At this point there is no turning back for Harden situation, Sixers are known to be very good at trading and they have traded a finished and done Simmons for Harden and it turns out that is not going to end well for them but at the time it was a good decision.
Now what do they do? If they trade Harden, what can they even get for him? We all know that they can't get all that much for him, it is not going to be all that much possible for them to be getting great players, so do they just go get picks? If they go back to "the process" part it would be hard for fans to accept it, but to be fair they have two pieces that would be amazing for it, they could just send Harden away and get some good picks, and they could trade Embiid as well and get great picks too. Not only they do not have to get picks for those players neither, they could get players that can be turned into picks later on as well. So, it seems like they have a good base to go ahead and tank again if they want to.
If Harden could be easily traded, the 76ers management would have done it early in the offseason. So you're right that the 76ers are unlikely to get any acceptable offers from other teams because they probably want an equivalent trade, i.e. an all-star player. The problem is that there is hardly any team in the league that would be willing to trade its best player for Harden, who has been changing teams almost every year lately. The same case with Dame Lillard, he wanted to be traded to Miami and up to know we don't know if Portland can do that or if they are really that willing to allow Dame to get out of the team. And so it's not as easy as it sounds for star players like Harden and Lillard to be traded. It might take another team, a 3rd team to be involved here in my opinion. Unless the destination team is willing to give up a lot of their future draft picks and some current roster to be in that trade block just to get either of this two superstars. So it's a big sacrifice as well with them. I think the teams which try to get these players have to figure out if it is a good idea to give up what they have to bring in these players. I actually do not think that this is a good trade-off. At least not if we think about the future. But one thing is true that if they do end up making the trade and bringing in a huge player like that, they are probably instantly going to get the results. That is probably not going to happen with the players that they have on the team. In future, they might be able to perform better. But that would have definitely taken time. So probably in that scenario, the sacrifice does make sense. They will get instant result if the player they get is a team player and can easily adopt on management decision, but if the player is self centered one and has an issue of being a toxic player or a teammate no matter how good that player it cannot bring good result to the team. They might just waste their asset for releasing young players which have big potential. Sacrificing doesn't make any sense since just like what those other big stars done for sure they will leave their new teak if they don't like the result of their season performance. That is given and a team that will acquire these kinds of players should be ready and expect that sometime in the future, they will leave them again and find a better team that they think is more suitable for them and can give their needs. It's not new anymore as the players in this era tend to be more selfish compared to the old good and gold era that players will try their very best to bring the team together and where asking for a trade isn't an option for them as that will just scathe their name. |
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Anybody know of any crypto casinos that offer cockfighting? preferably vietnamese thai cambodian or filipino
Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia or the Philippines are countries that have quite a good culture of cockfighting In fact, there is a big championship for cockfighting and it is officially legal, so there are no restrictions on cockfighting, even though there are betting activities with the same amount of money big. Regarding casinos that offer betting options on cockfighting, so far I have never found one at a crypto-based casino, but for several fiat-based online casinos, I already know some of the names of these casinos. Cockfighting is an activity that is banned in most countries so it is not as popular as other betting options, cockfighting is considered more cruel by some countries in contrast to horse racing which tends to be classified as a sporting event. Each chicken is given a small, sharp knife at the foot and the chickens are fought to the last point or die, so naturally not all countries allow it. You probably won't find any cockfight betting options in the crypto casino industry. It's not that usual specially if that specific casino is known and has been operating around the world, they will receive many complaints and possible suspension of their license if they will allow and host a cockfighting in a certain country where it's legal and then broadcast it on their casino where it will be betted on. In some Asian countries, these are common but it's not included in the casino because that's a different discussion, you watch it on cockpit colosseums in a certain schedule because these things don't happen everyday, unless if those are illegal because that's undeniable. |
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I've come across multiple posts where the original bitcoin gamblers regretted the fact that none of the crypto casinos are anonymous like they all used to be, almost all of them requiring KYC at some point of the customer journey.
I think this is a bit contradictory, since those decentralized platform have disappeared due to not having a large base of users anymore, as players migrated to centralized platforms. The complaints you heard and read don't correspond to a considerable percentage of gamblers when you compare to their total. Of course there are gamblers who care about privacy, so they would like to play anonymously, but they aren't a big group, and that is why main gambling companies aren't concerned regards this demand. Just accept the reality that being anonymous will no longer be the main concern of majority of the gamblers, but the safety and security of their money when they want to gamble in certain casino platforms. So I guess conforming to KYC verification is not bad at all, except if you’ve given your personal information to those fake crypto casino platforms. And let’s just accept the reality that later in the future KYC will become a must if you want to play in centralized casinos, otherwise if you keep on wanting to stay anonymous, you might fall on scam decentralized platforms. |
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The fact that someone could be jailed and still be elected president is a weird one. I mean not that it is impossible for it to be reverse as well, so I understand it. Think about it, if Trump was out, and someone else was in, like Biden for example, in that case democrats would vote for Biden as well instead of Trump, so do not think that being able to get elected from jail is bad for just one side, it could work out badly or well for both sides.
In the end, it is still weird to think about though, I wouldn't think in a million years that something like this would happen. I mean isn't there any other better republican? Is Trump really the best candidate that republicans could find? There is no single republican that could be better candidate?
this situation is not new in other countries. some are jailed and yet they can still run for office. i guess, it depends on how politics is being handled in every country. if you think about most requirements to run in politics, it is pretty much easy. so if they feel they can go around with the rules, they will, if they have the interest to run. Absolutely. Being in jail does not deprive a politician to still run for its desired position as long as he still has the potentials and is capable enough to manage his people. If the country’s government allow it to happen, then I don’t think Trump or any other politician will have to fear being put in jail. If Trump finds himself in this case, then probably he might be following the footstep of a previous president Eugene Debs who still managed to get majority of the votes despite of the fact that he’s in jail. This is not new anymore, and I’m sure more of these future politicians will have the same fate. |
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https://theafricanhistory.com/2975#:~:text=My%20fatherThat is how you lose on a great player like Mbappe when you are a corrupted country like Cameroon and many other African countries lose such star players exactly because of the same reason.Also in many other third countries in the world the same is happening and I think these type of interviews should have much wider visibility so those people who asked for money would be seeing how big these players become and stop doing it.I know that it is much more difficult to achieve because we are talking about poor countries but these poor countries should start to think bigger for themselves.It would be nice to see such a player playing for Cameroon,not that I don't like seeing him play with France. Yeah this type of stories happen in third world countries and they lose valuable players who want to give all to the club or national team. The thread is bad. When you place money first in whatever you want to do then the best will elude you. This is appalling and the reason that third world countries struggle in football especially countries from Africa. Those at the tops only care about their own immediate financial benefit and not care where the player gets to tomorrow with the myopic thinking that they have benefited from the player. I will still blame the government when it comes to corruption. Yes. Whatever the attitude of these coaches, it will still reflect back on what type of government does this country had. The corruption is worst that will eventually lead to the deprivation of opportunities for some great players to be part of the team which for me is a sad reality. Not just in football but I also think this is also true with some ball games. If you can’t give a bribe in the first place, maybe you will lost your slot in no time. And obviously, the team will also lose promising players in return. |
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Recently research was held by Dr Reece Bush-Evans who told that online gambling could Hide the sexuality of the LGBTQ+ people and most of these people prefer online gambling as compared to physical gambling for obvious reasons. The more important concern for the LGBTQ+ people is that they are being treated differently in a casino which may come under harassment. Also, the study says that people at the casino, the staff plus the public have shown discriminatory behavior towards these people. New Research Explores Effect of Gambling I don’t think this is still happening today as the existence of LGBTQ+ people has already been accepted by the community. Though there are still some few negative treatments made by other people, but most of them have already been widely accepted as part of a human gender so there’s no reason that they will get the same humiliation like before. If ever harassment is still observed, perhaps the problem is not in them, but those irresponsible gamblers around that are narrow minded and have no sense of acceptance. |
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Have your own uniqueness from other other crypto casinos. If you can manage to launch a casino that offers different but new and exciting games, surely players from other casinos will shift their focus on your newly launched casino. That way, you are starting to build your own connection and demand from your customers and if you can manage perfectly your business, I believe you could give them the best crypto casino ever. This is quite hard due to market competition, but if you are giving high efforts and make an eye on serious details, then it will always be possible in time.
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Anybody know of any crypto casinos that offer cockfighting? preferably vietnamese thai cambodian or filipino
As far as I know, cockfighting has not been legalized in most countries because it’s simply a proof of cruelty to these bred gamecocks who’ll be fighting each other until one dies. While it’s been legalized in some countries but perhaps not online but only local cockfights. Well, in the Philippines, it was a hit before but when issues of corruption and robbery occur, it was then banned and was never seen operated online again. |
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Adrian Wojnarowski is reporting this morning that the NBA is launching an investigation into the circumstances surrounding James Harden’s claim that Daryl Morey is a liar and got him to sign a contract under false pretenses. The drama takes another step forward. I’m not sure what the NBA can do though. Maybe nullify the contract?
I don't think that the NBA can simply nullify the contract, it might take a long investigation though, as they needed to get all the facts straight before making this hard decision, but nullifying it might have a ripple effect on some contracts on the NBA specially those who are signing or teams that are giving big money to NBA players right now. For now, it seems that the case is his words against the owners word. So let's see how the NBA is going to settle this issues. Regardless if James is not happy Sixers should allow him to get out of contract and that could be the best settlement for him. The content of the contract represents the formal agreement between James Harden and the 76ers. Any verbal promises made by Daryl Morey to James Harden without a witness might not hold legal weight, and the law would likely lean towards Daryl Morey's side. It's unfortunate to witness their relationship deteriorate, which is quite disheartening. Personally, I'm skeptical that any lawsuit or investigation would gain traction without a valid and substantial foundation. If that is a verbal agreement, then yes it's not going to hold at any court even in the NBA, no pun intended. Maybe he was promised with a huge some of money after this season that's why James Harden agree. And if that is the case, then it's a trickery done by the owner, but how many of us heard this kind of excuse before? I mean we hold someone the word that they give to us and suddenly chance it in the last minutes. Harden and his agent should have written everything before agreeing to the Sixers or at least with the owner. Daryl Morey should think about their present situation more carefully and think what will be waiting for them along the road because the horizon isn't that actually far, whatever the result of this case, the Philly will suffer because it's their team and if Harden will not be compensated, he will leave without a doubt and probably, Joel Embiid as well. I think they don't want to have that, so it's either make this issue go away by compensating Harden or suffer the consequences. |
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Why will a gambler utilized loan money for gambling in the first place, it absolutely makes no sense. Loans are taken for budgeting purposes, not gambling, and they have implications that we might never exist after encountering. Gambling with a solid mental balance will undoubtedly lead to gambling with an estimated amount of money, rather than the other way around. When it comes to gambling, we feel more pressure to do what we think is right, but we often forget that the chances of succeeding are 50/50. It's as simple as that: our results either result in profits or loses.
Even though gambling should be just for entertainment, not more so for profit and money, why do you have to make loans to get lucky, that's obviously not very good, in the end everything will get worse because gambling with borrowed money will not bring good results, so why Gamble with money you can afford to lose, not with borrowed money. Usually, in some cases, people gamble with borrowed money because they want to try their luck again, so that the previous defeat destroyed them, so for them to take a fast way is to borrow money to gamble again, but in most cases, in the end, gamblers who are in debt will end tragically like suicides and others. The point is, never approach gambling if you really don't have money because gambling is a hobby that is quite a waste of money. Every gambler knows this, but we cannot deny that some gamblers are still skating over a knife by putting themselves in a bad position for borrowing some money just for the sake of gambling and not just to entertain themselves for a few couple of hours. In most cases, gamblers do this because they are chasing for the money that they've lost because otherwise, it wouldn't lead them to this very position where more debts are almost inevitable. |
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The present champion, Regis Prograis, has an impressive record as well. Although he is not an undefeated boxer, his KO rate is high—24 out of 29 fights, which is equivalent to an 82.7% KO rate. I hope he will be as quick as Haney so he will be able to hit him and use that high KO rate to his advantage.
You can't beat what you can't hit, and Haney is so good at hitting his opponent without getting hit, after Mayweather he is the best defensive boxer now, and I believe he can beat Prograis even if Prograis has a high knock-out ratio, Haney has beaten a lot of great punchers by his technical skills I don't know who will be the favorite by experts here but this early he is my favorite to win by decision. Though technically you're right, one cannot beat someone who he can't do damage with, but this fight will be interesting to watch as both fighters had a not-so good fight prior to this one. A lot of boxing fans said their last win was a robbery. Prograis could have been easily the favorite if not his last performance, I mean he won 4 straight TKO's after he lost to Taylor in 2019. While Haney was being rocked by a smaller and aged fighter who is out of his prime during his last fight against Loma. I know Prograis is not as fast and agile as Loma but his a power puncher and I doubt Haney's chin though, 12 rounds is pretty long to try and defend yourself not getting hit by a hard hit. Nevertheless, Haney is a good defensive fighter let's just see who will prevail. Let's see if Haney can still intercept and avoid Regis power punches because that is his only chance to win this fight because his technicality will always be a thing and his asset no matter what division he fights on, but those defensive maneuvers while throwing a counterattack will somehow vary as the more you weight, the slower you'll get specially if 140 is not your comfortable weight. Anyway, this will be a good fight as both of them have a thing to prove. |
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With how the norm these days about casinos asking for KYC, it’s hard to expect that you’ll not be required to pass KYC even with an average win, most especially if it’s a jackpot prize. So I can’t give any of those casinos who will never ask for KYC, as most of the casinos I’ve come to play are already making KYC verification a compulsory one. However, if you gamble at a decentralized casino, maybe that could be possible. But it’s hard to trust decentralized casinos these days especially if you are risking a huge amount of capital.
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I don’t need to argue with this as most those who venture into gambling as their major income end up failing and not succeeding. Because in any investment or gambling activity, once you put pressure into it, you’ll be constantly bothered and won’t have time to focus anymore, which will make you more susceptible to losses in the end.
This is probably the reason why gambling should never be seen as a major source of income. It’s not only unreliable, but seeing a lot of events become unpredicted in gambling, then it’s too dangerous to put high hopes that gambling will definitely be the one to put food on the table.
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Losing is part in gambling but the more you put your hopes high that you’ll eventually win in the end, the more losses you’re going to incur. That is proven already because a lot of times I gamble with the start of feeling positivity and all of it and then won at first but later on, all you experience are just consistent losses until you used up all your money in gambling and realized late that you’re not really lucky that day. So you call it a day and then prepare for the next day believing that you’ll eventually recover all what you lose, and yet you end up still losing even a bigger amount at the end of the day.
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Prepare for the $35000 that's what's next. Every time BTC falls like this, it will instantly bounce but maybe it will happen next month.
We are in the accumulation period I suppose and a lot are already expecting a dive before it will shoot to break a resistance which I think this dive must be it. But I think it will drop a bit more to $25000. The market always acts weirder every time the bull market is about to begin.
Bitcoin is currently priced at $26k but I supposed it will go even lower than $25k or $24k, and might stop at its lowest point at $20k I think. However, we should not worry when this price scenario happens because whenever a price decline suddenly happens, it’s preparing for a huge bounce back of price and yes, $35k or $40k might be its target soon. So just take advantage whenever there is price decline, because bitcoin price will never stay that low forever, it’s price will recover again and might hit a new resistance when we least expect it to happen. |
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I hope it is better for a gambler if he keeps his gambling habit a secret. Because in the society we live in today, different people live in different mindsets. But I have seen many murubbis in my area who make a lot of bad comments about such gambling or betting who indulge in this activity. In that case it is understood that when a gambler places a bet on his name, his family is called various bad words by the people of the society. Accordingly if a gambler keeps his gambling a secret then it is definitely a good sign. Because if that person gambles without keeping such a secret, then a gambler keeps this matter a secret keeping in mind that there will be various comments about him in the society. I would say that those who keep their gambling a secret for self-respect must be proud of it.
Not sure though, you can only keep that secret for that long. Just a couple of months ago, I saw my neighbor in a land base casino and he doesn't want me to tell it to the neighborhood. But the thing is someone have seen him and his wife and so there is a noise within the place because his job is like to give lectures or something. But I guess no one can really hide his gambling activity to anyone. Even today, I just got home from a land base casino and saw someone that I knew and I never thought that she is also into gambling. Well, it's understandable why people don't want their activities to be known around their neighborhood because it's not something that we should be proud of in the first place. We definitely know the ups and downs behind our gambling and it's one of the reasons why we don't actually vocal about it because we know that if they will know, we will be viewed negatively and surely we don't want that as it can really cloud their judgement towards us. You know, there are somethings that we can't take it back. |
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I don't what to speculate but it should be around the money I guess. Maybe he was promised to have a good money this season. But the owner turn his back on Harden.
Words are very powerful, and they should be honored. If James Harden is promised good money without conditions, then he is due for that. However, sometimes these businessmen are very clever; they tend to use their power to influence a player's decision but ultimately may not stand by their words. Nowadays, the system has already changed, as players can make demands. In the case of James Harden, being a superstar, I'm pretty sure he knows what he's doing. He understands that he won't lose his job, even if the 76ers decide to trade him, which they have refused to do until now. Might be but as we all know, owners will have to make promises, and players should take that as a grain of salt. I remember the Jordan Poole trade, Poole said that he was assured that he will not be traded by Dunleavy Jr. But in the next 12 hours, he was traded to the Wizards. So that is a lesson that there is no absolute word in the NBA, it's business, the owner or the president of basketball for operations of a team will have to make the hard decision. And with that, Harden might be hurt by the promises and so he wanted to leave. Players end up thinking they run too much in the NBA. They've been given too much control of the process. Theor job is to play basketball, it's the business side of the team to position the players how they see fit. When players sign a contract for millions of dollars the owner can do whatever he wants with that player from there. Ypu always here players surprised and say that it's a business in the end. For these teams yeah it is lol. This is definitely a problem that’s getting worse. The players sort of have the owners over a barrel because owners don’t want to seem like they don’t have their players’ backs. Otherwise they won’t be able to get any free agents to go there. What’s happening now in Philly is probably going to keep players from signing there in the future. NBA players just found a loophole to put the franchise in a short lease instead of the opposite where the players should be the ones chasing the teams in-order to play because they need them and that's their only chance to get paid with millions worth of contact, they'll be lucky if they will find any team. That how should it work but now in this day and age, it's very different because the players already have the power over them and not the other way around. |
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Mother always knows best. But at this time, even if his mother will consistently discourage him from gambling, we cannot guarantee that his son will follow her. The fact that online gambling is just one click away, that makes it even harder on part of the parents to stop their son from continuous gambling. But as you’ve said OP, the boy seems gambling responsibly, and at his current age, he’s mature enough to think what is right from wrong. In the future, if he’ll steal money from his mother just to finance his gambling, I know it will never bring him good in the long run so he’ll still learn his own lesson from doing so.
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Although the fight is not yet final as we have seen Regis throwing tantrums that the Haney's is changing the terms specially the purse split.
I don't understand what kind of disrespectful act the camp of Haney is engaging in. They are the challengers, yet they want to dictate the terms of the purse split. We know that Haney is more popular, but they should respect that Regis Prograis is the champion. As a basic rule, the champion should receive more benefits in terms of the purse split. A 50-50 split might be the lowest acceptable, but if Haney were to request a 60-40 split in his favor, I think that would already be unjustifiable. Yes, I agree, for sure it has something to do with the split that they are offering Regis, the current champion at a lower cut in the money here. And it's good that he engage the public here. Although not sure if the Haney has replied to it. But if you look at it, this are all businessman who wants to take advantage of their opponents to gain more money as far as split goes. For me it's ok to call this 50-50, Haney is not a crowd drawer in his own rights. In his last fights, he need to have a good opponent to have a good PPV tickets and live gates. So it's just fair for Regis to complain if he is going the smaller cut here. He is the current champion, so he needs to maintain his position. Besides, if this fight does not happen, he will remain the champion and can still fight other boxers who challenge him. Who knows, he might get a shot at a unification fight, which I think is bigger than fighting Haney. Haney is the one who needs this fight; he is also trying to build his legacy, so he needs to become a champion. If he is too greedy, he will not get what he wants. Right, it shouldn't be even an issue to begin with because Regis is not the one who is chasing for a fight, Haney is, and because he is already the champion and he have a lot more options to choose rather than wasting his time on negotiations with Haney who surely got his head way back down. If that's what Haney wanted, then so be it, it will be his loss and not Regis's. Don't know what's with Haney these days, he surely know that his days in the lightweight division are numbered but he thinks that he is still special and will always get the A-side even if he doesn't have anything to offer. What happened recently against Loma was just a lucky one and certainly will not be that lucky again in his next fights. Devin Haney already made his move and I don't know if that was wise or not but it's too obvious that he doesn't want Regis to prepare fully for their upcoming fight because he's afraid on what could happen. Moreover, Regis is the champion here and he have the full control of what could happen in the discussion, he shouldn't allow this to happen because he's been already underestimated. First Haney wanted to be in the A-side when he's the one challenging Regis for the belt, for short, just a visitor who wanted to take his chance. And then now, he wanted to have a much earlier fight compared to what has been talked about. |
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I have full confidence in Inuoe that he will dismantle Tapales with his punches and that will make him win easily. He is a brave fighter. Tapales might be bigger but that is not what we consider,if you watch the victory of Inoue over Fulton yesterday,you will know that he will be the winner in November 20. Tapales sluggish moves isn't good enough to knock Inuoe out of his way to be the champion. I will bet on Inuoe because it is a sure win. The Filipino might still prove us wrong if he can withstand and win the fight.
I thought there's no date yet. But in any case, this will be a very good opportunity for the Filipino boxer to get a lucrative fight. He can even get a deal that can be a very good for his retirement, even if we say, he has slim chance with Inoue. But so far, Inoue is not yet in the list of the "elite" fighters as based on this article - https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2365353-five-boxers-who-are-just-a-win-away-from-being-eliteThe names of Mayweather, Pacquiao, Cotto, Alvarez are seemingly on the list. Whereas, Lomancheko, Santa Cruz, Mikey Garcia, Wilder and Crawford were said to be a win away when the article was written in 2015. So this year, 2023, I believe, Inoue will be on this list of elite boxers as he attained the 4-weight champion of the world. If he will continue to win fight after fight, he will soon find his name along with boxing greats such as Pacquiao. It's too early to consider Inoue as an elite boxer. While he may be a four-time world champion already, there are still questions about whether he can dominate outside his country. Most of his fights have taken place in Japan, so I believe he needs to come out and compete in front of bigger crowds and challenge the best in the next division he moves up to, assuming he wins this unification fight. There's no doubt that Inoue will dominate in the super bantamweight division, but as he moves up in weight, there will be questions about whether he can still carry his speed and power and continue to prove himself. I agree, I know that his strong and indeed a monster just like his alias but he's getting overrated these days because of the hype that has been around him and being a four-division world champion isn't new to us because that is already achieved by numerous boxers, we should know that Inoue is still on the process and we aren't even sure if he can still add another division to his resume because it is still too early for that. And fighting outside his country might not be new to him but that will force him to adjust as he's not in his comfortable zone anymore, everything will be a hostile as it's not his country and the rules that he's used might change as well just like how he wraps his fist because in US soil, that is sure not permitted. |
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