I know this is a bit controversial, but some casinos are looking the other way... when people are using VPNs. I know it might be legal in some instances, but you are still taking a risk by using it.
Online gambling is legal in my country, but sometimes I have to travel to a country where it is illegal. I then use a VPN to be able to access the site. This is one of the reasons why some casinos allow people to use VPNs..... but you are still taking a huge risk.
Now, the question is.... Will you still use a VPN, if it is not allowed by the ToS on the site. What will you do if they "block" your account and take your balance?
I might use a VPN but you always need to be aware that it can cause problems or it might even be written into their terms that it is forbidden, in which case you could lose all your funds without warning if they figured you out. It's quite possible today in many situations to figure out if someone is using a VPN so it's not a particularly clever method to hide yourself from the end site. The gambling site might also have genuine reasons for not wanting your business, such as if you reside in America, because of all sorts of legal problems that might open up against them. At some point you will probably have to supply documents to verify your identity and this might burst the bubble too. |
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Getting an MBA is beneficial because it sets you apart from the rest of the pack. One of the advantages of an MBA is that it forces you to read and learn, which helps you expand your knowledge about any business you want to venture into. I strongly believe that one of the reasons why start-ups fail is because they lack a solid foundation in understanding frameworks and conducting their own research, instead of relying solely on purchased data. While it is true that not everyone may be able to afford an MBA program, the truth is that there is so much to learn from it. If you had the opportunity to pursue an MBA before starting a company or directly starting a company, which option would you choose? In my (very limited) experience the skills that people are taught in higher education are often very different than the skills needed in the workplace. Sometimes people who have been in education for a few years have a hard time adapting to the realities of the workplace and might be unprepared to put their education into good use. They sometimes need a lot more nurturing and adjustment time than someone who has been actively learning in the workplace through the same amount of years. The education is definitively a good thing and may teach them advanced skills but the workplace can be a wildly different set of environments. |
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Gambling brings so much joy especially when you're on the winning side, when things are all in your favor it just seems like you should never stop. But when it gets bad, you look for a way to pour out your anger, either on someone or on something.
When someone is addicted to gambling I feel it's worst than one who's addicted to drugs.
So much has been said about betting companies regarding how they should be responsible in helping those who are addicted to gambling, although is really hard to do so on there own path because gamblers can't be monitored.
I don't know if booking an appointment with a therapist would help or is something you as a gambler who wants out should do on your own.
The question is if you're a gambler or have someone who is, what's the best way to help out. And what's your story on escaping that addiction (gambling)...
How do you fight this battle?
The very best way I've found to stay away from gambling is much the same as handling any addiction. Stay away from it, try to use the longest self exclusion period option available that any decent gambling site should be offering and try to actively avoid scenarios where you might be around gambling activity. It can take a vast change of habits but it is possible. The key part is not trying to rationalize betting small amounts, pretending you're in control or just getting a little fix - you must stay away from it completely with no half measure. |
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I did it many times back when my addiction is very high, I promise not to gamble after I lose a big amount I even swear that I will not, but the following day I'm back even promising to be better and not lose a big amount again.
How many of us are guilty of this?
Not really, I've hit a few walls in the past when it comes to things like Poker where it's been a steady grind up to accumulate a few wins. Then seem to reach a point where I get tired, playing too long and slowly slide into a tilt mode. At that point I end up losing a bunch of buy-ins and might burn out. Then inevitably start to feel like the game is a bit rigged (it's highly likely not to be, the platform gets paid either way) and decide to leave the game for a long time. Usually try to play poker for a while each year, end up staying a few days, realize that you're playing for tiny amounts and it's not worth it against the seasoned veterans who pick up on your leaks. Then walk away. |
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This so-called measure has several benefits and drawbacks. The elder employees can benefit from their years of experience if they are retained on the job for longer, which is one advantage. The drawback of this is that many workplaces will report low performance because there is an inverse relationship between a person's success at work and their deterioration in cognitive and physical capacities. Regardless, what I think is that the government shouldn't shove it down the throat of people. Workers who are approaching retirement age should be given a choice after appraisal to keep working or retire. What sense does this make? Would you agree or disagree? The pension laws in France (and most countries) were established decades ago and the ages have not necessarily risen with the much longer life expectancy that people have now. It costs the state a lot of money to give out such pay and while the people have paid into it, the balance has swayed too far out of whack so it needs to raise. You can see a slight slowdown in cognitive abilities but let's not forget that the current and last president of America around 80 years old, so people can certainly stay in somewhat reasonable shape long past the 60 year range. |
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Changing of terms and conditions without notifying the users or gamblers is normal with online gambling websites? Then when you did something wrong or about to withdraw your money they will tell you that you don't read their terms and conditions, and you start arguing with them until you decide to read the ToS again and you find out that it's different.
Some gambling websites consist of wicked owners that willingly plan to defraud their users using the ToS against them, or is this normal? Have such happened to anyone on this forum before?
It's not "the new normal". It has always been normal. When accepting a terms of service at any particular site, but particularly ones when you engage in a financial transaction or benefit, then you must agree to their set of rules. This is done to ensure that bonuses are correctly shared to unique users and not all hoarded for the benefit of a few, among many other reasons. I don't feel any sympathy for bonus abusers because they just make it less likely everyone else will benefit in the future and it's driven by pure greed. Be careful making the wrong assumptions, sometimes you might see a spare of fraudulent activity from certain countries or groups, who might publicize their plight of getting banned for rule breaking as part of their fraud strategy. |
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With the current issue in the crypto world between Cz (Changpeng Zhao) Ceo of binance and the Sec, I support Cz with reasons that binance has done alot to earn it's communities trust,helping millions of users in the crypto ecosystem,and has more durable marketing strategy whereas the Sec is government driven and wants to control everybody.
It's unfair that the sec is suppressing a private cooperation that's helping to grow & build the crypto world, binance is helping everybody including crypto whales and newbies and a fight against binance is against the world.
What's your say on this?
You don't need to feel the slightest bit of pity or sympathy for the people in charge of binance. They are billionaires who got rich by charging extortionate fees as an exchange and make huge amounts from their trading platform. I don't begrudge them for getting rich but I definitely think that they skirted the law or came within certain boundaries of the American financial regulators. Especially when there are texts that show them actually mocking and laughing about such law breaking. Anyone who targets American users, which they did extensively because they are the richest market, knows full well that regulators will be all over them. |
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Things are now looking different for crypto in china right now, I thought china will be the most hateful country on crypto after they destroyed so many asics that belongs to crypto miners in the country and crypto mining was also banned.
Now china is now taking the biggest approach to embracing web3 and support some crypto projects, since china has banned Bitcoin over 6 times in the past do you think this is another fake move?
I know that Hongkong is the soul location that's doing all this crypto thing, do you think that the whole country (china) will benefit from this or this case will be that Hong Kong will be the location for crypto things?
What's your belief on these? Are they trying to beat the US to it? Because right now the US is playing dumb with crypto and china sees a better opportunity in crypto, what do you think?how will this end?
You can never trust an authoritarian style government. The leaders are the top are lead by blind greed and twist nationalism to their favor. If power corrupts then you might argue that the top of the CCP are the most corrupt people the world has ever seen. They brought people out of poverty simply by changing from their original disaster model of communism to basically capitalism, they are not exactly genius financial engineers - they just stopped being incredibly stupid. However it looks like Xi Jinping is intent on dragging China back to the stoneage with all his Draconian crackdowns, it's simply a way of sending a message to certain elites that they better know he's the boss, very petty. |
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I watched a youtube video, a guy is showing how live roulette in online casinos scam us. after watching some part of video, i check the comment, and on 4th comment i found this guy telling how they scam us. "The practice when the roulette balls are made of piezoeletric ceramiC.The material used is Barium Titanate BaTiO3 on the surface, and Barium sulfate BaSO4 on the inside insulation. The ball caries polarized surface charges when hit by anultrasonic sound wave. This is sent from the inter- digital transducers placed in the pockets of each number. They send a wave to the ball that polarizes the surface with a negative charge. The spoon/ pocket of the number olso negative; thereforethe ball jumps out trough electrostatic repulsion. Each number pocket is controlled by a transistor called IGBT. This transistor turn on the switch so that the pocket is negatively charged. The control room computer leaves the pockets that it wants the ball to go in neutral or of. This is akk maneged by the sophisticated software and computers. So that why you can see situation when the ball geteither pushed out violentely od sucked into the exact to a number. I am positive you know that the ball stick to a number like a dart and also ball being pushed out from the pocket after almost completestop. So this would be yes this technique could be possibly used to manipulate the outcome. This is happening on you live dealer wheels." in comment of this video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0rNhLySb0kdo you think, this is possible or they are already doing it? popular game providers like evolution, pragmatic, etc. It seems a bit asinine to claim that online roulette is always a scam. It doesn't even need to be a scam - the odds are already stacked in the favor of the casino over the long term and it doesn't really matter if you hand all your money over this week or next month, they know eventually if you are a gambler you will leak it over to them. No doubt there is a rare occasion where a casino gets extra greedy and rigs the game, but any "love" game in a setting they completely control can also be rigged - it doesn't need grand explanations, there will be ways it could be rigged that he missed. |
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Think of when you hit a jackpot, and some cool cash slide into your pocket, you feels better and step up some pride and involved arrogance, you feel like you can buy the world with your peanuts lol, bro, I little shopping out of it can makes you look like a poor man again. There is this oil dealer guy in my community who happen to be hot market pro in the oil industry, he owns an oil well but this guy it gets to his head and start contesting for political power which he has lose twice now and the worst of it now is that the oil well is dried because suck the money into politics, loss everything. This money is never really enough, no wonder even the President of nations still fights to get money after office.
I'm not sure that this is true for all people. There's a small group of self made rich people who definitely keep on striving to work their way up the financial ladder, but the an average person on the street might be content with an average wage in perpetuity without having to do any work (like living off dividends from a correctly sized and positioned stock portfolio). Many, if not most, people around the world do not need or even want endless millions. They would be wonderfully happy with a lottery win that could set them up for life and the average wage could go a long way if the mortgage is paid off - many holidays a year to explore and easily keep side hobbies paid up. |
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I saw this online and thought maybe i should bring on to bitcointalk for discussion.
If a person gamble and at the end of the game he starts to feel remorse is that a good thing or should the person be on alert?
Definitely, most of all in situations where it's been a misclick - then bet was never intended. Following that there have been scenarios where I have definitely misjudged the risk involved, like switching from football betting over to horse racing which are completely different odds. You could bet on the so-called favorites at horse racing ten times in a row and easily lose from my experience. Then there is situations like poker where you just know that the house has subtly favoured your opponent but you still push them to a showdown which you end up losing. |
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As we all know that SEC has sued US Binance Exchange and its CEO (CZ). For what they have been sued is already covered ( Another Fud or Its Reality? BTC is Down Again). Now as of 6th June 2023, SEC has sued Coinbase too. Why? That's what i will write here.
Now what impact it will make on BTC price?-->(i think not that much as of compared to Binance, yet the Coinbase market dropped 15% though but still BTC and the market facing the impact too but lesser than Binance). Who is next on the list?-->(That depends on who is against the security act). Because from that press release, one thing is sure congress has put pressure on SEC to follow the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (source--> you can find at the first paragraph of the second page of the document). From what i think is, they are trying to make entry opportunities so that they could benefit from BTC halving (just saying, as other factors are also included though). It is definitely surprising to see the latest action against coinbase, but not really unprecedented as they occasionally take action against banks that they think have overstepped the mark. No financial institution should ever feel immune to such action. On the flip side, I slightly agree with the response from coinbase that the regulator should spend more time carving out correct regulation than trying to punish a publicly traded company that is trying to work within some currently gray areas. However crypto seems like an easy target because they are less financially or politically connected than other institutions and this may play a part in this crackdown. |
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Have you heard of Superpicks on DSTV? where you can make predictions and win money without staking your money? if you have not, check it out. Superpicks.com My question is can it still be called gambling if it is not played with money? The essence of gambling, at least to most players I believe, is that you stand to gain a tangible return from taking a risk. While this is technically true with virtual goods, you still don't have any "skin in the game" as it were and might as well be throwing your virtual money at a random number guessing game for all the benefit it brings you. Being able to say you have gotten richer from a wise decision could be construed as a underpinning force behind gambling. Of course the flip side is that you are stupid if you lose repeatedly. There is no judgement on either , but virtual betting is nonsense and a complete waste of time really. |
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One of the major reasons why bitcoin Enthusiasts hold bitcoin is in anticipation of a price increase that would increase the value of their asset. However, holding your bitcoin requires a patience mixed with strong will. It is the patience to be patient for a long period of time until the price makes a 10%, 20% and so on increase. Strong will not to use it to solve some immediate problem and risk a reduction in your asset. Consequently, not everyone one can wait that is why some decide to learn bitcoin trading so that they can make some quick profit that would also increase their asset holding. Some other become bitcoin lenders. Yes, they use either a centralized or decentralized platform to lend their bitcoin which would be repaid with interest. What is your honest take on bitcoin lending? Too risky, won't try it? Too risky, will give it a try?
To me this feels like speculation on top of speculation, or maybe it could be called leverage. However in terms of trading, which you are effectively doing by renting your bitcoin out, then it might help you to get a long term return from this rather stationary asset. However you always have to look for the downsides or negatives in such trades. If you really think that bitcoin has a bright future then (depending on how long you think it will take to achieve) you might not want to set up a contract where someone can take it away from you if it reaches a certain price. That's how these deals tend to work, people have the option to take them from you if it reaches a presently unrealistic price point. |
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1. Odds transparency
Traditional online casinos claim they run games via a random number generator. But how random is the number generator?
It’s a legitimate question. What a traditional casino says it does and what it does could be two different things. Bitcoin casinos operate via transparency. You know true odds when you wager in a Bitcoin casino.
If you’re a sports bettor, you understand that knowing the odds is the first part of making smart bets. You won’t always make winning bets, but you will make smart bets, which is the only thing we can do when betting.
In the long run, the more smart bets we make, the more we profit.
2. Safety and security
It would take 51% of all nodes to steal a transaction. By 51%, we mean thousands of computers would have to decide to steal the same transaction.
It’s almost an impossibility. We can’t write impossible because nothing is 100% impossible. But the amount of work it would take to steal your Bitcoin casino deposit is as close to impossible as it gets.
The real reason? Proof of work rewards Bitcoin miners to create blocks, which means the rewards of validating and securing transactions is more than the reward from stealing almost all BTC transactions.
3. Game variety
Variety of games is a sign of an honest casino. The more games there are, the more ways players can win. If a casino offers fewer games, there’s a chance those games could be more prone to shady tactics that lead to losses.
Also, it’s easier to manage payouts when there are fewer games. Traditional casinos that offer fewer games may be fudging the amount they pay out on each win.
Bitcoin casinos often provide more games. Not only that, but the payouts are also often higher due to Bitcoin’s transparency and decentralized aspects.
Have to disagree with some of the points you made and they are a bit nonsensical in some ways. The first one - you mention that online "traditional" aka fiat casinos rely on random number generators and somehow crypto currency casinos do not, that's a lie and a deep misunderstanding of the so-called transparency of provably fair play. Provably fair casinos still work with random number generators all the time, it's just in theory the patterns are more visible if they were not completely random it could be detected more easily, but they still use them. Game variety is also misleading because there are fiat casinos out there which have been operating for decades and built up vastly larger portfolios of games than currently being offered by the average crypto casinos. |
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What is the real difference between bull and bear market and how can one utilize them to make some good profits?
I think it's plainly obvious what the difference between the two is with a simple google search. Bull markets are going up and tend to be longer lasting than bear markets, which are going down. Roughly every three years you have small corrections within a bull market and on average every 8 years there will be a recession. However the age of automation and the internet has changed the dynamics of the economy compared to distant history. Money is constantly moving and adapting to current events, whereas in the past sometimes news would take much longer to spread and reactions via things like brokerages would take longer to complete. Generally people should stick to making money from positive developments and avoid short selling. |
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A tipster on one of the social media platforms advised his hundreds of followers that making money from sports betting is easier if they stop betting on European Football, which has just concluded, and focus on the Singaporean leagues, South American Leagues, and the Scandinavian leagues. Although some of his followers agreed that they've won some bets in those leagues, they also cautioned that there is a huge likelihood of match fixing occurring there as well. So everyone should be careful. I have never bet on those leagues as I am too careful. Can anyone share their experience with betting in these other leagues and make a comparison between betting there and betting in the Champions League, EPL, La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie Do not mention match fixing(it has been earlier pointed out), but talk about which is easier to win in and how much you made in comparison.
The implication that any sports betting is an "easy win" is patently false. Bookmakers are not charities and don't go handing out free money, for every position that they offer for you to place a bet against - they have carefully calculated what they see as the risk involved plus they add an extra buffer on top (to your disadvantage). There may be certain times or short windows where a certain league might look promising, hell it might pay off for a few days/weeks/month on a specific strategy, but eventually they will get wise if they see negative outflows over a long time. They have all sorts of analysis taking place automatically, every single day, and are optimizing their own strategies to maximize profits too. |
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what is mateix?ok i know what it is, mostly i have seen the videos of how people make a video, with secrecy music tune and they will make such anxious looking moves in the video like they are saving themselves from someone and they will say, we are the ones who manages all the un-necassary things to control your life such as
1. House Schemes
2. Sports cars
3. Fashion Industry
4. Plasma TVs
ok, if they made these things which they didn't because every mentioned item has its own history. let's just say, they were created as mentioned in their respected histories and then controled by investors.
because every new technology needs investors.
so to understand how banks can manage those things?
first we need to understand how investors can control them? i think maybe because they have share in the company and the one with more share, and more money is the one with more governance and control so they can convince companies and project makers to deploy such schemes such as TVs, Sports cars races, fashion contest and housing schemes.
Ok now investors need a system to flow there money via *banks* Which means banks is the main component of all centralization, capitilism and flow of money.
Then why people like Andrew Tate are kept saying to leave the matrix and come to reality. are we really in some kind of matrix. what is the important of this matrix. like we should consider the pros and cons of each over if matrix do exists
The main question is if there is. a. matrix then why it is present? what's the real need of it. how it benefits those big investors that controls banks. Ok lets say it keep the people busy just like the "roman games" (from insta video) why people are to kept busy and why not.
i find no error in doing work because that's how we will revolutionize in technology. and can acheive more success and easiness in our world.
wait wait. Easiness like IOT has provided us as an tech ology. and collecting our data so that they can make such decisions to sell more things to us. But why? maybe to earn money. but if they have already money to invest in first hand then why not saving it for future why doing such immoral works?
so are u saying these works are immoral?
overall my question is why banks are being accused as matrix and the investors are the ones behind all this?
You seem to think there is some grand conspiracy that only you are privy towards, yet this is how capitalism works at it's very core. Banks do work in tandem with governments (and are somewhat controlled by central banks that exist in each country) but there is no better way for it all to work at the moment. They are simply companies like any other and besides the fact that they were not allowed to fail because they were too big, we saw in the 2008 financial crisis that they can also suffer from big financial problems too. It's a bit weird how you connect a handful of random household objects, but then you reference somebody like Andrew Tate, one of the biggest idiots out there - who is making big money from manipulating idiots - and all becomes clear. |
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Is it safe or dumb to use your Credit card for online gambling because of free bonus rewards on signup and initial 3 months purchase? Will you take such risks with your card for such rewards? A friend informed me that some casinos gives better reward if you have a credit card with high credit score at around 800, he mentioned how he make 200$ from Freedom Flex after using over 600$. He also mentioned other like capital one
What are the disadvantages of using a credit card on online casinos? Any? Would you dare do such to earn more money?
It really feels like you've mixed up two completely different things and don't fully understand what your friend was talking about. Casinos have welcome bonuses, they have been doing that for decades now and it's nothing new. They only take money that you've agreed for them to take and have zero reason to do a credit search, because they are not giving you credit - you pay these sites up front. In fact using credit cards on gambling sites is now banned in many countries because people spend but cannot afford to pay the credit card companies back (the casino have their money secured). Then there are also credit card welcome offers because they try to attract new customers, but that is nothing to do with gambling. |
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I had this barber friend in a neighboring hood I lived a few years ago who is a very good barber and has his own barbershop. He does home service from time to time too. He’s really good so he has a lot of customers but at the end of the month he always struggles to pay the rent of his shop. I spent most of my free time with him at his shop so I know the number of customers that walk in for a haircut daily and I know what his rates are, so by calculations, he should be making enough money even after rent and other expenses required to run the shop. So one day when he complains about rent I asked him how much he makes in a week and he couldn't tell me an estimated number.
Long story short, I educated him on how to keep financial records and record every single penny that comes in and goes out of his business. I also made him understand how this can help him cut losses and make more profit.
It seems a bit weird that you had to educate this person on financial records, when it is pretty much demanded by the tax authorities in every country to have proper accounting. Otherwise you end up in a grey area which can easily be misconstrued as you trying to avoid taxes or even worse - money laundering offenses. If this person had been around for at least a couple years they should have been paying taxes and to do that, you need to know your incomings and outgoings. With that in mind, some people pay accountants to deal with the nitty gritty details, especially if they're in fields where they make a lot of money or once the company starts to expand but it is necessary to know these basics things to determine if you're making any sort of profit. |
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