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981  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Will you be worried or comfortable seeing your elderly mother gambling? on: January 08, 2024, 09:07:15 PM
A woman (elderly) was spotted in a gambling shop seriously making predictions on virtual gaming and with the way she plays it appears that she has been gambling for a long time now. But what really caught people's attention after spending much time gambling for that day  was her reaction which expresses frustration and disappointment from someone that must have lost a pool of cash to unfavourable gambling prediction's for the day. The image below says it all.

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This specific image led some Nigerians to ponder why an elderly woman would engage in betting. Questions arose, with some wondering whether the woman aimed to elevate her blood pressure or if she had used shared contributions for virtual betting.

There are places where it's  normal and a regular thing seeing elderly women gambling in a gamble shop but in this part of the world it is uncommon and for that it seems weird seeing such an elderly woman seriously gambling and that's why many persons are pondering about her engagement in betting.

However, I want to know as forum members from different parts of the world your thought's towards this based on your environmental perspective towards gambling irrespective of whosoever is involved be it young or elderly in as much as the individual is of gambling age.

Lastly, will you feel comfortable or worried knowing that your mother is a dedicated gambler; and if you feel worried are you worried that she may be losing a pool of cash or your worried because you fear for her health as gamblers can get negative emotions when losing money.


I would be honestly as elderly mother if she is gone gambling it means things will most likely precipitate even further as I don't see any escape route if she for example gets addicted and plays all the house,food money and every other money in the gambling lotto club.

In the first place there is no need for an elderly mother to be playing gambling unless she is in a very bad economic situation which still can be resolved from a little help from her kids,I would definitely not like to see my mother gambling that is for sure.
982  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: What I've learned so far as a gambler on: January 08, 2024, 02:32:28 PM
I agree with what you said that it is very easy for someone to be able to gamble their money on a casino platform but the most difficult thing is knowing when to stop. Because the bad habit of most gamblers is that they risk more money when they have earned more than their initial capital. They think that by gambling more money, it will give them the opportunity to win more money and make them rich, even though what happens is the opposite, where they can lose more money and in the end they will be stressed about it. Knowing when to stop is one of the keys to being a responsible gambler and all gamblers should know this.
The best way for those who have the habit of not being able to stop playing when they win is to withdraw some of the winnings and continue with the rest. The portion may be such as 80:20, or 50:50 of the total balance won at that time. So, there has been a withdrawal of more money than the initial deposit he got. However, make sure that the money that has been withdrawn is not used for playing again. LOL

I have my own rule when it comes to this.I won some days ago,no longer than this last Friday a big amount.I used that 80 to 20 withdraw rule and I invested that amount somewhere where I get additional recurring benefit as I buy a huge amount of cheap cryptos which I stake them to get this passive income through the year and the golden rule is to never get that money to gamble it again.That is the best one can do after winning.
983  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24 on: January 08, 2024, 01:56:23 PM
Real Betis' defeat in the previous week was quite surprising because they actually lost against Celta Vigo. Even though they were able to hold Real Madrid, Real Sociedad and Girona to a draw in several previous matches and this means they have not won again in the last 5 matches. The result of 1 loss and 4 draws meant that they failed to secure a perfect 15 points and could only produce 4 points from the match.

Even so, Real Betis still remains in 7th position, but because they lost so many points, the other teams below them are getting closer to them. Like Getafe, Valencia and Las Palmas are starting to threaten them from behind and I think this will be a bad note if they can't maintain their current position or try to win again in the next match in order to shorten the distance from Real Sociedad.

Real Betis also lost in the Copa del Rey against Deportivo Alaves and that shows they are not in the best of their form.They come here also suffering from the European competitions as they were having difficulties there too.Personally I think they are thinking more about La Liga now trying to fight hard to get back in the difficult fight of getting a good position which will allow them to play in a good European competition next year.That is why most likely they lost in the cup game.
984  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Answer this Gambling Question on Duration of Joy after a win or loss on: January 07, 2024, 07:12:23 PM
Losing only leaves us with sadness, while other people will try to recover from their defeat on that same day or another day. Yes, there is emotional pain that we feel, and it is not easy to erase it. But if you gamble for fun, you won't feel the pain for long because you will think of it as part of gambling. There are losers, and there are wins. And that's what happens in gambling. Try to accept defeat no matter how painful it is and if you understand the pain, try to reduce the number of losses next time.

Sometimes we go very near that huge win and in those cases the emotions of the lost session will be a whole lot less sad and we will forget about that lost session.The sadness is only when we lose without for example getting at least once the bonus round in slot machines the level of sadness this way would be very high so it all depends on a lot of factors.When we win though the happiness is kept with us based on how much we win,if we win a huge amount the level of happiness lasts much longer and if we only win some small amounts the level of happiness goes away very soon.
985  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Are you willing to bet $50 spin for a chance to win $42 million? on: January 07, 2024, 06:01:49 PM
This thread is inspired by the thread created by sportsbet.io about a lucky bettor who won $42 million on a $50 spin.

So let's discuss. This kind of win can be compelete considered based on luck, and the winner is so lucky that he hit the Jackpot. However, since the goal here is $42 million and you can only win that if you would bet $50 for one spin. So, do you have the courage to do that?

I would never hit 50 dollar on a single spin as I have not a huge bankroll but I always use 100-200 dollars with 0.10 minimum bet and play games with maximum win up to 4000-5000 dollars that is the maximum I will spend in a single session.I assume that guy had a lot of money to bet 50 dollar on a single spin and we need to know how much he has lost before,nevertheless no matter how much he has lost that is a true life changing event for him so that guy should retire with that money as normally he has nothing more to keep searching in a gambling site,luck in those levels comes only once as they say.
986  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: January 07, 2024, 03:59:02 PM
Quite some surprise results in the FA cup from the Premier League teams,they almost all of them have not won and we are at additional time now when the result are 1-1 for West Ham and 2-2 for Nottingham Forest.I know that most teams try their second formation when they are playing against lower division but that is unacceptable to not win against teams like Blackpool which is suffering a league down than Nottingham Forest.The same for West Ham,a team who won the Europa Conference League is not winning either against weaker teams playing in lower divisions.Luckily next week Premier League action will be back.
987  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) on: January 07, 2024, 02:54:16 PM
I think that Fiorentina is one of the few teams who surprised us at the Coppa Italia games yesterday together with Inter as they won with a goal that made a lot of doubts go through,it was a clear foul despite I had Inter to win.I never expected Fiorentina to at least not go into additional time in the game against Sassuolo and today Napoli is the surprise of the day as Milan won easily against an Empoli which looks destined to go to the Serie B next season and also Lazio so far is winning a difficult game away from home.
So overall not many surprises in Serie A as most teams here value the Coppa Italia the same as they value the Serie A.
988  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Anyone here who retired with Gambling winnings ? on: January 07, 2024, 01:17:25 PM
Anyone here who retired with Gambling winnings ?  If not, how much you think is sufficient to retire as Gambling winning ?

I don't think so as to achieve what you are asking we need to hit at least 2 million dollar jackpot or max win,I know though that this amount maybe is not the biggest one but I think is the minimum to retire and to live a comfortable life spending like 50.000 dollar a year net for 40 years,that is enough to live a comfortable life nowadays in Europe and also in US no matter that inflation is to the roof that amount net in 12 months it means like 4000 dollars to spend a month without worrying and that should be enough to live a decent life and to retire.

Good luck achieving it though  Grin.
989  Economy / Gambling / Re: FreeBitco.in-$200 FreeBTC⭐Win Lambo🔥0.2BTC DailyJackpot🏆$32,500 Wager Contest on: January 07, 2024, 12:55:03 PM
I would also agree to add the FUN tokens in the reward tabs there in the wheel of fortune and also to add other prizes in the wheel of fortune to have better prizes.Everyone plays there and this can be beneficial to the site itself.A good thing is that Bitcoin price is up right now.
This is actually a good idea but maybe there needs to be consideration for adding FUN tokens to WOF prizes at least when the price of bitcoin rises and prizes in bitcoin decrease there are other prizes where all users can collect FUN tokens from WOF which allows users to get the facility of becoming a premium user if can collect more than 2500 FUN as a condition of becoming a premium member and enjoying the facilities.

Yes, even though up to now I haven't found any freebitcoin users who got the main prize with an iPhone or Rolex watch, at least there are other prizes that we can get besides RP and also gold tickets and many more, the more it seems the better it will be for people to be able to upgrade their account by buying and holding FUN tokens so they can get more FUN rewards from WOF

During all these years and with so many people playing,although the wheel of fortune is only like 3 years old now in February,I think that someone should have won a big prize as there are well over 50 million users in the Freebitco.in website and at least 10 million I think play daily the wheel of fortune.With so many people playing no matter if the percentage to win them is extremely low someone should have at least hit an Amazon gift card of 500 dollars,I cannot understand why no one has won such good prizes so far during this time from the wheel of fortune.
990  Economy / Gambling / Re: Sports betting arbitrage on: January 07, 2024, 12:37:30 PM
Sports betting arbitrage is a strategy in which a player takes advantage of discrepancies in the odds offered by sportbetting sites to obtain profit. Have any of you tried to make money this way? what difficulties did you encounter? What bookmakers did you use? Have any of you had problems with bookmakers because of this? Why does it bother them anyway?

I have tried once but found out soon enough that you need a complete department like in a business to deal with that,you needed to have huge starting capital spread across many sport betting site to take advantage of these loopholes and unfortunately it can't be done alone as you simply lack the physical time and resources to implement such thing only by yourself.

I don't think it would bother that much the bookmakers as you are not always winning from the only one,you are getting advantage by different bookmakers with sports betting arbitrage so I doubt anyone had problems with this strategy.
991  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Sportsbet.io's English Premier League Football Pool Discussion Thread on: January 06, 2024, 08:08:36 PM
1 more week to have to spend without EPL football  Roll Eyes. What to do with myself?

I hope we push the Saudi teams hard - Salah is their talisman and I'd literally ask for 500 million to let him go. They'd probably pay half of that without any issues.
They got a lot of money, but would not pay that much. Did not for Ronaldo or Neymar
He is 31 so can be there for about 5 years still at the top level, or as high a level a professional can be in lower leagues. I see them paying between 100-150 million Euros if he plans to stay for a long time.

- Jay -

There were a lot of action in the FA cup during this weekend and the good thing,I rarely remember the games to come as predicted in such competition,all the strong teams have won their games and their odds were quite good,Brighton,Bournemouth,Newcastle,Sheffield United,all teams from the Premier League together with Aston Villa and Chelsea won their games,personally I had parlayed all these games and won good money,I also had Leicester in it and the total odd was about 31 so happy with the action of today.

Next week Premier League is back so not that much to wait for.
992  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Your gambling life could affect your relatives lifes. on: January 06, 2024, 05:20:47 PM
I have come across Local gamblers who are addicted to gambling and had ruined their selves by themselves til they ran bankrupt yet they borrows money to gamble at all means even While being indebted.
Theses sets of gamblers doesn't have remorse nor conscience about their gambling lifestyles instead their friends and relatives are the ones who bears the shameful consequences the addicted gambler brought to their circle of relationships.
At the virtue of getting the unbearable situations to an end, the relatives broadcasts the chronic addicted gambler at all costs of gambling boards never to give him privileges to gamble in any of the Gambling arenas anymore else they (the relatives) would sue the gambling boards owner.
This is just how recklessness could mess your life of you can't take control to gamble responsibly.

Take note and be aware that your way of gambling could affect your relationships and the circle of your relatives.

It can also affect them for the better when you for example win 100.000 dollars or 500.000 dollars.I am pretty sure these people who do moral to gamblers and tell them that gambling is bad,can ruin your life (which is true) when they see for example 500.000 dollars and you give them for example 50.000 or 100.000 dollars I am pretty sure that almost no one with object and deny getting that money.So there are always to sides to the medal as that saying says and there have been a lot of these threads where we as gamblers can ruin the life o relatives but there should be also others where we as gamblers have improved the life of our relatives.
993  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: The most logical and profitable game on: January 06, 2024, 04:48:39 PM
I know that basically gambling is based on luck, but we can use tricks or strategies so that we don't spend a lot of money and can still win, even if it's only a small win.

In general, in my opinion, there are several categories of games in gambling such as house edge games, sportsbooks, slot machine games, live casino games, and lottery. In your opinion, which game do you think is the most logical to win? and what is the reason?

That is a simple question.First of all I would exclude from logical games slot machines and all other luck related game despite them being one of the most lucrative and most profitable games to be played a casino,no later than yesterday night I won x11.339 with a 0.10 dollar bet and got well over 1000 in winnings.That though happens once in some years,at least it took 5 years to happen to me so they are not logical at all the luck games.This leaves us to the sport games and also the poker games where skill is a really important factor which can be logical and can give you more wins than playing slot machines.

So my answers are two,first the logical are games where skill is involved and profitable are luck games.
994  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Alter Ego In Gambling on: January 06, 2024, 04:24:26 PM
I just discovered a friend's personality, who in real life is very thrift and very conservative but once he played online in casinos he became very reckless and loved to play the risks because for him when it comes to gambling if you cannot take a risk you don't have a chance to win big, that's a big contrast from his real personality for him he has alter ego when it comes to gambling, so his outlook and decision is very much different when playing.

How about you Are you gambling in a way that is very different from your true personality,



I am like your friend except that I am not as reckless as him,I have got to play games with low bets and the rewards,the max win up to over x50.000 in bet,not longer than yesterday I started 2024 with a x11339 multiplier from the Return of the Green Knight slot and withdraw 1000 dollars,the other 252 left I played in the most reckless of ways,just playing a few spins with 20 dollar as bet,from 0.10 where I won that huge multiplier,so the difference from me and your friend is that I only take risks after have been in a great consistent profit,if not I continue playing with the same low amount of bet.
995  Economy / Gambling / Re: FreeBitco.in-$200 FreeBTC⭐Win Lambo🔥0.2BTC DailyJackpot🏆$32,500 Wager Contest on: January 06, 2024, 01:00:52 PM
In fact, if you exchange your RPs for the prizes you will be paying more expensive prices for the products than if you cashed out the RPs into satoshis, then converted into fiat and purchased at any national online shopping websites. I just checked the SAMSUNG GALAXY S23 ULTRA (256 GB), which costs 3,214,301 RPs or 0.03214301BTC, which is equal to R$6831,65 of my local currency. However, as I'm browsing the internet I've found the same smartphone between the price range of R$3998,70 and R$5870,05 at local websites, including Samsung official one.

Even if you had enough RPs to exchange for an electronic, it wouldn't worth. And I don't know how much the delivery fees would cost, but I think they must be salty as well, since it's an international package. So besides the sending costs, there is also importation, customs fees.

Yep, there is a very unfavorable rate of RP exchange for such prizes. By the way, earlier, this Electronics section and other sections in the rewards tab had not been updated for a very long time previously, which only confirmed that exchanging RP for any physical prize is not in demand among users.
Honestly, I think that FUN tokens as a prize in the rewards tab would be preferable for many users, even if the exchange rate was grossly overpriced.

That is what I am wondering, why would they update it than right now; there must be some demand. On the other hand, marketing wise it is pretty smart as it will grab the attention of a lot of players. Who doesn't want to win an Iphone 15?

Everyone wants one,especially when you convert the value of Iphone 15 to Bitcoin which can be enticing to everyone here.Personally I think that an update is needed as they were showing the 12 Pro Max there in the wheel of fortune while 12 Pro Max is almost 4 years old now.

I would also agree to add the FUN tokens in the reward tabs there in the wheel of fortune and also to add other prizes in the wheel of fortune to have better prizes.Everyone plays there and this can be beneficial to the site itself.A good thing is that Bitcoin price is up right now.
996  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Slots 101: Basics, Strategies, and Discussion (with poll) on: January 05, 2024, 08:43:14 PM
Today was my day finally for the year 2024 I am very happy to have started with well over x10.000 as a win.Now I have got to the Return of the Green Knight well over x11.000 in total and I am extremely happy for this achievement.That game is freaking super super high volatility but when it pays be ready to get more money,much more money than those Hacksaw gaming slots,this is a job well done from Play n Go,truly a great slot.

https://stake.com/casino/home?type=casino&page=0&iid=house%3A200085504340&modal=bet
997  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: January 05, 2024, 08:08:08 PM
Manchester is a team that are in big problems, they have been in big problems for a very long time now and I am now thinking it's more than coaching problem. Manchester United may also have some internal problems from the owners and this can cause a drop in form as we have seen .
I think a lot of improvement needs to be made and it starts now. Manchester United can't continue going to every season with this problem, they have lost the pedigree of a big team and this has affected their mentality.

Manchester United's performance has been poor for the past few seasons. And the management has changed coaches several times to no avail. Manchester United's current coach Erik Ten Hag cannot be called inexperienced. Even then I would say he has completely failed to stabilize the United team. Manchester United probably need a more experienced coach. United management may consider Mourinho to coach United. Moreover, if an experienced coach like Zidane takes over United's responsibility, Manchester United may become a strong team again. However, the Manchester United team is not benefiting from keeping Ten Hag as a coach.

Not only are they not benefiting but they are also damaging themselves by keeping Ten Haag as a coach.I am not saying he is a bad coach but at Manchester unless they are planning on keeping him as long as Sir Fergusson they should definitely fire him as a coach as they risk big with him.He did not well in a group stage with weak teams in Champions League,he is not doing well in the Premier League either and things are definitely not looking good for the remaining part of the season if Manchester keeps playing they way they have done so far.I would call a wise move if the management of United change the coach at these moments.
998  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: The shorter the time you spend the better on: January 05, 2024, 04:50:15 PM
the longer the time you spent the more you lose, this is the truth that many gamblers won't accept at first until they realize it later.

Not true at all. High rollers have a large bankroll and because of that they almost win most of the time in their session even playing for several hours and even a whole day with only a few breaks. Even a gambler only spends a few hours in their gambling session, but risking a high bet amount per spin, then what's the sense of doing it within a short time if the risks are just the same as usual?

It's not about how long should we spend time on gambling but rather just knowing how to stop for a while.

I also agree that this is not always true and only a few times is.I know from personal experience that when playing slot machines with bet 0.10 as a minimum and have a bankroll of 300 dollars chances are much higher than to play 10 dollars with the same bet.The reason being that a smaller bank roll most of the times will end faster,much faster before you hit a substantial win compared to playing with 300 dollars.So this brings it down to,the longer you play with a higher bet the higher the chances to lose the same as playing a short amount of time with low bet.So we cannot assess it based on bet and bankroll rather than the time spent.
999  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: January 05, 2024, 04:29:06 PM
I’m looking at how Tottenham will fare in the absence of Son when they host Manchester United next weekend. I haven’t seen any Tottenham game without Son because he’s always been present for them and he’s a top player who turns up in almost every game for them. I think it’ll be a big loss to them.
They’ll host Burnley in the FA Cup third round tonight, and it is the first of potentially six matches where Son could be missing while away with South Korea at the Asian Cup.
Son has scored 12 times this season, and I’m sure that they will also miss his influence off the pitch with vice-captains Cristian Romero and James Maddison both still injured. At the same time, while they lose Son, Sarr and Bissouma will join their African countries for their nation cups game.

I don’t think they’ll have a chance against this Manchester United side with the number of these absentees. They beat Manchester United in the first leg at home and I don’t think Manchester United will want to lose another game to Tottenham. I tip Manchester United to win this one.


The eventual lost against Burnley which I am not predicting,I don't think it means anything except that maybe they do not pay that much attention tot the FA Cup and their attention is away from this competition,maybe they are conserving full strength for the game against Manchester United.I don't fancy either team in this encounter and I predict a most likely result of a draw as even Manchester United is in the same situation as Tottenham,they are not in a good position and they have been losing quite some games for themselves either.Even if they have those good player absences I still think Manchester United is not in a condition to be the favorite in this game,each of the teams is the same favorite as each team is in almost same performance in their recent games.
1000  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24 on: January 04, 2024, 10:09:20 PM
It is 1-0, against Barca in Estadio de Gran Canaria. Las Palmas had an early goal in the first 12th minutes of the game to take the lead and since then Barca have being finding it difficult to equalize the goal. Barca defense is porous and Xavi needs to do something about this. Palmas is a weak club and they are not as strong as Barca, so I believe that Barca will have a welcome back in the second half. Barca needs to win this match because they are on the 5th position with 10points behind Real Madrid and Girona. This is a very bad season for Barca as they are struggling with their matches, unlike like them. Munir El Haddad was the player that was able to find the back of the net within 12 minutes.

The game is still early, there is likelihood that Barca can do a comeback with enough time still left to play but the problem is Las Plamas themselves have been great this season and currently occupy the eight position on the table which will make it a task for Barca to turn it around. Barcelona on the hand should they lose this game will have a huge mountain to climb to win the tittle this year. A Loss today will mean a 10 point gap between the Leaders Madrid and them, although it is not right to rule them out just yet but that will be a comeback to do. Barcelona scar now isn’t even about losing the league alone but the qualification places for champions league is also under a threat and teams up are actually doing well. Barcelona need to start the year on high note by getting a good result.

Barcelona has already equalized the result and I agree Barcelona needs to start the year with a win,I go further and say if they don't win tonight against Las Palmas and I start recalling their away results where they have made many mistakes then I wonder against who will they win when playing away from home.

The title fight is already over for them as they are further down in points and a win tonight would make them 7 points behind to the leaders yet to me 7 points look very difficult to recover in a league like La Liga where the quality of the teams is very good overall.
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