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1  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: What will you do if you find yourself in a similar situation like this? on: Today at 03:18:24 PM
Assuming you find yourself in a similar situation as this, what will you do? How will you handle the situation to make your parents trust you again?
Well, earning their trust would be a bigger challenge than doing something about the money lost, in my opinion. As they say, trust, once it's broken, can barely be gathered again. So when you break someone's trust, you will barely be able to regain it again no matter what you do. Money is not that big of a problem because you can arrange it from somewhere if it isn't an extremely large amount.

I think I'm not irresponsible enough to do such a thing, but even if I did, I know I wouldn't have any other choice than to ask for their forgiveness and I'm sure they will forgive me eventually, even if it will be difficult for them at first because it isn't something very good to be done by any child and it isn't easy for parents to forgive such things but since they are parents and they love you unconditionally, they won't have a choice.
2  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season on: Today at 02:50:01 PM
These two teams have UCL DNA. They were playing with all of their spirit in order to lead the game. The game could end with 3-3 if vini and kane would not be missing their golden chance. Harry kane has been contributing a lot in this game and i really appreciate his effort.
It shows that if bayern munich was not that bad this season but we must admit that if leverkusen is still on fire right now. Im not even doubting it if munchen can't be underestimated at this moment.

The upcoming game will be a home game for madrid. Real madrid shall not repeat the result when it was losing 4 goals at home last season.
While we are having match between two top teams we can expect result like this with both were at the top of the game they avail their chances which helps them for having result like this even one stage I was expecting we will have win for the Bayern Munich but Real Madrid which is magician of the Champions League done good fight back and now all eyes on Bernabéu for the second leg game which could be also not easy for both sides if they are going to play with their full strength then surely we are going to watch top quality soccer and with still anybody game.

In the first half, we have Bayern Munich in dominance, but we have lead for the Real Madrid in the second half we are having good fight back from the Real Madrid but here we have two goals from the Bayern Munich which done good job and now have to play with same spirit in the second leg game.
3  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: BTC Investing To Now Taxable Events on: April 30, 2024, 09:20:01 PM
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This is 100% true, I have a friend who makes a decent income, this isn't regards to crypto, it is his business that makes money in fiat, but he doesn't pay a single dollar in tax, how? Well simply dude shows every single spending he makes, from a simple shopping of grocery, to vacations to everything basically, and he makes himself look like he doesn't profit at all, he tries to do everything that way to keep his expenses look a lot.

In reality, he doesn't have that much expense and he just fakes it but this allows him to show all of them as something for the business. I am not saying this exact method would work for crypto people as well, but it just shows that if you are only worried about the tax, then there must be some loopholes regards to tax and an accountant would help you find that.
4  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Your favorite to lose slot game on: April 30, 2024, 06:44:52 PM
Well, even though I like slots a lot because of their graphics and easy gameplay, I'm not attracted to a single game that I would keep playing all the time even if I'm losing all the time. What I usually do is play one game, and if I see I'm losing in it, I switch the game and try another one, only to see if it's the game that isn't paying or I'm just unlucky at that moment. I sometimes manage to hit some big wins when I switch games but it doesn't happen all the time, of course, it's gambling at the end of the day.

Slots are fun, they are great if you are playing for fun and to kill some time when you are bored, but one should never think they can get a lot of money from them even if they say there is a potential winning of x50,000 or even more because you will never hit that win unless you are extremely lucky.
5  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: No gambling today due to bitcoin high transaction fee. on: April 30, 2024, 06:08:53 PM
Most times there are people who do fund their account for advance purpose maybe when they win in their bets they keeps some fund back to the account, especially now that bitcoin gas price has really surge. Although you can also use another alternatives to gamble such as using altcoin to make deposit after which the gas fee reduces then you can start using your bitcoin to deposit then gamble.
There is no way someone would pay $20-50$ fee to deposit $10 worth of bitcoin, then how much are they gonna make from there knowing too well that gambling is a game of luck and not a game of certainty whereby you could decides to bear the risk and make deposit after which you can cover up your expenses along the line.
In my opinion, people should use altcoins even in times when Bitcoin transaction fees are normal only for convenience because they would always charge less fee when compared to Bitcoin and it sometimes is easier to keep a count of the funds if you are using a stable coin for your gambling activities. When you deposit and gamble with Bitcoin, you will only know the amount of Bitcoin that you have deposited or have left in your account, you wouldn't even know how much money in dollars you are betting if you are using Bitcoin for it.

Compared to that, if you are using a stable coin such as USDT or USDC, it would be easier for you to calculate everything because you will already be seeing the dollar value of your balance and the bets you are making, it makes it easier for you to understand everything or keep a count if you want to.
6  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Making the Most of $100 bankroll on: April 30, 2024, 05:11:21 PM
Who told him not to use more than 5%? Is it his money or not? IMO betting 5% or less is viable only if he's playing repetitive games with high bonuses like slots, or maybe poker where he bets the minimum to see what hand he gets and then decides if he wants to continue. With sports betting and many other things betting 5% doesn't make much sense. You could bet 10% or more.
I don't think that anyone will tell you a strategy if we don't know what game he's playing and what's his experience. I never set limits like that for myself. If I feel good about the game I'll go much higher.
It's possible that the money came from another better gambler and he has been given a good tip/hint there. They don't gave more because maybe they want the guy to explore it all by himself which is good too. Even if we say the money is from his friend, there are still people who can give an advice like that. I even saw one here in the forum last time.

Again, that is a good strategy and it's better to follow it than if we just bet without direction because we can lose our money too quickly that way before we even get a win. If we are curious to know the background of those who gave us a tip, we can always ask them, or they can present it already because they know that it will be hard for others to believe them if they won't.
7  Economy / Economics / Re: Starting a business without capital. on: April 30, 2024, 03:04:34 PM
Affiliate marketing is a business you can venture into without capital and still make good money from it, even more than some businesses started with capital.
It's not as easy as you make it sound because just like any other field, not everyone who ventures into affiliate marketing can gain success in it if it was this easy to earn money without making any investment, everyone who has no capital would have been doing the same thing but because it's not that easy, you won't find a lot of affiliate marketers around you.

One needs a lot of knowledge and understanding about the industry they are going to get into along with skills and knowledge about marketing tactics and practices because you can only get people to buy the products if you can manage to convince them, and most people can't do that. Another big challenge is reaching out to relevant people which isn't easy either.
8  Economy / Speculation / Re: Simple prediction: 2024 bitcoin at 200.000 dollars on: April 30, 2024, 09:53:23 AM
For the bull cycle, maybe we can get to close to $200k, as there are predictions like $150k-$180k. But there are a lot of factors to consider here, like the war in the background and some other negative news that might impact the market to reach that high.

Anyhow, almost week after the halving, fees are back to normal or at least not that high as compare during the halving itself, pretty much the market has settled down. So still time to accumulate and see if the conditions next year will improved and as so we can at least see 6 digits this bull run.
This is the crypto market nothing is impossible here after seeing the movement of Bitcoin before Halving, I also thought that Bitcoin would touch $150k by the end of this year, but now the market condition is changing, we can see that BTC's upward momentum is not that fast anymore. So it will be too early to make predictions for $200k at this time.

Yes, I can say that by the end of this year, we will see BTC at $80k to $90k, or maybe $100k, but $200k is too far.

It has only been about a week or so since the halving event, we will need to wait for at least a few months before we can see where the market stands, and maybe then we can make better predictions about the highest point of Bitcoin in this bull run, for now, there is no clear sign or anything like that.
9  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Have you won a bet with your last cash? on: April 29, 2024, 07:16:32 PM
I'm experiencing this OP hoping that the time favors me and have luck. Well, a few times it happened that I won but most of the time was not. So I believe that betting the last money we have in our pocket still couldn't not assure winning. Our last money seems to be our last bet as well.
But I don't think we need to have this situation when gambling instead, we have to practice of saving our last cash for the most important thing. I think gambling responsibly should really be what we have in our mind rather than putting our last money into hopes. This just means that we are not lucky today and instead of using this money, maybe we can save this for the next day or in the other day.
That's right but that is easy to say and difficult to do. It happened to me recently while playing slots. My $100 went down to as low as $19 in just a minimum bet of $0.1 per round. I said to myself I don't really care anymore so I switched games and played there my remaining money and Voila! good things happened until I went up to $80 again. Today, I said I was going to gamble $5 more on the same game, and boom! it went up to $95. That's when I thought I should stop and play again tomorrow or the next day after that. Why? Simply because I am afraid I might lose it all again in one sweep and I don't like that to happen.
I am reserving the money for sports betting later in NBA so I have to save it for now. There are times we might get lucky with our last money but don't expect too much.
Based on personal experience, I can say that it is always observed that when you are losing constantly, you should stop right there because your luck isn't working and the games aren't paying, and come back later to gamble with the same balance and you might see a difference. If you are losing again the second time, stop again and come back later, in one of these times, you will see that you are winning now, and any game you play will give you wins.

I don't say this works all the time because at the end of the day, it's gambling, but I have observed that this method mostly works and you wouldn't lose everything in one go because if you are losing and you continue playing, you will lose all your balance in a single session and won't recover anything.
10  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Lies told to cover up gambling habit on: April 29, 2024, 06:19:03 PM
Those are very funny stories that shows how soms gamblers are dedicated to gambling.
Personally, I never lied about my gambling habits to anyone, maybe because I wasn't in a situation where I had to. From the very first beginning I have told my girlfriend about my gambling activities, she handled that very well surprisingly and we ever gamble often together which makes it ×10 times better than gambling alone in secret.

I think what pushes some gamblers to lie about their gambling habits is the feeling of shame and being shy to tell others about it because of the fear of their reaction about it. It is totally normal to gamble, it is a fun entertaining activity, we should just be careful and know when to stop and when to gamble and how to manage our own actions.
Everyone doesn't need to have the same reason behind lying, everyone has a story behind it. I also agree that no matter what happens, we should never lie. It should be taken because we have a saying that a lie has no legs, a lie can be caught anywhere, and it always leads to shame, not only that, but we lose our importance in the eyes of people. We can never be believed, so resorting to lies cannot be useful in any situation.

I think one of the main reasons why people hide their gambling habits is that when people lose money or are afraid of losing, they hide their success from the world. People like to boast but they want to hide their failure from everyone. The main reason is that losers often hide from others that they used to gamble or play and they are quite good at it and have never lost money. Another major reason for lying is that gambling is not allowed in some religions, so people hide it from others.
11  Economy / Speculation / Re: When do we really note it for Bitcoin ATH on: April 29, 2024, 05:24:23 PM
The highest price is the ATH, so as long as bitcoin price continues to beat a new high then it is the ATH. Just like you it is better people don’t get to focus on the next all time but rather do your research to predict how high the market can go or if you can not do same research due to lack of knowledge, you might as well look at past history of the price of bitcoin and then accumulate. When it’s down to taking of profit, my advice is one should just set a price target that looks realistic for them and take profits there. Waiting for a certain high price could create a missed opportunity.

I will be confident to say most investors that took profit in the last bull run many of them didn’t take it at that $69k most would have taken their profits before then, which to me is still good rather than regretting not taking any at all due to waiting for ATH
We invest because of profits, so I think it's not bad to focus on the ATH. Also the research you are telling there, does not differ to it. Doing an overall research is good but if it's only about how high the market can go, that would be none-sense because there is no way to tell it.

Checking the price history is interesting. It can give us an idea about what BTC had achieved but again I won't use it like a pattern to tell the next move of BTC because I could be waiting in vain only. Apart from statistics, I think luck can also be applied here. If one is like that, their beliefs and solid patience can still get compensated which can also encourage them to do it again.
12  Economy / Speculation / Re: bullish & bearish community !!!! on: April 29, 2024, 04:24:53 PM
Depend on the height of that candle. If it's very high, then yeah it is bullish and also if it goes like that for a long time, while the opposite of that is bearish. There are lots of people who buy or sell which ever the market trend is (based on the Marketcap of crypto).

Maybe you know someone who is one of that but knowing all of them is not possible anymore. TA's and FA's are not a big joke even though they can't work sometimes. Both are part of investing or trading, so one should not neglect them or make fun of them. I thought you said AI is stupid, then why encourage people to invest on it?  Do not know, if you are confused or what?
13  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Have you ever done something crazy to bet? on: April 29, 2024, 06:44:53 AM
If I start gambling, I will never do anything crazy there, I will always try to use my intelligence to make different decisions. If I decide on the spur of the moment or act on what my heart desires, then I will be harmed. I have learned that gambling is inherently risky, so always try to minimize the risk. I would never do anything in gambling that would increase the amount of money at risk.
It's good that you understand the risks and the positive and negative consequences of gambling, but I think everyone knows this when they are starting, it is just that they get carried away in the middle and then they forget everything and focus only on gambling more and more for some reason. If you start gambling, just remember that there is always a right time for you to stop gambling, if you understand and follow this, you won't be harmed at all.

Remember this all the time, whenever you see that you are constantly losing and have lost a significant amount of your bankroll, just stop right there because you won't magically hit a big win and get everything back, even though it happens to some, it doesn't have to happen to every gambler. Another right time for stopping is when you have won something good, if you don't stop at such a moment, you will most likely lose everything back to the house.
14  Economy / Economics / Re: World price tag on every product. on: April 28, 2024, 08:28:22 PM
The world has gotten to that point in which every product should have a particular price is been sold for.
A product that is been sold for $5 in USA should also be sold for $5 in Canada and China, this way it will help the world leaders to remove hunger in the world, it will also help grow the economy of every country because countries can buy product from one another at a better price, this method will really help in reducing suffering in the world because hunger is one of man's major problem.
The world leaders should sit and implement this policy every product will be given a price that will be comfortable to every common man in different countries of the world.
That's possible if everyone is making same money as US, CAD or etc, but it isn't the case.

The price tag is based on the demand and supply, if a product is cultivated in Africa the price where will be the lowest and the same product has to be processed, exported, pay custom duties and whatever extra fee will be added on top of the margin of the product then it will get a price tag.
US, Canada and China are already rich countries. They are the ones who should increase their pricing and not the poorer ones but the explanation would be is that it's now okay for the rich country to earn less because their country is already well developed and the poor country will remain undeveloped if they follow the same protocol.

Some products are not imported anymore because the other country can also produce them locally but their pricing will still differ from the other because the capacity of the people between countries are not the same. We should not be jealous if other countries has a cheap pricing of some products because the cost of their food, housing space, and others are still more expensive than compared to ours.
15  Economy / Economics / Re: Not your keys not your funds Banks on: April 28, 2024, 07:44:23 PM
Banks do not physically store all deposited funds but instead utilize them for lending and investment purposes, maintaining only a fraction of the deposited amount as reserves. Keeping you money in a bank is a risky idea even though that is how it has been for a long time. There are other options to pick from rather than keeping all of your money in the bank. Rather than keeping all of your money in the bank, invest a portion of it in bitcoin, invest part of it in starting up a business, put some part in stocks or real estate. A $10000 sitting in your bank for 10 years will not give you the same returns as it would if you put invest it in one of the alternated schemes listed above that you understand.
Even the banks themselves don't idle all the money they have because they know that it is a bad idea. We can learn from them and go for the recommendations that you have there. Some banks are established a long time ago but yeah, this alone is not enough as a definition of being safe because there is still what we called as inflation and its rates are growing from time to time. For those who don't know, it eats up the value of our money over time.

I believe that most people who deposit money in the banks are only doing it for the purpose of saving and it is different from investing. They don't expect too much for it and they also don't hold it for too long there. There is also a risk in investing.
16  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Lies told to cover up gambling habit on: April 28, 2024, 04:46:43 PM
Those are very funny stories that shows how soms gamblers are dedicated to gambling.
Personally, I never lied about my gambling habits to anyone, maybe because I wasn't in a situation where I had to. From the very first beginning I have told my girlfriend about my gambling activities, she handled that very well surprisingly and we ever gamble often together which makes it ×10 times better than gambling alone in secret.

I think what pushes some gamblers to lie about their gambling habits is the feeling of shame and being shy to tell others about it because of the fear of their reaction about it. It is totally normal to gamble, it is a fun entertaining activity, we should just be careful and know when to stop and when to gamble and how to manage our own actions.
Some can find it funny but I would be guilty if I have such a confession. Gambling is only hard to resist but I can only hope that I will have the courage to confess with my wife one day and hopefully she will still forgive me and allow me to play and the good part is that she will join me now. That's great to hear that you don't lie about your gambling habits but if only we have such control as yours, maybe we also didn't get to a point where we are now.

Gambling is not like any other normal activity because some religions or countries can restrict it. For those who don't, they should follow your advice there, to ensure that no problems are going to get experienced a long the way.
17  Economy / Gambling / Re: I want to be a video game streamer on the kik.com gambling stream crypto site. on: April 28, 2024, 02:21:34 PM
Your subscribers are kids who like Roblox so moving to casinos is like poisoning your audience. That's a crazy idea and at the same time not good for your audience.  I have no idea Kik.com has kids in there actually who watch video game streamers, but if there then switching to another niche is not a good idea.

If the parents of the kids see your channel turned their kids into gamblers, they report you and will eventually unsubscribe from your channel. Create another channel and build up something new for your new gambling channel.
I think there are also adults who like this game although yeah, it's just that many of them are kids, so it may be a bad move to do so. Anyways, I check "kick" dot com (not kik) and I found out that there are other gamers too and there are a bunch of random videos in there. Gambling is only one of their categories and the Roblox gameplay won't be included there, so I guess it is also fine?

It's my first time hearing this site and the ones who is popular is still Twitch, so I don't think many kids/adults will find that site. Twitch have removed gambling already, so kids are safe there. It may be better if OP can just use it instead and he can still earn more here once he got famous.
18  Economy / Gambling / Re: How to self exclude from anonymous gambling sites on: April 28, 2024, 10:48:02 AM
If we are convinced right from our mind that we cannot do or achieve something, then there is no amount of words and encouragement that can make such happened expect we are changed from the initial perspective we have towards that same thing, in gambling, we can go for what we want, there is freedom of making selection, but many choose the way they appear all because they lack in some information's required for them to know and go through, while such could have been helpful in their gambling.
I consider that it is not misleading here, the purpose of the thread is to show that self-exclusion from a casino is for people who are true heroes, who say no to avoid falling back into Addiction, because the majority of people who exclude themselves from the casino is to not have to live that bad experience again, so one of the ways they have is that, I think it is a very radical response but it can be very difficult for some to reach that decision , so in view of what it can become to live they prefer to exclude themselves than to try to play and know that they will fall into addiction again, what happens is that people do not have to see it from the bad point of view, but because it is telling the stories that some have experienced in order to give themselves Keep in mind that if it is possible to do it and that it is an option, the rest, if they want to see it badly, is their affair.
I thought heroes are the ones who did a good deed to others? Didn't know that it can also be applied for oneself but even if not, I agree that those addict who volunteer themselves deserve a recognition because it is not easy and they can be a good inspiration to other addicted people. There are still recovered addicts who does the act again but this time in moderation. This takes courage and confidence.

This is also rewarding because we can still enjoy the things that we love without doing a harm anymore to our selves. It's weird if there are people who see exclusion a bad thing but maybe those people are part of the business and they can't earn anymore once people slowly stop availing their service.
19  Economy / Economics / Re: Why does a country borrow money from the world bank even when they can afford it on: April 28, 2024, 08:51:52 AM
There is something that I want to outlined for countries that borrowed money from other countries instead of borrowing in World Bank is like it seems World Bank don't borrow some countries money because they know quite well that that particular country may not return that money and if they fail to return the money nobody will fight for them that is why a country borrowed a money from another country knowing that if they fail to return the money they will be a fight between the both countries, that's my taught
I don't understand your writing clearly, I think you want to say that many countries don't take loans from the World Bank because they won't pay back, so the World Bank can't do anything and other countries that borrow money from it can go to war with each other if it is not repaid. First let me tell you that whenever the World Bank lends money to a country, it is not at all that the World Bank cannot do anything if its loan is not returned, there is also a limit to borrowing from the World Bank, if you borrow more than a limit, your country becomes a defaulter, and no country wants to become that, so when a loan is taken from the World Bank, it is very important to pay it back above the fixed interest, and that is what every country wants.

The second thing is that when a country is taking a loan from another country, they make some decisions at the same time which are fulfilled simultaneously. A rich country can either give charity to a poor country or if a loan is given, will give it under some conditions, and no country lends to another country to the extent that it has to go to war with that country to get it back, because loans are always conditional, as you may have heard is the give-and-take era. If something is given, then something is taken, I think you don't have enough knowledge about this, you need to study more about foreign policies.
20  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 on: April 27, 2024, 05:22:01 PM
There is a possibility that we are going to end up with Al Nassr getting that cup, it is not going to be all that easy, but we could still see it happen and I think we should be considering this as something much better in the end.

There isn't really anything that would be considered as a "success" if you ask me. After all it is at least a cup and I remember him winning a cup last season as well, don't remember the name of it but he did win something there and this year if he wins this as well then it means it would be two cups in two years and that's not too bad. Obviously Ronaldo fans would like to see him win the league but it is still not that terrible if he just ends up with this as well, people gave up on the league long time ago, so at the very least they would be happy for this.
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