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981  Economy / Economics / Re: Do you think Bitcoin can end poverty? In a nation today on: March 22, 2023, 07:44:51 PM
Well, yes, bitcoin can indeed end someone's poverty because it will be such a huge help for that family to lift themselves from the slum and give their children the right education by going to school where they can afford it the most. But unfortunately, that's just too easy to say than done because even if it's already a fact that bitcoin can truly make peoples lives comfortable, these people who are below the poverty line doesn't have the chance to invest into bitcoin even if they want to because there's just no extra funds for them to do that as they are already having a hard time by feeding themselves as much as 3 times a day or at least buy a medicine if someone in their household is sick.
982  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Boxing: Errol Spence vs Keith Thurman on: March 22, 2023, 07:19:23 PM
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2. By chance Spence lost this fight and maybe go for a rematch
Hopefully if this scenario happens, Spence will be forced to risk his belt(s)

Do you mean Spence will stake his belts for the rematch with Thurman if he loses here? What will be forced is, Spence will risks his belt at 147 and might possibly face Crawford although as I said previously, there might not a chance now to see Spence fighting at 147 due to some problems.

I mean that's not possible since if the rematch will happened with Thurman, it will still be in 154 and his titles are all in 147.

I don't know though the rules of what will happen if let's say, Spence will ask for a rematch with Thurman and if he's still eligible to do that without vacating all his titles at 147. I think that's a rare case to happen or I just missed some same scenario in boxing history.

What I think is that we might see a different scenario once Thurman is able to defeat Spence at 154, there's a strong chance that the latter will ask for a rematch but since a rematch clause wasn't written on their contract (I suppose), Thurman has the choice to decline the offer if there's no belts at risks. And if a rematch won't materialize, Spence has two choices, first is he will vacate his belts at 147 and second is that he will defend his belt at 147 with a risk of facing the boxers he ducked. And this time, I think that their influence won't be used even if they wanted to because the WBC is already under criticism because of this fight.

If I will be on the shoes of Keith Thurman, I certainly wouldn't give Errol Spence a chance of a rematch in-case if I win especially if there are no belts on the line as it will be a total waste of time and preparations will be redundant. Thurman knew that he has to chase the right people in-order to grab the belts but considering Spence's behavior after he got the 3-belts, it's somehow convincing enough that he won't be giving the belts easily.

Might be, but they are under the same promotional company in PBC, so there is a good chance that they are going to be a rematch if Spence losses to Thurman. Of course, Thurman might get the bigger share or at least 50/50 split in the rematch.

However, not sure if Thurman will allow this happen, maybe if he was caught by a lucky punch and then go down and knockout. But if the score went to judges scorecard, maybe they will give Spence the benefit as he is one of the cash cow right now.

Yes, there's a chance it could happen and there's a chance that it wouldn't because Al Haymon no matter how powerful he is now in the industry, he still cannot force Thurman to fight Spence again for a rematch. He should understand that the man is not trying make his name anymore, he is now chasing the belts because he doesn't have that much time anymore. And at least 50/50 if in case Thurman upsets Spence? Surely, that's something that Thurman would not agree, he knows his worth.
983  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Stephen Fulton vs. Naoya Inoue | Unified WBC & WBO 122 lbs bout | May 7 on: March 22, 2023, 06:29:59 PM
There could be some attractive odds for Inoue to win by KO or by Decision.



Of course a Fulton win by any other method is going to be high, but that's tough for him. But if we will go right now with a bet on Inoue, might be good by KO or by Decision. By KO because we all have seen the destructive power of Inoue and even if he is going up in weight, he might carry it with him. And if Fulton is really that tough not to crack for Inoue, he could also win by decision.

Fulton to win via decision is pretty decent, maybe I'll throw some few bucks on his favor. But my main bet is for Naoya Inoue to win via KO and not decision because that's just highly unlikely to me. Considering his past fights, regardless if the boxer is champion or not, he's got more wins via KO than decision and that's enough for me to believe that this fight will likely to end with the same outcome. KO @ 2.37 is frankly good enough.
984  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: FIFA World Cup 2026 :Canada/Mexico/United States: Discussion Thread on: March 22, 2023, 06:03:48 PM
Not sure whether Antoine Griezmann and Giroud are going to welcome this decision, but Mbappé completely deserves this. He was exceptional during Qatar 2022. And he represents the future for France. What is the point in making someone in their mid-30s the captain? In that case after a few years, again they need to search for the new captain. In case of Mbappé, he is already captaining a very high-quality side (Paris Saint-Germain F.C.). Captaining the French national team is not going to be too much of a challenge for him.

The leadership of team shouldn't be based on only skills or on the pitch performance. Leadership requires some outstanding qualities such as patience, courage, team playing and tolerance. I think Mbappe lacks most of these leadership skills. It is possible that he can learn on the job but for me he is not matured for the headship of the French team. Sometimes he behaves very childish and selfish.

But in terms of influence, Mbappe has it. The striker is one of the best players in the world.He could use his influence to intimidate match officials and make them favor the French team. But I hope other older player will be humble enough to respect him. There is a possibility that there might be division in the French team if he is not effective.

That's somehow expected because after all, Kylian Mbappé is still 24 years old and he's not yet on that phase where he will get matured, and will be ready to lead the team. He still needed more exposures from the games and with a proper guidance, step by step, he will be molded into a much better player that will have the characteristics of being a leader. These things can't be taught overnight, the team needs to believe in him first so that soon enough, Mbappe will be a full package kind of player.
985  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: NBA 2020-2021 betting on: March 22, 2023, 05:45:44 PM
I didn't expect the Celtics to be that dominating on the road against the 2nd seeded Kings. Well, they have one of the best road records this season, so that says it all. Anyway, Tatum and Brown combined for 63 points, and all 5 of their starters are in double figures. On the other hand, Sabonis got a triple double, but the offense isn't enough for the team to win.

What a tough game but the Celtics still figured out a way to dominate the home team, folks, we are now witnessing a much different Celtics compared to the team last season. They are much more tougher, wiser and stronger now. This upcoming playoffs will surely be fun because aside from the Celtics, a lot of teams are hungry and some new faces again.

Anyway, I lost my Wizards ML yesterday but the Cleveland covered it enough for me. Anyway, here's my advance picks.

Denver Nuggets -6 vs Washington Wizards
Golden State Warriors vs Dallas Mavericks ML
Philadelphia 76ers -3 vs Chicago Bulls
Phoenix Suns vs Los Angeles Lakers ML
986  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Boxing: Errol Spence vs Keith Thurman on: March 21, 2023, 07:10:57 PM
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2. By chance Spence lost this fight and maybe go for a rematch
Hopefully if this scenario happens, Spence will be forced to risk his belt(s)

Do you mean Spence will stake his belts for the rematch with Thurman if he loses here? What will be forced is, Spence will risks his belt at 147 and might possibly face Crawford although as I said previously, there might not a chance now to see Spence fighting at 147 due to some problems.

I mean that's not possible since if the rematch will happened with Thurman, it will still be in 154 and his titles are all in 147.

I don't know though the rules of what will happen if let's say, Spence will ask for a rematch with Thurman and if he's still eligible to do that without vacating all his titles at 147. I think that's a rare case to happen or I just missed some same scenario in boxing history.

What I think is that we might see a different scenario once Thurman is able to defeat Spence at 154, there's a strong chance that the latter will ask for a rematch but since a rematch clause wasn't written on their contract (I suppose), Thurman has the choice to decline the offer if there's no belts at risks. And if a rematch won't materialize, Spence has two choices, first is he will vacate his belts at 147 and second is that he will defend his belt at 147 with a risk of facing the boxers he ducked. And this time, I think that their influence won't be used even if they wanted to because the WBC is already under criticism because of this fight.

If I will be on the shoes of Keith Thurman, I certainly wouldn't give Errol Spence a chance of a rematch in-case if I win especially if there are no belts on the line as it will be a total waste of time and preparations will be redundant. Thurman knew that he has to chase the right people in-order to grab the belts but considering Spence's behavior after he got the 3-belts, it's somehow convincing enough that he won't be giving the belts easily.
987  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: NBA 2020-2021 betting on: March 21, 2023, 05:24:41 PM
Philadelphia 76ers -7.5 - Double Overtime. I thought I had a chance to still cover the spread but when Embiid was fouled out, I lost hope to see one win out of my 3 bets. Anyway, that's one heck of a game too, and credits to Chicago Bulls for putting up a fight until their last energy.

I failed on this bet as well but yes, credits for Chicago Bulls for giving the 76ers a hard time in all 4 quarters as the Bulls big three seems to be working well together in the game yesterday. They've had a combined score of 72 points which makes up almost three-fourths of the 76ers total score. In the Sixers side, they performed well too and gave the Bulls a good game and it's just that Harden was having a bad night.

Here's my advance picks for the games later.

Washington Wizards ML vs Orlando Magic
Cleveland Cavaliers -3 vs Brooklyn Nets
Oklahoma City Thunder vs Los Angeles Clippers -6
988  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Stephen Fulton vs. Naoya Inoue | Unified WBC & WBO 122 lbs bout | May 7 on: March 20, 2023, 11:34:22 AM

Reason why some are going to skip the fight because the odds are not worth it, or just bet on other boxing events.

But in any case, I think everyone wanted to see Inoue winning against Fulton and become a champion again.

The odds for Inoue are all worth it. Bookies are just trying to trick us here, but obviously Inoue will win this without a problem. The fact that it's over 2+ makes this an opportunity that should not be wasted, and I don't want to see people blaming themselves for not taking Inoue's odds this time. Actually, I'm thinking that as the fight approaches, the odds might change, so the opportunity is slowly decreasing.
989  Economy / Speculation / Re: What is the reason for the increase in the price of Bitcoin? on: March 20, 2023, 09:57:22 AM
Nothing could really pinpoint of what is the reason for the current pump and I don't know if we should really think about it. Because not all pumps (and dumps) should always have that and we have to consider the volatility of the market as it was expected to see the abrupt change in price trends at any time.
However, the conflict between Russia and Ukraine soon ended which is also a factor affecting the increasing demand in the crypto market. And the other thing to consider as a contributor to the current pump is the recovering economic status of major countries.
990  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: New projects come out when bull market begin. on: March 20, 2023, 09:28:31 AM
Hello i just want to ask if i you guys also notice when the bitcoin rise there are also a lot of new projects come out and if bitcoin fall there are only few projects build, is it because some projects developer notice that most of the successful projects are build in bull market and most of the projects build on bear market are failed? Or they don't care about bull and bear market and they build thier project because the time is already been set?
They always come out whether it was a bull season or a bear market. But yes, we usually notice them during the bull market because of their unexpected and surprising price spike which could really gain attention and sometimes we could ask ourselves why not seen this coin before. But this kind of project just pops out during the bull reason will surely have gone after hitting their ATH which eventually causes major losses to the investors,
991  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: Never Trade on Emotions on: March 19, 2023, 03:56:44 AM
Trading with excessive emotions can indeed result in losses. the feeling of being afraid of being left behind when the price starts to go up and the feeling of being afraid of the price going down more and selling immediately without doing an analysis first is a small example. at the beginning of my experience in crypto trading I also experienced losses several times due to a lack of knowledge and indeed at that time I did not understand how to manage my emotions when involved in trading. and FOMO is what cost me the most in my early trading in crypto.
Experience will somewhat teach us and give us an idea of what we gonna do in a particular situation. Committing mistakes and suffering losses is really we can say - a terrible thing to happen in our life. But on the other side, this will help us to become more careful the next time and to improve our market understanding plus analysis. In fact, there is no perfect start in crypto, everyone have tough times on their early days just like you but they are still on the market because they never quit and make those bad days a reason to grow.
992  Economy / Economics / Re: Poor and Rich on: March 19, 2023, 02:54:54 AM
You've listed one of the very reasons why the rich get rich and the poor get poorer, but there are other factors that play into this problem. Some of them include:

  • Lack of Opportunities: You can't become rich without working a day in your life, but what if the opportunity doesn't come around? Lack of opportunities to find employment are a good reason why people become even poorer as time goes by.
  • No Financial Literacy: I've seen people become rich and then blow all their money away belligerently, only to end up with nothign and be dead broke right after. Proper management of funds, as well as budgeting, investing, and saving of money is important in order to keep your wealth

These are the most common reason why poor people remain poor. Though they want to improve their status, unfortunately, with lack of education makes them incapable to do it and rejected from the opportunities around them. Proper education must be their priority, though it was a big challenge for them to send their kids to school due to financial capabilities but they should for the sake of achieving their goal and to give brighter future for their kids. Otherwise, nothing will change and they will remain who they are today. [/list]
993  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Boxing: Errol Spence vs Keith Thurman on: March 18, 2023, 04:00:50 PM
It is absolutely crazy to me that half the people in this thread voted for Thurman to beat Spence.
This is going to be one of the biggest mismatches we've seen.
Thurman can't take body shots, he hates fighting at a fast pace and I don't think he can fight in the pocket particularly well.
I have researched this fight extensively and I can't see one way that Thurman beats Spence.
I think Spence stops Thurman in the 9th round.

You have to understand that some of the votes came from "personal reasons" disregarding the technical analysis.

It's not even crazy to think of since you can't blame people to ignore how strong Spence is knowing he's a big disappointment for some boxing enthusiasts for not having the courage to even push for the much-expected fight against Terence Crawford.

Moving forward though, I want to see the aftermath of this fight regardless of who will win. Lots of "what if" scenarios here that are worth to wait.

Exactly mate, the votes made in this thread are not really because they favored Thurman and they believed that he is much stronger and skillful inside the ring. I mean, we probably know the answer about that but I'm one of those users who voted Thurman because of my personal hate towards Spence. Not just because he ducked the possible unification fight but also because they influenced the WBC to sanction the fight at 154 where it was supposed to happen at 147 as that's where Spence's belt is.

And same here, I just want to make this fight happen as soon as possible so that we will know what will be Spence's next step and Thurman as well as both boxers have nothing to lose here. No risks involved except adding either win or lose to their records.
994  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: NBA 2020-2021 betting on: March 18, 2023, 03:30:09 PM
Maxi Kleber. Thank you.
It's a win for the Dallas Mavericks thanks to his buzzer-beater. Kyrie Irving being unselfish is somehow fruitful. He should start doing it more than taking all the blame himself whenever he misses the last shot.

Yes, the Dallas Mavericks deserved that one for sure because they managed to give the Lakers a huge struggle since the game started and it was a close end, fortunately Maxi Kleber managed to get that buzzer beater shot. In my end, I wagered on the Lakers side but I was already disappointed at them in the second half that is why I already expected a bad outcome and well, even if the Lakers won the game, the handicap won't be covered as it was just a 1 point shy.

Here's my advance bets for the games tomorrow:

Denver Nuggets -2 @ New York Knicks
Orlando Magic @ Los Angeles Clippers -6.5
Philadelphia 76ers -6 @ Indiana Pacers
995  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Tank Davis vs. Ryan Garcia betting and discussion (May, 2023) on: March 18, 2023, 02:58:07 PM
...Anyone though was surprised to see Leonard Ellerbe on the background? The guy with that white beard, he is Floyd's CEO and we all know that Davis didn't renew his contract with Floyd. But according to the news, he will be training at Floyd's gym in Las Vegas, so I guess everything is really cool between the two camps despite Davis no longer under Floyd. And I think it is a advantage for Tank, at least he has someone more experience behind him. And who knows, Floyd might drop to his own gym and still mentor Tank because this is the biggest fight of his career, both of them including Ryan. Goosen's training gym is in LA, so most likely Ryan will train there as he is from California.



So looking at boxing's top librarian Boxrec, Mayweather Promotions is part of this event along with GBP (Ryan Garcia's promoter). TGB is probably the lead promoter here since Brown is always in the middle during pictorials and is usually the promoter tabbed by most PBC events.

Tank probably remained a promotional-free agent like Canelo and is free to fight under any promotions. PBC is the real promoter anyways so if Tank has a managerial contract and wants to continue working with Al then he doesn't really need a promotional contract that will take a portion of his events profits.

Yes, it certainly seems like it to me as well because Tom Brown of the TGB Promotions is also mentioned first whenever they advertise this fight while Oscar of the GBP is the co-promoter. And for Tank Davis being a promotional-free agent, he might sign under Al Haymon of the PBC but I'm under the impression that Tank Davis is also looking forward to build his own promotional company as the name GTD Promotions which is also his logo.

He might be routing to that, I mean with such indication it's simply showing that he wanted to have his own promotions, if he
continue his way, winning against Garcia, the chance to bring more hypes under his name.

A very good promotion for his desire next destination. It's no longer new to this sport as we see more legends who use their names to
start their own promotion business.

Moving back, the fight is nearing and for sure we will hear and read more trash talks.

That said, we might see Tank Davis making his own promotional banner sooner or later but considering his current situation, that might have to wait as well because he cannot really move freely if he will be sentenced this coming May. We will know about Davis's sentencing sometime later but for now, let's just enjoy this upcoming fight first because this is one of the most exciting and most awaited fights since last year. I'm just glad that these guys were able to materialize it for the sake of giving entertainment for the boxing fans and to settle their rivalry as well.
996  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing]: Shakur Stevenson vs Shuichiro Yoshino April 8 on: March 17, 2023, 03:10:16 PM


Yes, ML is not that attractive considering that Shakur Stevenson is listed as heavy favorite by the bookies and certainly, you need to put a lot of funds for that moneyline before you can even consider the profits of your wager but putting a lot of funds into unattractive odds have a lot of risks entailed and surely nobody wanted that risks even if you're a bigtime gambler. I reckon that the Shakur win via KO/TKO might be much more profitable to bet since Shakur's ratio is just below 50 percent, let's just wait for another options in the weeks to come.

Shakur is a class fighter and we want to see him in big fights that will be considered a legacy fight after he hurdles this fight his handlers should secure a million-dollar legacy fights something like a Garcia - Davis fights or a Haney - Lomachenko.
this fight obviously lacks attention from the media because it's a cherry-picked fight its eclipsed by big fights but it's good that the fight will come early before big fights of the year.
All bookies will favor Shakur, it will shock the boxing world if he loses this fight.


That's just sad on their part because their bout has been scheduled on the same month where the big fights are also scheduled, furthermore, there's just less people who takes an interest on looking at this fight because aside from this is Shakur's debut at 135, he is also partnered with a name that isn't really famous to be viewed as an acid test to the former champion. Maybe the next fight will be favored for Shakur as it's speculated that he is about to face the winner of Haney-Loma fight.
997  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Canelo Alvarez vs John Ryder - May 6th in Mexico on: March 17, 2023, 02:06:34 PM
The moment this was announced, lots of boxing critics on social media said that it was a clear cherry-picking for Canelo.

What do you think guys? Who should be Canelo fighting instead of John Ryder?

I think the rematch with Bivol does have prerequisites and it's something that can be materialized that easily. Moving forward though, this was all set and Canelo should be considered as HEAVY favorite, not just a simple favorite.

Of course, it's a cherry-picked fight because Canelo just got his wrist fixed as he underwent a surgery just recently. His camp needs to make sure that he is ready as well as his wrist before fighting with the likes of Bivol or the winner of Benavidez-Plant fight, Ryder has been picked because aside from that fact that he is an interim champion of one of Canelo's belt, Ryder is not on par with Canelo Alvarez's prowess.
998  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Boxing Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: March 17, 2023, 01:05:16 PM
And so WBC ordered a fight between Ugas and Barrios for the interim belt. Ugas is rank 2, while Barrios is rank 5. Thurman is rank 1 and will be fighting the champion in Spence, however it's 154 lbs.

So not sure why WBC ordered such fight for the interim belt, maybe they know that Spence will go up in weight if he wins against Thurman. On the other hand, Barrios has just like 2 fights in this division, lost to Thurman and then won against a unknown boxer. There is also rank 3 and 4 boxers in their organization, but they were bypass by Mario here, and then Ugas who did lost to Spence in his last fight.

In my case, I'm not also sure why these governing bodies keep on ordering such fights for the interim belts to have interim champs when in-fact they are not giving the champions a mandatory title defense especially in the welterweight. They should just focus on giving the existing champions a mandatory title defense because the division is already stacked up at the moment, we have lots of good boxers that is not yet given a chance to be a champion because they are just letting the title holders to keep the belts for a long time while ducking some fights. And now another fight for an interim belt? That's just nonsense, IMO.
999  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: NBA 2020-2021 betting on: March 16, 2023, 11:06:45 PM

Los Angeles Clippers VS Golden State Warriors SCORE 134 - 126 - LOST

Crazy Stephen Curry has pushed his limits to make 50 points in this game but still, I think the Warrior's defense is very wide in this game that is why, and they are bad at turnovers 16 turns over and I think this needs to be changed while the Clippers Ivica Zubac has a double-double of 16 rebounds and 19 points, Paul George got 24 points, and Kawhi Leonard got 30 points,

We are on the same side here, mate. I bet on the Warriors at 2.20 during the live game. It was a close game, although the Warriors were always trailing. However, bad shots in the 4th quarter and a lack of defense allowed the Clippers to capitalize on their mistakes. Anyway, it's normal to win some and lose some, but in your case, winning three out of four isn't bad.

I passed on betting this specific game because I'm not that sure whether the Warriors can break their lose streak on the road because they're just too bad on it, so opposite when they are playing on their homecourt. It was a close game and I came to a point that I already assumed that this will be the game that the Warriors will break their curse. But unfortunately, that's not what happened. Also with the Lakers, I expected that Schroder or D'Angelo will take the helm but neither one of them took it and just let the Rockets embarrassed them.
1000  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2023 NBA Season on: March 16, 2023, 10:06:00 PM
Lakers having a rough start against Houston, and there's no Davis, so it seems that the field is even although the Lakers should have the experience in this game. But so far the young Houston team are dictating the game, with a huge lead in the first quarter.

Lakers need this one pretty much, and if they lost to a low team like Houston, it will hurt their momentum.

D'Lo and Malik doesn't have the same start as their last game wherein they just blasted with a 14-0 run start in the first quarter.

That indeed hurt their PCT because even if there's no Lebron and AD on the line-up, it's a winnable game on their side because it's just the Houston Rockets, a tanking team. And the Lakers lost against that kind of team? Pretty sure that the Lakers management is not happy with the outcome and likely embarrassed because D'Lo or even Schroder is expected to take over the game but in reality, it was Austin Reaves who led the team.
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