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3941  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: What is the Strangest Bet You Have Ever Had? on: March 19, 2023, 05:18:24 PM
Gambling or betting is moving beyond just casinos and sports to other sectors of the economy. There is a thread here on betting for the 2024 United States election, and another one for the Oscars. I have seen people bet on movie characters and all sorts of things. This is not to say that they are addicted to gambling. I think we do it for fun, as a form of socializing. While thinking about it today, I wondered what the strangest bet I had ever had was. I remembered having a bet with my brother that he would give me $80 if I could eat 5 packs of 200g of instant noodles in less than 5 minutes, and if I couldn't, I would give him $90. What is the strangest bet you have ever had?

Luckily I have not done any strange bets as I don't seem to remember having done such bet.I am a conservative in almost everything that I do and as such mostly I play sport bets or slot machines but luckily I don't feel anymore the urge to keep playing slot machines anymore as there is no point,you can't become rich with them while I think with sport betting if done consistently and not with obsession you can make a nice decent amount of extra money every month,this is only my theory though which in practice has not come true  Grin.

Some people have bet that they will eat sh*t of someone else if they lost what they called a sure bet,but that is clearly disgusting and I don't think I can call these species human beings,humanity has done a lot of stupid things unfortunately.
3942  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Motosport General discussion tread --- Formula1, MotoGP, WTCC, ETCC, DTM..... on: March 19, 2023, 04:47:57 PM
In just over an hour we will start the race in Saudi Arabia. We have many questions, but the key question is how will Verstappen do from 15th place? That can go either way. it will also depend on how many places he can take up with the start, 14 cars in front of you is very difficult to get close right away. Actually, only Perez is really better now, not as a driver but purely because of the fact that he can start 1st later. Also great for Alonso that he is doing so well in the Aston Martin. Leclerc did well in qualifying but the engine was tinkered with so was moved back 10 places. Top speeds of 240 km per hour are reached on this circuit. That's really very very fast.

I think Verstappen is just going to win this. I think they were 1.5 seconds per lap faster than Mercedes in free practice and in the GP, which says something. It is a dangerous circuit because of these high speeds, Max is the one who can handle this best and would still drive through the streets at 500 km per hour if he had to. No other driver dares to ride with such risk and precision, which also sets him apart from the rest. We shouldn't be surprised if Verstappen is already in the first 3 after 10 laps, and then it's countdown. But for Perez it would also be nice to stay ahead of his teammate. Tricky mission for Leclerc from 12th.

Verstappen can only win this race if he is helped by a Safety Car as there is no other possibility under normal race conditions as Perez who will start first surely will make a distance no matter that Verstappen is faster than him.He is faster than Perez but they have the same car,so he can only be faster from 0.3-0.5 seconds per lap and this on a very optimistic prediction.Nevertheless all of our doubts will be shortly answered as just 15 minutes from now the race will start.What is nice is that maybe Alonso can overtake Perez in the start which would make the race much but much better to watch then,Alonso is not that fast compared to Redbull so he can play a role in shortening the distance between the cars.
3943  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 🏁🏎️ Sportsbet.io🏁 FORMULA 1 2023 Season🏁🏎️Prediction Pool Discussion Thread on: March 19, 2023, 04:19:38 PM
Do we have a distribution for our Prediction Pool money already @CLS63?
All payments should be in right now and maybe we can give out rewards to all Top 5 positions in our pool?
Maybe make it 50% / 25% / 12.5% / 7.5% and 5% each?
Or only Top 3?
Opinions?

Hello friends. The prize distribution system in my mind for the pool is like this now:

1) 55mbtc
2) 36mbtc
3) 20mbtc
4) 10mbtc
5) 5mbtc
6) 5mbtc(minus tx fees)

If there is anyone who has some other recommendation about the prize distribution system they can write to the thread.  Smiley

For me looks perfectly fine but if we want to include like 8-10 prize spots we can also go down the first prize to 40 and second prize to 30 mBtc and distribute these 21 mBtc to the 7-10 prize which can be 3-5 mBtc this way we increase the number of people who win something here.Of course it is much better when we have bigger prizes but if you have a look at the English Premier League pool you will see that the captain there has gone for like 35% of people to get at least something.If we can do that here also it can greatly increase the interest of participants for next season.

I fully agree with yours though,just adding a suggestion  Wink.
3944  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2022/23 on: March 19, 2023, 03:58:38 PM
Am I the only idiot who placed a bet on Real Sociedad at home who is playing against last place in the standings who is already relegated and they are not able to win while already near the end of the first half.I think that they are not playing that concentrated as the only dangerous attack so far in this first half up until now has been from Elche and it was thanks to Real Sociedad goalkeeper that the result is still 0-0.My further bad move is that I placed Real Sociedad in every ticket that I placed bets today and that is a mistake I should learn from,never to put a game in all my tickets but it looked a sure win on paper for Real Sociedad.
3945  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread on: March 19, 2023, 03:27:46 PM
The outcome of Bayern Munich and Bayern Leverkusen will determine if Dortmund will remain in the first position. Their is high probability Bayern Munich will win the game. It is interesting to watch Dortmund and Bayern Munich fighting to be at the top , right now it is still unpredicted to know who will win the league this season.

I think that today it is very much possible, that Bayern Munich will not win their match against Bayer Leverkusen. In the last few games Bayern Leverkusen was in a very good shape both in the Bundesliga and also in the Europa League. Leverkusen has a very talented squad with a lot of young players that have a huge potential. If they are feeling well and confident they can be dangerous to every other club. In addition to that Leverkusen is playing at home, so this is another small advantage for them.
That being said, Bayern Munich is stil the strongest team of the Bundesliga by far and if everything goes relatively normal, then Bayern should win today too, but you never know.

I think Bayern is more fresh,I mean Bayern Munchen and when they are at a better physical condition they usually can win games,I doubt that they will not win in the game of tonight as any result except win here puts their campaign to win the title in danger,yesterday Dortmund showed that it was only a mistake that they made against Schalke and it won't happen again.

Bayern Leverkussen despite winning easily at Ferencvarosh in Europa League they have played at Thursday night which will make exactly 3 days when the game between them and Bayern Munchen starts,so physically speaking Bayern Munchen should win easily this game.
3946  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: How much these features weigh most when you choose your favorite casino? on: March 19, 2023, 03:08:26 PM
Please rate from 1-10 which are the most important qualities/features that casino of your choosing should have.
You can use each number once.

I'll give you an example and after after i get enough answers i edit and count the average to the the table underneath.

Features:Importance:
Huge variety of games and different sections (sports, live tables, etc
Good bonus/reward program
Good looking, intuitive and fast user interface
Good help desk
Strong community/ Reputation
The age of the site
Casino's own token that pays dividends / ability to mine it by gambling
Instant deposits & payments
No Kyc
Nr of payment methods
3
4
5
7
10
6
8
9
2
1



For me what is important is that the reward and bonus program to be one of the best as most reputable casinos offer already a huge variety and selection of games,also most of them offer near instant deposits and withdrawal,the age is a very important factor for me also as that shows how much the casino have been operating.For the token I am in doubt,if it gives me some sort of benefit if I invest in it why not as the casino is one of the most profitable business out there,I always see people in the casino chat complaining how they lost all of their money and not because of the casino fault but because of their greed.Reputation and help desk are important but if you have been around crypto long enough you will see that you won't need the help desk at all if you play fair and do not try to cheat the casino.So to re-assume here is my ranking,

Huge variety of games and different sections (10 but almost all casinos have it now)
Good bonus/reward program 11 for me
Good looking intuitive and fast user interface 4
Good help desk 6
Reputation 10
The age of the site 10
Casino own token that pays dividends 10 (if I can invest ) 4 if not
Instant deposits and payments 10
No KYC 4
Nr of payment methods 10 for me as I like a lot of currencies to choose from,they make a difference when you bet in sport betting.
3947  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Motosport General discussion tread --- Formula1, MotoGP, WTCC, ETCC, DTM..... on: March 19, 2023, 02:39:33 PM
Just speaking the truth... Ferrari approached again with Charles Leclerc being a thousandths slower, but we know very well, because it's no secret to anyone that Ferrari drive much better on Saturdays than on Sundays Tongue

Anyway, apart from the truth above, if you can say something about this classification is that nothing went as expected because I had Max Verstapen being the big favorite in the grid definition... but what I saw is that the leader of the championship, despite of even letting rivals get close, ended up being the victim of a problem that can affect any driver. Lucky for Sergio Pérez... will he be able to take advantage of this pole position?

Perez will try to take advantage of the pole position but then there's a possbilty that if Verstappen squeezes himself into second place and the gap between him and Perez isn't more than 5 seconds and with Verstappen closing in at every lap, we'll def see team orders here.  Dunno...  We've seen it a couple of times last year with RBR and a lot of times over the years in F1...  It's gonna be hilarious but what choice do they have?  If Verstappen is gaining ever lap might as well get ahead of themselves and let Verstappen pass.  It would suck for the fans tho as we wanna see these guys race.

I don't think that there is that big of a difference between the drivers judging from their starting positions,Perez if able to get out first from the first corner has a clear road ahead of him which gives him a great chance to start increasing the gap to Verstappen.Verstappen may start to do faster laps only after the third lap which is the lap that the DRS is enabled and since he most likely will be chasing cars I think that DRS can help him move up the grid but unfortunately this won't be enough to stop Perez who probably has already created the distance.There are a lot of scenarios for this race but a Safety Car here would greatly enhance the chances of Verstappen for a win,in every other way I doubt he can win if no Safety Car has entered the track.
3948  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 🏁🏎️ Sportsbet.io🏁 FORMULA 1 2023 Season🏁🏎️Prediction Pool Discussion Thread on: March 19, 2023, 02:23:04 PM
Does anybody else think that Verstappen will continue to have mechanical or technical issues at the race?  I still have him finishing first in the race like what we saw last year when he had a grid penalty to I think 12th on the grid.  But as he's stlll using the same power unit, who knows what could happen...  It's gonna be a treat to watch him try and pass all the guys in front of him.  Hamilton, Russell, Leclerc, Sainz and Alonso.  Wink  But we'll see.  A DNF for him is also possible imho.

I think based on the bookies,in all of them without exception he has an odd of 2.30-2.40 to win the race in all these different bookies while starting 15th which does not make sense so I am assuming he will have no mechanical problems or are the bookies f*cking with us maybe because Perez starting from pole position with the same car has an odd of 2.10-2.20 in these different bookies,so I got and placed a bet on him to win the race,normally in normal conditions he should be able to pull away as Verstappen has to deal with a lot of drivers in front of him and some good ones like Leclerc right ahead of him a couple of positions.I also have Verstappen as a winner and did not change it but let's see how events unfold in a couple of hours.
3949  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2022/2023 on: March 19, 2023, 02:01:14 PM
Only 15 minutes to go before Arsenal game starts and I'm expecting 3 points from the today and at least 2 goals after they managed to get out from Europa League , they need to show the fans that they are still 100% focused on winning EPL.

Predictions from my side are Arsenal to score in both halves and Crystal Palace to get 3 yellow cards.
Same, I also expect three points for Arsenal win. Crystal Palace also has a problem recently they have not a very good record in premier league in their last five matches. So there is no reason for Arsenal to lose or draw in this match, moreover this match will be held at the Emirates Stadium (home). I guess Arsenal will lead at half time with a score of 2-0, hopefully my guess is right this time.

Arsenal has no justification if they cannot win this game,especially after screwing up really big in Europa League,I hadn't seen the goal they conceded but some friend told me about it and they had conceded it from such a high distance that their goalkeeper I don't know who that is but for me he is plain dumb,what was he doing so much forward when the ball was in the midfield,mediocre goalkeeper all the way.

Now Arsenal should be only focused on the Premier League and they should extend their lead by winning tonight against Crystal Palace,sure Crystal Palace may have changed their coach but I don't expect them to hold back Arsenal.
3950  Economy / Speculation / Re: Dare to take such gamble? on: March 19, 2023, 01:44:40 PM
If I had more than 1 Bitcoin in my portfolio I would surely take this,I would take 1 million dollars as for 90 days I doubt Bitcoin price will be more than 100.000 dollars let alone 1.000.000 dollars,I know in the long run Bitcoin price may surpass the amount but in 90 days I don't even think this is a gamble,for me this is just plain free money that the guy doing such thing can afford to lose 1 million dollars.

I know though that most likely this is not true from the Twitter page he just has thrown this kind of gamble for fun but if the guy truly want to do this,I can borrow 30k buy a Bitcoin and do the gamble because as I said it is free money or even better the guy sends 1 million dollar and I give him back 1 Bitcoin,for 90 days there is no risk for me .
3951  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 🏁🏎️ Sportsbet.io🏁 FORMULA 1 2023 Season🏁🏎️Prediction Pool Discussion Thread on: March 19, 2023, 07:32:05 AM
Some people expected good results from Lewis Hamilton in this race but he is now complaining about his car and saying he is not really connected with Mercedes machine.
I placed him high fourth place in my Superbu predictions but I don't think he can finish that high after hearing his complains, unless this is his strategy and mind games.
If you had to pick one driver not to finish Saudi Arabia Grand Prix who would you pick?
 

I have gone for some conventional bets and unconventional ones.The conventional ones are Perez to win and Under 16.5 cars to finish the race while for the unconventional I have gone with Aston Martin the team with the most points and McLaren both cars to finish in the points zone.As you see I didn't even care to place a bet on Mercedes and Hamilton because I don't know and I cannot read the performance of Mercedes cars and if I had to pick a driver not to finish in this race I would pick Leclerc or Verstappen as they start in the back of the grid so there are higher chances of collisions for them.
3952  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) on: March 18, 2023, 09:36:03 PM
Milan just look like they are lost in this season. Because they have been quite inconsistent in general during the season. They improved their form at some point but now they are again maintaining a bad one for a couple of weeks. They started the Udinese match really badly actually but they were able to collect themselves later on. This was still not enough against Udinese to take the advantage to their side. Udinese are still 3-1 ahead which means Milan are back to the same old defense issues.

Milan are just risking even their top 4 chance for this season. They are mostly focused on the Champions League seemingly.

Strange this lost game of Milan.Udinese is not one of the stronger teams of the Serie A and despite being a good one the rare cases that they have won against bigger teams have been with narrow results like 1-0 and something along these lines.Milan I don't know what they are thinking but surely they are risking a lot with these results,they drew against Salernitana in the last game at home and now they are going and losing heavily against Udinese,things surely are not looking good for them and this lost game just aggravates things further.Both Roma and Atalanta now can have a chance to pass Milan as I doubt they will turn things around with just 10 minutes of game including overtime.

Even in Champions League they are facing Napoli which is in super form so I am not expecting them to pass but anything can happen.
3953  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Motosport General discussion tread --- Formula1, MotoGP, WTCC, ETCC, DTM..... on: March 18, 2023, 09:25:12 PM
It looks like Alonso has another big chance ahead to finish a race on podium. He is going to start in second position already thanks to Leclerc's ten-place grid penalty. Alonso is really fast with Aston Martin's new car and he just wants to take advantage of this opportunity as much as possible. We all know how competitive and ambitious Alonso is as well. Hence he would even like to fight for the championship this season. But it is better to be realistic mostly as his chance is not too much against Verstappen.

Verstappen's starting in 15th position is really unfortunate for him. But I still expect him to climb to top and win the race as well. Because his car is like a rocket now and he is an amazing driver to use this for his advantage.

I think if the odd of Alonso to win the race is over 3 is worth trying,even if he does not win,it can greatly increase our emotions while we are watching the race.I am sure he will be giving his 101% despite his age to try and maximize on every opportunity that will be shown to him during this race.The big favorite is Perez of course to win the race tomorrow and Verstappen to be in top 3 would be a nice bet also.Judging how things are I think that with those bets,especially Perez to win which has more chances than Alonso and Verstappen to be in top three are kinda like "free money" although in motorsport an engine failure can make everything go in vain.
3954  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: I think that there are Dark secrets in every Successful Business on: March 18, 2023, 08:59:55 PM
Today I was reading some most successful businessman and other such successful people that are millionaires and also billionaires like Bill gate, Mark Zuckerberg and Other Gamblers that became millionaires because of betting.
My point is that Normal people see only their Success but they do not know that How much dark secrets are behind this.
I want to tell you a story of Successful Businessman in country who is Real Estate businessman and Rich people love to Invest in their housing Schemes. But He Gets access to most valuable land whom he gets it by hook or crook. My mean he Is partially a landlord and he has Done high damage to the poor people and they have lost their homes.
And Normal people do not know these kind of Secrets behind all of this and also on Gambling thing where a very minority of people gets succeeded.
I know that a lot of OP will not agree with me and let's see what are your opinions.

This is business as usual.If someone is smart enough to create a successful business then it is his right to enjoy the benefits.I am not understanding well your point but let me make you a point,Robert Kyosaki the author of "Rich dad,poor dad" book tells us a very great "secret" in his book,we should borrow money in time of crisis,buy real estate during such time and once the crisis has ended as it will not last forever,sell for a profit,I know it sounds easy like I put it down but it is much more difficult than that.Anyway there is a golden lesson here which is money is made from money you borrow and the best time to borrow is at a crisis.

In gambling though there are no dark secrets,the house always wins,you try to be a lucky person from the thousand persons that play in the casino and you hope that you hit a great win,that's it.
3955  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Sportsbet.io's English Premier League Football Pool Discussion Thread on: March 18, 2023, 08:11:06 PM
what a round
Wolves lost at home, Brentford could not win at home, Tottenham could not hold to a lead, Chelsea the same, Premier league at its best

for me, Everton got point in London, second away match finished 2:2, and Dyche is getting the team into better atmosphere
Leeds took important points, Bournemouth seems exhausted and likely to go down in following weeks, Southampton took important point at home, relegation fight this season is really something

Do not worry as you are not the only one,almost no one scored points except the Aston Villa game which I assume most of us predicted as a win,no one could have predicted Tottenham to screw up after being in lead 1-3,no one expected Wolves to lose at home and surely no one expected Brentford or worse even Chelsea to not being able to win.I just checked the leaderboard and not many changes,it looks the same as yesterday night,meaning this round was full of surprises,I don't remember when it was the last time that the games in Premier League came as badly as this week.
3956  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread on: March 18, 2023, 07:28:50 PM
I did not expect Leipzig to not win tonight but they have been not consistent enough in their recent games and it was my fault that linked them together with Dortmund to make a better odd and to win my parlay.It was a bad weekend for betting as in many leagues happened surprise results,I should have picked Dortmund alone as they are fighting for the Bundesliga while Leipzig is just barely fighting for a spot in European competitions.Tomorrow Bayern is forced to win but I don't think their odds will be high enough as to make it a good bet,most probably tomorrow we should use a bet builder,Bayern wins,Over 2.5 goals and both teams to score so we can get a decent odd.
3957  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Sportsbet.io's English Premier League Football Pool Discussion Thread on: March 18, 2023, 06:36:05 PM
hahaha man, we have less games this round, and also we have so many strange results,  but the most idiot and unpredictable was..... YES Totenham, what a bunch of clowns they are, not only because they played against the last team in the positions, but also they were 3-1 up!

And thinking in UCL places, how you can give this help to the other teams who are following you.

I knew that we would see a lot of surprise results during tonight games,it was strange that 3 games before them came exactly as predicted,something that extremely rarely happen in the Premier League.Both Brentford and Tottenham screw all of us,especially Brentford I had them in every ticket as that was the huge belief I had they should have won comfortably against Leicester,probably they were a bit tired from playing on Wednesday.I am assuming the guys who place unconventional predictions like a lot of draws have made a lot of points during such round.
3958  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 🏁🏎️ Sportsbet.io🏁 FORMULA 1 2023 Season🏁🏎️Prediction Pool Discussion Thread on: March 18, 2023, 06:18:12 PM
I picked Verstappen for pole position and he was a big favourite for that as well. But here we are seeing him being out of the challenge in Q2 already. This is a motorsport and everything can change anytime. He had a serious problem with engine and couldn't continue later on. I thought Alonso wouldn't be on podium in the BSFL as well but now he has a big chance to go for it.

Leclerc also got a grid penalty of 10 places as you know. Things are going on really interesting on this race week so far.

I also had Verstappen picked up for pole position and honestly did not expect the people who are in top ten,despite me being happy for Piastri who made a great performance this time for McLaren making them starting from the first top ten tomorrow.I am also not changing my picks as I am happy with just 2 EBP points.Things for tomorrow look complicated and that is why I choose to not change anything,I expect a beautiful race for tomorrow and wonder what is the odd of Verstappen winning it,most likely Redbull will fix their things up and they can win the race if they are helped by some Safety Car for example.
3959  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Most of the world population involved in gambling on: March 18, 2023, 01:31:25 PM
Just go and check the Stake website chat,usually in weekends you will see over 80k people online up to over 100k which is a great number for a single site offering gambling and this paired with what you said it might be true.We all know that most of the world population love to gamble as most of the world population is poor and want to be rich quickly overnight and thus they find gambling as the fastest way to do so.The result is a lot of people become addicted but there is a great geolocation indicator and that is gambling is played much more in poor countries than in rich ones for example you have much more gamblers in the Balkan than you have in Nordic countries.
3960  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Sportsbet.io's English Premier League Football Pool Discussion Thread on: March 18, 2023, 07:42:03 AM
I thought I was smart enough to start with the 3 points from yesterday game but when I checked the pool results a dozen other participant had gotten the 3 points from yesterday game.This round is very short in term of games with just 7 games in total and maybe won't affect much the positions that we are in so far but can prove also a deciding round if the remaining games gives us a lot of surprise results and very few people get a lot of points,I am afraid this is going to happen as there are exactly three games that have come as expected so far in the Premier League including Brighton and Brentford games.
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