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1981  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: benefits of having mature accounts at 3 casinos (personal experience) on: September 15, 2023, 01:19:07 PM
maybe, the OP is getting something on each of those accounts. as we have seen, each casino have their perks and bonuses. since he's a gambler, it seems that he's really spending quite a lot of money and time playing on these casinos. for some, it is total waste of money. but for most regular gamblers, they are happy about it. so long you are not having financial problems, then do your own thing.
Having a high account at 3 or more casinos can clearly provide benefits for him because each casino will provide certain rewards that he can get every week or month.
And yes, he probably spent a lot of money to get to that high level in each casino, and not many of us can do that.
And you are right that for the average gambler, it is not necessary, especially for those who only use gambling as entertainment.
They will probably have accounts at many casinos but will not try to reach a high level because the goal of gambling is just to have fun.

Having high accounts will be useless if you are no longer actively playing, there will be no benefits because the bonus in some casinos are based on several aspects especially wagering.
For example in duelbits, their weekly and monthly bonus is depending on how much you wager during the week and month (no wager = no bonus).
In stake, for now they are still giving some bonuses although the account is not that active but the bonus is getting lowered if the account wager less.
Sooner or later, high level accounts in Stake will also get nothing if the account is inactive for too long time.
The main point, there will be always requirements to get the benefits so players should mantain the account by depositing and wagering regularly to get the benefits.

Also if you want to create multiple accounts at gambling sites, this means that you will deposit in all of those accounts and also met the wagering requirement of any bonus offers in all accounts from time to time, this means that you will be risking more money in gambling. If you have so much extra money, it is still better to stick to one account and gamble.

Also, some gambling sites may not allow multiple accounts and if found, they may block all of your accounts.
1982  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: September 14, 2023, 07:53:31 PM
Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf injuries screwed Pakistan big-time and it's pretty evident in this match since Sri Lanka is cruising towards victory at the moment. Shadab is the only decent bowler among them.

Afridi is struggling along with the rest. Mendis is most probably playing a match-winning innings. Great stuff Sri Lanka!

Another worst match for Pakistani team because Sri Lanka has managed to make around 250 runs in 41.5 overs and only four out. I was expecting a good bowling performance from team Pakistan but again they aren't doing very well today. I think Sri Lanka will win this match because their batsmen especially Kusal Mendis played very well in the match, and now Charith Asalanka is also giving his best performance to win the match.
 


Hard luck to the Pakistan team. They were so close to be in the finals but yet not found themselves there. Charith Asalanka snatched the win from Pakistan and he got his team into the finals with India.

The Srilankans and the people in Colombo won't sleep tonight. They will keep on buzzing about this match for a long long time as this is one of the historic win. It was cliff hanger and we didn't know till the last ball who would win the match to play the finals with India.

We have to wait for another Asia cup for the India Pakistan final.
1983  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Cricket match prediction discussions on: September 14, 2023, 04:15:48 PM
In India, cricket is far ahead of all the other sports in terms of popularity.

No doubt cricket is the biggest Industry in India and no other sports match the popularity of cricket in India.

Recently in the Asia Cup, we have had a lot of rain affected matches, the results of which are decided through the DLS System. Most of us do not know how this DLS method works and more importantly how the calculations are made in this method.

The below article explains all and is worth reading.

How the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method works
1984  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: September 14, 2023, 02:42:07 PM
Another rain affected game. Horrendous planning by the boards involved. Anyway, it looks like Pakistan is off to a good start despite losing Zaman early, but the tide could change thanks to Wellalage.

Sri Lanka need to restrict Pakistan under 200 if they want to win this match in my opinion.

Srilanka has managed to restrict the run rate of the Pakistan team. They are scoring at a rate of almost 4.5 runs an over and we are in the 20th over. Considering that the match is reduced to 45 overs and also there can be another delay because of rain, and if this match is decided on DRS, then Srilanka may have the advantage.
Pakistan batters are struggling against Sirlinka Spinners. Current score of the Pakistan team is 130 runs in a loss of 5 wickets in 27.4 overs. Babar Azam scored 29 runs in 35 balls and Abdullah Shaffiq played an amazing inning score his maiden Fifty. Sirlinka amazing bowling performance especially Matheesha Pathirana who picked 2 wickets on Farkhar Zaman and Muhammad Harris by just giving 38 runs in 5 overs. I think Pakistan will go to 230 plus total if the win this match otherwise Sirlinka have a good chance to win and qualify for the final.

This Asia Cup will be remembered more for its rain than the matches itself. Once again the rain interrupted the match and as per the latest update, the match will resume shortly. However, the match is now reduced to 42 overs a side.

By the way I was wondering if this interruption and more reduction overs will favor Srilanka or Pakistan ?

No doubt, at the moment, the Srilankan team is way ahead in this match and is looking favourites.
1985  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: He Committed Suicide After Losing School fees, And That Of Friend To Betting.. on: September 14, 2023, 02:10:31 PM
Another future father, a future millionaire maybe, young 22 year old boy with a promising future lost to suicide after losing his school fees, and that of his friend to sport betting due to gambling addiction..


This is indeed a sad incident and it becomes even more sad when you know it happened with a 22 year old boy.  Cry

Losing in gambling or having a gambling addiction is a separate thing, I am unable to understand how much pressure he would have when he lost his school fee money in gambling and he could not have faced his parents to tell them about the loss and he chose to suicide instead. I wonder why parents are so strict and why can't they help their children recover from these bad habits. Perhaps if he had some good openness with his parents, he could have saved his life. I will also blame his parents for this incident.
1986  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: September 14, 2023, 01:36:03 PM
Another rain affected game. Horrendous planning by the boards involved. Anyway, it looks like Pakistan is off to a good start despite losing Zaman early, but the tide could change thanks to Wellalage.

Sri Lanka need to restrict Pakistan under 200 if they want to win this match in my opinion.

Srilanka has managed to restrict the run rate of the Pakistan team. They are scoring at a rate of almost 4.5 runs an over and we are in the 20th over. Considering that the match is reduced to 45 overs and also there can be another delay because of rain, and if this match is decided on DRS, then Srilanka may have the advantage.

Pakistan batsmen are playing very cautiously, maybe they have some confidence loss due to a very bad previous game against the Indian side.
1987  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: How Big is the online gambling industry today? on: September 14, 2023, 02:54:20 AM
With the development of the Internet and smartphones, the online gambling market in the world is growing stronger. This boom is due to the growing trend of digitalization and the loosening of regulations related to online gambling. Many countries have accepted the legalization of sports betting.
This development is so strong we can see that people will play it. Even all classes of society can easily access this gambling game.''I saw a child using a phone to gamble. Will this be a harmful effect worth reporting?''


Well, with cryptocurrencies, access to online gambling is eased. Previously you needed a credit card to gamble online and not everyone had the credit card / bank account. This automatically puts restrictions too but now anyone can access the gambling site and use crypto to gamble and even minors can gamble on platforms that do not ask for the KYC.

If a child is found betting on the mobile phone, we can only blame his parents for not keeping an eye on him and also giving him access to the money through which he places the bet.
1988  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Can money be saved in gambling sites? on: September 14, 2023, 12:12:38 AM

this thread reminds of me of what happened to Stake recently where they just got hacked. not sure if the coins of the users were also compromised but hopefully not after all Stake is very rich and can refund all.

but what happens if it weren't stake.com? if it was just a casino that isn't very well known and only a few thousand in their budget for refunds then you lost your coins as if you are scammed.

Well, there is no impact on the stake users as Stake being the huge gambling casino, has already compensated the affected users but again this does not mean that we use the gambling sites as wallets and save our money on those sites.

You should only deposit the amount with which you want to gamble and the rest amount should be in your personal wallet and on the centralized casino sites. Even your money should not be in any centralized sites including the trading platforms or the online wallet sites that do not give access to your private keys.
1989  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Behaviours of gamblers you dislike. on: September 13, 2023, 05:57:09 PM
I don't like people after losing gambling. They take their anger out on friends, family, and work. They are so selfish. I hate people like that. In life, they seem to have no responsibility for what they cause. They think doing so will put their mind at ease. But that's wrong. They are gradually ruining their lives with those small sadnesses. Lost money can be earned back. I just hope they can master themselves in this gambling game.
There are some gamblers who fail to control themselves after losing. Those gamblers try to blame others for their gambling failures. Some are anxious themselves, even if they don't directly blame themselves. As a result, they do not maintain good relations with family, friends and relatives. But not everyone does this. We can gamble but we should gamble with money such money that losing will not affect the personal life of the gambler. Only they should remember that winning and losing both are part of gambling so one should not expect only win they should ready for loss.

Keeping the emotion of the loss to themselves is right but what I hate about some gamblers who would start to misbehave with everyone if they have lost in gambling. This will have a bad effect on their family and friends.

If anyone loses in gambling, he or she should not find excuses to blame others for their loss. Doing so, they will not get their money back but due to this they will only lose their friends and in the case of family, this situation can be even worse. This behaviour of gamblers is usually because they get into depression once they lose their money.
1990  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: September 13, 2023, 05:38:38 PM
In today's 3rd ODI match between England vs New Zealand, England team batted first and set a target of 368 runs in 48.1 overs. Root did not bat well today. Root got out for 4 runs in 7 balls. But Ben Stokes batted very well. 182 off 124 balls.  Ben Stokes scored.Dawid Malan was dismissed for 96 runs off 95 balls.England team batsmen Ben Stokes and Dawid Malan performed very well in this match today.New Zealand team now came out to bat.They scored 58 runs in 43.3 overs.But so far  New Zealand has lost 4 wickets. In today's match, the batsmen of the New Zealand team are under a lot of pressure by losing wickets.

Both teams know the importance of this match as the team who won today's match can't lose the series. So the winner of today's match will go to the fourth match with no pressure, noting to lose and play with confidence to win the match and series.

So far England is dominating this match. When they scored 368 runs in the first innings, it was obvious that there are too many runs and the other team (New Zealand ) would become under pressure.

This is exactly what happened and the New Zealand team are struggling at 99-5.
1991  Economy / Gambling discussion / Australia will ban Gambling through credit cards on: September 13, 2023, 05:13:17 PM
Australia is looking to ban credit card usage in online gambling. The reason they give is that Australia loses 25 billion dollars only in gambling in a year. That is a big amount indeed.

Although the title says, the ban of credit cards but when you read the actual news it says that they will ban crypto usage in online gambling too.

Quote
The Bill, set to be introduced to federal parliament on Wednesday, will illegalise the use of credit cards and digital currencies in online wagering and slap fines up to $234,750 on companies that don’t enforce the ban.

Is this bill means that Australia is going to ban online gambling because if people can't use a credit card or crypto, how will they do online gambling?

More Reading:-
Australia to ban the use of credits cards in online gambling
1992  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Learning from those who have experience on: September 13, 2023, 04:59:49 PM
So in my opinion to reduce these activities you have to have new activities that are more fun, because I am very sure that slowly you will be able to get out of that comfort zone but but you have to consistently do it, that's all I think.
This will be a very good option to reduce the desire to gamble because with new activities that make us forget about gambling, gradually this will be like a stimulus for us that can just free ourselves from gambling that has become an addiction. It's just that in this case the level is that when finding something new that is more fun it must be seen first the pleasure we find because in the end if the new pleasure we have has a negative impact it is the same as getting out of the lion's cage and entering the crocodile's cage which makes us trapped again.

But if the new thing is something positive then obviously it is very good, I personally for things like this always get together with some colleagues and family to just chat and relax to fill the time with small talk and it is still quite effective for myself to forget about gambling even though I still do gambling but I can limit it now.

That is very much better instead of wasting your time towards gambling as you are only risking your life away, you know there are some wins on the process but what if you will have more losses because you don't actually have a thing towards it then you already know what will happen to you in case that happens. Just try to imagine it, you will already know the answer yourself that is why it is much better to take another hobby, a hobby that will be an investment for you to earn more money while risking the losses.

The important thing is to learn from the experience of gamblers who are old in this field and have been playing regularly. They will tell you how much important is money management in gambling. Also, they will give us the realistic picture that gambling is not all about making money, it is more about risking money to make or lose our money.

Another thing which I noted is that new gamblers are usually not willing to get knowledge from the experienced ones and they are more keen on playing themselves and learning through experience.  Undecided
1993  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: September 13, 2023, 04:50:19 PM
The match starts in a few minutes between Pakistan and Sri Lanka and also toss starts in 5 minutes.
I think you haven't any idea that Pakistan vs Sirilanka schedule tomorrow and you are expecting today, but it's true that it will be deciding match for both of team because winner will be quality for Asia Cup final against India and loser will be eliminated for the tournament, In my view paksitan are awake from long winning streak sleep and now they will be fully focused on the only decider match . No doubt some of quality pacer will be not available but I am quite sure that the new boy will fullfill too paksitan fan expectations. Now the only problem which will Pakistan face that thier main spinner performance were quite bad and currently they have none more quality spinner which utilize the situation completely and book a strong victory for his team

I usually look at the bookmaker's odds to further get the confluence of who has more chances of winning the matches. Pakistan with the odds of 1.5 is clearly the favorite for tomorrow's match. I personally will also be supporting Pakistan, because i would love to see the India Pakistan Asia Cup Final. This will no doubt be a big game if it happens.

Odds for both teams are here.

1994  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: As a gambler do you have a potential winning amount limit? on: September 13, 2023, 08:50:45 AM
Set a higher winning amount for a certain time, isn't a good practice. Cause for that, you need to continuously rollover until reached the milestone which force you to take high risk what causes lose! Better practice is, always set lower your winning amount, keep patient and try to selft control , learn from pasts and then fine go ahead. Moreover, it is better to roll over on few selected game rather than keep playing for hours randomly. Cause thus playing more and more could result lost due to several attemptions of recovery. So i try to follow this rule

Yeah, if you set your target to a higher position, chance to lose first before reaching it is very possible, better to keep it low
and make sure that you will add that patience and good judgement when the time is needed for you to stop.

There are many factors that can affect you during your game and having a set target will allow you to enjoy and yet gain decently if
you continually practice and follow your set goals.

Possible to make money and lessen the chance of losing huge amount of money.

I agree with the set winning limit target but we should be flexible in our approach and should not be rigid they we will only quit gambling for the day once that target is reached.

Sometimes the luck is not on our side and we loses more games. A gambler should be focused enough to know early that today is not his day, and he should quit gambling before reaching the targets else the chances of making more loss may increase.
1995  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: September 12, 2023, 03:17:35 PM
Sri Lanka vs India

Today is the 10th Asia Cup match of Super Four Zone. This is the second big match which will India play. And India already played a match with Pakistan with great performance. And now they will face the second big team Sri Lanka. So I can't say anything at this time because both teams are good and have good performance in previous matches. So this is really hard to predict at this time. So let's wait for the match. Smiley

India is the hot favourite in this contest. Their performance against Pakistan was phenomenal, and now they have the much-needed confidence to take the game away from any bowling lineup. Overall, SL is a good team with some good emerging fast bowlers, but they are badly missing the services of Hasaranga. Their batting is also chipping, but looking at the current form, I think India will win this game comfortably.
The Indian team is now in the leading position of the Asia Cup from both the bowling and batting aspects. Yesterday India gave a remarkable match against Pakistan. Team India's performance confirms that they are favorites in the Asia Cup final. Sri Lanka won 2 out of 2 matches in Group B in this Asia Cup. Coming to the Super Four, Sri Lanka have played one match in which they have won one match. So if we considered on the basis of yesterday's performance of Pakistan, Sri Lanka is definitely superior as India's opponent.
Super 4 Sri Lanka's position is almost better than Pakistan because already Sri Lanka is second in the points table after winning against Bangladesh, on the other hand Pakistan is far behind in terms of run rate after losing to India yesterday by a huge margin of 228 runs. If Sri Lanka wins the match between Sri Lanka and Pakistan then the favorite Pakistan will have no chance in this year's Asia Cup.

Well, we will see who will win this match as India did not give a big target to the Srilanka team, only 213 and they were all out. Not something we expect from the strong Indian batting line up.
Dunith Wellalage took 5 wickets and Charith Asalanka took 4 wickets, the spin doing the magic for the Srilankan team.

Srilanka in response are struggling at 47-3 wickets and the pitch is helping the spinners more than it did in the first half.
Batting on this pitch isn't going to be easy, indeed.
1996  Economy / Gambling / Re: Stake.com - The Leading Crypto Casino - Drake, UFC, Everton, Alfa Romeo F1 Team on: September 12, 2023, 10:39:29 AM
Are the operation at stake normal ? I mean did people lose any money in their accounts on stake or there has been any withdrawal problems recently?

There has been no disturbance to the stake operation and the gambling site is operating normally.

I recently withdraw some amount from my stake account and it was withdrawal to my account as per the usual process (that is you have to confirm the withdrawal through email).
1997  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: September 12, 2023, 06:57:26 AM
Sri Lanka vs India

Today is the 10th Asia Cup match of Super Four Zone. This is the second big match which will India play. And India already played a match with Pakistan with great performance. And now they will face the second big team Sri Lanka. So I can't say anything at this time because both teams are good and have good performance in previous matches. So this is really hard to predict at this time. So let's wait for the match. Smiley
Indian team squad is very strong, Sri Lanka team does not have any good fast bowling spinners in Indian team. India team has performed well in almost all matches in this Asia Cup, I believe India team can score good runs today as well. The batting line-up consists of Rahul, Virat Kohli, Ishan Kishan, Shubman Gill and Rohit Sharma currently at the top of the Indian team. So I can guess to some extent that India has a better chance of winning today if they can keep their wickets in the end.

India's squad is strong. And more importantly, after the 228-run win against  pakistan, the Indian players are now very confident . India will not make any mistakes against Sri lanka. Also the Sri lankan squad is not very strong. Sri lanka's bowling line-up in particular is weak.

India's top order batted brilliantly against Sri lanka.  Rohit and gill scored half-centuries and got off to a great start . Both Rahul and Kohli were unbeaten with more than 100.  Indian batsmen are in very good form. That's why I don't see any chance of sri lanka winning this match. India will want to secure the final with a win in this match...

India is surely the favorite in today's match against Srilanka. However, we should not forget that this game is again in Colombo where we had rain for the last two days (in India Pakistan match).

So we will have to see if the rain does not disturb today's match and we do not have any reserve day for this match. If we have a full 50 over game, i guess India should win comfortably. If the match is decided by the DRS method, then it becomes tricky and we need to see which team get the most benefit out of it.
1998  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: What is the Difference Between Plying Gambling on Online Sites and Real Casinos? on: September 12, 2023, 06:28:44 AM
In my country there are no casinos operating because it is an illegal activity. However, many online gambling sites operate and have many users from our country. So, even though I often play on online gambling sites,

If the casino is illegal in your country, no one can operate an online casino either in that country. Yes, people can play at other global online casinos (not hosted by your country) as they are online and any country can't ban them.


Do you have experience playing at real casinos and online gambling sites? Is there a difference playing there? I want to know.

First, you need to know that all the casinos are real, the online ones and the physical ones. Yes, you may ask the difference between an online casino and a physical casino. Online casinos are also real and they are not fake. Anyways, playing at physical casino with people around you is an entirely different experience as compared to playing online alone in front of your computer.
1999  Economy / Gambling / Re: Rollbit - be aware, i was lucky on: September 12, 2023, 05:17:20 AM
Hi. My friend CHATGPT help me out:

I wanted to share my experience as a Rollbit user. It appears that Rollbit somehow acquired my information, possibly from my previous involvement with Stake. As a Diamond-level player on stake, Rollbit unexpectedly awarded me 6k for free. This made me quite profitable since I hadn't deposited any of my own funds, and I managed to cash out between 50-80k in the past year.


First what is the role of ChatGPT in all this case ? You mean that Rollbit got to know that you are a diamond level player at stake.com, through ChatGPT ? I don't think that chatGPT has such information of the users within the platform.



I'm not deeply attached to my Rollbit account, but it seems they may have grown weary of not seeing a return on the money they awarded me. In total, I received 14K in bonuses without ever depositing my "own" money.

My intention in sharing this story is to caution all of you to approach Rollbit  with caution. It's essential to be aware of the risks, especially when they involve receiving unexpected bonuses or promotions from them.  I hope none of you have to endure the disappointment of having your funds confiscated. Stay safe Smiley

You first received 6K bonus and then you received more bonuses that amount to the total of 14K bonus in your rollbit account. You think that they were doing this bonus transfers to your account as they thought that you will start depositing also ? I don't think rollbit needs to do such acts.
2000  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: How was your first experience with gambling? on: September 12, 2023, 04:39:13 AM
Talking about first experience,now I want to send this message to newbies,who never knew anything about gambling,and are seeing discussion about this topic,that gambling is something one needs to be careful of,because the moment you get addicted to it,you will find it very difficult to stop it,and despite all the suggestions given on the forum as solutions to Gambling addiction,people are still suffering heavy loss as a result of the fact that they are unable to stop it.Therefore,before venturing into gambling,consider the good and the bad of it,I won't say anyone shouldnt gamble because you might have seen someone win heavily through gambling,and might have the mid to start taking the risk,know that gambling is a risk worth taking,but be wise in taking the risk today avoid had i known.

Also, people will usually tell the good experiences of gambling and may hide the bad experiences. This may mislead the newbies who may think that gambling activity may only gives a lot of money and the chances of loss are very minimal.

This may not be true in reality as when you gamble in an ideal world, you have 50-50 chances of winning and losing. However, if the casino is not fair or there is some miscommunication about the house edge by the casino, the losing chances increase more than the winning.
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