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1961  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Have you committed, or considered committing, illegal act to finance gambling? on: April 30, 2020, 07:37:54 AM
Of course not. Why would I have or need to do such things like committing illegal actions just to finance myself to play gambling? Also, who on earth would have the courage to confess such private matter over a thread that can be seen by many people in the forum? If you or anyone would like to finance themselves to fulfill their urge on playing gambling, you must do it on a legal or good way because committing such crimes will provide you no good but just put too much pressure on yourself and might get you into trouble since hideous crimes is against the law. It will be your guilt to imagine to do crime for the sake of playing gambling. If you do not have any resources to use for playing gambling, then maybe it is not meant for you to play. Just play base on what you can afford and what you do not have to avoid putting yourself into a trouble.
1962  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Why most gamblers can never hold onto big bag? on: April 29, 2020, 11:24:07 PM
I have one friend who used to play dice in stake.com, he started with a very small fund ($100), out of that money, he managed to have a balance of 24 ETH at some point but unlucky guy lost everything in one day. Once again, with the bonus he got from stake, he managed to cross 30 ETH within less than a month but yesterday, he lost everything once again.
How come he lost everything one day? Do most of the gamblers lose money in such way?

Not all gamblers do fall at the same way because there are ways a gambler can avoid losing all of his winnings by just one day. Maybe your friend have a problem on his budget management because if he minds the amount he bets, he would not fall to loose all of his winnings in just one day. Having such amount of ETH is already that big to loose in just a day. If he managed his money well, the amount of assets he have in hand can be spent for days and not just for one day. He can do also have a chance to win more than what he have if he just take a better look of his playing behavior and management of his budget well. Strategic intervention must be done for a gambler to avoid loosing all he have won for days of playing in just a day because such experience is awful for a gambler earning those and just loose it like a bubble.
1963  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Has this period killed your desire or exited it on: April 29, 2020, 10:55:29 PM
With this time that we are all tend to stay home because of the quarantine and lockdowns being implemented by the government, most of us (because so can work from home) do have plenty of time now since there is no work from the office to play gambling through the use of online casinos. With this matter, still some can be able to continue their desire of playing gambling even they are staying at home so some can still be doing what they desire which is playing gambling no matter what their reason or purpose is. On my case, this period gives me a lot of time that I can spend on anything I want to do like playing gambling so my desire has bot been lessen because I can do still play online. It is just that I tend to play only for the purpose of entertainment and not literally to get addicted on it that's why it is just normal for me to have no worries if I can or cannot be able to play gambling at times like this.
1964  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: What's your biggest bet, loss and win on: April 29, 2020, 08:58:28 PM
I cannot evenly remember the details I have on playing gambling because I do really don't mind to remember anything since I tend to play just for fun and leisure activity. Also, the reason why I do not intend to mind those because I just bet on small amounts and those are the ones I can only afford to loose because why would I take risk of putting too much for a game of chances wherein winning has no assurance but loosing do have lots. But I think, I did not loose that much on playing gambling because winning and losing is just even for me because whenever I loss, I also win and the loss I got was fully recovered by my wins. So no worries for me whatever amount I have spent for playing. It is not because I have lots of money but because I just know how to handle my money and play moderately.
1965  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Do you think sport betting and gambling casinos are the first business to get up on: April 29, 2020, 08:29:48 PM
This Pandemic will last for 6 to 8 months more and it will definitely take a toll on the gambling casino business.
Do you think it's one of the businesses that will get up or recover their losses immediately after this pandemic is over
or it will take some time because people will have to take care of business first or go back to work first.

This pandemic is consuming people's resources to sustain the necessities they need to be able to survive and keep themselves safe from the effect of the virus so I doubt that people who are into playing in gambling casinos and sports betting will tend to get back into business after this pandemic because surely they will think first of recovering their losses from this pandemic due to the reason that no work outdoors is allowed because of the implementing lockdown on the areas affected by the virus. It will take quite some time for the recovery to come for the lives to get back in normal state so with playing gambling as well. Every businesses affected by the pandemic will start again from the bottom so it will really take quite some time before they can recover and tend to play gambling on casinos.
1966  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Your Gambling Life During Quarantine on: April 29, 2020, 08:04:14 PM
So,...
-how's it going when it goes to your daily life?
-how's it going when it comes to your social life?
And lastly...
-how's it going when it comes to your gambling life?

All of this will be based only on what you have done in this past month of Quarantine. Although it is very common that we can't see any games in relation to sports, even so there are quite a number of shareable experiences that you might have done in this past month that you have never done in the past years.

So what do you think? Do it really had a big difference?

As for this past month ever since the lockdown and quarantine have been implemented here in our country, so far my daily life situation is still good. I got to have enough rest from the restless days I have from work when the normal days are on, but still I am wanting to get back into working in my office to work. When it comes to my social life, everything is still going good because I do still keep in touch with my friends and work mates through social media platforms and talk about our lives this quarantine season. When it comes to my gambling life, well, I have plenty of free time now to play gambling online but still I intend to do play only at quite sometime because I just do playing gambling to entertain myself if ever boredom strikes me so hard or if I am over on playing other sorts of games I have here at home. Actually there is no really big difference when it comes to my gambling life now that we are into a quarantine period compared to the normal sequence because I just tend to play gambling at my free time and that is just for entertainment purposes only.
1967  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Reason for ending gambling sessions: Had something else to do on: April 29, 2020, 07:36:01 PM
Interesting findings from "A national survey of online gambling behaviours" by Columb & O'Gara (2017)

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A total of 208 users participated in the online survey. The most popular gambling activity played was Sports Betting (26.9%) and the most commonly used device was Mobile app (68.6%). The main reason for gambling online was ‘To win money’ (84.6%), the main reason for ending gambling sessions – ‘Had something else to do’ (67.3%) and the most prominent emotion experienced – Excitement (60.6%). There were findings related to the severity of gambling addiction (75% – had to borrow or sell to fund gambling) and their attitudes towards online gambling (strongly agreed – 39.9% – The potential dangers of gambling should be advertised).
Source: https://sci-hub.tw/10.1017/ipm.2017.64

* Sportsbetting via a mobile app is the mainstream;
* Main reason to gamble is to win money; and
* Contrary to my belief, the most popular reason for ending gambling sessions is "had something else to do," and not because "running out of money."

If you think about it:
* Gambling is a time-wasting activity; and
* To stop gambling, keep yourself occupied with something.

What do you think about the above findings?

Well, actually it depends on the gambler himself because not all gamblers do think of the same way the participants of the survey have answered the survey questions. Having 208 participants out of thousands or even millions of gamblers around the world cannot duly be represented by a small group of people. Although the data gathered might be also the answer of other gamblers out there, getting into such conclusion for me is not considered as a representation of a whole because not all gamblers think of the same way. Many are just playing for fun or entertainment so you cannot call it as a waste of time. But indeed that if you want to be able to stop gambling (this is for those who are proven or claimed to be gambling addicts) must divert their attention into something to keep themselves occupied to avoid playing gambling if it has bad effects for them.
1968  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: If google has its own crypto currency? on: April 28, 2020, 11:31:29 PM
If Google have its own cryptocurrency, then it will surely be a good thing and will be a big news as well. If ever that happen, it will be good for the whole crypto community because the usage of cryptocurrencies have been promoted by Google so it will surely be a great thing to attract or encourage people to get into using cryptocurrency as well. I am wondering how or what will will be the feature of that coin will be and the usage of course. It is really interesting to see once that thing will happen because imagine a big company which is well-known like Google is adapting the usage of cryptocurrencies by creating its own. Looking forward to see such thing to happen in the near future.
1969  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Will another altcoin rise to overtaken Bitcoin? on: April 28, 2020, 10:58:57 PM
There is a lot of possibility that a new Altcoin will always rise and be born through lots of varieties that projects who aims to provide new great ideas to resolve present problems that requires modernized solution. But I doubt that a new rising Altcoin can surpass or overtake Bitcoin whem it comes to demand. Technology is indeed important on choosing a potential cryptocurrency in the market but building the trust is also an important element that is needed to be considered as well in which Bitcoin have built for a long time ever since it has existed.
1970  Economy / Economics / Re: returning to normal on: April 28, 2020, 10:31:37 PM
there's a new narrative emerging that life will never return to normal after the coronavirus pandemic:

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I don't think people realize that there is no normal to go back to anymore.

At absolute minimum:

1) Supply & demand has been reallocated across the economy, with travel & events zero'd out, remote work & masks to infinity
2) Virus permanently changes public behavior
3) Supply chain disruption just starting

Even if the virus did vanish in a puff of smoke and everyone went "back to work", the behavior of billions of people and every country has been permanently changed.

Demand won't quickly come back, borders won't easily reopen, international relations won't be the same.

https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1246151098986983424

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Which industries will die off first because of pandemic?

The obvious one for me is the movie theaters but what else?

https://twitter.com/needacoin/status/1246191483746574337

what do you think---are entire industries about to disappear because of the pandemic? will some aspects of the economy and general life irreversibly change after this?

or are these people just drama queens who are blowing everything out of proportion? maybe people will forget all about the coronavirus in a couple years time and nothing will change. that's what happened after the H1N1 scare.

I think it is not just a drama or overthinking as well as over reacting because it is true that we cannot go back to our normal lives together with the economic development that easy as for now because there is still no cure for the virus so what we can have is still to be cautious on the things around us which also changes our behavior and the way we think because of the pandemic. It does not mean that because we cannot get back to normal life as of now is it will become permanent, no. It is just for temporary while the cure is still into discovery, but when the cure have been found, surely everything will get back to normal. Although there are some changes, well at least there will be new lesson of life we can bring to the future to avoid such thing like this pandemic to happen again.
1971  Economy / Economics / Re: How can the corona virus end Faster and economy reopen on: April 28, 2020, 10:10:17 PM
Our world is facing a serious threat on the health of the people because of this pandemic Coronavirus and is affecting the different sectors across the globe. At this point of time, the pandemi is still on in which the number of infected cases have already reached and surpassed the 3 million number of cases worldwide. For this virus to be resolved, we have to do some measures to at least slow down the spread of the virus while the WHO and the scientists worldwide are still working into discovering the cure for this virus. Government have implemented quarantine procedures and lockdowns to stop or slow down the spread of this virus and also doing mass testing and contact tracing to identify those who are infected by the virus to give medical attention and isolate them so that no one will be infected. As of now, the only thing we can do is to stay indoors to avoid getting infected and to strengthen our immunity and follow the government's rules and regulations to stop this virus so that we can be able to stop this virus and hope that the cure is soon to be discovered once and for all.
1972  Economy / Economics / Re: Internet would become the most expensive commodity in the world. on: April 28, 2020, 09:46:19 PM
Internet can possibly be the most expensive commodity in the near future for the reason that with the continuous advancement of the modern technology we have, internet is fastly incorporated into different gadgets and machines that people use to make things work on a faster rate and being able to have connectivity. Mostly people are also usng Internet connection whether via mobile data or wireless connection (WiFi) to have access on different platforms that can be accessed when you have a stable internet connection. With those reasons, there is really no doubt that internet can be the most expensive commodity in the future because of the rising demands from the consumers worldwide.
1973  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Investing in multiple altcoins on: April 24, 2020, 03:04:37 AM
Investing into multiple Altcoins are just fine because it is just like securing or having that assurance in mind that you will have something to obtain by trying to invest into multiple Altcoins that you think do have capacity and capability to be a potential coin and provide benefits for me in the near future. It is just that when doing investment into various Altcoins, you do have to seek and assure that the Altcoin you wish to put investment with is worthy and have the capability to grow because investing into "shit coins" or scam coins will just be a nonsense and will be a waste of time and money of course. Investing into multiple Altcoins still have to be picky and not just because you see it has a high price. Still prices can be deceiving so better see for yourself to invest only into those that you are sure.
1974  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Sources of income? on: April 24, 2020, 02:04:24 AM
The most common source of income that the crypto users do engage in this industry are basically through trading, mining, investment, bounty hunting and airdrops. Those are the most efficient and the commonly known sources of income that we can attain in this industry. On my case, I commonly engage into bounty hunting, airdrop and trading since those are just the ones who suits into my preference and time for I am also having a job out of the crypto community because I do not just fully rely into crypto works for I know that I cannot always depend on the income I can have from it. I just want to secure that if ever I do not obtain income from crypto, I do still have another source of income to sustain my needs.
1975  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Why lots of people got scam easily on: April 23, 2020, 10:57:49 PM
There are many reasons why people get scammed easily even though some scam projects are easily recognizable because of obvious matters. Some people easily gets scammed because of (1) Ignorance. What I mean is that they do not even know anything about a project but still decided to get engaged into it; commonly this type of people are just new in the industry so they got easily encourage and turns out to get scammed. (2) Desperation. People will do anything out of desperation and that includes believing into something  that is quite promising even though it seems to be unreal or impossible to happen. (3) Greed. Many people do want to have more than thy already have and turns out to make impulsive decisions to make that happen because of greed. Those were the common reasons why people get easily scammed in this industry.
1976  Economy / Speculation / Re: Is Covid-19 a cause for BTC price drops? on: April 23, 2020, 08:36:41 PM
This pandemic have affected every sectors in the whole wide world not a single one is excluded so maybe, since Bitcoin can be considered as a part of the economic sector since it is part of finance where people treat it as a source of income, so the answer is yes I think. The pandemic became one of the reason why the prices of the cryptocurrencies specially Bitcoin have dropped down this past few weeks since the pandemic turned on and because of panic, peope who have invested their money to crypto already start to pulling iff temporarily to sustain their necessities to survive and let themselves be safe from this pandemic that brought lockdowns to happen that basically results to temporarily unemployment so those that have physical job may be do the last resort of converting and pulling their money from Bitcoin. But not just the pandemic must be blamed or to be pointed on this because there are still other factor affecting the price movement and the covid-19 pandemic is just one of those.
1977  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Have You Started Gambling Because You Want To Be Part Of A Gambling Campaign on: April 23, 2020, 08:02:13 AM
Have You Started Gambling Because You Want To Be Part Of A Gambling Campaign or you are already a gambler and wants to be part of a gambling campaign, in my case I come to play gambling because I want to become a part of a gambling campaign, so far this is my 6th gambling campaign and I still continue gambling because I want to continuously involved in gambling campaign.

How about you?

No. I do not started playing gambling just because I want to be part of gambling campaign. Ever since, before I got involved into any gambling campaigns, I have already been playing for quite some time and that was because of my curiousity that I wanted to learn how to play gambling and that is not because of the money I can get but because I a tired of the usual games I play and I wanted to try and experience something new that is why I started playing gambling. Also, I just play gambling when I have free time so basically I am just playing for entertainment sake, nothing more and nothing less. Well, playing gambling seems to help me on having ideas already that I can share on gambling campaigns and that is a good benefit I have from playing gambling before.
1978  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Do you keep a spreadsheet for you wins and losses for tax purposes? on: April 23, 2020, 07:17:20 AM
While ago it just hit me when i won more then usual that in the future if bitcoin goes parabolic, these wins in btc can be huge and i have to tell my banker where i got the money from and i guess i have to keep how much i spend it to make it for tax purposes too.

I was thinking that i need to start to keep a journal/spreadsheet on my wins and losses soon. I've been stalling and avoiding it because i might not like what i see, i don't even know if i am on the plus side anymore. I am not sure how crypto gambling taxes go in here but i thought that it wouldn't hurt to have a record of my transactions in it while i am studying it.

So, i guess my question is that are you keeping a track of your wins and losses and for what purpose are you doing that?

So far, I haven't done such thing of taking or keeping any records of my wins and looses on playing gambling because it will be needed to exert an effort to do such and I do not really want to take note of those because what will I do on it if ever I will make it? I think it serves no sense for me instead it might just trigger frustration on me seeing how much money I got loss than wins. I am just keeping myself aware and limiting my budget on playing gambling to avoid loosing so much money. I think by that way, it will enough to monitor if I am still playing on my limitations. Also, I just tend to enjoy playing that is why I do not mind to keep on track with my wins and looses to avoid frustrations if ever I have more looses than wins.
1979  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Why do people still fall victim to obvious scam? on: April 23, 2020, 06:38:58 AM
Maybe it's just that people do believe on things out of desperation. Many people are doing things because of desperation maybe due to the reason that they think doing such things will make things better. When it comes to cryptocurrency, same thing applies because people are really that desperate to earn crypto so they easily believe into promising schemes even they know the risk that they might be scammed because of that desperate move they will make. There is no doubt why people are easily falling into scams because maybe because of desperation to earn crypto that easy or because of greediness of wanting more than enough that turns out to be a worse thing. There are also cases that those who easily fall for scams are new into this industry and that is being taken advantage by those scammers.
1980  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: How do you see Markets on Gambling Sites? on: April 23, 2020, 03:40:00 AM
They offer promotions, they offer certain things and they even had merchandise! (Well some of them has it)
As a Gambler How do you view these things? Is it worthy of a try? Or it's just a thing of the company to get more sales and money?

Well, such promotions is obviously part of the marketing strategies that gambling sites do commonly to attract and caught the attention of the potential players to try diving in to their site. Well such promotions are really interesting and worth a try because it is just basically for a limited time frame so it will be good to at least try to see the efficiency and experience playing gambling on that site. But we should always be picky and play with precaution because such gambling site might be promising to offer such promotions but some are just doing it to obtain hidden agenda so it will still be best to see and check first the legitimacy of the gambling site before deciding to play along such gambling site.
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