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1361  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Casinos after the shutdowns of mixers on: December 03, 2023, 08:15:22 PM
We already have a discussion going on and i believe this topic is a duplicate of that other topic as relates to the banning of Bitcoin mixers services here on bitcointalk, and its implications on gambling sites which are much more widely different in nature and operations.

You may like to take a look at that thread:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5476393.msg63263816#msg63263816
1362  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Money laundering in crypto casino on: December 03, 2023, 07:56:35 PM
Firstly, in my country, gambling is illegal and against the law. And the act of money laundering through a casino, this is fairly new. However, even so, in the country where I live, this kind of mode is often found and this dirty deed is often carried out by a number of regional heads, they do the mode of money laundering through a casino or foreign gambling place, which exchanges the proceeds of crime for casino coins and then the money is exchanged back in cash. And in this way, the results of the money exchange do not become a problem when the money is brought back to their country, because it is considered to come from playing gambling which in some countries, gambling is a legal activity. And in this case of course there are several parties who control the action. and this is where the question becomes, who controls the action? Is it from the casino or not.


I don't know for sure, but I think in this case there is an intermediary who facilitates between the perpetrators of money laundering and a casino that is used as a place to launder the proceeds of crime.
I agree with you on a number of things, but also you forget to mentioned that casinos already have a system in olace to make miney laundering a hard thing to achieve in gambling and that way, any attempts will only get the criminal tendency of losing the money due to wagering conditions, because most of the centralized casinos already have a condition on their deposits and witdrwals which make it impossible for money luanderers to use casino as a safe heaven for their criminal activities.

Also in my country, gambling is a legal activity and at that, and we have policies that mandate every deposit to meet some requirements before being withdrawable, so for gamblers, they already know that any deposits must meet such requirements so that is a bad market for money launderers since they may lose the entire deposits in the process of trying to meet the wagering requirements.
1363  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Government job or private job? on: December 03, 2023, 07:13:35 PM
As they said, government job is better compare to private job because it is permanent and pensionable and the job is more secured. Though private job too some are pensionable but not permanent and not that secured. And again in private job, you have the opportunity to let them know how much you want to be paid. You can either be paid higher or lower base on how you present yourself.

Which one do you prefer if you are given an offer?

I will prefer to go for a government work because have the many benefits that comes from it even during and after service. When looking for a job to do, security of the work is my highest priority and I believe I can only achieve this maximum job security by working with the government. There are many private sector works that are paying highly than the government work but if job security is not guaranteed and also a pension scheme to fend for me after retirement, it will not be a work for me to love to do forever. Although, everybody has their own way of imagining and approaching things, but to me, I will go for a good government work several times before trying out the private one.
Yes, a government job is far better than a private job no matter what the salary differences are, alot of the time the areas and other incentives that come with a government job will surpass that of a private sector job I consider the private sector to be some form of rubbery on the employees since I have had a long term experience in that directions, many at times we have faced this challenges of choosing a high paying private job to government jobs.

But the most ultimate advantage of a government job is the ability to build a career in the field since in a government job, there is job security and all of that stuff.
1364  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Money laundering in crypto casino on: December 03, 2023, 06:38:51 PM
We all know the recent issue about the mixer status here in the forum. Crypto casino is also being use for money laundering by some criminals that’s why every casino has AML policy.

I’m just curious what will be the fate of crypto casino once money laundering activity from mixer will jump to casino now that mixer will not be advertised here which means it has less exposure. Is there any possibility that crypto casinos will be seized by the government just like what happened to mixers in case they failed to screen the laundering activity?
The gambling industry is fully regulatory compliance since the majority of them are centralized and have kyc implementation in the casino,  so there is nothing like a threat and what happens to mixer will not happen to gamble, even though there is a presence of money laundering in the gambling market but also that is not different from what is also obtainable with traditional banks too and every other financial institution,  criminals have a way of getting through,  but if caught then it becomes another case entirely.

So casinos will suspend the accounts of gamblers if they notice any form of money laundering activities,  this is why, sometimes you hear cases of gamblers' accounts being locked with funds in it and an investigation is being carried out,  so for that,  the government will only have problem with decentralized casinos and that is why you see most of them closing down the businesses due to such cases at that.
1365  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Cristiano Ronaldo get 1 billion dollars lawsuit for his NFT failure on: December 03, 2023, 06:30:26 PM
In my opinion cr7 is just an advertising model figure to strengthen those products that are paid to promote and we need to know what is really happening and this matter should be handled by the authorities with public transparency. If you become a victim, will you do the same as investors who experience losses by demanding compensation?
That is it but the things could go further than that because of the nature of NFTs some of that athlete made a lot of progress and development to the extent of launching their NFTs so if this be the case then it means that CR7 will have a tough time in the legal battle.

But then also it all ball down to his direct involvement in the project and how deep the terms of the contract is if he is just an advertiser or not.
1366  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: December 03, 2023, 05:44:15 PM
Chelsea did a nice job playing with a 10 man team against Brighton especially with Mitoma exhibiting his talent on the Chelsea's defense with turbulence. Am glad for the blues on this win all 3 goals being a debut goals from Colwill and Enzo Fernandez. However, Gallagher has to keep his cool he's been too aggressive with the tackles hardly play a game without receiving a card, his red card almost nick the team the 3points, and consequently, his absence makes a huge loss for Chelsea when they meet Manchester United next weekend.

At Anfield it was an incredible performance by Liverpool against Fulham coming in from behind 2:3 to win the match 4:3 it was astonishing and quite an entertaining match with the way the goals were coming in.

Manchester City vs Tottenham game is already underway with City leading 2:1 in that game in just 36 minutes of play...
Yeah, this is a big comeback for Chelsea in the weekend and for sure the coming days in the premier league and for this group stage and in the group and also other clubs like Liverpool whose success also was a narrow escape for them since the season has already gotten to it the most pressing stage where most clubs are putting up strong opposition and possible winning in their games to be able to increase their points on the tables and at that any slow point such as in the case of Liverpool where they win with just a goal difference which was narrow with a 4:3 winning against Fulham whose performance is also almost the same with Liverpool so if Liverpool hard missed it last chance to score that goal it could have been difficult for them to remain on the same point on the table.
1367  Economy / Speculation / Re: Why Is Bitcoin Price Increasing? on: December 02, 2023, 11:58:19 PM
To me, there is nothing new to this,  and this has never been different from what we used to exuberance with the market because at some point in the past,  bitcoin has always been showing similar price movement and we shouldn't try to ascribe this one to any event or anticipated bull run,  this is just a normal market recovery movement and just for a short term,  to allow those that got in at around 20 or below to be able to cash in the profit in the short term.

Unless for long-term Bitcoin holders who may not look at the directions of the market at its present level,  and also giving the expression we are in for a long-term market recovery up until the next price break out that we can call a bull market.

I can only say that the reason why the price value of Bitcoin is rising is because of the hype that is happening in the news and in the market. It's really different when it's well reported. For example, it happened recently that someone reported that Blackrock was approved for ETF on a well-known platform, Cointelegraph, which published the same news. Though blackrock denied it.

If this is just fake news and there are a lot of hyped investors, how can it be that what is happening in this matter with Bitcoin is true regarding its price value in the market?
Bitcoin ETF have indeed become the major propeller to the current market value of Bitcoin and the surge in the price in recent times,  much more also is the fact that Bitcoin is highly volatile and any event can easily affects it value in whatever direction possible and this is one of those instances.

Alot have been in the news lately on the development and possible approval of the bitcoin ETF by the United state legislators and cex which will open up a lot of opportunities to most Bitcoin holders,  investors and speculator,  trader and a host of all others.
1368  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: December 02, 2023, 11:45:09 PM


What's to believe now when it comes to Kylian Mbappe and Real Madrid has got to be what I don't know. Last to seasons, Real Madrid showed a genuine interest in the french lad but he didn't give a positive response to Real Madrid. They've recently said they wouldn't be making moves to sign him no more. There's a lot of uncertainty to be clarified but anyways I'm not forcing shit until tue start of the transfer window. I'd see if Real Madrid will come to agreement for him or make plans for Endrick whomis a much younger talent to Kylian Mbappe.

Links with Liverpool are just normal predictions and talks from fans, but he'll be a good option still, they're a big club and can handle his demands.
Quite a funny word to use,  referring to Mbappe as a lad in your comment made me to have a second look at what the age of the France player,  and I discovered that he was actually 24 which indeed qualifies you to call him a lad even though he is an adult already,  and I am sure if hard it has been that Real Madrid got Mbappe onboard their team against this season before the start of the season,  by now their performance in all the leagues could have been top,  but even without Kylian Mbappe,  Real Madrid is still representing up until this moment and that shows a lot to what we should have gotten if the player was already secured to the club.

A lot have to be done to attract the player to Real Madrid at this point since the season-only window is by January-February but still, there has not been a strong indication of what the position of both the club and player is on the deal that has already been in talks for a while now.
1369  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Cristiano Ronaldo get 1 billion dollars lawsuit for his NFT failure on: December 02, 2023, 11:31:06 PM

 
But on a serious note, what was this Investors even expecting? The thing there was, that you buy when it started and sell when you see the trend going more up. That has been the Altcoin-Way of Life. If the trend dies off, you will completely lose it almost all.
Taking such baseless moves as an investors is likely due to igborants and greed, because none is expected to take NFT investment for long term investment,  but in this case, the NFT CR7 promoted made a promise of reaching a certain amount in value when launched, reason why some gullible investors falled for that trick, but then also the project never even get close to the speculated price but rather it fall back to below bought price which is what triggered the investors anger.

But sure if the player role is just advertisement and he has a disclaimer then he may be safe after a long period of legal tussles, but if he is member of the team or afffiluated to the prihect beyong just promotion, then there will be more for him innthe comming days when the trials will fully start.
1370  Economy / Gambling / Re: QuitGamble.com - Free Help for Problem Gamblers on: December 02, 2023, 11:05:06 PM

There's no way on telling if you are already get addicted or not until you would be able to realize that you have losing money too much and this is in fact reality. There are really just that those people who are really that good when it comes to their discipline and control when it comes to their fund handling and there are ones who do really suck at this and this is why they do really end up on such disaster.
You wont really be getting addicted if you are really just that sensible on what you are doing and really having those kind of limits on the time that you do gamble.
You wouldn't really be needing any help or whatsoever but if it happens that you are already that having that kind of problem then self will should be enough
but commonly people do fail at this.
Really, i dont totally agree with you on the inability of the addictis to know when their slide into the addictions and from my experience of how addictions manifest and grow is a process that the victim himself build up over time until he gets to a point where he can no longer control the urge and tendency to keep getting my of the addictions.

Just take it as one who usually palyed for just a 3 hours a day, and suddenly he starts going in for longer periond of time let say spending 6 hours at that point, he ahould already know that he is sliding gradually into addictions.

Its good that we are seeing independent efforts to helping gambling addicts overcome their addiction in a professional way.
1371  Economy / Gambling / Re: 1XBIT.COM ᐉ 7 BTC WB ᐉ Altcoin Betting ᐉ no KYC ᕗ Instant payouts on: December 02, 2023, 10:41:58 PM
but our main target is to prevent all the people in the world because this scammers are
going in the internet and keeps scamming players though  I believe that it is lessen now because this casino
seems to be stopped in their luring or maybe now out of budget? good for the people and for our forum also.
and one thing i noticed that its been long now that there are no issues posted here , maybe this site already
gone now for good?

You are right that our main goal is to save the community from being scammed. Though they have stopped promoting here as they have active gambling threads a lot of people might be scammed again and again.y

At this point we achieved a great success by chasing this scammer out of this forum which os a good thing, because i can still remember when their presence created alot of kioks in the community and those signature promoter kept putting them to our faces for a long period before they finally gave up and exit the forum for good.

I am sure they will not make the mistake of returning to the forum with any form of promotions again since they already know that they don't have a good reputation here and no one will trust them since it is proven that they are scam casinos.
1372  Economy / Speculation / Re: What happens if bitcoin price hits 6 figures and up? on: December 02, 2023, 10:29:52 PM
Inflation has been over the roof in my country, and that has also been witnessed even on the global stage where and when something it become worthless to hold the local currency, but far easier to avoid getting affected by the soaring inflation crisis globally and that is by holding digital assets like Bitcoin this waynyou will be a hedge over inflation and for that, if the price hit a 6 figures as you call it, you then made alot of money.

I come from a country where the strength of our currency is weak against the United States dollar, so having Bitcoin as an investment will be a big addiction and tool to stay above the inflation crisis and also make huge profits in converted into my local currency.
1373  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Cristiano Ronaldo get 1 billion dollars lawsuit for his NFT failure on: December 02, 2023, 10:18:03 PM

The altcoins market have witnessed alot of hype, wave and different trends and one of the popular among those trends in the last year is the Non-fugitive tokens (NFTs), which promises to give content creators the right of the owner of their work on the blockchain which right is transferable, this hyp created al9t of noise within and outside the cryptocurrency communitie.

But also, just like every ofher hypes, that have happened in the market,  there have been alot of failures, exit scams and alot of ofher unhealthy situations that have lead to investors lost of money, and at this point any NFTs that want to gain promotion and visibility must first ascribe to a popular figure and this time, the Ai Baser former Manchester united player and world football legends, Cristiano Ronaldo, have been cught up in the web of crisis as the NFT he promoted to investors have failed to attain success and those aggrieved investors have approach the xourt and decided to get the player sued for promoting what they call investment failure.

This lead me to ask the question of that the extent of Crustiano Ronaldo involvement un the NFT project, us he a part of the Directors or he just promited the project.

But then also whichever ways, i hope cristiano Renaldo is having a good laywer to stand in for him.

What are you take in all of this situation.
1374  Economy / Gambling / Re: Rollbit.com | Crypto's Most Rewarding Casino 👑 on: December 02, 2023, 09:43:30 PM
the minimum is 10$ I think it's about 50 Rlb.

57 RLB as of now.

I am just tried it for the first time and there was no guide to hit, defend or dodge. While looking for a guide with one by one keyboard button, one thing I didn't realize was that time was running out and I fell. Grin

There isnt anything you could do though. Its basically just a suspense animation to watch. Consider it like a flipping coins game but instead of just getting the result immediately, you get to watch full suspense of the game by having two avatars trying to knock each other out.

Yes of course, I have tried it and I will still watch duel arena for my experience, watching for me is also necessary for entertainment. rollbit designed the display well, and comfortably. if compared to the dev funds spent, of course more. I just try to explore and fight my luck, I like the classic version of the duel arena, I didn't try customizing other avatars, maybe if I could choose clothes and posture it would be more interesting, I didn't find it, maybe I was too excited Cheesy
Nice way to introduce a new game to gamblers, atleast having ccess to watch the game will provides gamblers with daul advantage and gains since their will be entertained and at the same time have some form of guides through the games and the video is being played on the site.

8 havent watch the video any ways, but I am sure in the coming week, I will be giving the game a try after I may have watched the video and learned one or two from the video.
1375  Economy / Gambling / Re: QuitGamble.com - Free Help for Problem Gamblers on: December 02, 2023, 08:31:44 PM
It is much better to prevent getting addicted to gambling, much better than allowing oneself get addicted and then after, start looking for a cure. So, for the hardcore gamblers, it is a good advice for them to from time to time visit sites like this as a way of being precucious of the possiblity of gambling addiction, and also as a prevention.

As it has been popularly said, prevention is better than cure, if you're gambling, then try as much as possible to make sure that you avoid doing it in an uncontrolled emotional manner, gambling must be made to the best satisfaction of how we needed but not to get addicted along, we also must learn to plan ourselves properly, gamble responsibly and also make the very efforts we could afford in having the best experience with gambling than being addicted.
Yes is more easier for a none addicts to avoid addictions and stay addiction-free than an addict trying to pull out of their addictions, this is the most proclaimed and workable tool that gamblers and other substance users must have at the back of their minds.

So for sure, it's better to avoid falling into gambling addiction than try to fight it because most times it is almost impossible to survive gambling addiction since this activity is openly accessible to most.
1376  Local / Nigeria (Naija) / Opay-Fin Fech Companies Gaining Ground in Nig on: December 02, 2023, 06:58:44 PM
Although opay have been around since 2017-2018, at least that is how far back that I started using Opay while as an undergraduate,  the fintech seemed unpopular back then but was still available and gave their customers the best of service, a digital bank which offers some other investment and point of sales services (POS).

Recent events in the financial sector, with the cashless society and naira swapping crisis in 2023 be for the presidential elections, alot of these fintech banking systems become the best alternative for Nigerians, this leads  to increase in the popularity of most of the fintech companies ranging from OPAY, MONIE POINT, PALM PAY, KUDA and the rest, of many of them that are thriving today.

But even at that, most Nigerians still have they reservations about the digital banks due to the non-physical office and representations, but recent events have shown a different paradigm and one of those digital banks is gaining awards and physical offices opening.

OPAY RECENT PROGRESS




First was an award as best fin tech company, and the second is the opening of a physical offices in some major city's in Nigeria.


1377  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Parental Guild on Bitcoin on: December 02, 2023, 06:35:32 PM



Few Questions I will like to get you own input on

Is buying Bitcoin or cryptocurrency good for Kids?

How do you teach a kid to secure Bitcoin incase you are not there?



I will appreciate you immerse contribution to this discussion.


You mentioned kids so i will respond you in a straight forward manner and i will say NO, let kids be jids and allow them the pressure of trying to comprehend a complex topic such that involve finances and investment.

I will personally not teach my kids at an early age about Bitcoin,  but I will hold a certain amount of Bitcoin for them and when they grow up to the age at which they can understand the concept and be able to bear some risk, then I will give them possession of the bitcoin and at that point, we already had some good discussion on security and safety in using bitcoin and what the risk level in it.
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Should authorities or agencies place an age restriction on owning Bitcoin?
If there may be some strong regulations where and when citizens' Bitcoin are owned 100% in a centralized exchange,  which is not possible,  only then will you say that Bitcoin owners can be age-restricted.

But since Bitcoin is a decentralized currency, there is no limitation to who and when you own it as long as you can securely set up a wallet and own your private keys.
1378  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: CASHOUT OR NOT???? on: December 02, 2023, 06:24:17 PM
Alot of times i have experienced a bad trend and which have made me want to consider some factors that will contribute to the way i go about my bet and what offers i followed, although some time i have use cash out to make a good profits from a vet that could have lost if i waited to the last minute and game in my tickets, reason for my cashing out was that i have staked the game with a high amount in bet and with just a 3 odds collections of two games.

The first game was already a win and I was waiting for the second half of the second game, and while the cash out was at 80% of my total winning amount, I stroked the cash out button and a few minutes after then, the opponent equalized and the match ended against my ticket which was an experience to me.

Although some other times there are odds and situations that if cashed out you may end in the negative direction and also possibly end up cashing out a little amount in cashout while the game will end in your favour which at that time you already in lose, this happen when your game is already losing in the match but you still have open cash out offer open to you.
1379  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24 on: December 02, 2023, 06:15:13 PM
I am begining to find this season more interesting than most of the previous seasons in Lalliga,and the reason is because this season has a lot of teams who are fighting it hard for the Lalliga tittle,and also a lot of team who want to qualify for the top four spot, these are what keeps a league very lively.If you look at the English premier league,you will see teams that are fighting it very hard for the clubs in the top four position,and are making that table shake with their performances every weekend.If Lalliga can have many teams who have the strength to fight it hard with other teams just like Girona is doing this season,then the league might have been so competitive enough to drag  attention from the premier league.
For the La Liga title IMO the competition is still for only 3 clubs because Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico alone can be said to compete in La Liga.
What makes this interesting is only Girona's performance which makes a situation in La Liga a little more varied and the rest nothing too changes in this regard.
Girona's performance until now has been one of the clubs that is consistent and very good for the movement of La Liga, it's just that for the La Liga title problem it will only return to 3 clubs even towards the end of the season, likely, only 2 clubs who are usually in the top La Liga list are competing.
Yes, Girona have added intrigue this season, especially as they have only got into La Liga this season and are already competing with Real Madrid for the top spot in the standings. They currently have 35 points and today they have a chance to become first if they manage to beat Valencia. Which I don't doubt.
Just to set the record straight mate, Girona returned to La Liga last season after previously being relegated but last season also their performance as a promoted club was quite good as they were in the middle of the table at the end of the season and now their performance is increasing and can even compete with Madrid to date.
But even so, I still believe that in the middle or end of this season, their development will experience a few obstacles because after all the quality of the players is still decisive but even so we still have to praise their performance because after all with their situation which is a normal club but managed to become one of the most productive clubs so far it needs to be thumbs up.
Today they got another 3 points and managed to shift Madrid again for a while.
To this point, we can say that relegation has taught Girona a great lesson and the result of that can be seen in their recent performance and today with their repeat scores within a short period of about 5 minutes into the last 80 minutes plus which shows that indeed Girona is back and better in this season and we should look out for better performance from them as time goes on and also for the benefits of doubt there should put up a strong fight against Real Madrid in their group stage in the La Liga this season.

I don't expect their performance to decline after this season because this is just the second season after Girona's relegations period so for sure their sponsor will put up some good offers to make the club attractive to quality players who may have to join the club in preparation for the next season.

I am sure the club will finish in the top 5 this season and if they can achieve that position,  it then means that they have performed above the last season in the 2023-2024 season.
1380  Economy / Gambling / Re: Betnomi | Project status on: December 02, 2023, 02:42:04 PM
We've received several refund and withdrawal requests, and our team is diligently verifying the information. These requests will be processed and distributed in batches. The first batch should be completed within the next few days.

Thank you for your patience

We also thank you for taking the bold step to face the challenges and cleaning yourselves from the messed you put yourselves. At this juncture I appreciate your effort for the refunds. We have seen many casino companies created threads like this and at the end they could pay back or refund the embezzled funds back the victims but yours and BC. Game is different. It will be good if those who were the victim of the act and created threads for that purpose should come back and inform the community about the new development. And for now to clear your or to retain your reputation here is hard though you can scale through, I am saying this because you are heavily tag and probably most of them are inactive. The first face of this thread is to clear your debt and the second face will the to reclaim your reputation if you can.
Yes indeed, the betnomi team have taken some good steps that will earn further trust if they relaunch under another domain name at whatever time in the future,  because for a company to come out and make such a step to refund their clients after a wallet attack is mostly hard to come by unless in a situation where the coins are safe on the hot wallet.

But at this stage, the Betnomi team have taken a great move to rectify and refund all verified account holders with balance and have stated that the first batch of refund will come in a few days from now, this is a good move from the admin of this casino betnomi who was sometimes popular here in the forum.
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