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41  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: It’s unlikely that anyone besides you will be happy with your winnings. on: April 26, 2024, 01:26:51 PM
Those who are dependent on me  I am talking about my family and all the other members of the family including parents and wives are dependent on me and if they love me then they will be happy with my happiness and sad with my sadness. When I win it will surely be fun for them if they accept gambling. But if they don't accept gambling then it's a different matter. Assuming my family accepts my gambling then if I win money by gambling I am sure every member of my family will be very happy and if I lose a lot of money they will be very sad. I know about my family, friends they may claim to be happy but they may not be happy but I am sure about my family that they are happy with my win.
I think your direct family which is your wife/husband and your children and your parents shouldn't be included in this discussion because they are people who would never be happy if you fail in anything in life, and this is not only about times when you are in good books of them, but these people would care for you and will always pray and hope that you get success in everything you do in life even if you are not close to them for some reason in the present time.

The topic and the discussion are about general people, and those can be your friends, relatives, or any other people who you know and may share your achievements and winnings with. I have also not included siblings in the above category because I feel in some cases, even your siblings might not be happy with everything you achieve as there can be envy, jealousy, and a lot of things.
42  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Don’t play gambling with drugs or in half sleep on: April 26, 2024, 07:45:22 AM
There is no point on playing gambling with drunk I because obviously it’s going to turn to a loss even if you win sometimes I think it’s just by lock or a mistake because you are not really doing the correct prediction because you are not in a good state, so gambling when you’re drunk is not advisable is a risky thing I would never advise someone to ever do is not advisable
You may be using an ugly translator service. I do get the point though.
But there are times it is fun to gamble while drinking so a gambler will probably do this most of his time while playing. But you are correct that is not advisable to do this because it could cloud our judgment and we might make mistakes that will jeopardize our budget and end our entertainment in just a short manner of time. Having a drink makes a person brave and he might put all his money in one bet which means shortening the span of playing and it will not give a chance for the RTP to kick in. It will be better if we are playing at a calm state and just using the same amount because somehow we might get it all back if the RTP kicks in where higher multipliers can be given.
Gambling, while you are drunk, might be fun only if you are still in your senses understand what you are doing, and have complete control over your body, emotions, and decisions, but as soon as you reach the point where you completely lose control over yourself and everything you say or do, it isn't a good idea to gamble at that moment because you will most likely spend everything you have on gambling and won't even realize it until you become sober again.

So if you are drunk at night, you wake up sober in the morning and check your wallet or account and find nothing in there, and then when you check the transaction history, you find out you have deposited and gambled all your money in a gambling platform last night when you were drunk, that's the worst feeling ever.
43  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Where would you prefer to watch your favorite team? on: April 26, 2024, 06:19:31 AM
Watching anything whether it's a football match, a movie, or any other event can be boring if you are alone, but I would prefer watching a football game with my friends rather than watching it with the family because I believe it can be more fun with friends as you are completely free to do anything you want, you say anything without having to think twice because it's all your friends and you don't need to be careful with your words or anything.

Besides, when you are watching a game or a movie with your friends, there are jokes and fun and analysis of everything combined and it makes the experience very much enjoyable. So for me, the vote would go for watching a game of football with my friends and not with family or in a viewing centre.
44  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Why the Reluctance? on: April 25, 2024, 08:14:21 PM
I heard before that each license has their own rule and this can include country restrictions. Some casinos are also like a franchise and maybe the ones you have in our country before have experienced a financial problem for them to close down. I already saw a casino like this.

At first I wonder on why I can't access them anymore but they are still accessible on other language with a different domain extension. Interesting statistics you got there BTW. I thought online gambling is now dominating but there is only 14 million bets made on it and that means the rest are still made offline. Woah. You are not even from a gambling capital country but you live in Nigeria according to your link, though I think it's one of the underdeveloped countries, so that should explain it all.
45  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Gambling Wins: Your Money Was Returned to You. on: April 25, 2024, 07:26:23 PM
Reality strikes that gambling is more on losses than wins. Although I have heard lots of stories who have been extra lucky and win big amounts, but after that, once they fall into the casino traps, those amount of winnings are slowly going back to the casino again. I guess this is how gambling casinos are designed, they will offer you beginner’s luck and let you win some amount until you end up gambling again and lose all what you have  won, except for those wise enough who have smartly cashout their winnings and invest into potential investments.

In general, gambling is here to entertain us while putting our funds at risk. And if we are not cautious enough, we will end up poorer and poorer while seeing these casinos getting richer every time.

The thing is that you will always hear stories about the people winning in the casino.

But, you will probably never hear about the people losing all their money, either the gambler just forgets about it, or they do not talk about it.
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Yes because in gambling, there will always be winners apart from the losers and those winners are sometimes not the same as the previous one you saw, so we should not get jealous about them because next time we will now be on that position and they are now the ones on ours but of course as long as we don't stop playing.

The best therapy for a loss is to try and forget about it, so yeah you are right about that losing part and also the other one. A lose is negative and it can only affect us negatively too or the other people that will know it, so it's not worthy to talk about it. Common sense is only needed here for us to know the truth about gambling.
46  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) on: April 25, 2024, 05:29:52 PM
It would not be an easy task for Juventus to win Atalanta, because Juventus is weak and not in their best form. While from the recent gamespmayedby Atalanta, it shows that they are in their best form for them to be able to kick Liverpool out of the Europa League. If care is not taken, Atalanta might be this season Coppa Italia winners. I am not trying to underestimate Juventus but they are not consistent and that make me not to have confidence in them. Juventus needs to fight hard to make sure that they win this trophy, because this is their only chance of winning a trophy this season.
No doubt we are having Juventus at their lowest level of performance with in last five games they are having only six points with three draws and one win which is clearly indicating how unpredictable they are with their performance even they were involved in only Serie A which was good advantage but still things were not favorable.

Atlanta is also unpredictable club, but their recent performance is much better with things are completely favourable, and they are doing good job their attack is also impressive and their recent performance showing we can expect double from them as well because winning Copa Italia and having UEFA Europa League could be one of the best end of this season for them and their next season could be in Champions League give them double bonus.
47  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: April 25, 2024, 03:06:02 PM

It is becoming more real and I can say that it is now a reality that Liverpool is going trophyless this season. This season is quiet interesting because I way expected that the manager of Liverpool will wave goodbye to the club by giving them major title of English Premier League or Europa League. Certainly they had the opportunity to feature in both but he did not make his permutations well. I wonder how the boys will feel and how himself will feel at the end of the season. It is clear that Manchester City is the most favorite currently the win the English Premier League because Arsenal as we know can never be trusted.


Wayne Rooney actually did said it earlier today that the best parting gifts that the Evertonian’s will give Klopp is ending his title hopes as per rivals and that just went on to happen today. I personally think it is over for them to win anything this season again, from a quadruple anticipation to going trophyless. The title challenge now is between Manchester city and Arsenal. Yes City have an advantage over Arsenal because they have more or less top clubs in their remaining fixtures. But it doesn’t matter the games or clubs they face now as almost all clubs are same in terms of performance. That’s why I haven’t rule out City dropping points yet out.
I can now really say this was not how Klopp pictured his final season as a Liverpool coach and it's actually disappointing especially from the kind of momentum they started this season but how they fair in the Europa league generally shows their inconsistency which as cost this title. Wayne Rooney might have not believed this will happen.
While the title race is between City and Arsenal, I still think the gunners have more possibility of dropping points since City are more Stronger during season ending.
Lucky Liverpool have last three games against weaker sides in Premier League with lost against Crystal Palace and now Everton give them huge below for the win in this season because no one were expecting performance like this from them while they were one of the best side in this season but now in last few games we are having worst ever performance from them in last eight games now they are having three defeats with 1 draw and four wins mean they are losing their depth and chances for the winning as well.

With these two loses their chances are almost ended but still they can do with won their last all matches and wait for the lost of points from the Arsenal and Manchester City which are giving their best and having better chance of the win in this season.
48  Economy / Speculation / Re: Why has bitcoin prices not increased just after halving ? on: April 24, 2024, 07:25:01 PM
Bitcoin mining fees has increased considerably today after halving but there are no effect on bitcoin prices. I suggested some friends to invest before and they are blaming me for the suggestion. I told them to wait for final effect as it can take some days for effect on prices but they are impatient.
Your good intentions in giving advice to other people regarding Bitcoin being halved are indeed good in general, but on the other hand you also have to realize that in any case not everyone can have the same level of patience so they could blame you. when they start to face risks that are painful for them. So don't blame those who don't have enough patience for what you suggest because you also shouldn't waste more time on people who don't have patience because they will definitely blame you someday.
It would be better if we will ask them first if they have a long patience before we recommend BTC to them or they are the ones who approach for some tips about it. Some people can lie about it which we will not know if we are not around with them at all times but that is already their problem once they complain later on if they did not met their expectations.

The OP already answered his own question there but other than that, maybe the tension on some countries are also responsible for it. The price is still high so it may not be a big deal for some who bought before but the ones that bothers them is the sudden increase in transaction fees.
49  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: No gambling today due to bitcoin high transaction fee. on: April 24, 2024, 06:31:05 PM
That might only be our range but what if we are addicted?
I think we wouldn't mind paying 50 dollar for the fee and still have a 50 dollar left for play.

For those gambler whose money is only 50 dollar and below, maybe they will choose lightning network for a while because you know that was still part of BTC and I saw that many casinos now started supporting lightning network.

Bitcoin price is still the same dump, so maybe that was true that the rise in its fees are caused by the halving and it can take a while for the fees to get sorted out. I know this is not the first time the BTC fees increase insanely this high and I am expecting these high fee trend may continue until bitcoin prices rises up to the level to compensate the miners for same amount of fees in satoshi.
50  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Is the game 'Fortune Tiger' or the little tiger game famous in your region? on: April 24, 2024, 05:48:42 PM
"Jogo do tigrinho" has become a hype in Brazil among virtual gamblers, even though there is a plethora of slots themes available. I believe the success is heavily related to the fact people tend to repeat patterns others are doing. There are hundreds of games disponible (all of them with same winning chances), but among all of them, people will play the one which there are more active players and more ads being promoted in real time on the social medias and social circles they attend to.

Besides that, I believe the mainstream media contributed to that phenomenon when they attempted to denounce, alert and educate brazilian citizens regards potential risks and damages the game could bring to their personal finances. Instead of instilling discernment, they created further hype and fascination for the game in the country, as it can be seen through the memes shared on social medias and so many videos talking about the Tiger game, which gained even more versions along the time, as we can see at PlayStore, for an example.

Personally, I have nothing against Tiger game, as I don't have anything against gambling in general. I just feel ashamed and annoyed by how these social influencers promote these games and by how the population receives this kind of content as legit.
Nice trivia there mate. Now I know where did this Fortune Tiger game originated and it had a different name before or should I say that Fortune Tiger only got an inspiration to it. Like you, many of us also hate the influencers who misleadingly promote almost anything not just gambling. We badly need a regulation for this because a lot of people can negatively affected by them.

@OP, no it isn't famous in our country yet despite of its popularity on the other but there is one slot game here instead that a lot of my country men are playing. The game is called Super Ace.

@uneng is right that the reason why it or other games can become popular is because of this  ⤵
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I believe the success is heavily related to the fact people tend to repeat patterns others are doing.
51  Economy / Economics / Re: Do you think Bitcoin can end poverty? In a nation today on: April 24, 2024, 04:03:21 PM
Bitcoin alone cannot eradicate poverty because poverty is not created in a day but the entire economic system in a country is responsible for it and more ancillary government weaknesses and structures are strongly linked behind it.
Also it is not clear to me how Bitcoin will work behind the poverty of a country but I think Bitcoin can play an important role in reducing the amount of inflation in a country.
Moreover, Bitcoin is a risky investment and if a poor person invests all his capital in this risky investment, poverty will likely increase rather than decrease.
But how will bitcoin reduce a country's inflation? And inflation is also one of the factors that causes people to fall into poverty, so if bitcoin can help reduce inflation for any country, it will also contribute somewhat to poverty reduction. Honestly, I don't see bitcoin having any impact on a country's economy since it's just a highly volatile asset.

To me, bitcoin is a volatile asset and investment and it would be great if an individual or organization knew how to take advantage of it. But talking about impact at the government or country level is impossible, investing in a highly volatile asset is not the way for that government to get that country's economy going.
Even if a government or a country does utilize Bitcoin to get their economy better, I don't think that will impact the lives of the poor living in that country because we can see all around the world where countries that have very good economies but there are still poor populations in those countries which means that the government doesn't specifically do anything for those who are poor but they only do things on a larger scale which might affect the economy a little bit no individuals.

For individuals, Bitcoin can only do something for them if they can access it and make investments in it, but someone poor won't be able to do any of the two because they can't afford it, a poor can't have an investment capital to start investing in Bitcoin and they also can't buy devices to use Bitcoin.
52  Economy / Speculation / Re: You have a better chance with Bitcoin now than the next minute! on: April 24, 2024, 03:02:04 PM
Reaching to a point where we are looking into crypto as something we could profit from, that means that we have to do our very best to get it as quickly as possible and that's a right approach.

I get that it may look or feel like maybe we are going to see a drop, and at times we do see a drop, but getting involved is a lot more important. Most people miss that and not really realize what they are doing, they just stay away for a very long time, they just wait and wait and wait and wait, then of course they miss and regret it later on. I rather get in, see the price drop, and wait some more until it goes up, then end up not getting it and see it go up. Because one has a recovery, you just wait, but the other doesn't have a recovery.
53  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: EFL English Championship League 2023/2024 on: April 24, 2024, 12:00:03 PM
The match was very bad for Southampton. There was no one attempted shot or goal by Southampton. This has not spoken good for Southampton for receiving 5 goals at a time. I was really expecting them to do well in the 2nd half of the match since they received one goal in the first half and it was like they played the worst game in the second half. And if you look the analysis of the game, Southampton controlled the Ball more than their opponent and I don't know why they received goals of 5.

There are things that could make them to receive such number of goals. And the none is the defend. If the defend is weak then you received enough goals and the keep. If the keep is not good then you suffer set back. And Also Chelsea faced these the same two things in their match.
This is embarrassing defeat for the Southampton because no one were expecting performance like this from them at this stage of the season while they were looking good and having solid chance of going back into Premier League but now with this lost things are surely going to be against them because they are now badly down in confidence, and they have to regroup themselves for the play-offs which are also coming and having good chance to bring themselves into better position.

Leicester City done impressive job in second half as they have good conversion rate in second half four goals from the four shots mean things are well under their control, and now they need only one point for automatic promotion and most chances they will grab this into their next game which is going to play against Preston on 29th April and last game is also another struggling side Blackburn which is going to give another 3 points.
54  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 on: April 24, 2024, 11:05:04 AM
There's this competitive race, we have been avoiding the top levels and also watching the incredible performance of most of these SPL elite teams. Consistent performance follows and we totally understand what it means for the top clubs like Al Hilal who are currently Champs. They won with just a defeat and they've driven for excellent results in upcoming matches. These Saudi Arabia clubs possess the gigantic funds to elevates the Saudi Pro League this season. They're entirely working on a strategy to upgrade their status in every possible ranks.
Other clubs will try to get other top European players so that next season other clubs can match Al-Hilal's strength. Because by now all the teams in the SPL must have realized that Al-Hilal's level is very different. And with the financial strength that the SPL clubs have, I am sure they will succeed in getting some of Europe's top players and coaches back in the next transfer market.

In fact, several clubs have started approaching top European players earlier. They do this to increase their chances of getting the player they were after from the start. And so that it is not preceded by other clubs. And it will indeed become more competitive.
Saudi League invested nearly $875.4 million in last transfer window, but outcome of this league is not as they were expected just because of this now in next window we are going to have some changes as they are already announced things will be not as they have done in last season so for the better updates about this all we have to wait for their next official statement even we are having too many players under their radar, but things can take changes which will prevent them from spending huge funds like they spend in last season.

After last seasons investments they are having all four clubs those are belonged to PIF still at the top and now how things will be work this could be interesting because now difference of quality is widened, and they need to be had some better approach for this all which will allow other clubs to give their best but this all needed huge investment so how they will be settled this all it's currently not clear.
55  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: What Casino Game Has the Best Odds? on: April 23, 2024, 08:08:22 PM
Casino games that have the best odds in my estimation are games of skill and strategy. A casino game like blackjack is one of the games with the best odds if you a very good and skillful player because your game is against the dealer but where you are not then it will be the game with the worse odds because then your game is just blind betting hoping on luck. Poker is the second game where your skill and strategy gives you a high odd. And this skill is in your ability to bluff, read people. These are the two I know.
No doubt they can be consider as that but each platform can also differ in terms of odds, especially in sports betting. This is why some claims they have the best odds offered or we can see users here who seek for those betting platforms. Other users can also have a different definition of best odds.

To be specific, it is if the game has a high return. Skill-based games like Blackjack usually have a small odds but they are also more winnable, much if we have a good skill. The only way to earn big profits on them is to bet in bigger sizes. You mention poker there and the strategy called bluffing but this will be hard or impossible to pull off online.
56  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Turkish Super League 2023/24 Season on: April 23, 2024, 06:54:51 PM
These type of unexpected draws (or even a loss) is natural part of the game, that's how you lose in the end anyway. I can understand that there could be some situations that fans will be mad about, but reality is that it happens all around the world. Just look at El Classico, literally one of the most watched regular season games of all time, and there was a mistake there too, it is not like we are going to be fully seeing 100% perfect games, mistakes happens everywhere if that was a mistake.

Secondly, teams do lose when they are leading, look at Arsenal and Liverpool, they were both ahead of City, and they both lost at the very same week, to lower level teams, and basically gave the title to Manchester City for free, it just happens.
57  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: April 23, 2024, 05:15:02 PM
I think Ratcliffe want to hire Tuchel because he have won three trophies with Chelsea e.g. UEFA Champions League(20/21), UEFA Super Cup(21/22), FIFA Club World Cup(2021 UAE). So even though Tuchel is failed in Bundesliga, but he might be successful in Premier League.

He could change Manchester United if he dare to bench both Rashford and Bruno.
Apart from these rumors, which for me are rumors that have a positive direction for Manchester United progress, there may be a fairly close relationship behind the scenes between Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Tuchel. Maybe the two of them have been friends for so long that Sir Jim Ratcliffe doesn't really care what happens to people judgments of him. We'll see whether this rumor can be further proven or is just a passing wind that emerged due to fans dissatisfaction with Manchester United performance under control of Erik Ten Hag during this season.
Sir Jim Ratcliffe creating good hype after having some media talks about coming season of the club even right now we have nothing official about this all with if we have won for the Manchester United into FA Cup then surely we can expect another chance for the Ten Hag and in case of failure still nothing is clear as is he going or staying we have to wait until end of the season which could be better time for giving own views and having better idea.

There is no doubt we are having too many problems for the Manchester United on and off the field which are needed to be fixed if they want to have better performance so if Eric Ten Hag able settle this all and also having players which can give him better results then surely we can expect his spell could be long and healthy for the club but currently just we have to wait for their performance in remaining matches.
58  Economy / Economics / Re: The benefits of risk taking on: April 23, 2024, 10:59:10 AM
There are so many stories of someone who made a stupid decision at the time, that turned out to be a lucky good call after a while. Obviously you could say that it is exactly for this reason we should ignore what people say and make our own stupid decisions no matter who says what. But, the reality is that there are also so man untold millions of stories where people made stupid decisions and they ended up losing money because of it as well.

So, just because some influencer shared some screenshot of some 100x leverage pepe call, doesn't mean that you should do that too, unfortunately too many people do that and they are losing their money left and right. We should focus on the riskless bitcoin investment at this moment.
59  Economy / Economics / Re: Countries with economy power controls the world. on: April 23, 2024, 09:49:05 AM
There is no doubt about it that the development and prosperity of any country depends on its economy. Economically prosperous and stable countries never have to extend their hands to other countries. People from such countries do not migrate to other countries. You must have seen it often when well-educated doctors, engineers, and professors from poor and developing countries migrate to other developed countries.

If a person is getting a good salary and good opportunities to live in his own country, I don't think he would like to leave all these things and go to another country, but people who want to live a good life should be forced. Therefore, they migrate to other developed countries. When competent people are expelled from a country, that country becomes like a barren land.

Therefore, when talented and intelligent people migrate from one country to another developed country, a developed country becomes more developed and economically stable, and a developing country suffers more loss.
60  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24 on: April 22, 2024, 08:06:31 PM
Bellingham is a beast, that's a fact. As far as I can see he is the most consistent great performing player in the squad this season. I remember only few games in which he wasn't seen showing a good performance. For example the first leg of the Manchester City matchup. I believe he has paid off his huge transfer fee already now with this high level performance.  Smiley

He is still very young on one hand. Real Madrid must be planning a very long term relationship with him and Bellingham looks very happy to be a part of this team too. Who wouldn't be happy to play for one of the best teams in the world, especially for Real Madrid which is in a really special place for talented players?  Wink
He is definitely contributing a huge share to their success. I mean his goal statistics at the beginning of the season were so insane that I was afraid he could keep up that level forever! Cheesy Good news is he is just a human being and didn't score as much for quite a while, but he is still the guy for the very important moments and first and foremost, he is working so hard on the pitch! I don't know, I have never checked for their running distances, but it feels like he is omnipresent and never sleeping. It is a tackle, a pass, a deep run into the opponent's box, a deep run to his own box to defend despite playing as a center forward. Hats off, he is one of the few very, very young players who deserved their starting position in a world class team within no time! There is no discussion about him.
Jude Bellingham is one of the most impact player in this season which having great influence on Real Madrid win and increase in quality as well his presence is having positive change for the Real Madrid, and currently he is having second spot in leading scorer for the season as well he is young and quality player which is having great future in this club with this season is going to be amazing for them while they are having huge success.

With his contribution in the game and having performance like this we can say he is playmaker, and surely he deserves the best player of the Real Madrid with his contribution in the game no one having doubt he could be wonder kid in coming years who could be going to have too many awards and respect as player.
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