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581  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Sad reality: some countries gamble more than they can afford on: November 11, 2023, 08:22:12 AM
I was looking at gambling statistics for my country the other day. People in Greece lost 22.5 billion EUR only in 2021, and 29 billion in 2022 and that was only on licensed establishments.

That's around 10% of Greece's GDP wasted away towards offshore companies... This is a very hard issue to deal with and to think that it happens at such a scale even with the licensed casinos is unthinkable. Essentially governments sell a casino license once and then these casinos are given free reign on how to advertise, how to be promoted, what claims to make... No limits to how much they can earn.

These numbers are crazy but you want to know the craziest ones? Nigeria is among the top countries that spend more money on game very day and the reason why we have these increased in higher numbers of gamblers, it's the rate of employment. When a country empowerment numbers is too low, expect to have high numbers of gamblers, even the ones that are already employed still gamble and that is because the minimum wage is low, the salaries are too low for survival.

As of first of November 2023, it was reported that Nigerians spent $975m daily on gambling, these numbers is scary to be honest, this is not monthly but daily. If you should do the math and add the numbers in a month, that means the country spent $29.25B every month in gambling. This is only for license gambling platforms, if we are to include unlicensed platforms, we can get more than this figures, this is very very bad for a country that struggle to pay $30 a month for minimum wage.

For a country that have $479B for her GDP, isn't that concerning? I think the country need to fix her employment numbers, if they can manage to bring down this numbers, these numbers will also reduce as well and if they to educate people on gambling, it will help educate people about effects of gambling.

582  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: November 11, 2023, 07:56:52 AM
Although Chelsea is still at the 10th position of the table but I'm quite impressed by their previous matches in the EPL and EFL including the draw the had with Arsenal. It is what I have been expecting of them since the start of this season. Pochettino is now getting it right but I know he knows how difficult the competition between Chelsea and Manchester City won't be easy on them so they have to work extra miles in that match.

I'm not impress a bit, they drew against Arsenal which is fair but how do you draw a match that you had a lead in the first half, that's poor performance to end the match in that form. To say that they had all the men around. For EFL, they played another team that sit on 10th position in their domestic league, I expected them to have that as a win and Blackburn has not win a single match against Chelsea in their last 5 encounters.

In EPL, should I say I'm impress, a little bit that they had that as 3 point to move up in the table but they didn't pull up anything spectacular against Tottenham, 9 men against 11 isn't. What will you have expect? It will be difficult for 9 men to play against 11 men without concedeing goals unless it's unprofessional players against professional ones.

It look like what happened to Tottenham Hotspur last match that made Chelsea to defeated them will still happen in this match that will make wolves to defeat Tottenham Hotspur 3-1, because they are good in using home strategies to play their opponent like what they did to Manchester city in their home to defeated them, I believe they will still use the same strategy to embrace victory in this match. Based on some of the Tottenham Hotspur players that will not be available to play this match, I think it will be difficult for Tottenham Hotspur to get that opportunity to defeat wolves, because wolves has what it takes to win this match to increase their position in the premier league table. I know that wolves manager can do some funny things some times not to use the right players in the first half, that will be making the team to be struggling to equalize in the second half, but if he can use their potential players in the first half, I believe they will lead the match till the end of the second half to achieve the victory.

Are you expecting Tottenham to get another two red card in their match against wolves? It's not possible because the last one cost them a lot. I don't think Tottenham will sir there and allow such to repeat again because they are already losing their place in the first 4 standing but if they can win their next match against which is feasible, they will come first. If Manchester City lose to Arsenal which is likely not  Kiss, then Tottenham will go back to their place.
583  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: [Merit] Help posts in local boards that did not receive enough merits on: November 10, 2023, 04:52:18 PM
Round 2 submission

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1. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5472679.msg63105923#msg63105923
2. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5471940.msg63068926#msg63068926
3. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5472847.msg63108270#msg63108270
4. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5473105.msg63121290#msg63121290
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8. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5472857.msg63106996#msg63106996
584  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Do you use multiple platforms for betting? on: November 10, 2023, 03:23:56 PM
The strategy of funding accounts on multiple bookmakers is known to be used by people that want to catch the best odds when betting on sports for example. Sometimes people will monitor multiple platforms and bet when the odds allow then for a safe win. However, I am not sure if this strategy would be worth attempting when doing crypto-based betting on the sports books that offer it.

What are your thoughts on this? When you bet with crypto do you find it easier or harder to fund multiple accounts? Because I am getting a sense that crypto bettors are more compelled to shop around a lot more, but only until they find a bookmakers that fits their needs, and then they will hardly move any funds to other platforms. Surely thete must be some reasons behind this or even some very different takes. What are your thoughts? 

This is strategy is very good if you are the type that like big odds and usually a single bet type of person but for people that bet multiple matches, they don't care about this. Most of the time, what they are after is having a successful withdrawal after winning a bets.

Some bookies prioritizelower line when it comes to selection of games. Let's say for instances, Manchester City is having a match with Arsenal and we know for sure that Arsenal is in great form and so does Manchester City, it's easy to predict that they can have over 1.5, over 2.5, and if possible over 3.5 odds and so on but some bookies will remove over 1.5 because they know it's easy for that outcome to happen in that match, this is where some bettors like to use multiple betting platforms.


There are some instances where some betting platforms enable some option where you can easily tweak your way out of their options. There is this option they just enable in one of the betting platform I use to bet, they allow GG/ over 1.5 and many more and when other bookies realized that bettors are flocking into that platform because of the options, others enable the same thing and made sure the option was available. These are the reasons why I think some people make used of multiple platforms.
585  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: What according to you should be the age to retire from gambling ? on: November 10, 2023, 02:47:23 PM
Many believe that gambling is for young people online as they need thrill and and fun. But I think that even old people can enjoy gambling. There should be any age to retire from gambling at all. One can do this activity and leisure time and thus it does not affect retirement related activities also.

Is gambling now officiall thing to be considered of age? Out of respect, it might be worth it if you are a well respected individual in the community, I will advise you to never go to a public betting place, it reduces respect and dignity you have built but if you play your thing at home, I don't think any person from somewhere will question your gambling activity, not even your kids because you don't use their money to bet. Although, as we age, some strength and skills might fade away especially some games you might love playing will go into extinction.

If you are also sick and old, please refrain from gambling, playing at an old age will affect you psychologically when there is loss, if a stage is reach that you develop a hypertension, they should quit because I can't imagine losing your money and then all of sudden you became angry and then developed a high blood pressure, if there is no proper medical attention, it can lead to death. There are many other symptoms old person can have that could be dangerous in gambling at old age.
586  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Have you ever been a gambling addict? on: November 10, 2023, 02:30:15 PM
As long as a beginner gambler is willing to learn what he needs to have when gambling and continues to practice it, he can reduce his risks because without having good self-control and being irresponsible, the beginner gambler will face big risks such as gambling addiction. They should know that gambling addiction has become a serious problem for many gamblers and there are already many gamblers who experience it to the point where they cannot give up gambling easily. Maybe they think that they have tried to control themselves but because they are careless and don't notice any changes in themselves, that makes them irresponsible gamblers. They have lost a lot of money and cannot leave gambling even for a moment, which makes them addicted to gambling and that has become a big problem for them. There must be help from other parties who can help them get out of their gambling addiction and also with the desire to cure their gambling addiction, they can start to cure their gambling addiction.

Having proper guide in anything reduces failure, not only in gambling alone, it's a philosophy of life. The problem is many people that gamble today, majority are money driven, while few of them are gambling because they love to but still, the motivation behind it is money and few have experience in games, sport bettors are fair in losing compare to casino men, even uneducated people win big in sport betting because they can go to a physical shop and select their choice and then bet but in casino, you need to understand how some games works, even I as a gambler don't understand some of the casino games I see on these platforms.

I think gambling platforms in general should have guide and FAQ for players to read up before they even attempt to bet on any game, doing this will save lots of gambler but if you check the casinos today, the faq you will see around is how to deposit and how to withdraw, that's the only thing they know because that's what will improve their profits, more people more profits and less people less profits, betting platforms need to consider somethings.
587  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Advice for new comers on: November 10, 2023, 02:16:48 PM
What advice do you have for newcomers diving into the world of crypto gambling? Any lessons you learned the hard way that you'd like to share?

First advice; if you at coming to gambling to make money because you see people show off, kindly quit because you will disappointed that it's not how you see the result is in reality. Gambling is more than what people say, gambling takes time, courage, and patience; If you lack any of these, you will not last and when you force it, it will even be bad.

Learn to understand your strategy and be consistent with what you want to bet. If you are the casino freak that loves wagering with multiplier, stick to that and if sports is the only thing you understand, learn to improve yourself on it and don't get over joy when people win and the same time, don't over think when you lose, learn to extemporize your skills.

Don't borrow funds to play, don't copy others bets to play, learn to away when the loss is to much and make sure you take aggregate of what you deposit and withdrawals so that it will be easy to distinguish your losses and profit for that week or month, this particular part is very important, learn to know if you are wasting money on gambling or you are making some money at the end of the day.
588  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: What are some things you should always avoid while gambling ? on: November 10, 2023, 02:01:08 PM
Let us discuss in this thread the things one should completely avoid while gambling. Here are some suggestions according to me :

1) Do not gamble in work area : It is not ethical to do so. Your employer is paying you to work for him for certain hours. If you waste these hours for gambling, it is a bad habit.

As a gambler, you should never mix gambling( pleasure, if that's what you get in fun of it) with business. When you want to gamble, do it when you are away because gambling takes one attention and business or work deserves attention as well, funny thing about playing in work place is that you might end up losing money and zero work will be done at the of the day. It will put your work at risk and they may sack you at the end. This bad habit should discourage by any gambler.

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2) Do not take loan to gamble: Some young guys are so irresponsible that they take loans to gamble. It is a very bad move and can even produce life threatening conditions in future when loan recover agents knock your door.

This one is straight forward, I'm not sure maybe by luck some people have luckily win some games with borrowed fund but there is this usual relationship gambling have with gambling, profit don't comes from borrowed money, I have seen people beg for money just to gamble and they don't win, or perhaps the tension of losing the money is the red flag that result to losses. Whether you have work or not, on no account should a gambler borrow money to gamble.

In addition to your point, never allow gambling affect your lifestyle, whether you play for fun or play to make some money, been known as a gambler is a bad profile, people see gambler as unserious people that don't value life. If you are a spiritual type of person, you will under better because pastors fume against gamblers and imam see it as a sin, don't let society know you as a gambler because it stop one from some opportunities.
589  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Gamble Responsibly on: November 09, 2023, 07:14:42 PM
Recognizing those changes can help you to adjust and to try coping up and battle against this issue inside you, gambling addiction came from irresponsible gambling practices, addiction begins when you keep pushing your way in winning with the games you play, at the beginning you just wants to enjoy and you are only being entertained but along the way, you will see that your appetite start to increase and your desire to keep on playing will lead you to engage a lot, without setting any limitation eventually you will see yourself going deeper and addiction already inside you and it's going to be tough solving this problem which already developed inside you.

I concur with all you said man. It's more like forcing what you don't know the end, most of the time it's disappointment that comes with eagerness to get something you can't control. When disappointment comes later, you start to act up in that game and instead of them to forget about the mistake and continue their journey, they are pained with the past trying to recover what has been lost.

I know of a guy one time like that, used his school fees to gamble but lost the money in the process. He approached his niggas for quick help to sort it but didn't inform them that he will be paying school. As a smart person, he was supposed to use that to pay the school since it was due already and then find for alternative to pay back, he went back and bet the same amount trying to recover the previous lost and still lost everything in the end. These are the problems we need to understand, gambling comes with responsibility and not by fooling around trying to win money.
590  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Europa League 2023/24 Season on: November 09, 2023, 06:24:06 PM
Since Liverpool could not win against Luton Town in the last match, many people think that Liverpool may lose points against Toulouse today. But I don't think so. Liverpool's performance against Luton Town was quite good. Liverpool were unlucky so they lost the points. Liverpool will not repeat the same mistake. Moreover, the Liverpool players had a great performance in the last match against Toulouse. Today's match is Toulouse's home match. So I don't think Liverpool will win by a big margin. Even so, my guess is that Liverpool will win this match by a margin of 2-1 or 2-0.

I really thought when you draw a match, it's not consider as lost but as a win because when you drew a match, both teams get 1 point each and by that, participating teams will have ways shift in the standing. Winning by 1 point is enough to win a league. For Liverpool, it was home match for Luton Town and for certain, they will defend their home vehemently, instead of them to double their attack, they had their moment and scored a goal with lead only to opened chance for them in the extra minutes for Luis Diaz that equalized for Luton but they earn my respects regardless because they are holding third place firmly in the table.

Sumilaly, they are doing well in the Europa league as well, of 4 matches that have been played, only 1 was drew and the other teams are not closer to them in any position. Last season didn't favour Klopp but maybe this season will quite end well, winning the Europa is going to be a banger for them to revive the strength of the club and faith of the fans towards the club winning mentality.

Liverpool may be playing from away but they still got that advantage over Toulouse, Liverpool has won all three matches played so far in the Europa,  Toulouse on the other hand has lost one won one and drew on in their three Europa game played so far.

Toulouse aren't joking though, they have scored Liverpool already leading with a goal of 1 to nill but I have believe in Liverpool, the worst that can happen in this match is either Liverpool to win by 2-1 or they draw because Toulouse isn't that strong in my opinion but having home as an advantage might be the reason why they are cause Liverpool a concde, but that will change soon.
591  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: How often is your luck in gambling? on: November 09, 2023, 05:46:30 PM
Getting consistent profit and winning bets in a streak is usually not possible but if someone is lucky then anything is possible. Just like sometimes we have a long losing streak whereby we find it hard to win any bet, similarly one can have a prolonged winning streak where one may keep on winning one bet after the other.

Both situations are because of good luck and bad luck and there is nothing a person or the gambler has control over this situation. My personal experience, I keep playing a bit more if I am winning more and I stop gambling for a few days in case I feel that bad luck is hitting me more often than good luck.

If you have been in gambling for some times and yiu are yet to get a luck, then I don't know if you have been winning perhaps the player has been losing. As a person that loves sportybets, when you bet some games, how you manage to win shock me sometimes. When Manchester United played against Galatasaray, I picked under over 3.5 by mistake and I didn't notice because I didn't personally pick those games myself. It was during the game I noticed and I was scared because I had 3 outstanding matches left in my ticket and that match was one of it. Luckily, Manchester flopped and they miraculously help my ministry. I didn't expect it to happen and that's one of the ways luck locate you.

Luck is something you can't take away from gambling, like last month. If you should look at Manchester City options, you can have plenty of ways to win match because the win always and having multiple of their options increases odds to many. I had my best moments last month but it seems this month is bad luck even though I win few tickets. Tottenham did me dirty last week, I never thought Chelsea will humble them the way it turn out in the end but nothing spoil, we go again this week.

592  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: November 09, 2023, 05:21:06 PM
Man United team not doing so well is really a thing of worry to the fans, the coach, the board and players themselves, little funds were released to ETH and he wasn’t given a free hand to get his signings, can we now say it’s safe to say 80% of his signings have under performed or Should we get the job of signing of players back to the board, Or should ETH be shown the exit door?

 Well we’re early into the league but we could see the future for this Manchester United side already, a trophyless season it’ll be, What do you call it when you travel far away to Denmark and blow a 0-2 lead away and also a 2-3  lead In about 10 minutes to go, Manchester United has a lot to do this wasn’t the team we saw last season which got the fans and whole team smiling, ETH has a lot of work to do, but I don't think time is on his side.

Manchester United teams are disorganized right now, did you see how Anthony was not descipline during their match with Manchester City, he was roughed. Everything surrounding them is not in place. But regarding available funds, I think they have the best teams for the season even before they start, remember how they needed up in the top four with the current team but something is just off about them right now.

Erik Ten I know for one thing, he does not force players out of his camp but he knows how to act if he is fed up of you. He will not use you in matches, that's what he did back then when he was not feeling Maguire but somehow, Maguire impressed him in some of his games and the rest is now a history. The problem with most his is signees is that they are not free any time soon, they are bind by contract and to sell them during next transfer might be difficult because many wouldn't be buying much. Maybe he should seek solicitation from the club for more funds to be able to bring new players to the club.
593  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: November 09, 2023, 04:26:52 PM

I can't even really believe if ten hag will be able to stay in manchester united till the end of season. I would rather than think if ten hag will be sacked before the end of the season. In my opinion, ten hag is showing how to make its squad gets a setback on its performance.
Manchester united's gameplay is not only terrible to watch but it's also easy to be predicted by other club. Ten hag needs to do something like using the new strategy. He was doing many experiments, but none of these were successful.
It's time for the fans to judge the performance from manchester united. Some people have been yelling ten hag out but that's not enough. The fans need to see ten hag to deliver nothing again before MU's management will be sacking him.

There are many problems are happening in internal of manchester united at this moment. This is a serious problem. Ten hag makes the situation even worse and he was also wasting so much resources of manchester united.

There is nothing bad in being optimistic of the future outcome. Arsenal has long been highly valued enough because they have not been in the Champions League for long and God so kind, we are here this time and ready for any outcome of the tournament, though we hope for the best of best. Many people are going to have sleepless night if Arsenal win the Champions League because they don't want that to happen but nothing is impossible.

Arsenal sit on first place in the group stage, if they should lose and draw the rest of the two matches they will qualify for group of 16 but of course, I'm confident That Arsenal will live no team untouched, they will dish them there own goals without any feeling remorseful of their action, they are born to win just like Declan Rice said, they are not the type of team that lose matches back to back.

This coming weekend, we are reforming the team and first place is what I look forward for Arsenal to beat Burnley with good reshaping that will never make them the same. Burnley is bad and Arsenal need points to survive the flash speed of top 4, this I have seen for Arsenal.
594  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: November 08, 2023, 05:06:52 PM
You know how PSG never wanted to let Mbappe go to Real Madrid and the club is currently pushing Mbappe to extend his contract, this will be a tough negotiation but Real Madrid will definitely think twice about pouring a lot of money into Mbappe so another option is a striker at a reasonable price.

Victor Osimhen is a good option but Real Madrid must be willing to redeem his clause if not wrong 150 million euros, Napoli of course will not stay him they also want to keep Victro Osimhen at his current club.
PSG always makes it difficult for Real Madrid. They actually have no problem with Mbappe, Mbappe seems to have the interest to join Real Madrid. But Real Madrid always difficult to negotiate because PSG management tries to defend Mbappe and set a his transfer price with a ridiculous amount of money. Real Madrid president already stated they only want to try signing Mbappe after his conract is over. If Mbappe extends his contract, I also think that Real Madrid management may give up to negotiate for signing Mbappe.

Yes, Osimhen is a good alternative. If Osimhen's price is below 200 million euros, I assume it won't be a big problem for Real Madrid. They probably will pay Osimhen as long as the price is reasonable.

In the end, the fans are going to say whatever they want, anything that will please them but I know one thing for sure, don't believe any speculations unless it's official or maybe some other information from reliable source like Fabrizio Romano and other credible sources that get a handful information about players and clubs. Remember that wrong information travel fast than the real information.

Mbape for instance, Bernabeu fans want to see him badly because he is good and they know that for sure he like to have the Champions League, they are using that as a bait to spread hype to make him feel like he is coming to the club but in reality, there is nothing of such. Real Madrid knows what they want and since PSG has not been in good terms with Mbape, they will not want to be a bad image to the club.

We haven't even heard anything regarding his current contract in PSG since joining back the team, that means nothing good has happened or maybe they have not make it official yet but I just know that by this time next year, Mbape future will be visible to everyone.
595  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: how to start betting on sports? on: November 08, 2023, 03:55:38 PM
I am thinking to start betting on sports because I think it is fair then other games and there I should be able to control my hands which I could control while playing games like dice, plinko, mines, etc.
I want to know how can i start betting on sports and start making good profits, I am asking this type of question because i have no knowledge about any sports or players.
please give me some tips, strategy, resources to getting started.

do not reply with suggesting good platforms to bet on, I already know reputed platforms to bet.

EDIT: I know a little about cricket and football.

If you understand football, I think you are good to go my friend.
Since you have been a fan of football, have you for once in your mind while watching football had it in mind the team that was going to win? And when you had such did they later win as you had in mind? You should definitely have one but how can you come with such assumption in your mind. It's your brain that will help you do the statical data analysis to have such predictions. Like when you see that a weaker team is playing against a strong team, a team that has lost two matches against another one that has not lost any in their last matches, a team with that has highest goal scorer against the one in relegation zone. This is how you can come to a conclusion watching football and using them to make analysis.

As for the casino to play, their options are very trickish. A gambler can use a simple option that you least expect to win a ticket whole you that select over 2.5 and home and away might not win. Understanding sport bets doesn't end in the team alone, you also know how to tweak the booky you are using because some option you may choose will not work on your favor. Learn to ask around people that play sportybet, they will show you some tips that you may not see here. Good luck.
596  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: November 08, 2023, 01:01:15 PM
Chelsea performance is probably inconsistent this season, though they attempts to keep good records against elite teams in EPL. Mauricio Pochettino have plans to enchanced his new club and gaining trusts from Todd Boehly and the fans, that should be a difficult task but there's nothing too impossible in football to be triggered. I can't wait for our new attacker, Christopher Nkunku to make his debut in late November,  remember Nkunku was ruled out for months due to a knee injury he sustained against Borrusia Dortmund in a tour friendly game. His presence will definitely boosts the Blues frontlines attacks.

Christopher Nkunku is mid but Chelsea fans will have an excuse when things are not going well Cheesy. If you take a bigger picture of Chelsea current condition, I'm not sure if I'm the only one that observed in their past matches, when they have match, it's either the forward are not syncing to wingers or the striker doesn't have connection with midfielders. Similarly, when complete forward and midfielders are doing well, the defenders are either doing nothing or don't attack properlyy.

By January, since Chelsea want more men, they should be able to transform and get better but if after that things remain the same and Pochettino is still around the club, I think his next line or action is to mass sold the players in that club and get new images that will represent the team, these players are wasted investment.


Chelsea are building or finding a character of the team, so I dont think new signing is the solution for Mauricio Pochettino right now. without solidity, adding more new players could mess up the compactness which is already built. before they sign new players, they need to improve, build a character as a team and maintain the progression. that's the only right way for now, unless they would start rebuilding from basic again.

all the players in the squad more or less are a level in quality, it's a matter of gametimes for them to improve their quality and chemistry in the team which are starting to progress and getting results. Chelsea will be top competitor again if this plan of rebuilding is not having setback, and adding new players will be inevitability needed.

Mauricio thinks he lack midfielder that will help change matches for Chelsea, tjey depended on Nkuku and man is still on injured bed. Looking another alternative is not bad but if after all this that he thinks is tbe problem and nothing changes, then he will be in watch list of Toad Boehly unless there is this chemistry between them that we don't know that might be able to keep his job in Chelsea.
597  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Do You Believe That Reading People's Bad Experience Will Help You on: November 08, 2023, 12:09:37 PM
i think it's the nature of humans. we wait for something tragic before we take action and sometimes its even too late before we do something to prevent it. the gamblers in the forum are very much aware of addiction but we are up to bet our coins thinking we could double the amount after.

when we win, we still aren't satisfied and once again we're up to continue betting. just like the smoker who knows it can cause lung cancer but there they are enjoying the smoke. yeap sometimes the bad experiences are not that helpful, it even ignites curiosity. but it sometimes serves as a warning for the fearful.

I was watching one show yesterday on how many days it will take for one to spend a billions. After the calculations, it's going to take one 27 years of his life to be spending $100k everyday for the rest of his life and if the person refuse to work, he can averagely live his life without doing anything for that amount. The essence the show was to tell you how much wealth people are gathering and still looking for more. They keep struggling for more even with what they have can sustain them for the rest of the their life.

It's just a natural thing for human to want more even when they had enough, the enough is never enough and that's exactly how gambling is also. They will keep playing and playing because there is no maximum satisfaction in making money but the moment you make a single lost, that's it; you will wake up from that state but the problem here is that some gamblers don't know when to stop, they will keep trying until they lose everything they already made.

To even think that people are been told to gamble for fun, they don't do that anymore and that's why I do tell people, no matter the regulations set on gambling, people will find a way to still do it because when there is money involved in a particular place, rules are always difficult to implement for such people, reason why we have addiction today and it's very disturb to see that we do ignore how people are addicted to gambling without we or government doing anything about it.
598  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: What conditions might cause you to stop gambling? on: November 08, 2023, 11:49:54 AM
I know that many people try to stop gambling or reduce the intensity of their gambling because of several factors such as running out of money, being scolded by their wife, being scolded by their parents, or piling up debts. Irresponsible gambling will make us have bad conditions. I don't hope we will experience something like that because after all gambling is fun and full of challenges

But let's imagine, what kind of conditions might make you stop gambling?

This is simple. Gambling should be done at ease, not to be force, not to make me get anxious when playing or make me sad when I lose, I should not feel remorseful over a loss but to be able to move on and make corrections asap where necessary, I should be able to deposit money from my pocket and not go about to borrow funds, u should be able to play when I feel and not be addicted all the time. That's how gambling should be but this is theoretical, many don't do this.

I will stop gambling if I notice some of these signs:

  • I will stop gambling when it affects my relationship with others, either finance or romantic or attention towards my partner and friends, gambling must not affect how I related with people. When it does, I will quit quietly without thinking twice about it
  • If gambling result to health condition, like having too much anxiety over losses everytime can result to high blood pressure and hypertension, I will give gambling good bye.
  • When gambling affect my pocket, to the extent where I will be broke. I will quit. It's only when I'm physically fit that I can fund gambling.
599  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: what if bitcoin becomes inferior on: November 05, 2023, 07:42:45 PM
I looked for traces of Satoshi on the Internet. I've read all of his posts since 2009. He is sublime. If you read his writing, you can feel his passion. I have a little bit of bitcoin. I'm pretty relieved just to have Bitcoin. But if you look back at history.. Yahoo lost to Google. Yahoo was great, but Google was even better. Satoshi gave us a gift called Bitcoin without any greed and went somewhere. The problem is, new geniuses are born all the time, and technology advances. Bitcoin is not physics. It's blockchain technology. Which means that bitcoin is not an immutable law. A better technology than Bitcoin could emerge. What should we do if someone gives us a better system than bitcoin as a gift and leaves? It performs better than Bitcoin, and it even has the perfect decentralization of Bitcoin, which we value highly. Bitcoin was created in 2009, and now it's 2023. Cars made in 2009 cannot be better than cars made in 2023 or later. What if someone with as much genius and passion as Satoshi is creating a system better than Bitcoin?

Bitcoin is not like other innovations, it's type has not been built ever since it was created because as you said, Satoshi built it with passion without aim of profiting from it but today, look at the market, all the coins and tokens that are been listed are profit oriented, the teams behind it has tokens set for themselves, did pre-sale, public sale and all sort of public funding to raise money just to finance them but bitcoin is difference, no greed people around even the 1M bitcoin Satoshi left to himself is yet to be move or touch a single penny from it.

I'm not underestimating how innovations changes with time but I'm just saying, if there is going to be another coin like bitcoin, the founders and developers has to do something extraordinary and encouraging the people but I don't think it might be fruitful to outshine bitcoin. Even bitcoin is not relaxing, the developers behind it are also working everyday to improve and scale it in other to boost, security and decentralization, other coins lack this 3 aspects altogether.
600  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Memecoin by 9gag on Binance on: November 05, 2023, 06:33:08 PM
Actually it's hard to believe that a meme coin will be listed in some reputed exchanges. So, I stopped buying these meme tokens/coins a long time ago. If I get something for free, I still get confused that should I add another smart contract address or shouldn't I? Because I don't know if this is another scam token.

It's might be a scam since Binance added it to their launchpool, not validating that but they might have done their research about the projects, check about the team, what the project is all about before they list the token. But I'm very paranoid on Binance taste some times. Like, what do they gain by listing this tokens for people at this time? As if we have not experienced how meme were all shilled for quick profit but then I forgot that Binance is chasing after the trading fees for their own maximizing profits.

Why are adding a smart contract? If you want to put it in a watch list, why not download coingecko and do that instead of adding a smart contract.

sure they named it well as what it is. at least this one is pretty much admitting its just for memes.

but if it's on binance to be paired with some stablecoins, it must be one of those memecoins that will also go up in the bull market. it's not so hard to invest in it as long as you could wait for the bull run. you just got to think whether this one is just the distraction for investors though when in fact you have to be with BTC.

Isn't going to be laughed if meme coins become the new thing everyone chase after in the crypto space if new bull run return. People cried that they lost all they had to meme and then Binance is still doing this at this stage, they need to reconsider some other niche of crypto to give access to more developers to build and discard this tasteless tokens that are just hype without any value to the society, it's meme I know but how many have they listed on the exchange.
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