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Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Know your limit
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on: February 26, 2023, 11:28:38 PM
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As every form of investment, bitcoin too have the risks associated with it. Apart, it is the volatility and the working mechanism makes the market highly riskier than the traditional forms of investment. Next thing with stock market users have better knowledge and they easily predict the growth pattern of the market. This isn't possible with bitcoin. Likewise many factors keep bitcoin aside from the traditional market. For that reason it is really a must to learn before making your footsteps into bitcoin.
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Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Pakistan Super League #PSL Discussion Thread
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on: February 26, 2023, 12:31:04 AM
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I just checked the tournament schedule and found there is no match to be played today. I don't know why do we need a break in this tournament especially when there is only one match per day. Also today is Saturday and we can we could have expected more crowds in the stadiums but there the management has decided not to please any match on the weekend that is a really strange schedule in my opinion.
Anyhow tomorrow we will have two matches, the first match will start at 2:00 p.m. local time and it will be between Karachi kings and Multan sultan.
The second match will start at the usual 7:00 p.m. local time and it will be between Lahore qalandar and Peshawar zalmi. I will check for the odds and will come back to inform you if there are interesting odds for tomorrow's matches.
If I'm not wrong the management have planned to have the schedule for a month. Maybe having matches on weekends will make the league to end earlier. In every leagues we used to have matches on the weekends, here it is different. Last week Saturday match was played between Quetta Gladiators and Karachi Kings. yesterday I was reading the new and got to know that Shaheen Afridi gifted Jalat Khan a plot on his incredible performance Shaheen Afridi being the captain of his team has showed a very generous behaviour Jalat being the 12th player of the team and to keep him motivated he had gifted the plot. The reason for which Shaheen Afridi have gifted is really good and support Jalat Khan pursue his dreams. Coming from a family that meets their end needs through his father having a plot will be helpful to them economically. Shaheen Afridi gifts plot to Lahore Qalandars young player Jalat Khan |
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Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: What If There Is A Ban
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on: February 25, 2023, 11:59:16 PM
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We all agree we're living in a crazy world and what's far worse is that it is managed by a bunch of clowns..
So, let's think wildly, one day US were to further increase the censorship just like some of the other countries in the world, they ban bitcoin, they ban VPN, they pass legislation for those who mine/trade/spend btc will be sent to jail.
(Let's not say it's not going to happen. It can! You never know just like you would never have known that there's a war in 2022.)
Other countries start to follow.
Where will you be and what kind of life will it be and how is it going to impact yours?
I understand that many people are saying it's not a problem and bitcoin is decentralized and all that. But we also have to agree that the price would take a hit, it wouldn't be that easy to just let it work that way, it would cause a lot of trouble for many people. I personally believe that many of the Americans who hear that it's illegal or basically regulated harshly, would end up selling all of their coins, definitely the big companies that hold it and they would just run away. This is why it would be a lot better if we could just hope for USA to never ban it, not like they have a reason to neither so I doubt they would, but it would be better for the price if they keep it legal. There is just no way you could pass a legislation in most western countries, including the US, to ban Bitcoin. Stricter, more annoying KYC and similar mechanisms? Sure. Restriction on mining and power consumption? Sure. Maybe even state-based licenses for exchanges. Yes. But a complete ban on owning, or even trading Bitcoin? It's not gonna happen unless a totalitarian regime is taking over that wants to harm Bitcoin. Also, keep in mind - if certain countries ban Bitcoin, they could bring their tech-sector as well as other huge industries in a huge disadvantage in comparison with countries that allow Bitcoin. So even if that happens for some countries, industries etc. will just move into other regions of jurisdiction. Just my 66 sats. It is not going to work out anyway. We have seen many attempts to ban Bitcoin, but was it ever successful? No, it has never been for a reason! Bitcoin is a decentralized "something" nobody can stop! It is what it is, and for the first time we can either acknowledge or resist, but it will remain to exist!  ' Agreed, even when someone leaves the market it doesn't turn to be void. The same gets filled by the other waiting to grab the position. We were able to experience this with the ban of mining that happened with China. By the time the miners moved their mining hardwares and most of them were run on Iran. At some point the Iran government made a ban and by the time once again the mining got affected for a while and began to take its position. |
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Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion
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on: February 25, 2023, 04:24:50 PM
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And Talking about the next semi-final I would say we are going to see Australia and England in the final.
Our predictions have gone wrong! South Africa has dramatically won the match against England and entered in the final match. The 18th over has changed the game today, England lost 3 wickets in that over. Now Australia is favourite in the final match. I lost my bet by placing it with confidence on the England women's team. Upsets do happen in cricket, rather they happen in every sports. I know that 80% of the gamblers have placed the bet on England win as they were favorites but all of them have lost the bet yesterday. It was not only a bad day for the England team but also a bad day for most of the gamblers who bet on that semifinal. You can see the odds for tomorrow's match also favors heavily Australia and South Africa are underdogs in this match too. Is anyone willing to take a risk in this final which will be played tomorrow?  From the very beginning of the World Cup matches it is predicted that Australia Women and England Women to play the finals. I find South Africa Women team to be the luckiest, because they started badly and with the better play over time they've reached the finals. India Women team seems to be the unluckiest. The odds were in favour of Australia Women and placing small amounts on South Africa seems to be better choice as match can turn anyway. Australia Women will be at its best, but something similar to the play South Africa had against England Women will increase the winning chance. Being on the home ground South Africa will have support from the audience which too an important thing for winning. |
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Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Saudi Professional League 2022/2023
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on: February 25, 2023, 04:18:39 PM
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I am watching this game Al-Nasir vs Demak FC. A very interesting game is underway and Nasser has scored two goals at this moment. 0-2 goals in the first half game both goals came from the feet of CR7. The attack of today's game looks like the most likely to score more goals later on. And if Ronaldo can score more goals, he will have a hat trick. Ronaldo has enough chances to score a hat-trick in the match. And Al Nass is definitely the most likely to win today's match.   Three goals have come for Al-Nassr FC at 18th, 23rd and 44th minutes. Every goals have come from Ronaldo. It is already confirmed that Al-Nassr FC will win the match. After this match Damac will fall down to the 9th position on the points table. Right now Al-Nassr FC is at the first position and Damac is at the 7th position. As you've said hat trick goal have come from Ronaldo. |
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Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Pakistan Super League #PSL Discussion Thread
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on: February 25, 2023, 04:04:26 PM
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I just checked the tournament schedule and found there is no match to be played today. I don't know why do we need a break in this tournament especially when there is only one match per day. Also today is Saturday and we can we could have expected more crowds in the stadiums but there the management has decided not to please any match on the weekend that is a really strange schedule in my opinion.
Anyhow tomorrow we will have two matches, the first match will start at 2:00 p.m. local time and it will be between Karachi kings and Multan sultan.
The second match will start at the usual 7:00 p.m. local time and it will be between Lahore qalandar and Peshawar zalmi. I will check for the odds and will come back to inform you if there are interesting odds for tomorrow's matches.
If I'm not wrong the management have planned to have the schedule for a month. Maybe having matches on weekends will make the league to end earlier. In every leagues we used to have matches on the weekends, here it is different. Last week Saturday match was played between Quetta Gladiators and Karachi Kings. |
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Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod]
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on: February 25, 2023, 03:39:58 PM
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UAE VS Namibia
UAE vs Namibia match is going on now. At the end of 40 overs, UAE collected only 120 runs with the loss of 5 wickets. UAE batsmen are batting very slow. Rizwan remains unbeaten with 45 runs off 114 balls. Probably UAE will be able to target between 160-180. Namibian bowler Bernard Scholtz gave only 10 runs in 8 overs. He bowled well. Also the performance of Namibia's bowlers was quite controlled. However, if UAE can set a target of 170 then they have a better chance of winning. Because Namibia's batting line-up is weak.
Namibia can't be trusted too much. Because accoridng to the last match performance, UAE will be ahead. UAE has some good bowlers who have the ability to create pressure on Namibian batsmen. I can't give an idea about which team will do better at this point. But the betting odds are in favor of Namibia. After the start of the 2nd innings it is possible to guess which team is going to win today's match. Nothing can be predicted in a low scoring match between these two teams. The match between Namibia and UAE was also won by Namibia today. Moreover, the match has been won very convincingly, and it has also been won very easily for them. First of all, I found it a little funny that UAE scored just 166 by playing the whole 50 overs and they still had a wicket in hand even though they had played the whole 50 overs. In the end, Namibia won the match by seven wickets. With almost 22 overs left in the game, the team is in a comfortable position. The game was absolutely one sided in this instance. In the previous match between Namibia and UAE, it was UAE to win the match by a wicket. In that match the target is just 91 runs and to reach the score UAE lost 9 wickets. This time Namibia have played better and won the match. It was Michael van Lingen who contributed almost half the target scoring 71 runs. If his wicket have lost earlier, the match could've been same as the previous match going closer. |
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Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Game that you suffer consistent losses but still keep playing?
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on: February 25, 2023, 03:16:29 PM
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Slots, it is a favorite game that has always attracted a lot of my interest in gambling.
I've lost a lot of money on games like slots, dice, and sports betting, but slots are the predominant. I dunno, I love to play around and get my enjoyment out of the game, but I'm not sure how much budget I've spent since the beginning until now. I guess I don't want to remember.
Not only you, but almost all gamblers like slot games and slot games are one of the most popular games among all gamblers. But your experience is different from mine. As long as I play slot games, if I add up my total bet and the total wins I get, the total wins I get are bigger, so while playing slots, I haven't experienced a loss or lost a large amount of money. I don't know how lucky you are at slots, but it is possible that someone can make profit on this type of game for a certain amount of time. All I know, luck-based games just don't allow you to make long-term profit, unless you stop playing them when you win a large amount. This is one of the strategies in slot games, but rarely is anyone able to control it and just stop after winning. Every game could bring win/loss based on the day's luck. With most of the gamblers wager it is possible to see high number of wins than losses. This is common. Slot games need more fund to try the big multiplier wins. Everyone should know when to stop with these kind of games. Going through the number of big winners it'll be one in a million, so to have such luck is not an easy thing. My choice of gambling is Dice. I just go gamble and loss few dollars or win few dollars. If I'm with win I have control and just take a break. If I was in loss, my mind never accept to take a break. Makes me wager and loss more. |
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Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: FIFA World Cup 2026 :Canada/Mexico/United States: Discussion Thread
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on: February 25, 2023, 03:04:21 PM
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Every World Cup we see something new. In this world cup as we got to see the world cup trophy in the hands of the best Lionel Messi in history, it is very lucky for our generation. We expect to see more innovations in the next World Cup, and everyone wants the new team to make a big splash and take home the next World Cup.
Apart from Messi winning the trophy. We saw an African team for the first time to getting into the semi-finals which is the Morocco team, it was surprising and very interesting to Morocco having that impressive performance in the competition. The next World cup will definitely come with something new. We know that it is only at the 2022 World Cup that teams from Africa can advance to the semifinals because previously the highest achievement was the quarterfinals and this should be even more motivation for teams from continents other than Europe and America to be able to reach a better round and not impossible to get to the final but that can happen if the competition on these continents is good and competitive. In fact, the Asian team, South Korea, played in the semi-finals of the World Cup back in 2002 and ended up fourth in the world, just like Morocco now. At the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Ghana played in the quarter-finals against Uruguay and in the last minute of the game did not use the penalty to win and advance to the semi-finals. So, it was obviously only a matter of time before an African national team played in the semi-finals of the World Cup and finally Morocco managed to do it last year at the World Cup in Qatar. In the future, I expect that the difference in quality between national teams from different continents will decrease even more and we will see even better results from African and Asian national teams. It was like Western nations dominating the world cup. Now everything have changed as national teams have begun to perform better. We used to have players from different countries playing for a club and that way clubs looks strong. When we see as nation the number is low. In recent years the importance of national teams were prioritised. With time football is getting spread around as well as the quality of football between the continents have come closer. With the contract of Ronaldo with Saudi Club the league have gained more importance. The same have made more Asian people watch the league. This way the viewership of football too increased. |
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Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ICC women's T20 World cup 2023 Discussion Thread
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on: February 25, 2023, 02:56:17 PM
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Whether it is the Semifinals between India Women and Australia Women or England Women vs South Africa Women, both were really interesting as the matches were close and winning took place by a small margin. South Africa have batted as well as bowled well, if not restricting the England team chase the target is really hard thing with the best batting line-up. Shabnim Ismail bowled well and I'm happy that the host team is able to reach the finals. Lets see whether the host team is able to win the title.
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Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: My $300 bet won $417,000
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on: February 25, 2023, 02:51:26 PM
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What a story we have here! Great winning man and I hope you will get your well deserved bonuses.
I can also say firmly that since I've discover Sportsbet.io I don't want to use another gambling site or even my local gambling stores from my city. Why ? Because none of them are giving me free bonuses or having free promotion when you can enlist like Sportsbet.io does , so that's why I will never ever use another platform.
Anyway , keep your head up , take your money and find another place to bet where the company really appreciates you even if you lose or win as that is part of the game.
Great winning and he is very precise with the information collection and predicting the outcome of the matches. I'm not sure of the bonuses availed, but most of the gambling sites nowadays provide low bonus for the winners and higher bonus to the users who experience loss. Another thing bonuses were based on the levels and I don't know how the level up process works with sportsbet.io |
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Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: How do you keep your gambling habit under control?
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on: February 25, 2023, 12:57:17 AM
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It's easy: I don't think much about it and treat it as a form of entertainment to kill time rather than to win something significant. Never really had any problems with my gambling habits ever since I started doing it a few years back. Also, I have fully accepted that whatever money I am throwing at the casino. there's no way I'll ever get it back, and I guess that acceptance is what probably saved me from chasing losses, which is a bad habit to develop in the first place.
Everyone doesn't have the same mindset. You have the mind to accept the loss and never go behind the loss to be recovered. Even I spend on gambling to kill time, but I loss control at some point when I keep losing. Here I start chasing the loss and at times I was able to recover and most of the time it'll be a big loss. This is what everyone should understand and have control over. |
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Economy / Speculation / Re: Will the bitcoin price continue to increase?
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on: February 23, 2023, 11:57:26 PM
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Bitcoin price continues to increase amidst corrections and minor fluctuations. At times the same can turn to be a deep down crash. No one can have precise prediction on the same. Just think of the market weeks back, it was around $16k and now it is close to $24k. This is out of the growth, we don't know for what reason this change have taken place. Different users have different reasons connected to the increase in the price. If you take the growth chart of bitcoin over the previous years it is possible to see price reaching the peak and dropping down. We only need to understand the market, its risks, the growth pattern and makes decisions. For all who have patience the price of bitcoin have increased over time.
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Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Does inflation affects bitcoin?
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on: February 23, 2023, 11:55:33 PM
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The traditional markets have got related with the cryptocurrency Market. This makes both the markets to have mutual dependence and for that reason I'm sure inflation will have its impact over the bitcoin. Based on the feature bitcoin holds it is supposed to function against the inflation. In reality the usage varies and the same makes it coexist and impacted.
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Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Pakistan Super League #PSL Discussion Thread
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on: February 23, 2023, 09:49:09 PM
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In zalmi batting, only openers were able to score runs apart from openers only Shanaka was able to make it to double figures. Islamabad United Chased the target in just 89 balls. Wahab Riaz as usual, was super expensive, don't know why he is still selected in PSL. Islamabad United is now at number second position after this win. United are silently but moving forward.
Islamabad is at the 5th position on the points table. Even after the loss Peshawar Zalmi is placed at the third position, because it is the team's first loss in three matches. Mohammad Haris and Babar Azam gave good start, but the rest of the team weren't able to support. This is the reason why the score got limited to 156 runs. Nowadays every team performs well in T20 and atleast 180 runs is a must. |
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Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Saudi Professional League 2022/2023
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on: February 23, 2023, 09:41:48 PM
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Once after the entry of Christiano Ronaldo more popular players are getting into the league. The latest is the Zaha, currently plays for Crystal Palace in the Premier League. He's in talks to sign up contract for the Al-Nassr in which Ronaldo is placed. Al-Hillal and Al-Ittihad are also considering Zaha when he becomes free after the premier league. Did any of you came across the celebration of Saudi Arabia Foundation Day with Ronaldo.   |
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Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Tennis League All Thread
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on: February 23, 2023, 09:28:03 PM
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Medvedev had a very difficult time today in his match against O connel. He easily won the first set but then lost concentration, it seemed. And it was also a feast for the eyes to see that the audience was so fanatical for both players. That is often so nice about tennis, you have an audience that is basically for both players. And Alcaraz immediately won a tournament after his injury since last year in November. Then you must be really good. Plenty of technique and talent, but no rhythm for a few months. And then just win another tournament right away. I hope we will see Djokovic - Alcaraz a lot more this year. And I also hope that Nadal can still reach his level.
The match between Medvedev and O'Connell was very interesting as the fire started from the second set. It was an easy win for Medvedev in the first set. Second set was a good comeback by O'Connell. Third set is really good fight between the two, if not this could've been into the favoured Medvedev atleast a 6-4 win. This match itself really great, so how will be the semi finals between Medvedev and Felix Auger-Aliassime. Both are almost at the same level which makes the match last for longer time. |
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Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]
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on: February 23, 2023, 09:19:40 PM
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I am not sure what is happening with the Australian side. New news coming out from the Australian dressing room is that Pat Cummins will be returning home due to a Family medical emergency. I was reading this article wherein they mentioned that almost half of the Australian side has returned home after losing two test matches against India. I have also watched a local news about this. Maybe they are going back to the home after losing the first two test matches very badly  . The first innings of the second test match was a bit competitive, but we have seen batting disaster of Australia in the second innings. I won't be surprised if Australia lose the next two matches as well. And there is a chance to see the WTC final between India and Sri Lanka if it happens. India is in good position and it holds the home ground advantage. On the other side Australia is strong and I don't think Australia will experience a whitewash in the test series. Australia team will draw atleast one of the match, even if they weren't able to win the match. Another thing I don't think the finals will be in favour of Sri Lanka, because the test match is gonna be played in New Zealand ground. This is favourable for New Zealand as it takes time for Sri Lanka to get adopted to the weather and pitch conditions. |
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Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Cricket match prediction discussions
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on: February 23, 2023, 09:05:18 PM
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There is a very high chance of betting being made illegal, match fixing will increase. Because the bookies are not going to be able to find the money legally that they got from betting. So they are going to push toward match fixing. Match fixing is possible in lower leagues but in the top leagues where the players earn huge compensation, it is highly unlikely that players would be willing to risk their career for some pocket change because once you are caught you get a blanket ban on competing again. In Cricket we saw some scandals in the past and all of those players were banned and with the money involved right now, none of the players would risk that and jeopardize their career. I would like to agree with you in this point that match fixing is unlikely in most international leagues. Because in the past days it has been seen that many players have been involved in it which has ruined their careers. But I also don't think match fixing has gone away completely, it still exists but much less than before. But monitoring the players can save the team from this situation Match fixing is almost Nil in my view. Because of the punishment given to the players caught into match fixing have made the cricketers not to think of it. Even in the lower leagues it is very low, because every team wants to reach the next level. Losing matches for money would surely downline the team and the same could affect players. Even now there are ball tampering and other tricks followed, which isn't easily found. |
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