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121  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: April 16, 2024, 06:08:23 AM
What a performance coming from the bridge, this shows that Chelsea are the cause of their problems. I hope after leading by 4 goals to nil they won't end up with a draw, the only play who's responsible for this positive movement for Chelsea is Cole Palmer. This guy is making things easy for the Blues and is hard to believe but he's Man City's bench warmer and now  he's Chelsea's best player, if Palmer continues like this I see him winning the best player of the season and the highest goals scorer award.
Everton need to put themselves together if not they're going to concede more than we are seeing at the moment. I know they're going through hell with the deduction of points but they should try and finish the season like Juventus did and avoid being relegated.
After finishing the Chelsea match against Everton, I went back to check all the matches Chelsea has played this month and last month of March, in all the Chelsea match Cole Palmer has made 2 assist in the matches which he didn't scored and the rest of the match, he scored atleast one goal in those matches. This shows that the problem of Chelsea underperformance is not from the players but from how Pochettino actually make used of the players.

Today, they printed 6 goals to nil to Everton, now let's say Everton is an average team but I'm very confident that if the way they played today is the same way they played against other leading teams in the Premier League, they wouldn't sit that long in the 10th place they have spent all their time this season. Perhaps a lesson learnt by the coaches, they will used this as a guide to continue if they still remain as the managers of the club.
This match is surely going to be one of the best from the Chelsea and now things are also looking much better because they are scoring goals with their defense is also giving them good support, but we need more improvement from them which will allow them for having better results and better end of this season which is most important for them even there is criticism about Pochettino strategy but still I have believed he is right person who needs more time here which could be good for their depth and consistency because he can bring good results and things can take positive change as well.

In last few games, we have Everton at their lowest level even I have feeling most chances they could be survived and stay into Premier League, but now it's time for them to have better changes and bring quality which is important for staying into middle of the league table otherwise things can go wrong way, and they can face troubling time which is never been good for them.
122  Economy / Economics / Re: Neo-liberalism and the crisis of Capitalism on: April 16, 2024, 03:59:24 AM
What people who dislike "capitalism", which is simply just liberal laws, is that this is what we have as best solution right now. No other system has worked as well as this one did, look at USA and how miserable and yet improved the lives are at that country. If you do want a better life, then do come up with a better solution.

These days we do not have to look at things as only right or wrong, as only right or left, or liberal vs socialist, or authoritarian vs libertarian etc etc. We can have different views on every single subject, I could support socialist ideas on topic 1, and liberal ideas on topic 2, why would I have to fit myself into a box about every subject? I can just think of it case by case easily.
123  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2024 NBA Season on: April 15, 2024, 05:30:50 PM
Lakers at 8th, not a bad position to be in, they could beat Pelicans and even finish at 7th as well, going from 9th to there within two games is definitely a big achievement without a doubt. I understand that people may look at it differently, but I do believe that's actually an advantage for Lakers.

Thunder finished first, Nuggets finished second, so anyone who is 7th would be in trouble, I think both Pelicans and Lakers will be aware of that and may not want to win it in the end, if they win it, they are facing Nuggets, if they lose then they will face 9-10th winner too, but at the very least they will face Thunder in that situation. I think it is going to be a very weak spot, Thunder is not that great, they may have finished first, but they lack playoff experience.
124  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: April 15, 2024, 04:59:02 PM
In fact, I suspect that these two teams, whether Liverpool or Arsenal, will win the match with a big score. but I was quite surprised when Liverpool lost to Crystal Palace at Anfield and apparently Arsenal experienced the same thing, losing to Aston Villa at the Emirates. These two matches were beyond my expectations, I think the worst result is a draw. However, it actually turned out to be profitable for Manchester City. Now the Premier League only has 6 matches remaining, City is two points ahead of Arsenal and Liverpool. It's a little difficult to expect City to slip up, so that either Liverpool or Arsenal can overtake the ranking occupied by Manchester City. However, City has a fairly busy schedule. This week, Pep Guardiola's team squad will host Real Madrid, Pep will focus his team on the Champions League quarter matches. After that City will play a match against Chelsea in the FA Cup, not to mention other matches. It looks like City must be better prepared to maintain its ranking, because if not Liverpool and Arsenal are ready to reclaim the top of the standings. I suspect the competition will last until week 38.
Both teams and their fans are still in shocked due to their loses which are surely understandable because no one was expecting defeats like these with things now completely out of the control for them because Manchester City is now leading by 2 points and their remaining matches are having no problems for them with now Arsenal is surely going to face terrible time because they can go at third spot and also having elimination from the Champions League as well and Liverpool is also having elimination chances from the Europa League with they are having chance to stay at the second spot because things are much better for them.

Citizens are now back into bang because they are having chance of winning Premier League, Champions League and The FA Cup with this, surely it's another dream end of the season for them because suddenly all is into their favour.
125  Economy / Economics / Re: The current situation in the country Nigeria. on: April 15, 2024, 08:42:40 AM
The situation in Nigeria is really bad. Their government and administrative system is really bad. Because of all this the people of their country are suffering so much.  Nigerians make the wrong decisions in the election of their leaders time and time again and pay for it in the long run.  It is really sad because the election of a wrong leader puts the whole country in danger. Hope they don't make this mistake in their upcoming elections and vote for the right leader.
Choosing the wrong leader in a country will indeed have a very bad impact on the people and this actually does not only apply to countries like Nigeria. But this also applies to other countries in the world because every country leader does not only think about his own stomach, but he also has to think about how to make the country develop and become more advanced by relying on state revenues and existing infrastructure. Because if we think about the bad impacts, of course it will be more directed at the people in the country itself, even though the government will also feel the same way.
That's true and what's funny is that we people still keep on doing it. Sometimes not intentional thinking the new leader will also be good as the previous one if the previous one is also good, or it will be better than them if not.

A wrong leader is the ones that will only think about their own stomach. When we say stomach it does not only mean about food (just to clear out those who won't get it) but it is only just a sample term. Government can only get a bad impression but they are not going to suffer in terms of personal life because they already secured the public funds apart from the huge salary that they can get during their term.
126  Economy / Gambling / Re: The Future of online poker - PokerFi on: April 15, 2024, 06:56:23 AM
PokerFi? Sounds good, but I don't think this project will be successful since poker isn't really popular in the crypto gambling world and time has proven that again and again. There are fewer players and more bots in crypto poker tables which says it all.

FIAT poker sites are still the best way to play poker online in my opinion.

PokerFi has not only poker, but also a casino with various games and slots. So the players have a lot of choice.
Maybe> But what they are marketing is the game poker as the name of the project states.

I looked at their website and I can see this words... "The future of online poker has arrived : PokerFi".
So that means big time because they are claiming it would disrupt the current norms of poker.

Question is, how come until now its token are still of a very low value?
Yes, poker must be their main game here and this is not just a simple poker game but it is also an NFT. Speaking of NFT, it seems they are making a comeback because I've noticed that new casinos coming on our forum are like this.

Poker with NFT capability truly sounds ground breaking at first hear but I wonder why there are no casinos who attempted to make this before when NFT's are still on the trend? Hmm.. Or maybe there are a few but as usual, their hypes didn't last long like the other NFT projects. For now, the tagline/slogan that you saw will only remain as is. It won't disrupt the current norms of poker until everyone is talking about them. That also answers to why their token is still low in value.
127  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 on: April 14, 2024, 05:52:42 PM
It's true, Al-Hilal managing to beat them is not news because it happened so many times now, and I feel like we are talking about an ordinary result by now. Plus, Al Hilal is going still unbeaten all season long which should be the most important part, why wouldn't they be able to beat everyone if that is already what they have done so far.

We have no idea what makes them this great, but we at least know that they are doing their best and that's why it's the most important thing. I believe that we are going to face some issues that would be a little different, so we need to make sure that Al Hilal is doing what they are doing and we bet on them to win, that makes it a lot better for everyone involved when you bet on them to win.
128  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: April 14, 2024, 04:44:22 PM
Who would have believed it would be Crystal Palace that would make Liverpool drop three points, even when Liverpool was at home? This is an important match for Liverpool, but they failed to beat Crystal Palace to go top in the Premier League table. Liverpool is now in third place in the Premier League table. This is a good opportunity for Arsenal to beat Aston Villa and go top in the Premier League table.
I also didn't expect it and was a little surprised when I saw Liverpool lose at home against Crystal Palace. This is certainly not what Liverpool wants because they are struggling to get a trophy this season, but Liverpool have to accept this bitter reality through Crystal Palace today even though Liverpool are still on track to win the title this season. Meanwhile, for the Arsenal match, I see that there are still no goals scored so for now Arsenal still have to be in second place, because if Arsenal is able to win, of course the top position will be theirs today even though in the next match there can still be changes if Arsenal didn't win
No one expecting result like this, but we have serious decline in Liverpool performance in last seven games having 2 loses and 2 draws mean things are completely out of their control and most chances they are going to end this season with one trophy as few were expecting treble from them, but suddenly they are having terrible time and no goals in last 2 games mean their strategy is not working for them while we are in important time of the season now after today matches we have good changes at the top of the Premier League table while Manchester City is again leading the table and Liverpool is having third spot.

At the end of the first half, we have no good time for the Arsenal as well which is hosting Aston Villa and need to win if they want to bring themselves to the top we have interesting 45 minutes which will decide can we have new champion or again Manchester City is heading for the another double with their impressive performance.
129  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Making bets with my stupid friend on: April 14, 2024, 04:01:54 PM
I didn't happen to see a reason why you called your friend "stupid" in the title of your thread because nowhere in your story he did do anything stupid or show any stupidity.

What you and your friend do is something that happens in most of the friend circles, in my opinion. When friends are together, there are discussions, arguments, debates, and often bets made on things where two friends have different thoughts and opinions on something, and sometimes those bets are on very useless things, lol.

We often used to make bets on games that we used to play, most of the time it used to be pool/snooker games because it used to be a very competitive game for us friends and we would often compete with each other making bets who would win.
130  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: The person who can’t control emotions in gambling will never earn money from it on: April 14, 2024, 02:36:31 PM
Honestly, in all case scenarios, people who are patient are always at an advantage no matter how you look at it because they act according to their calculations and they don't rush anything just to make bad decisions later. Just because you were lucky on your first try doesn't mean you going to act that way continuously, it doesn't work like that in real life rather you ponder upon the consequences of your actions before you move and that's why most successful people have right now, they don't just act quickly they think twice and make the best decision of their life.
Patience may help us for long term because patience is part of self control so we can have better control of our gambling habit but still patience will not give an advantage in terms of winning because winning and losing is all about luck. In conclusion self control is needed when we are dealing with gambling to avoid the negative effects of gambling except about losing.
That's right, patience can only assist gamblers to reduce the risk of losing more money but it can't make them win because whether you are patient or not, the results won't be affected by that but the overall outcome of your gambling activities can be different if you stay patient while gambling because you won't be making reckless decisions if you are patient and that can have a positive effect on your gambling results in the long run.

A gambler can't earn money from gambling no matter what they do unless they are extremely lucky because the results of gambling games are completely luck based, no patience, strategy, or anything can change the results and a gambler needs to keep this thing in mind when they start gambling.
131  Economy / Economics / Re: Debt Management. on: April 14, 2024, 06:53:02 AM
I will advise as many people as possible to always avoid the use of loan as an alternative means to make it in life or starting a business, such is a bad idea because many have been in debt at the cause and couldn't afford to repay back their loan, we have to learn the various means in which we can earn and save for for the future use, instead of taking loan, we may not be able to manage our debts if we are into it on a wrong approach.
Business loans are not always bad but there are some factors one needs to evaluate before they go ahead and take a business loan. The very first thing they need to check is whether they have a foolproof business strategy or a business idea that you know can be successful and earn you enough revenue that you can use to keep expanding your business and also repay the loan you have taken to start the business.

I wouldn't recommend anyone taking personal loans because it becomes extremely difficult to pay back the loan if you don't have a good income or a running business that you know can let you cover up the loan and the commission and repay it before the deadline provided by the lender.
132  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Lega Serie A 🇮🇹 (Italian League) Prediction Thread 2023/2024⚽ on: April 13, 2024, 05:24:52 PM
This week seems like there isn't any big games or anything, so it looks like it is going to be pretty normal, I do not think that we are going to get many shocking results. These type of weeks are usually prime for parlay, I may end up losing, but the top five all playing different teams, that means you are capable of betting the top five to all win their games. Obviously that may fail, which happens more often than not because the odds are quite low on something like that to happen but you could at least earn a lot whenever it happens as well.

This is why I am spending this week that way without having to worry about anything else, quite rare scene that I will see it get a win, but I am quite happy with what we have.
133  Economy / Gambling / Re: AVIATRIX | NEXT GENERATION OF CRASH-GAMES | EARLY BIRD BONUS on: April 13, 2024, 04:24:23 PM
This is seriously a good game but it's not necessary to copy name Aviator, you could try to give this game a different name without involving word Aviator but it's definitely good. I love how you can change the colour and model of your aircraft and how you unlock new models of planes as you win more bets. NFT marketplace idea where you'll be able to create new planes and sell them sounds cool but why would someone pay money in these aviatrix planes? Will people who buy upgraded plane NFTs be able to get some daily rewards?
My other advice would be to add a scroll bar on the right side because at the moment it's impossible to scroll down on your website without arrow keys, making the user experience uncomfortable.
Maybe if you are into crash games, you will appreciate them and their name is still different from the original aviator game, though their meaning are close to each other. I just found out that Aviatrix means a female pilot while Aviator is the male version of it. They are not just a simple crash game but they are an NFT game, which is why we can design our own plane.

You already answered your own question there, on why someone will buy such plane. That is because they can resell it later on at a much higher price in their own dedicated marketplace and yes, NFT's can also allow us to earn rewards and other exciting perks. I have no problems navigating their website. I can use both mouse scroll and arrow keys on my laptop's keyboard but if you are a phone or tablet user, simply swiping the screen should do the work.
134  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: GAMBLING DISORDER on: April 13, 2024, 02:33:53 PM
When it comes to gambling or cryptocurrency, we always want to protect the privacy of personal information to keep ourselves safe. But in some cases, there is a need to inform others of these things. It is not bad if I share my personal information with someone I know or trusted. People's lives are not always at the same level. Accidents can happen at any time. If a gambler shares his gambling activities with his life partner or if he gives access to it, it definitely works effectively for unwanted events. I have seen a freelancer who had kept all his wealth in his online account but suddenly he lost his physical ability due to his brain stroke he lost all his wealth. In some such cases it is important to share all the information with a trusted partner.
Yeah, people who don't share the details about their finances or places where they have kept their financial holdings are making a mistake because life is unpredictable, anything can happen at any given time, so it is better to give all the details to the closest person so that they can access the financial holdings in case of an emergency or an event where the holder can't access them anymore for any reason whether it's an illness, sudden death, or anything.

The best way to do that is to write a will and mention everything in that, hand it over to a trusted lawyer who would read it out to people whose names are mentioned when the person is either no more or isn't able to do anything with the money or holdings.
135  Economy / Speculation / Re: Bitcoin might reach $100k before halviing. What is your exit strategy? on: April 13, 2024, 01:52:43 PM
Having an exit strategy works only if you know the ups and downs very well, if you can guess the peak very well then you could have a proper exit strategy which could work well for you. However, if you have no idea how it would work then why would you want to do something like that. This is why it would make sense if you could just end up with a long term strategy, something that doesn't deal with high volatility, but longevity instead.

I personally do that, holding long term, buying when its low and high it doesn't matter what the price is, I just keep on buying it. Last I bought was 47k, didn't cared and bought, it went from under 20k to over 45k and I still bought it, and look how much more profit I made thanks to that.
136  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: What is gambling to you, a fanfare or potential financial havoc? on: April 13, 2024, 10:54:33 AM
It all depends on what a person's perception is regarding gambling and how they handle their activities. The guy whose expressions changed after the game escalated and went completely against him was an irresponsible gambler because he could call it off and tell your friend that he wanted to do it for fun but it is going somewhere else and he doesn't want to continue betting anymore, your friend wouldn't force him but since he had challenged your friend, he would probably feel ashamed for losing after that.

A gambler needs to make sure that they are not gambling excessively because if you say you gamble for fun and then you gamble all the time spending a lot of time and money on it, that isn't how you do it when you are doing it for fun. Gambling for fun means doing it when you are bored and need an activity to pass your time and not doing it all the time.
137  Economy / Economics / Re: considering the advantage of Fiats over Cryptocurrencies on: April 13, 2024, 03:58:04 AM
While we are so comfortable about the potentials of the decentralized digital currencies such as the Alt and the Bit coins and its centralized exchanges in the blockchains, let's also understand that the Fiats has an advantage over it that you'd have somewhere to go to and someone to hold responsible in some cases that your fund in the bank is tempered by a theft or otherwise than that of Crypto that it's transactions is operated anonymously
Theft happens with fiat payment systems too, and people become victims of scammers and voluntarily send their money, but still they have some chance of returning their money if they immediately notify the bank, and also banks have algorithms for security checks that stop suspicious transactions and ask for extra verification. So there is a chance that your moiney will be protected - the chance could be low or moderate, maybe even high, it depends on the financial service itself, country regulations, etc.

But with crypto the chance of returning money or stopping an ongoing attempt is zero. So a lot of people would rather stick with fiat, because they are not ready to be their own bank.
Theft is everywhere but when it comes to currencies, fiat must be the worse because they are subject to inflation. This is another theft here, or actually the main one who steals the value of our money. When we keep our money in the bank, sometimes they can also do shady stuffs. It's because they have a full control of our money.

This is the bad thing about being centralized. Many people doesn't know these facts yet and they also lack in knowledge about crypto, so it's sad that they only choose to be a slave to the government's money. You think cryptos are that dangerous but if one knows how to secure his wallet and know the scammer's tactics, it's only easy to avoid all of them.
138  Economy / Economics / Re: Will inflation become big challenge for retired people after 10-20 years? on: April 12, 2024, 05:45:02 PM
It is already causing lot of problems for retired people. How much will this problem intensify in future ?
This is a problem because where i worked and resigned about 12 years ago, some percentage of our salaries were removed and put into a pension fund to be claimed when we reach certain older years, anyways since then my country's currency has devalued like 1000% till date. I frankly don't know if the pension fund company is going to pay me when I'll be eligible to collect in the old rate when I stopped work or in this current devalued rate, because I believe that they'll pay based on percentage, and it'll be very unfair to use the present devalued rate. If pensioners  retirement benefits are not calculated based on the value of their currency in every year of their services, then it's a cheating on them, because if it's done on the present devalued currency, then they won't get everything that they deserves.
He didn't say it isn't. What your company is doing with some of your salary seems normal and is experienced in other companies too, though I don't think this was the reason on why your country's currency's value have declined but this issue is common as well and it was called as inflation.

Each country is suffering from it. Don't worry about your contribution, as you are going to get them when you retire but I think you can also make an early loans once you already paid enough. Their rates are going to be the same. We can only hope that the inflation goes down, so that we can properly enjoy the money that we worked hard for many years.
139  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: April 12, 2024, 05:10:33 PM
Arsenal definitely looks like they could make a good return, but that doesn't mean that they will win the league. It's still too close and we should be very careful, I personally believe that we are going to get a good run towards the end of the season and everyone is super excited to see who will win it all.

I still find it super funny that most odd providers say that City will win the league, even though they are literally behind Liverpool and Arsenal. I guess that is what you get when you win most of the cup in the last decade and finish with a treble last season. In the end, Arsenal seems like they may still get the league, I know that it is not that easy and there is zero room for a mistake, so that is why it's quite risky.
140  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Is Gambling A Hobby? on: April 12, 2024, 04:25:03 PM

Upon all those sources and explanation, I still need the community input on the argument to know if gambling is a HOBBY so that I and the person will understand more.
Cheers.
One question I'll ask you is: Can someone have more than one hobby? If yes, gambling can be a hobby.

There are people who take gambling as a form of entertainment, yet they are not addicted. The fact that gambling is part of something you like does not automatically mean that you'll have to do it all the time. There are also those who consider gambling a hobby and yet don't go to their account for more than four days (and also those we might classify as addicts who can't control their urge).

By the way, this topic is sure going to be a long one.
I am not the OP but your question to him have an obvious answer and that is yes, however that is not a reason for us to say that almost all things including those risky ones can now be considered as a hobby. That looks so inappropriate and as we notice, almost all examples of hobbies are only the good ones like sports, writing, and playing an instrument.

If one treats gambling as a form of entertainment, it also means that they don't expect to earn a profit out of it, which is the root cause of addiction. Doing it at all times, can be subjective. It can also mean to do a thing 1 hour per day which is still fine and not considered as an addiction.
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