal as well. He might have a chance when PSG won the Champions League and he would be the most successful striker in that season, but that is unrealistic as it turned out quite often now.

If he was playing for a different team, he would have been the Ballon D'or winner already and since Messi and Ronaldo are gone now, his time has come I think to even win it several times with the right team.
You're right, he very young and talented and considered one of the best footballer in the world, currently I think after Messi, and Ronaldo Mbappe should be the third footballer to look out for, he's proved himself worthy in both club and country and would be looking to win the Champions league and add the Ballon d'Or  tittle to his name, something that would seem very difficult to achieve with the French Giant PSG, if only there was no Halland in Mancity who is another world class footballer and high contender for the title, mancity would had been a very good option to consider moving to.
 Well he still stand a very good chance of moving to Realmadrid cause they've been in need of him in previous transfer and hopefully they could get him into the squad, Mbappe would be very interesting in going to a team where he'll offered a chance to win the Champions league and try getting that tittle due to Messi and Ronaldos departure from Europe, the only player he would be seeing as a competition is halland and maybe in the near future halland would move to Barcelona and Mbappe to Realmadrid to recreat the Messi and Ronaldo G.O.A.T challenge.
4176  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Turkish Super League 2023/24 Season on: July 23, 2023, 08:38:44 PM
It is going to be hard to bet on these teams, I agree that Turkish people know what's going on better but right now it looks like they are just getting players constantly, every team is getting someone and it looks like it is going to be a bit different situation. For us foreigners it is really hard to keep up with rumors, and the official ones are not that plenty.

About Livakovic and Fenerbahce situation, as long as they can get him, they are going to be better at the goalkeeper position without a doubt, not sure who they have for national players, they need domestic players, but aside from Ferdi I do not know any Turkish Fenerbahce players myself, sure they look like they have some, but none that good. Plus most players they get look like forwards, that's a trouble.
I'm not a fan of the Turkish league and  find it difficult In making predictions when it comes to betting on Turkish teams, however clubs from different leagues worldwide are bent on strengthing their teams in the current transfer window and the  Turkish league is not left out as well, i don't know much about the league but I know of some clubs like Galatasaray, Beşiktaş,  Adana Demirspo, and Fenerbahçe, but I'm aware that Galatasaray are most popular club in the league and have won more troophies compared to other teams.
  Fenerbahçe is another top contender in the Turkish league and would definitely give Galatasaray a tough competition this coming season they've got top and experienced European players in their squad like João Pedro, Michy Batshuayi also Tadic and Džeko who both moved on a free transfer into the squad this summer and would be looking to add more into their squad depth before the end of transfer window, according to the news it is said that they're were almost close to signing Zaha from crystal Palace but lost to Galatasaray he'll be moving to the Turkiye soon to complete the transfer.
4177  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Olympic Games, but doping is allowed?! on: July 23, 2023, 06:45:50 PM
So I came across a video on youtube about someone planning on creating a new type of Olympic games called "the Enhanced Games" to rival the Olympic games. In this version of "Olympic games", performance-enhancement drugs that are usually prohibited to be used by the athletes competing in the Olympic Games will be allowed to be used.

the president of "the Enhanced Games" believes that this competition could unlock the athlete's true potential and will obliterate all the world record that has been set in the Olympic games. from what I have read in an article, they are planning on launching this event next year in December.

now, the reason why I post this here is because since a lot of sports bettors here love sports I am curious about what you guys think about it and whether this would be a new sporting event that will be enjoyed by sports betting enthusiasts.

personally, as a person who likes sports, I am curious about what this new sporting event that allows the usage of performance-enhancement drugs could lead to.

the video I stumbled upon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h49A-2Zv8dA

some articles about the topic
https://apnews.com/article/australia-olympics-enhanced-games-doping-24462bcf8f1f97125a8234bea5723ff3
https://dotesports.com/general/news/the-enhanced-olympics-where-drugs-are-welcome-sounds-like-its-from-a-dystopian-video-game
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/jun/30/the-enhanced-games-a-drugs-olympics-where-cheaters-can-prosper

I don't think this should be considered in the first place, infact people should start WHO should kick against this because it's drug abuse and doesn't promotes fairness in sports, giving upper hands to cheaters, making the efforts of those who work hard to merit their medals seem like a waste, this could also promote drug abuse because most teenagers around the world would out of ignorance want to use drugs to enhance themselves as well.

 If an athlete feel they have full potential and would want to unlock it, then they should  embark on serious trainings and exercises that could help them increase their level of performance, because many athletes could become addicted and abuse the drugs after the competition, they should also consider the effect this drugs could cause to the health of athletes,it could cause damages to their organs or a mental health disorder as well as Anxiety, insomnia, stroke, etc regular use of drugs by athletes could also make them aggressive so it shouldn't be considered.
4178  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Between futures trading and gambling on: July 23, 2023, 06:19:09 PM
I see both as a gamble. After all, one of them is gambling. But I see both as a gamble. I have a lot of friends who lost all their money in futures trading. They all lost all their money at the end of the day, even though they claimed to have made fine calculations. I don't know anyone who gets rich with futures trading. Well, I don't know anyone who gets rich by gambling. But if I compare sports betting with futures trading, I can say that sports betting is more predictable. In fact, neither meets my wealth goal. Futures trading is the most dangerous thing in my opinion. And I gamble only for fun. But in the end, my choice between these two options would be to bet on sports events.
Many people refer both as gambling because they involve making predictions and risk taking, but the risk involved in both  is very high and non should be compared to eachother when I comes to risk taking, games played from online gambling casino's are played based of the available odds while traders make predictions, based on previous market outcomes,volatility of price and trends from the market,also the odds of making huge sum of money in trading of a short period of time is very low compared to gambling where one just start gambling could luckily make a huge profit from it  in space of two days of beginning, therefore if one is looking for a quick access to make funds the you could refer to gambling whereas future trading requires long term investors.
 making a fortune in trading is common but just that it's normally archived over a long term and can last one for a life time whereas gambling is a short-term and should be considered as an option for life time investment also in gambling one could come up with different strategic means of avoiding losses while in trading you only avoid loss based on information gotten or given, and over a long period of time trading favours investors compared to the way gambling does to gamblers.
4179  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Gamblers Belief on: July 23, 2023, 01:35:42 PM
If you want to see a person full of hope and belief, then gamblers are the perfect example. The hope of winning and the belief to win is found in gambling. Even if you tell them that gambling is risky and the result may come out differently (not in his favor), they refuses to accept it and have 100% belief that they will win at any cost.

This type of belief and commitment is not found in any other walk of life. People doing business or spending money somewhere have doubt and fear that things can do against them, and they may face loss too but the gamblers are so firm in their belief that they never look at the other side of the picture. They want the win, and they 100% know in their subconsciousness that they will win. that is the reason they will never hesitate to put money into gambling.

We are not talking about the result which comes later on, once they gamble. They may lose too but the passion and belief of winning among the gamblers can't be seen anywhere else.

If you don't believe in it then what's the reason of going into it at the first place, before every gamblers make predictions they've already pictured the benefits of the outcome of the event and decided to risk going into it, so it the believe you've developed for it's success that would trigger you to gamble, the thing is no matter the amount of risk involved in something so far someone has made up their mind and decided to embark on something it's mostly difficult to convince them about it and same applies in gambling, because it would be very difficult to convince young lads that has made huge profit from gambling to quit, because they've been given every benefit out doubt over any advise you try using to talk them out of it.
 Gambling is a game of chance and the belive would also be  there so far you've decided to play especially on online casino where bettors believe outcome of a game must either produce a winner or lesser and would go for their preferred options, in gambling there's nothing like a 100% success and your predictions are based on your believe for any possible outcomes.
4180  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Do you gamble because you don't have sufficient money? on: July 23, 2023, 01:12:57 PM
I was in argument with someone. His view is that people who gamble are those that what they have is not sufficient for them and so they try to make more money from gambling. He said if you have sufficient money to take care of your needs that you won't think of gambling. He made reference to some rich people, who don't gamble because they have sufficient money to even gift to charity but that those rich who still gamble are only addicted to it not just because of the money. Therefore, that the percentage of the rich gambling is very small compared to those in middle class and lower class.

So my question is, is the percentage of the rich gambling lower than the middle and lower class?
Different people have diverse reasons why they gamble, some gamble for fun/entertainment, Some started gambling due to peer pressure from college, Some people see gambling as a means of earning a living which is not considered good, and however gamblimg shouldn't be considered for the poor if not most punters would have stopped it  and most times you'll hear rich people saying they gamble to while away time during their leisures or release themselves of emotional pains like stress or depression, gambling ain't bad but it the motive towards it that should be considered, if gambling is a rich man's referred options for easing stress then it should be considered okay because he has alot of money to make him happy, and there are chances that he'll make more while do it, compared to a poor man that would want to risk the little he has to risk taking.
 Well the number of rich people that gambles would always be lesser than the poor because it obvious that our society is filled with more poor or average than rich, asides that majority of the poor vies gambling as an alternative to getting rich quick and would always fall back to try their luck when they run out of options, and I think your friend was right when he said most people are addict to gambling for the love of it and not mostly because of money, whereas a poor man's reason for gambling addiction would always fall back to making money.
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