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3501  Economy / Games and rounds / Re: Sportsbet.io 🏎️🏁 Azerbaijan Grand Prix 🏁🏎️ Prediction Contest on: April 27, 2023, 10:08:25 PM
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3502  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: The madness of gambling addicts. on: April 27, 2023, 03:47:33 PM
That is some truly criminal act and I am sorry but I have known a lot of gambling addicts that have done several sort of things,like spent the money they had from work to buy things,like accountants and finance people who then were fired but I have never seen until now someone kidnapping his own granddaughter for keeping his burning desire alive,a lot of people do some nasty shit but this is out of my reach.

I have been a gambling addict until 2020-2021 myself but I have greatly recovered since then and I never look back.Even in my deepest form of addiction I never did such acts and no acts at all because I knew I was in the wrong.
3503  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: April 27, 2023, 08:17:33 AM
Russia has openly offered itself to the West since the collapse of the USSR, and with just a little more feeling for its interests,
which the West could then quite painlessly incorporate with its power its strategic interests in a broader sense - everything
could have been different.

Yeah, a little more feeling for its interest - just to unfair,aly preserve its impact on the rest of the post-soviet countries. Let them be independent, but let it be pretended, not real. And we will palm off our pro-russian politicians, influence public sentiment, and split the country from within. Of course, everything could have been different. Talk about everything being different with Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia and many other countries.

Russia is isolated completely and they have failed this war no matter how it ends from now.Economically speaking and with the sanctions put to them they need at least 40 years in order to keep up with Western advanced technologies which they have no access anymore as they cannot import vital technological chips for their devices,this alone for me is devastating but the results of such move will be felt with the passing of a couple of years.It will be exactly then that Russian citizens themselves will not care anymore about their government and wide protests will go on,they will see how far behind they will be.They will be poorer and they will blame Putin them but it will be too late.
3504  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Is it safe to keep your money in bank? on: April 27, 2023, 07:46:18 AM
If you are asking as where to keep assets better in a bank or in your own computer desktop wallets or hardware wallets the answer is simple,you should always keep your assets with you while you have full power over them,as they say "your keys,your coins" and "not your your keys not your coins".We can make an analogy even with FIAT money,you can keep them in a safe in your home and it is called "your keys,your coins" while the bank no matter how trustworthy they are,they are still a third party and the "not your keys,not your coins" apply here,so I am never pro keeping money in the bank.The bank should just be used so you can receive the money when you exchange coins.
3505  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) on: April 27, 2023, 07:23:44 AM
This weekend will be a very crucial moment for Napoli to celebrate their success in winning the Scudetto this season, current standing with 17 points remaining from Lazio make Napoli chance winning Serie A tittle this season one step close with three points needed against Salernitana and waiting match result between Inter vs Lazio. Napoli can celebrate becoming the champion on this weekend if win against Salernitana and Lazio should draw or loss from Inter.

But if Lazio success defeat Inter on next games, Napoli need waiting matchday 33 for celebrating their domestic league trophy in this season but I sure Inter won't loss points again because their position is not secure reach to Champion League spot standings.
Napoli has competent players that are eager to play games in order to completely transform the team. Last weekend, the supporters cheered and sang triumphant songs in their home stadium, and they are likely ready to face Salernitana with great confidence. This season, Napoli performed superbly and earned the honor, it's unbelievable but unimaginable things happens in football. Due to his merit, Luciano Spalleti's presence in the club is worthwhile. He secured the significant victories necessary to win the Seria A scudetto by taking an early lead in the early season numbers.

Napoli has provided a cheat sheet for other teams that has been struggling to lift Seria A cup after a long time of waiting, the last time Napoli won Seria was the during the era of Maradona and that is why it is well respected in Italy till date, it is good thing Osimhen is getting the same recognization as they were chanting his name on stadium. There is nothing good in giving other teams a big space in the beginning of the league, that is what help them till the end of the league, they keep on winning matches consequctively and even when they later start losing in the middle of the competition, they weren't bother because they have achieved enough points that can save them.

Napoli beat Juventus in Juventus home last time around in Serie A and they are already Champions of the Serie A.I know most of us were expecting them to do great also in the Champions League against Milan but their coach Spalletti said that before the clash with Milan at home "we have nothing to prove to anyone in this competition,we are going to play and have fun,things we always do when playing football" and based on this statement it looked like he already knew that they would not be winning and qualifying further in the Champions League.

Celebrations are going to be extreme in Naples this time as they have well over 30 years without winning a league title so all the city will be on fire as soon as they are crowned Champions.
3506  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Never Expect Consistent Winnings From Gambling - A Lesson I Learnt. on: April 27, 2023, 07:06:26 AM
That is something very well known.I can relate very well to this story.Whenever I win in gambling I think that the same thing will happen again and again but this is just an illusion and is exactly this illusion who keeps us coming back because in our mind we don't remember losing bets only winning ones.I used to keep buying the bonus in slot machines and I keep doing this until my balance ends or until I hit it big.Sometimes I have hit x5000 my bet and that feeling is something really unique and great and is the only thing that keeps me coming back.Unfortunately I do not learn from mistakes when losing money as that x5000 win keeps me coming back and that is a common illness between the majority of gamblers.
3507  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2022/2023 on: April 27, 2023, 06:38:00 AM
Arsenal fail to build on the title race challenge as they failed to get at least a point from Etihad, Manchester city which is currently the current title holder has proven that they can retain their title by beating the current leader of the English premier league. De Bryne is a great player he has again proven that he is the powerhouse of Manchester City, Arsenal who now top the league now with just two points separating them, and man city currently has two outstanding but having an outstanding doesn't mean all three points are In the bag for man city. this is football anything is still possible. It was so bad for Arsenal to have lost that game. Arsenal has now lost their 8 meetings with City in all competitions and still has not won at Manchester city. Despite losing their grip on their title race slowly it is still possible that Arsenal title ambition may not be fully done yet.

I think the title fight is over,with 2 game less for City and their recent form beating anyone in any competition says a lot about them in these final stages of the Premier League.Arsenal has only themselves to blame as they had everything in their hands and they threw it away with drawing against teams like Southampton and West Ham which are clearly a lot weaker than Arsenal,I don't know why Arsenal lost so many points recently but that is the way things are and I find extremely difficult unless a miracle happens for them to win the title,they should be happy with Champions League participation.
3508  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Sportsbet.io's English Premier League Football Pool Discussion Thread on: April 27, 2023, 06:08:27 AM
Chelsea, like we say here, "he throws himself to the floor and misses" ( i dont know if good translate). so they are officialy out of europe, lets see how much player are free to goes to another teams.

The most dissapointment game in all this round its Brighton, they lost a big chance to keep cutting the gap and still having games in their pocket to dream with more bigger european competition, the only good was the goal of Facundo Buonanotte.

What a f*cking joke Chelsea has become.I placed a fun bet on Nottingham draw or win,Brentford to win,Liverpool to win and Manchester City to win,the odds were big enough but I thought this to not come true so I only placed like 0.001 Litecoin to that bet and now I regret not putting at least 100 times more the amount.I don't know how many weeks are left but I doubt I will be below 22th position in the end of the pool,so far we are fighting hard from 12th place to 6th place with very little amount of points between us.

Manchester is already Champion now of the Premier League as they have one game less or two which make it impossible for Arsenal and the only one to blame is Arsenal itself,it had everything under control and they got and screw it up game after game.
3509  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2022/2023 on: April 26, 2023, 07:27:41 PM
Chelsea screwing up again but I am hopeful they will come back in this game,they have nothing to lose and all to gain,they should go all out now as they need to start recovering,I know they don't risk relegation but if we had just 10 or 12 weeks to go from now and not 6 with such performances Chelsea would be out of the Premier League.

The Premier League title fight looks over as of now while Manchester City is dominating the game and have already found the advantage,I know it is still early and Arsenal got plenty of time but as they say the sun can be spotted early in the morning and in this part Arsenal is not looking dangerous to City.
3510  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Sportsbet.io's English Premier League Football Pool Discussion Thread on: April 26, 2023, 06:23:31 AM
Oh sick, we have a new round of games tonight already didn't even realise it until I looked at some livescores hoping to pick future dates. Villa is back on my ticket these days and I hope they continue some good run of games, but I guess it's really Leicester and Leeds we should be watching for some nail-biting desperado action, huh.

Be a brave soul that picks either to win.

I don't know if I did well or not but 4.5 points out of three games I think is a good outcome.I got an exact score in Leicester game and a close score in Aston Villa game.I knew about Crystal Palace not being able to win but I didn't think they would lose against Wolves and I had a 1-1 in predictor also as I expected some draws tonight.Nevertheless most of the results from these 3 games came as predicted,the only surprise result for me is Crystal Palace losing their game.

I have not been a brave soul  Grin as I did not pick either team from Leeds game to win because as you say when two desperado teams are playing against each other,draw is the most logical result in such encounters.

You got good points compared to me, I only managed to get one point in this round. This always happens to me, I can't maintain a balance in making accurate and close predictions as the end of the season approaches. Grin

Tomorrow we have a crucial match between Arsenal and City, a real test for both clubs. Arsenal has lost a lot of points in the last three matches, while City has managed to get closer to the top. It's clear that City is seeking to win the title, but we don't know how Arsenal will react. Will they really try to destroy City's hopes as well?

I have to agree with the bookies this time and the odd of 1.54 for City against Arsenal is low I know but most likely they are going to win.I don't know where Arsenal can find the power to play good football after screwing up 3 consecutive games while they were leading in 2 of them,only with Southampton they were down early in the first half,most likely they have no power left.

I think the most interesting game though for me at least is Chelsea vs Brentford.I think it is finally time for Chelsea to win a game after so long without winning a game,the odd of them to win is good enough and my bet is on them tonight to win this game.
3511  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Sportsbet.io's English Premier League Football Pool Discussion Thread on: April 25, 2023, 09:03:32 PM
Oh sick, we have a new round of games tonight already didn't even realise it until I looked at some livescores hoping to pick future dates. Villa is back on my ticket these days and I hope they continue some good run of games, but I guess it's really Leicester and Leeds we should be watching for some nail-biting desperado action, huh.

Be a brave soul that picks either to win.

I don't know if I did well or not but 4.5 points out of three games I think is a good outcome.I got an exact score in Leicester game and a close score in Aston Villa game.I knew about Crystal Palace not being able to win but I didn't think they would lose against Wolves and I had a 1-1 in predictor also as I expected some draws tonight.Nevertheless most of the results from these 3 games came as predicted,the only surprise result for me is Crystal Palace losing their game.

I have not been a brave soul  Grin as I did not pick either team from Leeds game to win because as you say when two desperado teams are playing against each other,draw is the most logical result in such encounters.
3512  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2022/2023 on: April 25, 2023, 08:49:54 PM
Crystal Palace is a joke,I knew they would not win but I didn't think that they will lose the game either,these last two games of them the draw against Everton and this lost game against Wolves shows their true form,their recent result are a lie as their three consecutive wins before such results were with the teams that are down in the table of the Premier League.

Aston Villa did a perfect job tonight and despite not scoring many goals the result does not resemble how the game was played,Aston Villa completely destroyed Fulham as the game was played only in Fulham half and Aston Villa created at least 5 clamorous goal chances but when the ball does not want to enter the goal it does not  Grin.
3513  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2022/23 on: April 25, 2023, 07:48:41 PM
"Hala Madrid" as the fans of them say when they cherish their team but there is nothing to chair them for as they have been having quite some inconsistent performances throughout this last part of La Liga,it is clear that their full and only focus is in the Champions League where they face one of the strongest teams ever Manchester City.To all the people who bet on them including me it is only our fault that we keep being deceived by the bookies by giving Real such low odds of 1.62 when playing away games in this part of the season.

They lost a really embarrassing game for them tonight as they lost with a humiliating result as that is what I call when some team is able to score 4 goals against Real Madrid and this performance is no good indication for their Champions League semi final either.
3514  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 🦊 Betnomi.com | Champions League Pool ⚽️ Discussion Thread on: April 25, 2023, 03:36:09 PM
there is no 3rd place match in CL, so five matches to go, 15 points at maximum, realistically, no one can expect more than 10
Oh yes you are correct, I hoped to have more matches and more points for me, and I mixed that with world cup third place match  Grin
By miracle I won 6 points last round with two exactly correct result predictions but that doesn't happen so often.
I just want to be in top 10 positions if possible, higher the better.

Who does not want to be in the top 10 positions  Grin as the last place prize is a good one 4x the entry fee here but with just 5 games to go things are at an unprecedented level of difficulty,a lot of people have chances in theory but as always the ones more favored are those who have like 3-4 points distance to the 10th position.

This year Champions League has been really good as we finally have an Italian team finalist despite me thinking whichever of them,Inter or Milan stand no chance to win against Real or Manchester City and as such I exclude them from the possibility of winning the Champions.
3515  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: I am only trying to stay safe by gambling less on: April 25, 2023, 02:12:15 PM
Every investment is high risk especially when you invest a high volatile asset like Bitcoin,it is only better than gambling when you invest now and you wait in the long term and only sell Bitcoin after has increased in price from the moment you invested.If you want to do daily trading with it then there is nothing different from gambling as for me trading is the same as gambling because in both cases you cannot predict the future.

However you have taken the right decision to gamble less as in the long run this will be beneficial to you.
3516  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Can this be effective against the increasing numbers of gamblers? on: April 25, 2023, 01:24:47 PM
Reducing the rate of promotion can not stop people from gambling and doing what they like to do since it involves betting and staking money to earn good amount of profits. The move to reduce promotion of gambling companies had been in contention for so long before now and I will not be surprised when I see the ban to reduce gambling activities that can have more influence on children, and some adults who might have issues with gambling addiction.
 What ever decision they make would only have limited effect on gambling platforms not the gamblers that have so many options.

I agree as I am not seeing any indicator that such move is effective against the increasing number of gamblers.Few gamblers watch TV and namely sport games beside the main ones and as such telling the audience which already gamble to stop gambling does not make a lot of sense for me.This is going on just because it is a law of the government that is enforced in most western countries which have a high rate of gamblers but it is not the right way to stop such number from increasing.In fact I don't see any other option except restricting betting domains but this is against human rights in developed countries so I think it will continue to be like that.
3517  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Now there is a global crisis, do you think this is a game of political chess? on: April 25, 2023, 01:05:27 PM
For me it is a sort of political chess,if the USA are steadily helping Ukraine in a constant way with modern weapons which has made the war that Russia wanted to end in 3 days to still be going now in almost 1.5 years after it started in 2022.USA is smart,they are selling weapons but also Russia in this context was smart in the beginning as they were dumping all the old weapons in the bin but now they are also losing a lot of modern equipment which has weaken their army to a really weak point.In this context the only victims are innocent Ukrainians which both the US and Russia do not care to sacrifice as long as they achieve their goals,sad but true that is how the world looks today.
3518  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Politicians behind the development of gambling platform on: April 25, 2023, 12:07:50 PM
A politician in the Philippines claimed to have had a hand in the development of the very controversial e-sabong platform he operated e-sabong so he can make a lot of money so he can use for the campaign, and his family to win local elections because the election in the Philippines is very costly many candidates are buying votes to secure their win, there were reports that he murdered their family's opponent because of e-sabong.
Do you think that government should have a rule or a law for election candidates not to have a franchise in any form of gambling, in fact, there are a lot of politicians who are operators of illegal small-town lotteries this is to accumulate funds they can use for election campaigns.

Congressman confirms past stint with e-sabong when it was not yet banned by gov’t

In Albania in 2019 all online sites were banned from being accessed from all ISP-s with an order directly for the Prime Minister and only the domain and gambling site where the brother of the Prime Minister was the main shareholder was let for people to play there.I am not at all surprised of politicians trying to get as much money as possible as where I reside now in Western Balkans,corruption is the main game for a lot of such politicians,they lie to us that they will improve our lives but in the end they always end up improving their life and those of their family.Nothing to be surprised wherever happens in Philippines,Western Balkans or even the United States as people are the same in all the world,greed is deep in our roots.
3519  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2022/2023 on: April 25, 2023, 10:09:04 AM
Tomorrow the game between Wolves vs Crystal Palace will start. In this game, the position of both teams is almost equal. Now to see which of the two teams plays better and wins the match by scoring more goals. But I think if the players of both teams play well then maybe  The match will be a draw. And if one of the two teams does better, then that team will win easily. I have seen Crystal Palace play very well in the previous matches. And still ahead of the Wolves team. If the Wolves team has a bad performance like the previous matches.  If they do, they will have no chance of winning.

I expect two draws out of the three games.The Crystal Palace team has only beaten weaker teams lately and in the last game they could not win against Everton despite Everton being a good part of the second half with 10 players.Wolves on the other hand is having somewhat of a relatively good spell and I think playing at home tonight will give them extra motivation to show good football and to not lose this game.

Aston Villa should win against Fulham based on their recent performance as they are not losing from 5 games and are having a look to be part of European competitions during this year.In the last game are playing two of the weaker teams of the league and a draw is the most logical result here.
3520  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Slots 101: Basics, Strategies, and Discussion (with poll) on: April 25, 2023, 09:23:23 AM
There's nothing special about a person, it's just probabilities.

What they can do after winning big is to stop gambling, that's the only way to make sure you don't lose it all back to the casino.

And of course the casino want you to keep gambling as much as they can.

Yup exactly, there's nothing special about his account or himself, but he might be luckier than those of us who play, so we see him getting big wins more often than others. However, there are always negative moments, although we are motivated to be able to win big like he got, we also have to remember that there is value lost when he loses a game that he never shares here, we never know if he lost $1000, or maybe $5000 or more, never know. In the end just remember what he said "my game not your game", you can play the same game, but things will be different.

From that "my game not your game" there are a lot of meanings but the one I took as more common is that "I have much more money than you so I can play long enough to win big but you can't copy me" and it is somewhat true that people with higher balances can win more often as a higher balance can make your session go longer.

Today I got another 19 dollar bonus and that is almost 400.000 IDR which I am going to spend on Gate of Olympus searching for that max win,it is exactly 1 month today that I don't spend a single cent from my own pocket to play slots anymore.
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