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181  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Amazing Vintage Slot Machines on: March 31, 2024, 07:30:24 PM
Owning that will probably be fun as you don't have to go somewhere else and you won't be spending any amount of money from there. And if you're just for it to have fun then it's worth it to own it. I think that it's got some IC chip inside and the algorithm of it was already programmed and that's already possible even before to make the favor go into the owner's hand.

It means that whoever plays it are unlikely to win or if they do, they're only going to win some few amounts. Well, what I like with the life before was that there is no pressure, you gamble and you're still fine as you won't be suffering a lot because the places were just chill and prolly the same with the people.

I guess there were some addicted slot gamblers already before and until now, many does suffer with that problem that only few able to survive with it based on their own ways of getting rid of it.
182  Other / Off-topic / Re: Can family members help a gambling addict? on: March 30, 2024, 10:12:23 PM
What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.
Using your time to find another activity that will make you happy.
To add , everyone has that thing that tickles that fancy, that lights up the fire within them. And they should not be restricted in going after it and searching for it with all of their soul. Football, playing a musical instrument, singing, dancing, swimming, creating art, teaching are some of those things. When a person hasn't discovered this they allow gambling occur that space and it becomes addictive. Finding that thing that makes you tick is one very potent way to go about gambling addiction through self-determination and the help of family.
That's true and that has to be specific on what's going to make you happy. There are tons of activities and hobbies that you can do for you to find your happiness. If something isn't helpful to you and that's making you get closer to addiction, then you have to dispose them and make sure that you're not going to make it hard for you.

All it takes is the time that you're going to dedicate on it. With these hobbies or passions that you'll find that will certainly help you, make sure that they're all lovable to you and you've got the time that you'll spend on them to greatly convert your gambling time into that activity.
Otherwise, if you can't do it on your own then try to find some relaxation with your peers and do it with them. You get to enjoy and have sometime with them that will surely be memorable to you and might divert your attention wholly from gambling to another one.
183  Other / Off-topic / Re: Can family members help a gambling addict? on: March 30, 2024, 12:12:03 PM
Many people are going through gambling addiction but they manage to keep it a secret from their families and loved ones. The only people that know about their gambling activities are their close friends. In the event that you are one of those close friend to a gambling addict, do you think it is right to tell their loved ones with the intention that they will be able to talk to him and help him overcome his addiction?
I think it's best to let the family know and give them a hint so that they're aware of what their family member is going through. Being addicted to gambling can make him a different person and that might surprise them upon finding out that they've become one.

Can the advice of loved ones even help?
Yes. I do believe that the help and advice of loved ones can help that addicted person. Because if no one is going to listen to him then he'd just find another friend of his to lean on to tell his gambling problems.

But if there are his relatives or family where he can tell his problems about gambling then they'd be there to help him for sure.
He only needs to be vocal about it and don't shy out because that will worsen the situation.

What is the most effective way of going about gambling addiction.
Using your time to find another activity that will make you happy.
184  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Does prediction in sport work for you? on: March 30, 2024, 01:43:44 AM
You should have give at least a good casino that gives their users with some predictions. Because I don't know where you are sourcing these predictions where in fact that I don't read any of them and if there are predictions posted in here, I am looking at them as if they're good to be extracted or to be considered.

So if it's just about predictions working for me, I'd say yes but whether it comes from a casino or not.

IMHO what matters is about how they're all giving me the information that I need before I check on an upcoming match.

That way, I'll get the idea on which type of match should I bet on because if they're just plain predictions giving numbers and plain reasons why they think it's going to be like that. For me, that won't be enough. I am getting only those that are helpful to me with insightful predictions and precise explanations.
185  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: How does affilate programs work in casinos? on: March 29, 2024, 11:46:34 PM
I was wondering how does casino affiliates programs work.

I have a friend who is an affiliate marketer. He does affiliate programs for various sectors. For example in the health sector, finance sector, educational sector and so many. It got me thinking after he tried introducing me into it, he is trying to make me change my mind from gambling in 8 ball pool instead i should use the money to get an online affiliate course.

Am curious right now, to know how does affiliates program work in gambling. I know gambling is big niche and they also run affiliate programs, so anyhow have an idea?
Not complicated at all, heard about commissions? That's it, all you have to do is to promote your link and encourage someone to sign under your link and if they deposited some money there, you'd get the % from that money and that will be your commission or you call the affiliate money that you earn. It's no brainer at all but to have as much referrals or affiliates is a hard task so those that have been into this kind of business are into volumes and quantity of the affiliates and commissions that they're getting. If they are serious with it, they're making more than the minimum wage if they've got a lot of referrals and the majority of them are active gamblers that keeps on depositing money time after time. But a situation is when they're on the good season now but after a few days, weeks or months they won't be.
186  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Can we still truly achieve anonymous gambling in crypto? on: March 29, 2024, 11:09:04 PM
No one is truly anonymous if you use crypto to gamble. Yes of course crypto casinos are easier to use than FIAT casinos and you can withdraw your money in crypto and withdraw it in fiat.
If you do that, you're definitely breaking your privacy because you'll take fiat and that's likely through the banks that you also have accounts.

It doesn't require as much validation as withdrawing fiat from a crypto casino. I think some crypto casinos still don't require KYC to withdraw your money. Casino sites like Duelbits do not ask for your KYC to withdraw your crypto.
The same goes for stake, they are not asking for KYC although they'd ask for some certain information for you as a level 1. But you just can fill it up and go on after wards without the need to send IDs for that filling out of information.

I don't know if these regulations will be different in each country. I won several times on sports bets and they didn't ask for KYC verification.
It varies per casino and I don't think that being in a certain country has something to do with that unless they are restricted.
187  Other / Off-topic / Re: What if an employee of a betting company misuses company funds for gambling? on: March 29, 2024, 04:27:51 PM
Being an addicted gambler that works for a gambling company doesn't define and support that person who's using the excuse of being addicted to be spared from the consequences of stealing money or misusing the company's money. There is no need to reason out that you as an employee is addicted to gambling and as someone being trusted by the company with their funds, you don't have any means of right to spend them to anything that you want and it's truly stealing if you've used them for your personal usage and much worse if you've spent them to gambling. Yes, they're a gambling business but they won't tolerate such actions that are being done by their employees because it is company's property and money that you've used without any permission and they can file for a lot of case with that. If this is a real situation, I've read many of them and that didn't really turned out to be good as if you'll just kneel down to the owners and ask for their forgiveness. Maybe, they'll reciprocate and might give you forgiveness but you have to deal with any counter action that they'll send back to you.
188  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: How about your experience in taking part in the same bet with friends? on: March 28, 2024, 10:17:58 PM
Have any of you had any such feelings?
Yes and that's a normal feeling when we gamble and then we lose. We don't want to celebrate but instead we feel depressed, disappointed and devastated because we've just lost and that's about our emotion when the plan didn't go accordingly as we gamble.

Is there less human pressure if gambling is conducted in the same place with friends?
Maybe you'll enjoy more if you're with your friends because it's not going to be all about gambling but all about the get together and bonding that you'll be having with your friends. That's the reason why many want to gamble with their friends because about the talks, discussions and bond that they've missed all along. So, if this is going to be a fun thing you should gamble with your friends and that's all about having fun because when money is involved, you'd be disappointed and this bonding might be destroyed by it.
189  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Gambling between the past and nowadays on: March 28, 2024, 02:10:39 PM
Obviously with cryptocurrencies and integration of gambling. Everything has made easier and thanks to the casinos that have adopted crypto first and the rest have followed with it. The adoption has grown with them and compared to the traditional, more people don't want to go outside and waste their energies into playing physically. And the impact has even more encouraging when the pandemic has came and more people became gambler because they can't do anything inside their homes as everyone has became locked down. Due to that, many became familiar with crypto gambling and they've seen that the deposits aren't that much compared to the traditional casinos that are requiring them a lot of money whilst in the crypto casinos, you can deposit a very little minimum depending on the casino that you're depositing but it is for sure that the amount is very minimal.
190  Economy / Gambling / Re: What do you want to see in casino reviews? on: March 27, 2024, 11:39:11 PM
The topic is not about what you want to see in a casino, but what you want to see in casino reviews (review website).
I just stumbled upon the thread and it seems that most of the replies aren't all about what OP is asking and it's all about what they want to see in a review to a casino.
I guess that everyone is going to keep on giving their posts in here about what kind of review they want to see from a casino instead of what kind of thing they want to see in a casino reviews website.
They're only reading the title as if the OP is asking for how he should review casinos and not all about they wanna see with a website that has a content of reviewing casinos.
191  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: The madness of gambling addicts. on: March 27, 2024, 10:46:00 PM
I think similar articles with headlines about responsible gambling have existed and will always exist. As long as human greed, stupidity, fear and the like continue to exist, the owners of casinos, bets and other types of gambling will earn money.
Just like Bitcoin, casinos are here to stay and they've been profitable as long as there are gamblers that are having fun and at the same time willing to go all in with most of their stays as they gamble.

Of course, every person who is interested in gambling must have the skill of responsible gambling and remember that if a person loses control over himself, then he should stop gambling, no matter how large the loss of money is, otherwise the losses will be even greater
It's a must for every gambler to become responsible. But if it's about maintaining it, that's when the hard time comes and not everyone can be responsible with their gambling activities. They need to be consistent into maintaining themselves in becoming responsible but based on many experiences that we've heard and read, it's not that too easy.
192  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: How possible is it to win lottery 14 times using mathematics calculations on: March 27, 2024, 09:36:32 PM
I don't really get the whole concept of this and I definitely think it's rigged, I mean how realistic is this ? It's not even possible to get a winning 4x in a row and not to talk of 14x. I believe the reason for most people not taking part in buying lottery ticket is because they already feel they are wasting their money and time because the possibility and probability of them actually getting the lucky number or ticket in one in a million and am also in same thought with this.
Some rare occurrence do really happen with something like this. I am not yet convinced that this is for real but I am leaning into that belief that this can happen sometimes. But one thing is for sure is that the winner is certainly one of the luckiest person and if that's the strategy that the mathematician was able to dug out and used that to gamble, it may be legal but for sure that the gambling providers should have stopped him when he's seen winning it consecutively for so many times. Usually, gambling operators will not allow someone to win a lot like when more than times already has gone for that gambler and they keep on winning. Well, only time can tell when these bets are really rigged and there might be some investigations that are already happening for it to get some better answers.
193  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: User experience Trends in Online Gambling: What's Next? on: March 27, 2024, 08:37:18 PM
- what improvements or features would you specifically appreciate or suggest (what is missing)?
I am not sure if this is an improvement or feature but with the majority complaining about how casinos are having the rules about KYC, I think if they can be softer with it and those small gamblers can be spared with that kind of rule, much better. Or, I'd say that most of them are like this and all they need to do is to maintain that policy for everyone's sake because that's what everyone like to have. As it's always been the issue and question of most when there are new casinos that are spotted by the majority. But we also do understand that if they're trying to ask for it, it's probably that there's a threshold or limit for that user to withdraw. If it's with bigger amounts then they're just doing their jobs for asking it to comply with regulations.
194  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Is it ethical to break your gambling rules on: March 27, 2024, 07:10:07 PM
This will be based on your conscience. If your mind is telling you that you are doing an unethical thing breaking your own gambling rules, what you'll do? only you can stop you if it's about the punishment or any rules that you've made especially for you. That's the reason why it is not being followed by many because it seems so easy to break your own rule and even if you're guilty with it, there's no way that you'd punish yourself unless you're too disciplined and you're a man of words and you'll do something for you not to do that law breaking you've done. It is mainly ignored by those people that have thought that it's going to be fine to unethical with their laws since it's not enforced by law but only by themselves.
195  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Where is the fun when you lose your money? on: March 26, 2024, 10:18:36 PM
That is why gamblers are advised to gamble responsibly and with what they could afford to lose.
Some gamblers will tell you they are gambling responsibly, they will make you believe they can control themselves, they can stop gambling at any time which they want, but if you notice people like that, you will see that they are already addicted to gambling, and they can’t control themselves just as they say.
They don't show it to the public because they're scared that they will be judged accordingly with their addiction. And that's why even if it's visible that they're addicted, they'd just decline and say that they're fun and will even give advise to the others that they should watch themselves so that they won't be addicted. With that, they only want people to see on how good they are with their attitude but with their gambling addiction, they're shy to show it to anyone. I guess that even their closest friends and relatives is that they don't want to let them know that they're on that state because it's a huge shame on them that they've been known as good people but they've fallen to gambling addiction. Actually, it's a separate thing to be thought of but you know these days, one mistake and all of the goodness and kindness you did to them will be forgotten by just one mistake or by being a gambling addict. I'm pointing out that people shouldn't be addicted to gambling but still there's a balance on it but about you having an alter ego, that's why they don't admit that they're addicted to gambling.
196  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: What is the most underrated sport? on: March 26, 2024, 09:21:52 PM
I'm new to sports betting, so I could be wrong, but I think darts is an underrated sport, and here's why: because darts is not as popular, it can lead to less active markets and higher odds. The small number of factors affecting the outcome (mostly the skill of the players) makes it easier to analyze. The variety of game formats and disciplines adds excitement and predictive capabilities. Players often score high, increasing the chances of an accurate overall prediction. The dark horse effect: there is always a chance of a feeling in darts
I came here exactly for this. Bookies offer odds for gamblers like us but I guess the popularity still depends on where you are from and who the audience are. I thin it's popular among adults and to teenagers but to a lesser extent. It's not for the kids viewing since the set up or the event is usually held on bar-type places where you see people drinking.
A great coincidence to me because I've just seen some good darts game on the web. I think it's true that it is an underrated sport and even though I don't play it at all, the entertainment that it provides to its watchers, fans and not is great. At the same time, it's the same with archery. These sports aren't popular as the others but they've got a huge potential once these sports have grown a lot. This time, people are into physical and contact sports and that's why the odds are better there as there's more demand and more fans that are into it. Of course the bookies won't just get into the underrated ones that even they keep on pitching the matches but there are no bettors, they'd just stop it. Unlike the popular ones, even if there's no marketing or broadcast, the bettors and fans are going to flock on them because they're desirable sports that has a huge following globally.
197  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Decentralized vs Centralized Gambling....Which do you prefer? on: March 26, 2024, 07:44:30 PM
We are for decentralization but as for these decentralized gambling, it's not all convenient at all. You have to connect your wallets here and there and if you keep logged in, there's a chance that someone might exploit the backdoor and you can potentially lose your funds. The convenience that the centralized gambling offers is totally what the people likes and that's the same for the exchanges that even if we don't like it that much but we have an assurance that we can do it there easier. Both has its pros and cons, I'd love to support decentralized gambling but with such platforms, developers need to maintain them and they have no difference from the operators of the centralized casinos. It's quite confusing isn't it? but there will always be the centralized authority that should control the ins and outs of the gambling operation of a platform. Because whether we like it or not, at the end of the day, it's going to be our preference and if you've got some good experience doing it on decentralized gambling then that's good as you preferred to do it there.
198  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Are crash games profitable??? on: March 26, 2024, 06:36:33 PM
whatever games the casino provides will not benefit the players. because from the start the casino designed the game using odds that were in the casino's favor. no matter how hard players try to look for patterns, tricks, etc., it will be useless because from the start it is the casino that will benefit.
In the long process, no one will benefit but to say that they really have no benefit at all. Then, there will be no winners and there will be no people that are happy with their achievements when they gamble. But it's true that gambling games are designed with the odds of letting the casino win at most times but there is a slight benefit from the players. We don't know if it's just only a matter of financial, emotional or any other aspects that we're seeing it as beneficial to the players.

the only games that are profitable for players are skill-based games, such as poker or cards, where players can show their skills, and that's it. apart from that, gambling games will benefit the casino.
I think that they're the same but you mean about the benefit is that the chance of winning is greater with these skill based games than of those that are purely luck based games. But I agree that these skill based games like sports betting are good ways for someone to test his skills. As for cards, it also includes some luck though because you can't predict what cards that will come to you but as a skilled card player, you know how to bluff and do some emotional tricks against the other tables.
199  Other / Off-topic / Re: Does having children have an influence on gambling habits? on: March 26, 2024, 10:34:50 AM
IMHO, your gambling habit changes when you're a parent already. When you're in tight budget and even you want to gamble, you just can't. Because if you've got a toddler or a baby that needs some supplies like milk, diapers and other important things then all you have to prioritize is your kid's need before anything else. But I feel bad for the kids that has gambler parents that has the mindset that they might be able to grow their money through gambling and using the money for the milk into bankroll. That's how some of the gambler parents think and it's not too appropriate anymore to think like that because they have bigger obligations unlike before when they have no kids to attend their needs. So, for the gambler parents out there, please prioritize your children before yourself. I know that it's hard to resist but you've chosen your life and your kids didn't choose you but you choose to make them.
200  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: brazil sanctioned law that taxes online betting in the country on: March 25, 2024, 11:16:48 AM
Do you think the government should really collect alternative sources of income from its citizens such as online gambling?
That's really how it goes with the government. If it's about gains, they're are there whether it's from gambling or any other source. What you have to do is to just adjust and you can't do anything with that policy imposed by the government because that's how they always be, they are there with our gains but if it's about our losses, you can't take anything on them. The taxes are increased and the same goes for income taxes which can be said with the gambling winnings. Taxes are the blood line of a country's economy and sadly, we don't like it if the government is corrupt or from a developing country which is known that the people doesn't really benefit from the taxation that they're getting from their own people. So, for you to accept this matter is to maximize any benefit that you are eligible from the government.
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