And this is the very definition of gambling, you take the risk, you don't know the outcome and it's by far a long shot if I'm not mistaken. But still you do take that jump, that leap of faith so that you can win no matter what the odds are. And I think I has seen others here who also loves that risk taking and more than kind of odds and prevail in the end. Same here, I do sometime take that, unfortunately I was so unlucky and not hitting that huge risk. So the biggest for me in a parlay if my memory serves me right is like 10x only. So congrats with your big win and you and your friend enjoy the winnings. But just remember that not every time you take that big risk, you are going to win though. Everything must be perfect that time for you to win and it might be hard to replicate it again and again. Just imagine though, lately there are a lot of parlays that has been destroyed by just one game lost in the NBA. So can go and see it in the thread as some are complaining how unlucky they are.

I really don't know if we can be just categorized on those 2 characteristics. And for sure majority here will not agree on the description itself, what? we have low self-esteem, and manipulative? What the hell is that description? So I will say that it's not that right to categorized all, some of us just play to have some fun. Maybe others have big capital to begin with and that is fined. But I don't think they gamble because they are manipulative or something, they play to enjoy and be entertained and of course us average joe gamblers wanted to win, simply as that. No need to go to that line to describe who we are, gamblers will be gamblers and that is enough for us. We don't have self-esteem and that is the worst that I heard about gamblers to be honest.

It has a lot of dire consequences, first and foremost, Financial ruins, this is the obvious effect to us, it leads to financial difficulties, including loans, debts that we can't pay and worst we loss our assets, like house or car. And then this subject has just been recently discussed here, mental health. Sooner of later with the effect of constant losses gamblers will have a breakdown, anxiety levels increases because of the financial strain that we are experiencing. And worst case is that someone will just go and die from heart attack because they can't take their losses and always thinking of it. For the relationships with his or her family, there is also a thread here about deception, not telling your other half that you are in gambling, can lead to break up and divorce and the only victim here will be their kids or children.

That's just one part of the equation though, at least if you look at the monthly chart, Bitcoin goes to almost 1%, so we are still green in January. Of course, we thought that we could have gotten higher when the price reaches $49k and very excited to see a break out run to $50k. But there is a correction, short term speculators taking some profits and that's it. Nevertheless, we are getting closer to the catalyst which is the block halving. And so with that, we will see a huge growth down the line and that $50k? it will be broken like a butter. So I think we will still grow this February and be in the bullish state and might end up closer to $50k again.

Yes, it's really saddened when we hear boxers dying because of the love of the sports. It's cruel we all know that and that's why every fight their life is on the line. So rest in peace champ. And it will also has a mental impact on the fighter that cause this accident. There were stories that fighters who beat boxers in the ring and their opponents died, didn't go and push for their boxing career as they carry the burden of "killing" someone inside the ring.

That is the original schedule, but it was canceled because Takuma Inoue suffered a rib injury if I'm not mistaken and so the fight has to be postpone and now it's all a good this coming February. Definitely, Ancajas has the experience and with that, he might be a huge underdog, but for sure he will throw everything in this fight as this is a make or break for his career. As another lost will put him down in the rankings and he might not have a chance to fight for the belt again.

Obviously that will be Usyk's main focus now, moving forward, the fight with Fury is cancelled from the original date and everyone is really affected by it. Maybe it could be a blessing for Usyk for all we know. He will have a target now and see if he can open that cut again during their fight, whatever date it is. It's the question whether Filip will be ready by February 17 or if Saudi wanted to continue with the fight as everything have been set up already but getting another fighter to replace Fury. There are a lot of conspiracies, noises being heard but I do think that it's all accidentally and that Croatian sparring partner doesn't want to deliberately damage Tyson in their sparring.

I don't know where Casimero or how he thinks that Tapales is not competing with Inoue when they have the fight. Obviously, Tapales is trying his best, he even has some good rounds to boot and hit Inoue. But Naoya chin is very strong that not even he hits him solidly, Inoue is just eating it. So it's not right for Casimero to criticized his fellow countryman just because he lost to Inoue. And with that, he could also be criticized with the way he is fighting at 122 lbs, two fights and we are not that impressive and it could be the reason why he may not get his fight with Inoue. Unless he wins impressively next, but still it will be Nery that will fight Inoue.

Good mindset, yeah, we really don't know what's the reason for others who file scam accusations and then later they've been found guilty in whichever shape or form. And in defense of casinos, most of them are just trying to hostage or sabotage them with this invalid accusations and then the threat that they are going to destroy their reputation, specially here in our community. Although not all, maybe there are some valid accusations, and when both parties shows proof and found out that it's valid, then casinos are going to pay. So yes, it's better to be skeptics if we read or here accusations, and then just continue to play based on our own experience, and for sure we will continue to play as our experience is seamless.

Yes, and I think everything is subjective as far as gambling goes to be fair. The amount of time considered appropriate to spend gambling varies among individuals and is influenced by personal preferences, financial considerations, and responsible gambling practices. Maybe there are gamblers who play with that gambling capital of them, so when they win, they get out, same with they didn't win. They will have to quit and never comes back or not chasing losses. Just remember though, that you or any individuals  finds it challenging to manage their gambling habits or if it is having adverse effects on their life, then it's recommended that they seek assistance from counseling services or helplines. And we shouldn't spend countless hours on gambling in my opinion. Everything should be in moderation or focus on other things and priorities.

Not yet, market are still ML as initially listed. This is how crypto based casino are, in the beginning they will just list the fight as per ML, not unless there is hype on this fight, maybe from welterweight to super to heavyweight as this division have a lot of great boxers. But unfortunately, for lower weights, all the odds might be listed on the day of the fight itself. So if you wanted to beat on round ranges or exact rounds, you will have to wait and check the odds regularly. But for us who are fans of Ancajas, having him as a huge underdog, ML would be suffice as we don't have to wait on how he is going to win, as long as he can win by KO/stoppage or thru the judges scorecard that ML bet will be good to us.

It's going to be the Knicks winning here, no OT for them. There's a lot of heroes in the Knicks, how about Precious offensive rebounds? and then playing D against his former team mate Paskal Siakam? Or Isaiah Hartenstein 18 rebounds? And definitely, Brunson 40 point performance and being a first time All Star. They did it without Randle and IQ. So this is a big and emotional win base on Brunson post-game interview. So good win for them and let that streak continues with 9, 32-17 in the East. Pacers though is not an easy team to defeat as they also have the mentality for a hard and grind attitude.

Right, I don't know when was the last time that we have seen a HW unification fight. If my memory serves me right we haven't seen since like in the 80's as when the Klitscho brothers dominated this division, they obviously doesn't want to fight each other. And so we can trace back the lineal HW champion to Fury himself when he beat once of the Klitscho before his first retirement due to mental issues. And there is a promo that is worth watching as well, that added more hype to this fight. Fury though is the slight favorite but it's really hard to predict, as he is the physical dominant boxer between the two, but Usyk is quicker and more agile in my opinion.

Right, we should do our due diligence in playing in any casinos, specially KYC, withdrawals as it is very important to understand them as later we might have a issues, just like what we are seeing here. Specially The ToS, which usually address dispute resolution mechanisms and the process for addressing customer complaints. Knowing how disputes are resolved and the availability of customer support can be essential in case issues arise during your gambling experience. As far as KYC goes though, I think we all know that when crypto really took the center stage, everything has change for us. Before we just need our Bitcoin address to withdraw and deposit. And even if we have big wins, we are not required to send personal documents and what not. So it's very important to us that if we play on online casinos now, there are chances that they will ask for a mandatory KYC to be able to withdraw.

For me it's obvious that he no longer interested on boxing, and that's why he was been out for 2 years. His injury really did it for him because when he come back, it was a different Thurman, his power is no longer there and maybe just boxing around for the money. His lost to Manny already proved that his motivate and fire might be really gone and after that he was on/off in boxing. Obviously he can still run his mouth in this fight, but as far as performance, Tszyu being the younger and the champion might have the advantage here. Let's watch here the kick-off press conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTOgKPSpch4

I don't think that there will be online casinos that will give up $150 just because it's your birthday. Just think about it, there are thousands of gamblers in just one site alone and if there will be like everyday each of their gamblers will have a birthday and they will have to give away like even $50, then that is a bad business practice as they can be abused and it will add a lot more of paper work for them, i.e. verifying the birthdays as they will asked for KYC. And as others have said, the works in the local casinos so that's probably one of her perks for being a employer for them and maybe she has been with them for many years that why she had this privilege.

I also remember when they face the Rockets, Udoka is counting as well and it's almost 10 seconds for Giannis FT. I think his coach did a good job on him, but somewhat it did take him more time to relax that sometimes it's a borderline violation or maybe Giannis is doing it intentionally.

I do agree with the latest 3 point shot contest between Curry and Sabrina Ionescu.

The old format is good enough for us as NBA fans, I guess we are still very much in the old era of the All-Star that it's hard to see new format being introduce but then there's not much hype from the fans.

Yes, I don't think that Bitcoin's blockchain is compatible with MetaMask EVM (Ethereum Virtual Machine).

Perhaps this is just a mistake, maybe what they meant is Wrapped BTC or WBTC. And any case, this just shows how poor crypto journalism is.

Again, it's all about risk, and as in your friend's situation, his back is against the wall and he only thinks that gambling could only be the way out. Unfortunately for him, the result didn't go his way. However, there is this one legendary story and I think it has been shared it already: The Founder Of FedEx Saved The Company From Bankruptcy With His Blackjack Winnings!. This is probably one of the exception, but I guess your friend and others have horror stories gambling in hoping that they will double their money and so at least they will be able to pay their debts. But in the end, this is a lessons to everyone that gambling is not the way out for the majority of us.

Hopefully it will be a study growth though, same with previous halving years, although we might see the previous all time high getting broken maybe in the last quarter of the year and 2025 will be the banger year. As for the price, I think everyone knows that the prediction is 6 digits, from a conservative $100k, to as high as $180k or even higher than that. So this year is going to be interesting not just on Bitcoin, but the whole crypto market itself. Maybe there will be a few individuals around who have accumulate already in the past years and just waiting for the bull run 2024-2025 and make them millionaire. And with the Bitcoin Spot ETF already approved, it could really help drive the price after the block halving and then FOMO sets-in.

Both teams have made the trade and so it seems that the new set up of players are blending up very nicely. Siakam had a triple double the other night as a Pacer.

I think Brunson and Julius Randle is really doing everything for the Knicks right now. Reminiscing of their previous years run when they make the playoff. And I still remember that they also had a good run during that season, even as a underdog, they will win big games against great team just like what we are witnessing right now.

But as far as potential championship team? They are not on that level yet, they will have to fight it out with Sixers and the Bucks and even Pacers on a highly contested Eastern Conference.