Anyone here who retired with Gambling winnings ?  If not, how much you think is sufficient to retire as Gambling winning ?

AJ reputation was shaken badly after two losses to Usyk. That first fight against Ruiz showed that AJ did not take him seriously or came unprepared for the fight (in interview AJ told that his weight was unusual for him, he was never so heavy before). But two consecutive losses to Usyk, that followed by "how you beat me?" when AJ freaked out. I would say that Ngannou or media will get into AJ head and he would feel uncomfortable during fight. And the predator wont miss that opportunity.

It seems like Anthony Joshua will never underestimate Francis Ngannou because he saw how Ngannou fought against Fury and in this fight it was really surprising because Ngannou was able to make Fury feel knockdown which of course surprised us all.
A Fury who has become heavyweight boxer and is considered monster can feel knockdown from Ngannou, who could say that this fight was his first debut in boxing, but Ngannou was also tough fighter before when he was with the UFC so he has strong punches.

Cycles repeat themselves over and over, with each turn kinda resembling the one before.  But that don't mean they got to go on forever.  Cycles can stop, and they can change too as time passes.  From everything we've seen so far, Bitcoin's four-year cycle is becoming less pronounced with each new turn, so I believe that this cycle will stop over time, or maybe shift so that in the future we'll have a bull run right before the halving, or something like that.

Are we living in another reality heehhe. Also, does Francis Ngannou have any plans on fightning in MMA again? It appears that he will retire after 1 or 2 more fights in the boxing ring.

In any case, on the fight itself, what is the height and reach difference between Joshua and Ngannou? If Ngannou has the advantage on both height and reach, I reckon Joshua might have much difficulty in closing the distance to start his offense.

Everyone already knows Ngannou's knockout punch that almost made Fury lie down on a stretcher hehehe.

It's been quite a long time since the first cryptocurrency with the "Mimblewimble" privacy technique was released. My first days of using GRIN were quite troublesome due to its added complexity. But it's a great coin to use for privacy-oriented transactions once you get the hang of it. Somehow, GRIN became a forgotten cryptocurrency as all of the attention shifted back to Monero. Was this a result of poor marketing/promotion efforts? Or a lack of user experience?

I'm wondering if this coin still has a future, especially when privacy on crypto has been frowned upon by mainstream governments. Do you think it can be good long-term investment like Monero? Or is it a complete bust? Your input would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much.

Halving are becoming less and less important. What will drive BTC more and more is adoption and store of value against inflation.

A fight with Inoue represents a lot of money, that's why Gibbons is suddenly interested in working with Casimero again. Neither Gibbons, nor MP Promotions, represent Inoue so they have no power to actually make that fight happen. In the past Gibbons has prevented good fights from happening like Loma vs. Salido and Ryan Garcia vs. Pitbull Cruz because he was greedy and wanted too much money. Casimero can get the Inoue fight on his own as long as he can win impressively in his next fights.

Martingale method may work for few people that are lucky enough to recover the losses but for most people it will never work. Rather it will just going to make the losses become even more bigger. I will never ever recommend this to some for people who are worried about the losses they have made when they are planning to chase for it and try to take it back. I simply suggest to cool down call it a day and get to gambling on the other day or on the next day. It is hard to see people getting broke because of this common mistake.

If the Lakers go bad like this, it seems like the Clippers will come to mind when Los Angeles is mentioned 🤔
Miami may not be a bad team, but they lost to Utah and the Clippers in their 3-game away series, but they beat the Lakers.
In the Lakers' Miami match, LeBron James appeared to be far from the contribution he should have made. Maybe he made 9 assists, but the 12 points he scored caused the loss.
In Miami, 8 players scored in double figures and although Anthony Davis was the top scorer of the match, Miami won the match 96-110.
With this result, the Lakers suffered their 3rd consecutive loss. He will play at home against Memphis on Saturday. If he loses this game, the next game will be the Clippers game and that game will be very difficult anyway.

I am by no means a professional gambler, and therefore I've certainly got plenty to learn (one of the reasons I like being active in this part of the forum).  I was recently listening to a gambling talk radio podcast and they were saying one basic thumb to live by when sports betting is to bet favorites in the early part of the week and under-dogs in the later part of the week as the spread tends to favor this strategy. 

So I'm just curious if the sports betters in here take this "rule of thumb" strategy seriously and tend to follow it.  Or if there's any experience that says this may not be all that great of a strategy.  Thoughts?

Casimero's camp can't make an offer here, they aren't the one dictating the negotiation as they are the desperate to fight Inoue to make a decent paycheck.  It's still up to Inoue, but based on their status now, I think %70/30% split is already fair enough, of course in favor of Inoue.

Halving is more exciting than having an ETF approval, that is what I see and I'm looking forward to seeing the price of Bitcoin reach $50k.
And I've been looking forward to people still holding their coins and avoiding panic selling. Even just this time, I already consider the price of Bitcoin is bullish already, and I was expecting it to move higher after the halving event. As it happened in the previous halving, that gives us confidence that it also be the same scenario. Well, just to hope that everyone could wait for the right time to sell so we all will be happy.

They are comparing him to Pacman as he's following the footpronts of Pacman, trying to keep winning in different divisions but in today's era where there are so many fighters who can beat him in different division, not sure if they are willing to bring him up, he's the current cashcow so for sure his handlers will make a good use of it, his next opponent will be for making money as he's now holding all he belts and if he decide to keep it and stay in his current divsion,

there's a chance that money wise, they might bring's Casimero's name in the table as there are fans who would love to see them fighting to prove who's better among them.

Does anyone here do the same?

For example, let's say there's a game tomorrow between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Indiana Pacers. The original betting spread is Indiana +2.5 vs Milwaukee -2.5. Let's assume their respective spreads have odds of 1.90, and you believe the underdog will win. Are you willing to bet on Indiana as favorites?

By saying favorites, I mean would you choose Indiana -2.5 with 2.50 odds, a little higher than the moneyline odds which is 2.23.

That's why we have to be really careful in our behavior because it will affect our children, especially as they are still developing toward adulthood. They can easily imitate what we do, including our speaking, behaving, and others. And if they find out we are gambling, they might try it and maybe they will gamble with their friends. Nowadays, many children gamble with their friends without their parents knowing, so in the end, it becomes a habit for children and is carried over into adulthood. If they grow up and become a gambling addict, it will cause bigger problems for their family and themselves.

I haven't invested in altcoins so far but I keep an eye on the altcoin market as it can provide good opportunities for trading and diversifying my portfolio. I also believe that some altcoins have the potential to grow and succeed in the long term, so I will continue to monitor the market and make decisions based on market trends and analysis. My first choice among alt coins is Ethereum. Also I am focusing on ADA, DOT, BNB, POL, SOL, MATIC from top alt coins. Until now I have hold Bitcoin. I am planning to invest and hold two more coins including Ethereum in the future.

This now triggered me to come ask here whether you cares about what people says or sees you as when gambling, I know there are people who don't know you from time or who doesn't believe that you are a gambler and if it happens that you came across such people and their reaction towards you goes other way round would you care about it or you just totally ignore them?

Let's discuss amicably

Market says otherwise. People bet that SEC will approve Spot ETF, Bitcoin even surpassed 45K USD.

People bet that it will get approved because BlackRock is interested in it. I think that no one cares about halving anymore and it will have zero effect on Bitcoin's price because ETF approval is the major event that will attract billions of dollars into Bitcoin and price will increase so much that it will be enough for miners to get higher than expected reward in BTC converted to USD. So, we move from one hype (halving) to another (ETF).
If the SEC doesn't approve ETF, we will probably go down to 20K range.