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601  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Changed the game you gamble on? share your story. on: September 28, 2023, 05:30:19 PM
Is it the game you started playing as a gambler that you still play till now? Is there any gambler in this place who was used to playing a particular game before but never was successful winning or did not win enough and then made up their mind that it was time for a change in the game you gamble on. Which game did you change from, and what did you change to? how long did you play the game that you are deciding to stop playing because of the bad outcomes?
First I got attracted d d to dice reason being that the result of the games is instant and doesn't require any efforts from me and in as much as I have become aware of the relyiment on lick to win the game that made it easy for me to settle down for the game.

More so I have recently played sport bets although it not in house game any ways but then since I diverted my attention from dice,  I tried settling for slot but it still give me the same feeling as dice so I just moved on to full time sportbets.

Dice is the most popular in crypto even in the early years of BTC, it is the first gambling game that I saw where we can bet using BTC. I didn't even know any kind of strategy until I read it from users here in the forum. I applied those strategies and none of them worked for me. I am not sure I stick to this game for a long time but eventually, I stopped and moved on.

Occasionally, I still come back but most of the time I'm just into sports now. Less stressed and I stopped suspecting the house of cheating on me all the time.
602  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Tyson Fury vs Francis Ngannou Boxing October 28 on: September 28, 2023, 03:41:42 PM

It must be true that Ngannou is the heaviest hitter in UFC thats why its unfortunate to see that if he wins against Fury, Ngannou won't get a belt. So the reason the Ryiad WBC created a belt specially for this fight lol

This is somewhat funny https://bloodyelbow.com/2023/09/09/francis-ngannou-vs-tyson-fury-wbc-belt/

The article didn't say a belt name but they may comeup with something the same as BMF.

The WBC always manages to insert themselves into these high profile events by creating special belts. I'm not sure if they're trying to milk these fighters for some sanctioning fees or if it's some sort of publicity stunt.

I've seen some footage of Ngannou training and he is in great shape and he seems really motivated. Even though money was his primary reason for challenging Fury I don't think it's the only reason. He wants to prove that he is taking this seriously and I expect him to have a much better performance than MMA fighters like Ben Askren and Nate Diaz who barely even bothered to train.

WBC needs to have a cause for this fight to happen and a made-up belt like BMF will justify it while they are not willing to put Fury's belt on the line.
Ngannou is paid more than what he could earn in UFC, he should be motivated. Ngannou will stay in boxing for a while even if he loses this fight though. Now that belt will be challenged as well so I think they need to also create a new weight class.

I'm more interested in Dana's reaction to the belt.
603  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Have you seen gambling advertisements on TV? Opinion. on: September 28, 2023, 03:25:27 PM
I think it's simply that the parties find a voice in using the service with each other. One time while accidentally using it during lunch, I accidentally turned on a channel with content introducing online gambling.
At that time, people claimed that in convenient times they could advertise anything, but children didn't care much, so sometimes we were afraid of the problem of accessing information in the next generation, but It seems that it is just an objective view. Wishing good things for everyone, I believe that as long as the product is suitable for the age content, it will be interesting for them to appear a lot.

At what age do you think the kids should learn about gambling games?
I did learn to gamble when I was a kid playing cards with friends and scratch cards. It isn't really serious money as they were just dimes. It still developed our social life as a kid but this is the time when we don't have internet yet.

This time around the kids can download apps and can find out how to make money online which they will be interested in once they need money. I wouldn't be surprised if they sign up on onlyfans and that would be more disturbing.
604  Economy / Scam Accusations / Re: How I Lost $120,000 ? on: September 28, 2023, 05:33:29 AM
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thanks for summarizing it.

Stranger ask to invest in Huobei and then another exchange (scam) to withdraw direct into bank. At first this guy invest 50$ and withdraw successful and then 100$,1k ,10k and everything goes well. After that this guy borrowed money from friends with interest and he deposited more than 100k$ and now he is not able to withdraw.
this is pretty much Identical to a scam I have seen before, I personally know several people who have been scammed like this and each of them lost thousands in our currency. I am guessing that he was encouraged to invest more money every time the withdrawal went through(just like how the poeple I know told me how they were encouraged to invest more after every successful withdrawal).

This guy now looking to make money through youtube, Facebook and TikTok and created youtube channel and ask in video to help him with sharing.
if the OP really plan on making money through these platforms, he needs to create good content, asking people to share his video isn't really gonna help him if he doesn't have content that people want to watch.

The victim seem to have a twisted mind just what users here have discovered. I symphatized for awhile thinking he was lured into sending money but it seem like he was the first to talk to this Smith girl as @albon had screenshot it. He wants to profit from the USDT sale and turned out he lost it all.

Now he wants to make money with these videos, Jesus OP has gotto become victim for this goal.
605  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Have you seen gambling advertisements on TV? Opinion. on: September 28, 2023, 01:55:35 AM
Such advertisements are often seen on various sports related TV channels. Where live betting is encouraged. This will definitely have a negative impact on kids. However, it is almost clear that there is no action by the TV media or the government in this regard. Because governments can earn large revenues in countries that have licensed casinos or gambling platforms. So they take no action from their position. We should definitely discourage those with kids from viewing those ads otherwise there is no alternative to avoid it
Casino or gambling ads are mostly seen on social media. I think we can't stop these ads at will. We should control our children and stop them from these gambling ads. If they get into gambling at such a young age.  Their future will be very bad. If we can keep our children careful then they can stay away from gambling. If we do not discipline our children properly then they will get involved in various crimes including gambling.


99% chance that Indian kids already have seen those ads and may be even google searched it already especially if the casino has a logo of a cuddly animals. But it disnt stop Australia from banning gambling ads on TV though. I think they still did the right thing and leave the online ads alone.

If your kid asks about it, just don't lie for they will find out about it and find out you lie.
606  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Tyson Fury vs Francis Ngannou Boxing October 28 on: September 28, 2023, 01:41:24 AM

It must be true that Ngannou is the heaviest hitter in UFC thats why its unfortunate to see that if he wins against Fury, Ngannou won't get a belt. So the reason the Ryiad WBC created a belt specially for this fight lol

This is somewhat funny https://bloodyelbow.com/2023/09/09/francis-ngannou-vs-tyson-fury-wbc-belt/

The article didn't say a belt name but they may comeup with something the same as BMF.
607  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Boxing Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: September 27, 2023, 07:22:23 PM

Canelo's winning in KO might be something that gambler who love taking big risk may take, though yes, there are gamblers who also love to see bigger odd something that always wanted to bet against the favorite, it's a good kind of pick which if luck permits and upset happen the multiplier is really something that you will going to enjoy.

Let see if how both fighters will showcase their talents, possible for another win for Canelo here as for my personal take, sparing some coin just to add up for another extra entertainment while watching the fight.

I would take the risk for the KO win at 3.95; it's very attractive, especially considering that Canelo is in his comfortable division. The fight might end via decision, but with odds at just 1.67, it's not as appealing. I'm expecting a more entertaining fight, so I'm leaning towards the KO outcome. It's still early, but at least the odds are already available, allowing us to make early betting choices.

Indeed, I agree with taking that risk at the great odds. Yeah, Canelo didn't knockout his last opponent in John Ryder, but Ryder is a tough mofo and a true SMW boxer. As opposed to Charlo, who's moving up in 2 weight class and so we didn't know if he can bring his power to this weight or how his chin will hold against the power of Canelo.

Maybe it will be a similar outcome like in the Caleb Plant fight. Wherein Caleb has success early, but Canelo, being a slow starter, is just picking his shots early. But once he got his momentum in full and heated, up, just a matter of time before knocking Caleb. Maybe similar scenario here.

I do not think that Canelo is going to lose this fight. He is definitely a hell of a fighter. And it is actually a very big risk for anyone to predict otherwise. But the odds are really really big. So maybe if someone is going to put big money on Jarmell which is going to be a mistake. The big money are going to be put on Canelo. The smaller amount of money is definitely going to be put on Jarmel. Because I don't think anyone is actually going to take such a big risk with a big amount of money. That is just going to be a stupid decision for anyone to make. Let's see what happens. I am not expecting any surprises though.

Possible that Canelo will lose though. Seem a bit in decline if you look at all his previous fights which somehow in a unanimous decision. He took a risk against Bivol and lost. He also stopped improving. Maybe because he is already rich and there are no incentives to make more money anymore.

Apparently, Charlo is new in this weight class, he just bloated himself for the purpose of fighting Canelo. If he isn't used to his weight yet which is more than likely, it doesn't need a bit of a push for Canelo to KO him. 5th Division seems enough of an achievement for Caanelo, he isn't even 40 yet.
608  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: Are you on guard for any unexpected? on: September 27, 2023, 06:22:23 PM
The market still remains unpredictable by now even if there's several hype coming over, but we can't deny the fact that shitcoins was still the hope of everyone to enter the market.
~snip~
You don't have to predict the market because you must know you will fail with your predictions. By unavoidable endings for your predictions, when you know it, you can avoid making predictions. It's good for your investment as you don't believe in your predictions and make bad decisions.

Bitcoin market is volatile but if you can hold your coins, you can get rich. Get rich without any prediction and your task is simple, storing your bitcoin safely and holding it.

How to store it safely?
In non custodial wallets, multisig wallets, hardware wallets and they all must be open source.

Reminder: do not keep your money in online accounts
Don't do this and think you are storing and holding your bitcoin safely.

Definitely, I'm still holding cryptocurrency and avoiding market predictions despite the fact that I've faced the death cross of my asset. Patience was really my stand for several years hoping that there's an amazing outcome of my principles and mindset towards the unexpected. It's more like gambling with unexpected chances in life, no matter what would it be; most importantly you're consistent with the target you have in life. Because, giving up has no room for the big dream that's possible to happen.

Just hold on dear life. lol

I am hoping this spike is a signal that prices may go up next month and may continue til the yuletide season. We have been down this long already it's really crazy that I'm still holding on to some altcoins but it's too late to also sell.

The spike today I think was about Gensler getting roasted in Congress but the excitement also died when he still declined the spot EFT. I'm wondering if this man wasn't threatened or if was he already hiring a ton of noncrypto bodyguards.
609  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Can Gambling affect your relationship? on: September 27, 2023, 04:37:24 PM
Meanwhile, the rest of the gamblers are just keeping it secret from their wives because once they know their husbands still gamble, she'd be mad as hell. She isn't even thinking of going to a salon to pamper herself because she knows the economy is just not fit to have beauty rest. Hiding the gambling activity I think saves the relationship for now.


Not many women give their husbands the freedom to gamble, but when a husband know if his wife is gambling, they can experience the same thing. If one of you doesn't agree, it's best to stop, because one day it will cause big problems in the family if you continued gambling. However, if the wife gives her husband the freedom to gamble, but with a maximum requirement of $xx for gambling, then the husband must follow these conditions. Thus, it can also prevent someone from getting into big trouble due to excessive gambling.

If both of them gamble, then their goal is to really go make money otherwise they'd just stay at home and play together by themselves. Sooner their kids can join them, it's all in the family. But then they will understand if one occasionally goes to a casino or plays online, they may even share an account so yep it's a family affair. Why not? It bonds them together an d a family stays together. This is where you can see a positive effect I guess.  Grin

610  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: What is the wildest thing you've ever bet on and won? on: September 27, 2023, 03:32:21 PM
I did have some laughs when I won against a chess hustler who gave me a chess puzzle where I knew exactly the solution to checkmate in 3 moves. He must have thought I had no idea about the puzzle he positioned. I just have $2 in my pocket though.

But I think he will back out if I bet a huge amount to which he will suspect I know the moves. The hustlers have been doing it for years in the chess player's ground, these are cunning guys.
611  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Can Gambling affect your relationship? on: September 27, 2023, 03:18:30 PM
What's worse is that gambling can cause the accumulation of debt to become greater, the relationship between husband and wife becomes messy and in the end it will have a much worse impact on life. The phrase don't play near a well if you don't want to fell it, might be suitable to describe it all and the decision is entirely up to each individual.
The importance of being open to each other and communicating well with your partner will help gambling become better, although maybe not many women like men who gamble, but believe me, if we are honest with our partner, he will definitely understand, just give him the trust to manage the gambling budget so that we not going too far because we need someone to remind us not to play too far.

I applied this to my wife where I asked her to manage all my gambling budget, after all there is no need to be in debt to anyone, it is better to gamble with money that we are ready to lose to have fun, after all my gambling habit is usually to fill my holiday time, not to make money, I always think of winning at gambling as a bonus. If I lose, just think of me paying for something that is fun for me. The point is to be open with our partner and honest so that it doesn't get messy, let alone make the relationship fall apart.

You gotta have the most understanding partner to be able to do this.

Meanwhile, the rest of the gamblers are just keeping it secret from their wives because once they know their husbands still gamble, she'd be mad as hell. She isn't even thinking of going to a salon to pamper herself because she knows the economy is just not fit to have beauty rest. Hiding the gambling activity I think saves the relationship for now.
612  Economy / Speculation / Re: Bitcoin Halving cycle on: September 27, 2023, 03:05:33 PM
Ever since COVID pandemic with its recession, the predictability of the market has significantly diminished because the so called "cycles" trend was effectively broken. If you look at the chart, in 2019 we are seeing the repetition of the same 4-year cycle trend but with the pandemic starting it is stopped and then it crashes before it can turn into a full scale rally. Half of 2020 is bear market which is completely against the "projection".
Long story short, in a normal cycle price should have been half way to 6 digits already. But instead we are still stuck in $20k-$30k levels.

This is why I think the rallies will happen somewhat similar to before but the size of them are unpredictable so we can't know whether it is going to get to $200k as you mentioned in OP.

P.S. The first chart is a very interesting way of representing the cycles, thanks for sharing.

It's why there are theories that Blackrock is manipulating the market and it's all because of the futures market where the traders in that market are pulling the price down. And SEC is also not approving any Spot ETF for it will just go from the lowest price to shoot up to the 6 digits.

But then anyway, once the volume gets too low after halving, there is nowhere else to go but up but I couldn't expect too much as soon as the RSI says it's overbought, thats just it. It may dump a bit and retrace back but it won't exceed far from the ATH.
613  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 🥊 The UFC Info and Prediction Thread on: September 27, 2023, 02:33:44 PM
That's not happening as Oliveira is already matched up to fight Makachev in Dubai at UFC 294.

Why not? Gamrot has just fought. Oliveira fights next month. If he loses, the timing would be perfect to match him up with Gamrot, as both will have similar time between the fights.

Dunno...  It's just from a match making perspective, it doesn't really make sense.  And even if it weren't the case, should Gamrot still fight Oliveira if Oliveira won vs Makachev at 294?  I don't think Gamrot deseves a title shot after the kind of win he had vs Fiziev.  If anything Gaethje is more deserving to get a title shot after winning vs Fiz and vs Poirier.

But what prolly would happen is Gamrot is matched up with Gaethje and the winner gets a title shot.

And if Oliveira loses vs Makachev, it also doesn't make a whole lot of sense to fight a loser of a title fight and give the winner the shot to the title.  I mean it could happen but it feels iffy to me.  

Anyway...  Here are the results of this week's Contender Series.  The matches were lit!  Except for one.

DWCS Season 7 Week 8:  Results

Welterweight:  Danny Barlow def Raheam Forest TKO (punches) R1 1:19   
Heavyweight:  Mario Piazzon def Alexander Soldatkin DQ (illegal knee) R3 0:20   
Featherweight:  Danny Silva def Angel Pacheco Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)
Women's Flyweight:  Ernesta Kareckaite def Carli Judice Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28)
Bantamweight:  Vinicius Oliveira def Victor Hugo Madrigal KO (punch) R1 3:02

DWCS Season 7 Week 8:  Post Fight Press Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYgt51cnQEI

Charles has to win in UFC 294 for Gaethje to get a rematch vs. Charles and at the same time a title shot.  Afaik Chandler and Poirier could challenge Islam after his fight with Volkanov but these guys are just not up to take the belt. But I'm guessing they all want to get a rematch against Charles.

If Charles loses again, Gamrot will not get a title shot for Chandler and Gaethje deserves it more. Either they chose to move up or mandated to fight Islam.
614  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Gambling Education. on: September 27, 2023, 03:49:06 AM

Nope. Because the more you tell the kids it's illegal, the more they get interested. Just look at the pregnancy rate now on teens.

If they include gambling in the curriculum, the kids will finally learn strategies to win at such an early stage and they will be coming into crypto since it's easier to do it on nonpopular decentralized casinos. We're gonna make a whole generation of gamblers.
615  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Which games offer the best chance of a big win? on: September 27, 2023, 03:42:47 AM
There are several games but I rarely see people discussing it anymore like the Keno game or the lottery.  Jackpot is very rare to happen so wear your lucky charm while betting infront of your monitor.

Like you said, you will need to be extremely lucky to hit a biggie. If you are to play table games, you will still need a huge capital for it yet you are still unsure if you can hit big so there is no best chance in reality.  It's true when they say the odds are always on the casino's side.
616  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Credit card gambling fuels gambling addiction on: September 27, 2023, 03:27:38 AM

Im not even surprising to see people are being trapped in the big debt. It's happening everywhere.


They are deliberately hitting the floor by using their credit card. They know they won't be able to pay their debt even if it's less than $5000 so they might as well just take 50K depending on their limit. Either play it in a casino or buy stuff.

If they are smart enough, they should be using their credit card to buy BTC within the casino as they will have access to Moonpay and the likes.  Hope they won't bet it though.
617  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: What will you do if your country did not legalize cryptocurrency? on: September 26, 2023, 05:00:34 PM

Bitcoin is a very useful thing to many people. It has provided very good opportunities, job opportunity, trading opportunity and lots more for many people to earn money for their essentials of life. Bitcoin halving is fast approaching, giving many people hope of investment, and making reasonable profit at the end. Yet in some countries it is completely illegal. What will you do if you are a fan of bitcoin but your country did not legalize cryptocurrency?

I wouldn't be exposed to crypto if they did illegalize BTC from the start.

An internet user however who is interested in BTC or other cryptocurrency will still be buying coins online despite the government making it illegal. There are lots of ways still to buy and earn BTC though, the P2P platforms are growing in numbers so a fan/investor will find ways just like the people who are from countries that banned BTC.
618  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 🥊 The UFC Info and Prediction Thread on: September 26, 2023, 03:47:07 PM
Anyway, Rodtang VS Superlek was so intense that I thought that Rodtang was winning it well the fight could surely go the other way around for sure but even though Superlek is bloodied he was still fierce and it looks like he is not slowing down is why the judges have come to a conclusion that Superlek has won the fight,

Kickboxing since the time of Van Damme was brutal lol This time around, you can see them hitting their elbow to the jaw but they allow their opponent to clinge preventing them from falling.
Unlike in UFC where one mistake and an elbow hits the jaw the fight is over. Either the fighter will be submitted or punches will rain on him even when he falls on the floor. That's the fight in real life.

Not a fan of Kickboxing after learning Van Damme is not a real kickboxer. Grin Rodtang lost that fight when he clearly was the one doing significant damage. 
619  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 9G has obtained the Curacao Gaming License on: September 26, 2023, 03:19:43 PM
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Blockchain Caça-níqueis Pesca Pôquer

Not sure if you are aware of it but the quote above is what your navigation looks like, seems you set it to Spanish by default. And the notice that pops up is also in Chinese (推荐返利 VIP等级以及对应的权益)

The site looks good and the domain is quite rare these days.  But you probably have to take time launching casinos, the logo is like created by someone who just learned Photoshop in a day.

Welcome to Bitcointalk.

620  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: Why China Recognize Bitcoin? on: September 26, 2023, 06:20:23 AM
it should be, there is no reason to reject bitcoin. Not only China, but the whole world should accept Bitcoin as legal payment.

China court declares virtual assets legal properties protected by law:

They are recognizing BTC, they are going to embrace it. AFAIK China still has miners and the Chinese have a big chunk of volume contribution in Binance market. I have read articles about Hong Kong going to become the biggest crypto hub in Asia. They may not control BTC but they control the people and their data, I think they will not find it problematic.
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