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1061  Economy / Economics / Re: Which stocks to buy? on: June 04, 2023, 04:26:22 PM
Now the economic sector has sunk, and is it worth buying shares, if so, in which area? I am considering buying shares of any Internet publications and large companies, is there a demand for them and will there be an increase in shares?

There are lots of books out there on the topic of investing in the stock market, you really have to get out there and start reading them yourself to make sense of it all. In the short term you likely want to look for the lowest cost broker of index funds, which are effectively large baskets of stocks which will help to diversify the risk away. Buying shares in individual companies when you don't know the basics is a recipe for losing all your money. Learn first and act later. If you are a person that follows whatever the "hot" trend is at the moment, you are probably far out of the loop and get into the stock just as the real pros are stepping back out of it to take a profit.
1062  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Wagering requirements for withdraw on: June 04, 2023, 04:22:28 PM
I recently discovered that I signed up for a casino without thoroughly reading its terms and conditions agreement. But of course this was entirely my fault even that I am still bothered by the withdrawal requirements on deposits. It is well known that deposit bonuses or any bonus offered by a casino will have wagering requirements that goes to x50 or more. What truly concerns me is the 5X wagering requirement on normal deposits without any bonus in order to withdraw the initial deposit or winnings.
To clarify things better here is an example : if you were to deposit $1000 and win $200 in your first few games then you wouldnt be able to withdraw your winnings or even your deposits without wagering at least $5000. This means that 80% of the time, you would lose your money before reaching the required amount.
In my opinion this term is unfair. I am not attacking any specific casino, but I do believe that if users were aware of these requirements they would be less likely to deposit their money in such casinos since there are other casinos without such stringent requirements.

There are many shady "casino's" out that aim to lure people in, often using super size welcome bonuses with extreme terms that are almost impossible to achieve like you stated. They can offer a 1000 dollar new user bonus but require you to wager it a thousand times to unlock it - clearly you will lose any potential withdrawal in that time. You're better off being either a) very clear on the welcome bonus terms, as they are often open about them but few people read the detail or b) sticking with the biggest existing casino's you can find many places, including here.
1063  Economy / Economics / Re: Quit borrowing on: June 04, 2023, 10:39:51 AM
When you're short on cash, it can be difficult to quit borrowing money.

Everyone has been there. We're short on cash and in a lot of debt, but a cover loan to get out of the red and even improve our readiness is the light at the end of the tunnel.

Blissful days? Sadly, no. It all comes down to the straightforward, yet frequently misunderstood, formula that says borrowing more money equals more debt. It is more difficult to return to black the more debt you accumulate.

The majority of us live beyond our means, which is one of the primary causes of our ever-increasing habit of borrowing money. Simply put, incomings are outpacing outgoings. It's also getting worse.

More than at any time in the past two decades, millions of Americans are spending more than they earn. Spending on credit cards, the most common type of personal debt, is estimated to be rising at a rate faster than at any other time in American history.

People have always tried to copy their idols and in the age of the internet there is more influence taking place than ever before. Combine that with the convenience of buying stuff online and easy access to credit, it joins together in a very dangerous combination. A lot of the blame does go to the companies that are so eager to offer credit, often at outrageous and totally unfair rates to the people who find it hardest to pay back. There is also an element that you cannot save everyone, you can educate people as much as you want, but some people will always choose to live on the borderline between paychecks and refuse to acknowledge that there is a better way to live.
1064  Economy / Gambling / Re: Gambling is a choice. on: June 04, 2023, 10:29:53 AM
Something happened in my locality and I just wonder if that's how we also behave in the online space.

So, they're always a group of rougues in my country, they're often sited in the market place where there's a reasonable population, what's their work???

The have things in a martch box like stones and sticks, they'll ask you to pick the one out of it that has something, depending on what the want....

At first, when you pick, they'll let you win so as to drag your attention, then subsequent tries, you'll be at the losing side and the make sure the drain your pockets entirely.

So, just last week, this lady fell a victim and she was shouting and crying, the had obviously emptied her pocket and even gotten her phone from her in the process of the gambling.

My thoughts, is this how we often feel when we lose out on a bet??
Do you wish the site can refund your money??

Gambling should be your choice, you shouldn't let anyone compel or persuade you into it.


This sounds a bit like buyer's remorse. Often people overestimate their abilities to calculate odds when it comes to any form of gambling, which only adds to their misdirected anger when they lose. When they win, they put it down to their own "skill" or divine intervention. When they lose it must be the casino or bookmaker that is a fix, even though they present all the odds clearly up front. I have no sympathy for remorseful gambler's in that sense, they are very self centred.
1065  Economy / Economics / Re: You are not prepared what's coming quick analytics exacly of situation on: June 02, 2023, 09:12:10 PM
You are not prepared becouse you are not interested economics and how the world works generally speaking how the system works.
In lately there been a lot gold buying transactions (otc) to avoid having the bullish influence over the gold price.
The biggest guys and girls don't make moves for fun...they know what's coming.
They bought big loads of gold becouse they know fed will cut rates one more time debt ceiling will be lifted and hyperinflation will be rampant we gona see the days when fiat currencies are close to or allmost near by 100% devaluation.
And off course i don't like it you dont like it ww3 is about to break out any time soon right after last fed 25 basis point hike.
Becouse before the war the big boys and girls the elite will always buy the gold you will know that by looking what they Actually doing it.
However USA russia ukraine NATO have only short time period left to know whos winner in this war becouse fed can only keep rates low 2-3 years not longer.
Russia can keep longer....but the problem is trade defecite and trading embargoso Even after 2 years russia will run out of money and usa.
After 2 years world will run out of the money and war can not last long so the both sides west and the east must stop the war If they run out the financial resources.

Becouse all of this i have Made my future life plan


You sound crazy, like many gold nuts who have come and go before you. You have no plan except hope, which is a major weakness. Unlike what you say, the stock market has been the best performing asset over the longest time frame. Gold might look good right now, because everyone flocks into these assets and cause a bubble, which inevitably bursts. If a peace plan was reached between Ukraine and Russia tomorrow, you would start to see these "safe haven" commodities crumble in price. It also overlooks the fact that if you buy into stocks instead, companies pay out - either through reinvestment or dividend payments, every year while the best companies just keep on growing their profits too.
1066  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: $90,000 all in bet on: June 02, 2023, 09:05:02 PM
I have been able to turn $4,000 into $90,000 over the course of a week. Today, I am going all in on a bet I am very confident in.

FRANCE LEAGUE 2: GRENOBLE - GUINGAMP

UPDATE: A MISSED PENALTY AND A LOSS. BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD.

 Forgive me for being cynical but it's hard to believe such screenshots, when anyone is able to produce them very easily with a bit of HTML manipulation or simple graphics editing. Greed is the downfall of every poor man, so if you did just throw away $90,000 and it is a sizable sum for you, then you should be ashamed. That is a very sizable sum of money in most parts of the world and you really need to ask yourself what your end goal is here. Maybe this is a tiny, throwaway amount for you, but when is it enough? You're not helping anyone except the bookmakers and look an utter fool. You could easily have kept $80k and simply started again from that point, but I highly doubt you'll get another winning streak like that for a while, but you will throw away many thousands attempting it again.
1067  Economy / Economics / Re: My wealth plan for next 3 years on: June 02, 2023, 09:00:49 PM
My wealth plan for next 3 years

I will take loans becouse fiat value is high so usd value ATH.
I will invest in btc,gold,silver becouse money is now expensive so when i borrow now the bull run Will make profit i make profit and from the profit i make money for myself and i can Pay the % to lender.
Off course also i'll buy AIDOGE coin becouse 1000x i will make with this coin after 2 years.
The world economy right now is like some shtcoin pumping and when everybody short the whales Will pump it more to make you FOMO in exacly after 2 years.

The whales Are fed, ws,ecb,boe and other big Banks the world is like some shtcoin what the whales keep pumping until everybody Will lose their guard and Will buy the top becouse of FOMO.

I have 2-3 years to get out of the assets but right now i'll get rid of money i'll invest all the money becouse i know upcoming inflation will eat all the value of money.
In the next 2 -3 years my money only Will be bitcoin If i want to buy bread and Milk i just convert btc to fiat other then that not smart to hold any fiat currency.

And off course after one year i start buying by DCA USDC becouse USDC gona be world reserve currency so off course i'll invest in this early.

Well that went disastrously wrong in the first couple "sentences" and just kept getting worse. It sounds like a bunch of terrible speculation and there is nowhere near a plan involved here. You are hoping and praying, based on no factual evidence, that you'll be able to sell these assets at a higher price. Silver and gold are notoriously difficult to predict, like a lot of things in life when everyone thinks they are just bound to go up, is when they inevitably start to trend down - you are very late to that party. Luckily, nobody with a brain is going to be loaning you much money if they get a whiff of these ideas, I just hope you don't mislead whatever poor company you end up borrowing money from because you have more chance of failing than most.
1068  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Is Online casino always take risks? on: June 01, 2023, 08:00:33 PM
I am just curious about how does online casino pay for their promotion on their influencers? Where does their earning comes from? How will you get scammed when you try online casino? How can you tell that online casino is safe?

The casino in this scenario is taking a rather small and calculated risk, hell - they are simply diversifying their many advertising streams, one of which will be to use streamers to promote their services. In many cases these streamers are very valuable to them, as they have a much more personal connection to their audience, who might be more willing to participate in activities that are promoted by this semi-celebrity in their eyes. The fact that they are not always labelled as receiving paid endorsements (even if this is illegal in their jurisdiction) is another bonus to casinos & sportbooks. There are some casinos out there who do not use these advertising methods, but you'll find they are eventually pushed out by the bigger ones who use these strategies, even if it seems unfair.
1069  Economy / Economics / Re: Money is never enough! on: June 01, 2023, 07:38:09 PM
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.

What your rather short and condensed story tells me is that you need to diversify your income streams, while identifying potential leaks of your money. Everyone with a business mindset will always be looking for chances at new or improved revenue streams, it feels like he gambled his on the possibility that he could wield power into even more money. That is a very dangerous game, because if he had no charisma, had poor connections or the face simply didn't fit - then he was unlikely to transfer easily into the game of politics. He would have been much better off following and optimizing his original line of business, but then, he may have been bored of that and was looking for a new challenge, but he ultimately failed and wasted a lot of money in the process.
1070  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 5 Behavioural signs that suggest you are Addicted to Gambling on: June 01, 2023, 07:29:04 PM
I was browsing on the internet and stumble upon this article and found out that there are three kinds of gamblers. They are Professional gamblres, social gamblers and problem gamblers. The first two are okay but the third one which is the problem gamblers are the ones who are struggling with this addiction.

So I asked myself what behaviour would suggest that an individual is a problem gambler. Did some research and found many behaviour that suggest an individual is struggling with gambling addiction. Out of those I found the following five behaviours to be most common ones in a problem gambler.  

  • Preoccupation with gambling.
  • The urge to increase wagers to achieve the same level of excitement.
  • Having difficulty in controlling, cutting back, or stopping gambling despite several attempts.
  • Lying about gambling activities.
  • Borrowing money to gamble.

As gambling addiction can be a challenging issue that can have a very harmful impact on an individual's life. it is always recommended to find a professional helpb rather struggling with it. Do you agree with those behaviours? If not then you can suggest some, that can be added to this topic.

There seems to be a distinction between two categories of your list of five points. Some of them seem like you are in "stage one" where your habit is taking up a lot of your time, but could still be manageable and controlled back to a fair amount. However when you get to the point of lying about your activities or borrowing money to fund your habit, at that point you have lost that degree of control needed. At that point it has become a fully fledged addiction, instead of just having a bit of fun in your free time. You are willing to sacrifice others through some misguided calculation, you're throwing good money after bad and not only burn through your own cash but that of your close friends & family too.
1071  Economy / Economics / Re: Logic of life on: May 31, 2023, 09:18:25 PM
The logic of life is that you can't earn more than you know,
Any amount you are earning today is 80% as a limit of what you know.

The richest man on earth is earning whatever amount he is earning due to the advantage of  what he knows or  can do.

So, before you can move from earning $100 dollar monthly to $1000 per month,
   One of the major thing you must scale up is your knowledge.

So ask yourself, what should I know that can make me ×2 my monthly income?

Seek knowledge always.

While there are some crumbs of wisdom in your reasoning, it does seem a little bit off because I've seen a few people with low knowledge in the past who have done pretty well for themselves throughout life. There are many cases where people were simply in the right place, at the right time and able to string together the right combination of thoughts to land themselves a job. After that they have been able to manipulate or maneuver their way up the ladder gradually. Then it can actually be hard to get rid of them after they've stuck to the job for a long enough time, as they become expensive to offer redundancy. At that point they tend to shift off to a side job or hit their head against the barrier of competency above them.
1072  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Gambling is not a steady income haven on: May 31, 2023, 08:47:55 PM
Gambling places are not for steady income, if you want steady income with gambling, online or offline, you have to be a owner, build your own casino and watch yourself growing up into a filthy rich billionaire.

Online casinos are places where it's certain that you will lose your money, it's a place where you need to be mentality sane to at least have a good ride and experience as you progress, it's not always about making money with gambling, it's always about not ending up running insane because of gambling.

To make this happen, you need to discipline yourself up, make sure you set some rules on how you will handle gambling every day and how much you are willing to risk on gambling every day or else you will end up in the gutter, with full regrets.

That's if you are not even addicted to gambling already, a addicted gambler always have one goal in mind, '( I have to make back all I have lost ), this is where the beginning of the end begins.

It's worth remembering that there are certain segments of gambling where people have been able to gain an advantage, however it's usually against other players and the house still manages to take a cut. The obvious one is poker, where with lots of skill, practice and knowing how to position your bluffs - it's possible for the very best players to grind out a profit on the tables. There are a lot of people players, who might not survive very long, but who are willing to hand over their money or end up tilted so they abandon their senses in anger. It's also possible to scrape out a profit, albeit you need to track it closely and be aiming for very small margins (of which you'll be paying the sportbook part of a buffer amount on each bet) with sports betting, but only a very minuscule amount will ever succeed at that.
1073  Economy / Economics / Re: Fake support? on: May 31, 2023, 08:32:31 PM
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?

The people at the top of the government food chain in China are very adaptable and not in the slightest affected by all the random crackdowns that the leadership use to get the general population or business leaders in line. The fact that they broke up many data centers that were driving up energy prices in China at the time was probably a good thing, as the wider public was suffering from much higher electricity prices so a few people could get richer. They would only have destroyed a small fraction of the capacity, just enough to scare the remainder into selling them as they were doing a short time drive to stop this activity. There were also some miners who were starting to use very polluting energy sources so it is better for the whole planet that action was taken, some rare indirect praise that the Chinese government might deserve.
1074  Economy / Gambling / Re: is KYC data on Gambling sites safe? on: May 30, 2023, 09:08:34 PM
As we know, many gambling sites have Kyc requirements when making withdrawals. Some people may not have a problem with this condition, but some people think differently about doing Kyc. Some people refuse to fill in their Kyc data for fear of being misused. That's a natural thing, but is the worry too much?

Kyc actually has a function to prevent dangerous actions, such as money laundering. In addition, Kyc can also protect customers from account breakers.
 
Now there are several gambling sites that do not require Kyc to withdraw funds. That's good news. But I don't know if big money withdrawal need Kyc or not. I've never withdrawn much money.

Are you one of those who agree or refuse to fill out kyc on gambling sites? So far, the Kyc that you have filled in on the gambling site is safe? I've never had a problem with the Kyc that I filled out at the gambling site. Have you ever felt cheated from Kyc submitted?

There is no definitive answer to this question unfortunately, you have to gauge each particular site on it's merits and essentially take a gamble on whether they are well setup to protect your data. There are many cowboys out there, but at least in the casino / sportbook sector they come under pressure from outsiders relatively early so need to be running a solid security system to stay up. You should always be considering who you hand over your highly sensitive personal documents to, as they can be used for all kinds of fraud against you. If you get the slightest idea that they might be amateurish in the way they defend your documents, then you should avoid them like the plague. It basically comes down to all the little hints that you'll only pick up through time and experience.
1075  Economy / Economics / Re: UAE is the biggest gold buyer of Russia during this war on: May 30, 2023, 08:31:56 PM
Since the beginning of the war between Ukraine and Russia, various restrictions have been imposed by the United States. When Russia' get banned from SWIFT, the country has faced great threat on trade. But they didn't stop. They continue to fight and adopt new strategy.

Russia is a big country in gold production they produced about 325 tons of gold annually. If Russia can't sell that produced gold, it will have a big impact on their economy. And considering that, the country decided that they will sell gold at a relatively low price.

On the contrary, the United Nations is imposing various restrictions on other countries of the world. But the three countries are keen to buy Russian gold. UAE, China and Turkey are buying Russian gold according to their capacity. Currently Russia's big gold buyer is United Arab Emirates. UAE buy 99.3 percent of Russia's gold exports. Almost everyone knows that UAE focus on gold reserves and their stock is increasing day by day.

Last 3 Years UAE Gold Reserves

At a time when most countries are devastated by the war, some countries take advantage of the opportunity to acquire huge wealth. But if the poor countries go to buy something, they are harassed and banned in various restrictions. Don't you think this policy is cruel to poor countries?


In fairness to these other countries, their political policies may not line up directly with those of European and American allies. While they should definitely be encouraged to drop this indirect economic support of Russia, they are still paying much lower prices than Russia would have gotten originally from other countries - so they still lose. I'd be more annoyed if they turned out to be conduits for restricted goods to enter Russia, like microchips or multi-use technology that could be used against Ukraine in this war. Realistically Russia is still the biggest country in the world, who have access to many natural resources that are needed in various manufacturing purposes, so they will always end up finding a buyer for these rare commodities so just need to be haggled down to the floor.
1076  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Do you prefer Original Slots or slots from 3rd party Slot providers? on: May 30, 2023, 07:15:51 PM
This goes out to all the Slot players out there.....

A lot of casinos have their own original Slots that are unique to their casino, most of these consist of a variation of old games with a personal twist from that casino. (Example : Crash - Different themes like planes / stock market / athlete running etc..)

Then you get 3rd party Slot providers like Pragmatic / Hacksaw Gaming etc.. that provides Slot games to casinos.

My question is this, which one of the two do you prefer and why do you like it more than the other. (Original vs 3rd Party Slots)

Let's discuss ....  Wink

It does get a little bit boring to see all the same casino games over many different fiat and crypto currency offerings. However it just goes to show that once these casinos reach a certain critical mass, it becomes cheaper for them to outsource the vetting and validation of all their games to a third party system. In fairness that third party, white label solution, are actually able to bring out more offerings on a regular basis because that is the sole focus of their company. They often come to agreements with other companies, like the owners of monopoly for example, to tie in those famous brands to their games. However it's definitely nice to see unique and custom built casino games as well, they've definitely got more charm.
1077  Economy / Economics / Re: Why is money ruling the world? on: May 30, 2023, 06:54:10 PM
At first I thought is power than anything, later on I said it's should be economic resources, then I realizes is money. I will give a brief poem here! The breeze blew and stake moistures and when it blew hales, it was just the breeze moving while the moistures is running away with fears.

The mist of human fears is control by what is next to their breath. Money has power than anything, money makes one feels secure, alive and superior. When money leaves we felt life is gone, we feel dead, we feel empty, we feel hopeless.

Currently my country government has turn humans to museum, moving without no direction, helpless and monuments because for over 3 months now the government has seized to release money in circulation, banks refused to fix money in ATM's, no canter payment.
Everyone is helpless, no money no good food, no transportation, no job, no love, no smiles, no good health.

Money drives away every feelings that makes life better. Money is truly powerful

There is nothing new about this, however it has got progressively worse as we see more money concentrated in fewer hands than ever before. Money can buy a lot of things including power in most countries, but they are two distinct entities, it's possible to have power (like becoming a President or Prime Minister) without necessarily having wealth. Chances are though that wealth breeds even more wealth and it's harder to lose money now if you have diversified your assets. As long as you manage to keep your outgoings smaller than your annual income (from a job, company you own or investment portfolio) then you will continue to be rich and get even richer every single year.
1078  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: How do you handle long shot bets? on: May 29, 2023, 05:53:34 PM
I have this kind of problem ever since I started online gambling. I’m always bored playing same bet amount while my bankroll just keep coming back and fort to my initial bank roll.

The real problem starts when I’m on a long losing streak with same bet amount let's say 5 win streak. My mind set change from relax gambling to chasing loss. Even after I recover my loss, I bet already in abnormal pattern so that I can earn profit in a fast way. I always conclude my mistake after gambling. I keep repeating this cycle. My gambling time only ended up if I’m on profit big time or 100% loss my bankroll. I don’t know but it’s very hard for to quit gambling when my bankroll is at loss or on a little bit profit.

Anyone here is successful doing a long shot bet? A point were you can be satisfied without considering your bankroll status and just pure fun on gambling experience?

The real problem here is thinking you can profit long term against casinos or sportbooks without any strategy. They use their considerable advantage to either fix the odds in casino games to their benefit or add a buffet to sports bets along with in-depth long term analysis to determine the right price to offer. Unless you have a strong advantage over them, you will always suffer defeat in the long run and only analysis over thousands of bets can tell if you're a winner. Talking about profits when gambling is dangerous territory because you naturally go into every bet with a disadvantage, so it should just be for fun.
1079  Economy / Economics / Re: Effects: Over-reliance on the US dollar on: May 29, 2023, 05:42:30 PM
Over-reliance on the US dollar can have several negative effects on countries that heavily depend on it as their primary reserve currency. With the expansion of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa), there has been a growing trend of countries diversifying their reserves away from the US dollar and towards other currencies, including the Chinese yuan.

One of the primary effects of over-reliance on the US dollar is that it can make a country vulnerable to fluctuations in the value of the dollar. If the dollar weakens, the value of the country's reserves also declines, which can have negative implications for their economy.

Furthermore, being too dependent on the US dollar can limit a country's ability to conduct international trade with other countries that use different currencies. This can lead to increased transaction costs, as well as make it more difficult to negotiate favorable trade agreements.

In relation to China's expansion of the BRICS, their efforts to promote the use of the yuan as an alternative to the US dollar could potentially have several positive effects for countries that adopt it. For example, it could lead to increased trade with China, which is currently the world's largest exporter. It could also reduce the vulnerability of countries to fluctuations in the value of the US dollar.

However, there are also potential risks associated with China's expansion of the BRICS, particularly with regard to its geopolitical ambitions. Some countries may be concerned about the growing influence of China and its potential use of economic leverage to achieve political goals.

Overall, over-reliance on the US dollar can have negative implications for countries that heavily depend on it, and the expansion of the BRICS could provide an opportunity for countries to diversify their reserves and reduce their vulnerability to fluctuations in the value of the US dollar. However, there are also potential risks associated with this shift, particularly with regard to China's growing economic and geopolitical influence

It seems like a chicken and egg scenario. You come from the perspective that it is a bad thing, but at the end of the day there will always be a reserve currency in the world and it will ultimately be used in countries where the government has not been stable enough to guide it's own currency well. The American government is far from perfect but it is still far more transparent and flexible than some other countries like China, which leaves you in a situation where you simply accept the best of the worst. The USA will naturally try to protect its reserve currency position as it does benefit from it, but it's fairly benevolent most of the time.
1080  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Will You Allow To Undergo Hypnosis If A Professional Recommend To Cure Gambling on: May 29, 2023, 05:25:21 PM
You want to get cured of compulsive gambling because you are too deep into it and you are under professional supervision to cure your addiction, your physician asks you to undergo hypnosis to cure your deep-rooted addiction, will you allow it

Yes / No Why

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Hypnosis can be a powerful tool to treat gambling addiction because it can help people deal with the things they don’t want to deal with, and it can give them better and more productive ways to deal with those things other than gambling.


While I think hypnosis can actually work, it feels like a short cut that tends not to address the underlying reason that somebody chooses to gamble (usually to excess). You might have this sort of 'treatment' but still be stuck in some sort of depression that caused you to turn to betting, or any number of other reasons. Often if you can just willfully break the cycle for a few weeks, you can overcome whatever problem addiction you have - like smoking for example. People talk about the chemical side but it's often habitual later on the addiction so you need to find other activities that will fill your time instead.
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