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1261  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Too harsh on user? on: March 10, 2023, 08:39:46 PM
Is it right to call a gambling platform a scam for confiscating users account with the deposited balance because you use more than one SIM card to access the platform? The SIM cards aren't from same network provider, so their IP addresses are different from one another.

This happened to someone I know very well, but I found this to be too cruel,  different IPs on the same device shouldn't cause this ban, what do you think?  

There are some gambling platforms that pray that users make this mistake and use the opportunity to sit down on their money.

No, I will not support the platform decision in this case. It's normal you will have two sim cards in your mobile. You will use both sim Data to browse the internet. But the platform can not ban for this reason only. I don't know yet even if there could be rules like you can not access sites from different IPs (even the device is the same here). But if there is any TOS like this they can take this decision but it's against the users. Not a good decision and this could not be a good platform.
Any platform that is going against our own privacy and is harming our funds, I know in the first place those platforms are not safe and reliable. So once you experienced it, then stay away from that platform by then because obviously, they are here to scam people and not to treat them the right way. And I don’t think using dual sim with same device is a big offense for them, if their goal is to scam us, they will always pushed through it.
1262  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Common red flag to detect a scam on: March 10, 2023, 08:34:43 AM
The second technique listed is a well and popular technique used by scammers to scam naive, new beginners and unexperienced member or individuals. So i urge and advise new beginners like my self to be very careful and vigilant in any work or giveaway they might encounter because some might just be a way of giving personal information in one way or the other. Thank you for the well said advice and notification mate.
Almost all of the techniques listed are used by scammers to set traps for cryptocurrency beginners in order to see if they can get them scammed.

Beginners must be cautious and take their time learning everything there is to know about Bitcoin and cryptocurrency before they begin trading or investing, as scammers are just waiting for them to fall into their trap due to small mistakes made by beginners, and scammers will take advantage of the opportunity to scam them because they are waiting for any slice mistake to scam them.
Not just for beginners alone but even to those who have been here for quite long, extra cautious and extra vigilance is highly needed knowing scammers can be smarter than us, they will always upgrade their ways of scamming as it won’t seem too obvious for their target victims. But most especially for newbies and beginners in the market investment, as they never had experiences that’s why they easily fall to the scammer’s traps.
1263  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: How do you feel selling your BTC against your plans? on: March 09, 2023, 09:59:18 PM
I would be surprised if someone would feel positive when something goes against regards his plans. Of course a person would feel bad if he is forced to sell his holdings before the price hits the amount he has set as a goal. Such urgent trades never goes good, as people not only sell at a lowest price, but also lose quite a hefty amount on commissions, because they dont have time to search for best offer on the market.

Gladly I was never in a situation like OP described. Mostly because of money pillow and money management. The money I invest in crypto I count as already spent money, so I never turn to them as an emergency funds. There is only one reason that can force me to turn to crypto funds and sell them - my or my family members health issues.
Good to hear if you are managing your investment well and everything happen based on your plans. However, for some here who have no left options but to sell because maybe the emergency funds are not enough, the feeling is really devastating. You could have sell them in a perfect price if you never sell them earlier than your plan. But that’s what life is. Sometimes we have to take some unplanned decisions even if it will badly affect us, but knowing it will be good for the person we love, then taking the decision should mean no regretting.
1264  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: who would you trust? on: March 09, 2023, 08:59:22 PM
Since strategy are always changing in trading, what is the relevance of experience? Who would you trust the most for trading tips,
An old trader who has had better days and mostly still relevant because they have a strong reputation for the fact that he has been trading for a while, or would you trust a new trader who is hot in the market and fresh with new strategies?
If we can trust no one, that would be a lot better. Trading profits cannot be guaranteed even if you rely for someone to do your trades, because we all know losing in trading is still inevitable, and it could happen regardless of your position as a trader. Just accept the fact that losing is part of trading, the more you lose, the more lessons you will learned. And when you gain enough experiences already, then you would eventually manage your trades well and might start making maximum profits when trading.
1265  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Would you Bet on a Fight that is Scripted? on: March 09, 2023, 07:57:55 PM
When there is nothing else to bet on.

They promise the pre-outcome will not go public. But it's more devastating instead because the WWE itself will scam the public by betting against the people who believe these scripted fights. There are more fights out there other than NBA and if it's just for the sake you can gamble, every country today has had a premier league since the time India started it.
Well, the fact that regardless if it’s scripted, people are still being entertained by it, then there’s no wrong actually if we bet a small amount if we don’t see real fights happening that time. After all, I don’t see wrestling games are certainly real even before, so it’s not really an issue for me. But I still think betting on real match games like boxing and sportsbetting still give me more excitement to bet since we all know the outcomes are mostly not scripted and fixed.
1266  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Betting strategy question on: March 06, 2023, 06:19:25 PM
In fact, a gambler cannot determine and ensure that he really can have a multiplier opportunity like that found in slot games.

For me there is no strategy whatsoever that can be done to play slots, because its works by the machine, not our brains. We only bet, the rest is machines or programs (online slots).

Some people can indeed have an opinion like you that any strategy cannot be done to play slots.
But have you never tried and found out that there are several special patterns that can be used in slot games and many gamblers have proven this.
In this pattern it cannot really give a win, but at least with this pattern we can increase the chances of being able to win slot games.
Sounds ridiculous and doesn't make sense, but in reality that's what happened for now.
That could be true too as gamblers still find it exciting to play slot games even if we already know it’s clearly a luck-based game, maybe because they still anticipate for a good win by following some special patterns they reserved for slot games. And to think that it could work for some gamblers, I guess it’s not bad too if we can also try making it. After all, gambling is gambling, it’s outcome will always be unpredicted, and it’s what keep us from coming back in gambling.
1267  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing]: Shakur Stevenson vs Shuichiro Yoshino April 8 on: March 06, 2023, 06:00:47 PM
^^ I would agree, decent to good opponent for Shakur but I doubt that he can upset Stevenson at this point. So I will have to put Shakur here winning maybe by a knockout or complete domination of the fight.

No offense to the Japanese fighter, he had the belt in Asia, beat Nakatani who gave Teo Lopez all he can handle and also fought Loma in his comeback fight. But that is not enough resume to beat the likes of Shakur right now.
Same feedback here. This Japanese boxer may have achieved past winning performances but I don’t see him a perfect match for Shakur. Though both are professionals on their own career, but seeing this Japanese boxer past performances, I would say he won’t easily beat Shakur because Shakur is definitely a tough and hard to beat opponent. Still, this will test them both who will dominate the fight and maybe still make a good fight in the end.
1268  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing]: Tony Harrison vs Tim Tszyu - Mar 13, 2023 on: March 06, 2023, 05:34:04 PM

This is a really a good test for Tim because Harrison is very good and durable opponent who gave Charlo his only lost so far. Right, win-win situation for Harrison as well, if he wins then maybe he will be the mandatory for Charlo again.

This fight is a challenge for both fighters, as the winner will have the opportunity to fight Charlo. While Tim Tszyu is a slight favorite, I wouldn't be too convinced that he will win easily. The winner of this fight will surely be deserving of the opportunity to fight the champion.

It would be very entertaining to watch a knockout in this fight. With Tony Harrison having 21 knockout wins from 29 fights, he is definitely not a boring fighter and has a high KO percentage.
This will be a tough fight for both fighters. While Tim is still considered undefeated through all his performances, but I would say beating Tony is never easy and from his high KO percentage, it would be a big challenge for Tim to beat Tony, which it could be the other way around since Tony is also a very dangerous opponent and that fighting with him involves a massive risk. So let’s see then who will come out undefeated days from now.
1269  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [POLL] Using AI to predict outcomes on: March 06, 2023, 04:46:58 PM
I agree with you that AI is improving its skills and algorithms every day. But they are just algorithms. The AI does not take into account the mood of the athletes, their injuries, their physical and mental condition. If you bet on sports, you must take these and many other parameters into account. AI is not able to do that, unlike humans.
Yes, you are actually right on that very statement of yours, because I just tried testing if ChatGPT if it can predict future outcome of a football match, and the A.I supply told that it beyond it's power to predict future event or the correct score of a football match, as there are many factors that might affect it's outcome, such as what you mention above (I.e injuries, team performance & weather e.t.c).

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I'm sorry, but as an AI language model, I am not able to predict the future or provide specific scores for sporting events. Sports matches are unpredictable and can be influenced by various factors such as team performance, injuries, weather, and many other variables. It's best to watch the game and see how it unfolds.


Source: ChatGPT
This is a clear explanation that AI has nothing to do with sportsbetting predictions as it’s already beyond its power, unlike a human mind who can always have limitless thinking and predictions with regards to different factors that will affect the outcome of the game. Even in slots and other casino games, those games are always unpredictable so AI won’t still be helpful about that, the only thing that casinos are predictable is when it comes to the house will always win over its players.
1270  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Can Gambling earn someone a living on: March 06, 2023, 04:26:01 PM
~snip~
So my question now is that can someone use gambling as a means of earning living?

Gambling and living certainly makes sense for those who own such companies, because the house always wins, and those who play mostly lose, even when they sometimes win. A man who would decide to live by gambling without cheating would actually decide on a life in which his fate depends on whether the roulette will be black or red - even or odd, or how the dice will turn.

One type of gambling where you still have slightly better odds if you play smart is sports betting, but that's another story.
Right. Gambling can make someone earn a living if he is making it as a business, like owning a casino or starting a bookie as they will always be profitable as the house has always an edge over the players. But it takes a sufficient amount of capital before starting businesses like these. However, if you are just a regular gambler and would want to make it as a source of living, then it’s certainly not a good decision. Gambling is to lose your money most of the time, and not to make personal gains.
1271  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: My $300 bet won $417,000 on: March 05, 2023, 09:56:13 PM
I'm not going to argue with that one because as always, whether we like it or not, people will always find a way to criticize you even if your motive was not to brag as I believe that OP's only intention was just to share what he had experienced recently. We couldn't blame him for that as the OP was just happy.
That's so true.

Even if somebody really wants to share it without bad intention, there will be critics that would tell about what they think of it as a critic and not to encourage others.

That's okay and sometimes I'm also like that person even if there's the good intention of just sharing of what has happened even if it's just a good experience.
You cannot please everyone so whether your intention is good, there will always be negative criticisms coming from the people and worst is, you cannot stop them from doing that. However, I don’t see OP is bragging here. He just want to share about his big winnings using this kind of strategy. But even so, I believe he really had the best luck that time that’s why he won such a huge amount.
1272  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Would You Build your Own Casino(online/offline) If You Know You Can? on: March 05, 2023, 05:40:13 PM
If you made a billion dollars or even more, as someone who love gambling/betting and have been doing this on several other casinos for many years now, would you rather start your own casino?

I think that if one makes his own casino.. may spoil the fun of it. Or, at least, would not play at his casino (and then it's two unrelated things).

Having/managing a casino is not necessarily for a gambler. It's for somebody who knows to handle all the legal things, all the software and security issues. Gambler(s) can be asked for opinion now and then in order to spice up the games. But the rest is more management than gambler-mind business.

Even more, a gambler may take unnecessary risks with his business (eg start with too low bankroll and risk not having money to pay the winnings at start, especially as the start is more expensive due to increased advertising and bonuses), so he can doom the business before properly starting it. Not a good mix.
Building a gambling casino is never easy. You can be a good and profitable gambler but that won’t be enough basis that you will also be a trusted casino owner. You should be more of a businessman than a gambler alone, and that you should be aware on how to grow a casino business and make it work and become on top of other casinos through the years. However, I only prefer to have just fun and gamble when I want to, and have no plans to live a stressful life no matter how profitable that kind of business is. So for me, I just want to gamble and never dream of becoming a gambling casino owner.

1273  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: gambler has 100% trust in each stake on: March 05, 2023, 05:13:37 PM

My question now is, As a gambler would you give 100% to a stake that you trust?

If you are putting money on a team and think that they can win, then you put 100% on them. But the question is, can they really win the game? what if there are circumstances like injuries during that game that made them lose?

Or even if the odds are high for them to lose, suddenly they play very bad?

So as much money as you put in them, it's not going to be 100% sure that they are going to win.
Sometimes, what you see that is too good to be true seems a failure in the end. In gambling, you cannot expect for the best team or player to be always winning, they are also bound to lose especially if there are sudden circumstances that are not expected to happen. The reason why gamblers should never trust the player 100%, otherwise they will lose all their funds and leave with regrets. However, some gamblers still have this mindset and expect that they will always win because they are betting on the favorite player or team, and when they lose, they eventually realize that gambling is never certain and will always be unpredictable.
1274  Economy / Gambling / Re: who to trust in gambling sites? on: March 05, 2023, 04:38:21 PM

There's always a risk if you want to play in small casino, shit can happen even though you've analyzed and think the site wouldn't scam you.
There is even a big risk if you choose to play in a small casino.
After all, small casinos are casinos that many gamblers are definitely not interested in.
The thing that is most feared by playing in a small casino is when gamblers get a large number of wins and they don't pay for the win because the amount of funds stored in the bankroll is insufficient so they choose to leave without paying anything.
This risk is rarely encountered, but as gamblers we must always be careful.
Small casinos usually put a maximum table limits, so if you go beyond the limits, then expect that you will never receive your winning funds. That’s the reason why high rollers never gamble at a small casino, but they prefer to play at big and reputable casinos so that if they got lucky and win, they can always withdraw their funds without delays. The problem with small casinos, aside from they limit your winning chances, there are also high chances that these casinos are not reliable since they have not build yet their good reputation from different gamblers.
1275  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Do you know any telegram group where a lot of gamblers meet? on: March 05, 2023, 04:10:09 PM
Hi, as I said in the title, Do you know any telegram group where a lot of gamblers from the biggest casinos are discussing each other? If you are in some such group please share them here. I believe there are some groups but I can not find them, unfortunately Smiley. Thank you
If you cannot get any credible gathering of gamblers on telegram, I think you can also consider starting your own. Some other people here in this forum and elsewhere may be interested in joining this kind of group and maybe have been searching to find one but still have not. An extra advantage for you who starts is that you can vet the group and be confident in its credibility. There are a lot of dubious telegram groups theses days, starting your own ensures that you are in the right place. You may start small, but with time you will increase.
Your idea is great. I have been into gambling for years but I have never seen or been engaged into a reliable gambling group, because tbh that was not also my priority. But if ever we can create a credible group with common interest in gambling, then I think that will also give us an advantage that we can be updated about gambling events from time to time. This will also save my time from researching all over the internet about certain events in gambling.
1276  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: Emotion and Trade? on: March 04, 2023, 09:59:10 PM
While emotional control is great, you can have top-tier emotional control over your trades but in the end you're still a bad a trader if you don't know how to trade in the first place.
Exactly. You can be a good trader if you can manage to control your own emotions when trading, but controlling emotions alone will never guarantee the success of trading. You have to know and understand how to be successful in trading, and that will only be achieved if you have the knowledge and experience, developed skills and working strategies, and of course emotions control when you start trading.
1277  Economy / Economics / Re: forget about value investing, you are not the house, you cannot win. on: March 04, 2023, 09:39:53 PM
Don’t you think that having that kind of mindset in which you are blaming the young ones looking up to someone who has proven and shown credibility with his wealth is wrong?

I see it mostly negative with your view and you don’t even suggest anything else. There are also some people who have been successful with the following him, so I guess it has something to do with luck as well.

How can young people or even me and you be a house to win don’t you see something valuable and believe that it is like bitcoin and if you believe in that value in which bitcoin offers don’t you think that it is the same as the principle of the value investing?
If you stick to this negative mindset, then you will never be successful in any type of investment you want to venture. Remember that investments have their own risk and they cannot guarantee profit taking all the time, it’s a matter of winning and losing actually like how you win and lose from gambling. But you can always increase the chance of winning if you invest in those investments with high potentials to succeed and those who have been proven profitable by a lot of successful investor. And always understand what you are investing in the first place, so you will never fall on wrong decision making that will eventually lead to an investment failure.
1278  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Misinformation about crypto (bitcoin). on: March 04, 2023, 09:16:58 PM
Although many governments have been regulate Bitcoin and there's few countries already accept Bitcoin as a legal tender, it do increase newbie or someone who haven't invest in Bitcoin will think Bitcoin is safe. But actually the purpose of Bitcoin is being used as a currency without need help of central entity as the third party between the relation of the sender and the receiver.
Bitcoin is originally designed to be a currency that can serve as an alternative to the country’s official currency. But while it’s not yet globally accepted, bitcoin becomes a good investment for now. However, investing in bitcoin has its own high risk. You won’t make it profitable unless you have the knowledge and experience on how to do grow your bitcoin investment. Otherwise, you might only be buying it at a low price, and sell it at an even affordable price due to panic selling because you can’t understand how the crypto market works.
1279  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: What If There Is A Ban on: March 04, 2023, 08:59:06 PM
Then bitcoin will move to the deepweb-ish market. Pretty much like selling digital drugs.

Will I be negatively affected? Sure, but I'll be totally fine in the grand scheme of things. This is why no one should go 100% invested in bitcoin or in any asset at all, because of potential unforeseen circumstances.
Banning is never a new thing for us. So if ever if bitcoin will be totally banned all over the world, then maybe we should start seeing bitcoin shutting down and leaving us with no choice but to accept it. That’s why we should always invest only with our spare money that is not intended to pay our mortgage or any bills, so that once it’s gone, we will never be totally frustrated in the end. And we should never rely on bitcoin as our main source of living, make it as a side hustle and get a real job.
1280  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Invest in Bitcoin by selling wife's jewelry on: March 04, 2023, 08:44:13 PM


We know gold is very precious metal, but Bitcoin is much more expensive than gold. Bitcoin will cross $100k after halving in 2024 ie if I invest $3000 in Bitcoin now then there is a chance of getting 10x after 2024. If I get $30000 from investing $3000, nothing can be as valuable as Bitcoin. I explained this formula to my wife at night and she was not willing to give me her jewelery at first but today she told me by herself that you can sell my jewelery and invest in Bitcoin. At present I am forced to sell my wife's jewelery as I have no fiat money.
I seek advice from expert investors/holders/users of this forum,,,,
whether selling my wife's jewelery and investing on bitcoins makes sense?
Is it reasonable to invest in gold rather than bitcoin?
It will be more reasonable if you invest both in gold and bitcoin. But selling one’s investment for the sake of bitcoin, I think I won’t agree with that especially that what you want to invest does not guarantee secure profits because of its high volatility. My advice is to keep your wife’s jewelry. You can still invest in bitcoin later on when the price drops again as it would be a good market entry. For now, just save for your capital first and never invest an amount what you can’t afford to lose.
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