The match really created an impression of "All hype" towards Ngannou. Many people had high hopes from him in this match but it seems that boxing is too much for him especially to face an experienced and dominant fighter which is Joshua. But regarding with Drake's loss, it is somewhat a 'normal' day on his end and to his fans. He have lost multiple times,if not close to this amount, even higher. It is indeed a huge amount to majority of people especially average salary earners but if we would look at his case deeply, he can simply afford it. He's earning tha much that this loss of him won't hurt him financially as much as it should be on our perspective. Also, this is how gambling works. He won't also bet an amount that would crash his bank, assuming that he won't.

And if we would elaborate this, his $615k might be a $500 loss on my end, that it would be hurting for a month but eventually you'd get over it, but still this doesn't promote certainty. He might have a larger risk appetite but that's on his end and I have nothing to do with it. I will just focus on my betting behavior to not engage an amount that will leave me with nothing.

Well, somehow it has a point in prticular with analysis however, things aren't that easy especially in gambling. There are many 'intelligent' gamblers, for sure, but we cannot say that each of them are successful in gambling. Reason will always be one's luck. As I always say, you may use your thorough analysis or use the strategy you want to increase your chances of winning but nothing will change if you are simply unlucky, then outcome will be the same. Bottomline is, information could help you reduce the tendency of losing but will never guarantee winning.
Information, conclusion, and basis are helpful on deciding which one to bet but why aren't all gamblers are not using such strategy? One reason; they rely with luck and it's not a bad thing. That's simply how gambling works in the first place. A gambler could make a research before betting or just let his/her luck to dictate the outcome of his/her bet. It is a matter of choosing what will best work for you. Eitherway you won't be certain of winning, so just do what will make you comfortable, spending your money with.

It's simple; a 50-50 chance, either you lose or win, outcome is something not under your control. If you will have assurance of a winning outcome then that is not gambling at all because risk will not be present. Bottomline is with words or phrases assurance of winning and existence of risk. Everyone is having desires of winning the game basically but not everyone will be LUCKY ENOUGH, to make it happen. Many people are frustrated of winning the jackpot but many people are also losing huge amounts simply 'coz of not having the luck. You may indeed use strategies to lessen the risk but luck will still be the bottomline. Perhaps with sports betting; you are free to analyze statistic of teams or players but since anything could happen during the game which includes the tendency if you will be lucky with your bets.
That's why things are unfair with gambling. You may believe of things that will increase your luck but things won't still be assured. And maybe that has something to do with your fate which is far different from just being lucky right? If there are really objects or things that may increase your luck then many people should be rich by now from gambling.

Well some people are really profitble in gambling which is why we really cannot tell or discourage others that it is not. However, given that we have different fortune and luck in life, making it a source of income will not be advisable but the idea is not discouraged. You may take the risk of also doing so but always keep in mind how risk plays a role in gambling as an activity. You should know when to continue playing regardless of loss and when to stop because if you don't, you'd be taken over by frustration and other negative emotions that could yield to bigger loss.

But going back, yes I had some experiences that I have accepted  the fate of losing but turned out to be a winning bet. The only thing I can conclude is that no one holds the certainty of either winning or losing which is why we should not bet that much over our risk appetite. What if it really become a losing bet and you happened to bet big? Different reaction will be for sure taking place.

Low odds, high amount. It is likewise with low risk and just increasing the amount a little bit in order to have better rewards. I do this often whenever I do feel like betting but not having enough time to analyze the match, which is why this is my 'go to' betting strategy. Of course downside is not knowing or having guarantee of a winning outcome but at least, risk won't be that much, in accordance with the majority of bettors as displayed by odds. There are also instances wherein I just enjoy watching the game without any bet involved just to be safe from regrets; I do believe that analysis would still be handful in betting industry.
Well, that is because of majority's expectation however, as I've said, nothing is certain. You ca go against higher odds in order to recieve higher rewards but expect nothing less than higher risk of losing. Managing the risk when it comes on team or fighter selection, won't be missing with sports betting if you don't have that much time to look for advantages and disadvantages of your bet.

I cannot see any instances wherein racism is involved. Manipulation of games is not concerned with a gambler's or fighter's race. It could have a possibility to happen with one versus one sport such as boxing but biases are supposed to be removed with judges and scoreboards. Also, it would be discriminative on the eyes of audiences and would be too obvious in my perspective. Leagues aren't run by few people alone and they won't be happy with matches being percieved in relation with cheating. Manipulation is evident in some instances but I doubt it would be common with most matches.
Would be more likely with matches involving huge names. The only instance I assumed about fixed matches are ones involving jake paul and mayweather, to give an example. This assumption is due to their 'titles' as athletes. Primarily, Mayweather being undefeated would ring a bell regardless of who Jake Paul is. In those instances I am not comfortable with, I just choose not to bet at al and just enjoy the match. Manipulation of matches in the first place is not something that would be confessed and will just be subjectively viewed as an audience.

Something huge indeed but on the other side of the story, it is a bit weird that jake is taking on retired and older fighters who have title in them. Quite of a turn down for him 'coz he should be fighting fighters on his level. Although it is an exhibition match we cannot hide the idea that their 'names' are on the line with this one. If it is with age then for sure there is a mismatch, same thing with experience but we cannot call this an equal fight.  Jake is labeled as a fighter who takes advantage of his opponents but I doubt that regardless of his age, he would give this fight easily. Mike has an image to defend, which I think he won't go easy with Jake. If it is with who will be on advantage, then I'd still go with a biased point of view in favor with Mike. Experience itself is a big edge in a fight and that is something no one can steal from a fighter.

Depends of course on the project you are interested with. There are many projects being introduced in each day however, not all of those are succeeding. Determining one would be also difficult given how many factors are affecting a project's success; you may only create an assumption whether it is a good or bad project to invest. Some of my indicators are popularity, on what chain would it be running, concept if it is timely, and the team behind that project. Checking on these things before your actual investment on a certain project would help especially popularity. If that project is being the center of some, if not most, discussions then it may be a great one 'coz it will be hyped which would generate demand afterwards. Given that we won't guarantee thaat the project will really succeed, try to at least lessen the amount you might lose from doing so, unless you are that sure of it. On my end, I tend to diversify my portfolio between new projects to scatter the odds of losing completely.

I highly doubt. Memecoins are indeed creating a noise recently due to massive price increase and recovery but isn't all those instances are caused by Bitcoin's new all time high market price? Basically, they just follow Bitcoin's trend which makes it impossible for memecoins to at least have its dominance in this industry. Fiest of all, it has no specific usage or utility which could sustain its market value for a long period of just like with 'established' coins in the market. Memecoin has a more volatile market price than with Bitcoin, feel free to check the price chart for yourself. There is a reason for thaf volatility and it could only be manipulation or general market trend but will not be dominance caused by memetokens itself. These tokens are also more recent than with Bitcoin and it also makes sense to say that dominance will not be achieved in a short period of time. There are many altcoins which are more acknowledged by investors than with memecoins, but no single coin have matched Bitcoin's dominance.

High rolling in GAMBLING is. Progressive betting amount is not considerable for me. Increasing the amount of bet will not increase your chances of winning. Indeed it would flip your total loss however, given that there's no assurance of winning, what's the sense of doing so? Perhaps you already lost $500 from your usual bet of $50 as its base value. Increasing your next bet to $500 will put you in profit if you'd win, question is, would you win? Lack of assurance should be enough for a gambler to not do such thing. Martingale indeed works to some players and to some instances but no consistency has been proven. You are just basically increasing the bet to have bigger rewards, and same thing goes if it turned out to be a losing assumption or bet.Has a point, it really depends on your financial capacity as a gambler. However, nothing's proven even with high rollers' viewpoint. They might have larger bankrolls to increase their betting amount and wait for luck to kick in but for sure it is not a new thing to us seeing rich individual losing almost every properties they have due to their frustrations in gambling. That might be the point of OP, which is for other players to not do the same thing if they fear of losing big amount, which is evident to almost all of us in the first place.

I've lost about $1k in a single night when I was still nee in online gambling.  It was with roulette which is a pure luck game. I was frustrated that time which made me bet continuously and ended up with nothing, was also equivalent with my 1 month salary back then which really made me struggle and became a lesson. I took a break from gambling and moved with sportsbetting. My biggest profit is $3k I guess, and that's for more than two months of having quite of a good win-lose ratio with my bets but I'm still happy with it. If we would look in a deeper context, you could really lose big amount in an instant and will more often win smaller amount that what you have lost. Luck is not something we have control of. Up until now, I am limiting the amount I am engaging in gambling to avoid the unwanted outcome. Winning is surely difficult therefore to be preventive of loss is important by means of self discipline and regulation. You could be lucky indeed and we don't have the same fate.

I have a friend of mine who won $50k in a single night with slots. Also a family friend who won the lottery with big reward. It is really envious however we know how gambling works. Not because other people won big amount, it will be guaranteed to all of us already. It depends on your luck, but pushing it won't be of any help.

Above stated are correct. Emotions are normal simply because we are all human. Fear, excitement, confidence, regret and every emotion exist because of expectations.  In gambling, you are in fear because something important to you could be lost, and that is money. Same thing goes with excitement of getting something in return, from winning a game. You could be confident of things if you know you are in right assumption. Regrets take place once all these things that you expect are not met. It will always be your expectations on what you are doing. In gambling, what intensifies those expectations? Money. Money creates an enough drive to make things 'big' in particular with the involvememt of emotions in this activity.

Is there a way to control your emotion when you are gambling? Yes, by lowering your expectation and drive will also be lessen. It is normal to expect for profit in gambling and what's not is to put or do anything to get it. Accept how gambling works; existence of the tendency to either lose or win. By doing so, you wouldn't be betting that much. Excitement and confidence of winning will be there as positive emotions but at least the chance of being greedy eventually, will be lessen if you won't expect that much of the profit and loss ratio. Regulating your emotion is simply difficult because it is a normal response with expectancy (stimuli in this discussion). But as I said, you could lessen the intensity of emotions by managing your expectations.

It would be hard to believe that it won't, that's how technological advancement works in the first place wherein every industry is affected either negative or positive effect. If AI will be inplemented in online gambling industry then I guess it is more likely with the dealers just like with some ideologies in news industry that they are planning to use AI technology to deliver the news to audiences. Other possible advancement might be is with the iuser interface or overall gambling experience, which is more likely with the purpose of improvement. Gambling is gambling, there's really nothing much to change in its concept. But if this question roots for the idea that AI will be used against gambling sites perhaps predicting the winning bet then that won't happen for sure. First of all, why would casinos allow that, right? It will only be possible if AI will have a copy of the casino's algorithm and script which is something that won't happen easily.

Not only those whoch are dependent 'coz even the simplst people around a gambling addict would be affected; no man is an island. Perhaps his friends, they would be for sure asked for money to be borrowed by him. Now, indeed we may refuse to do so but not all people could resist someone especially if he's special to his friends; the guilt of not lending him the money and the idea that they are supporting the addiction if ever they would be allowing the assumed request, could be stressful. It could also be normal people who he interact with, if he's in huge loss then there's a high tendency for him to be grumpy and could be affecting other people he will come across with.
Absolutely, the gambler will take most of the 'damage' from addiction. Addiction simply affect one's functioning especially daily routines. If he has work then that would be the first where it would be evident; poor work performance and employee relation. Not to mention that salary won't be used wisely due to the urge of gambling continuously. Just like with other addictions, it will have the same symptoms however in gambling, it is more devastating to one's life simply because of the core involvement of money, not to compare but just stating facts.

I had it with meme coins, in particular with DOGE. I quite got thrilled with the hype which made me invest a huge amount in comparison with my other crypto holdings for years. Unfortunately, a crash happened which really made me suffered from huge temporary loss that time. Good thing is that I never had thought of selling early and just continued holding. Right now meme tokens are on the run and I somehow and thanfully recovered from that loss. However, it still left me with a beginner lesson to not invest an amount which will make me question my decision. The market itself is volatile and what goes up surprisingly will eventually fall.  Meme tokens are profitable but more risky in my perspective. As we all know there's no specific usage of most of it and often being manipulated by big investors. If you are into meme coins then that's fine as long as you are able to manage the risk and to avoid not putting a stoploss to safeguard yourself from huge loss.

Well, in the first place, we don't have full control of the outcome. Losing will be always part of gambling, if that's so why are some people still in profit? They know how to manage their bankroll and bets. To be preventive of huge loss is the main thing to prolong your gambling career. As I've mentioned, there will always be a tendency to lose.

You won't need to chase for your loss if that amount is tolerable or under your risk appetite, meaning an amount you can accept losing. If you won't let your emotions do the betting then this is possible. Always have a sense of control with the amount of money you engage in this industry. If you are losing continuously then accept and take a break. If you would push yourself to win back what you have lost, then it won't be surprising to know that it will just become bigger on the run. You'd be too eager on the same extent to continue with your bets but if you're unlucky, trust me, your bankroll will be consumed in no time. Much better is to take a rest and try the other day or week you will again be gambling.

Keep in mind that we have no control of our luck and that also means no control of the outcome. But we have full control of ourselves on tough times, maintain self discipline.

As we all know, some people would really want to spread issue to a platform. Well, in some instances those allegations are true however, if it happens to them and never happened on your end then it is either they re doing something wrong or you just don't notice those things which are being complaint. On my end, I don't react often especially if it is not something I experience. One reason is that we are gambling on our own ways and that difference might be the reason which create variation with experiences among players. Not to totally blame them but if it is not the majority of players, who are experiencing the same thing, then would it be valid to also look that platform the same way as those who complain? Also, it is a matter to be resolved by the platform and not me who is just their player. It is not being insensitive but rather just choosing not to add up with the 'fire'.

As far as I know there will always be two or more sides of a story. Another thing to consider is proof and how will the platform response to that concern being raised.

Decentralized is what I prefer to avoid big taxes and also, gambling is not totally allowed in my country which quite creates a barrier or limitation for gamblers to bet. But I do still play with centralized gambling sites in some games which are not available with web 3.0
No guarantee that more people would do so. Of course if it is within this forum, there would be a larger number of people to choose decentralized gambling sites over the other option simply because we are 'aligned' with understanding in this technology. However, there would still be gamblers outside this forum to choose centralized platforms simply because for them it is more secured and more trustworthy given that those platforms are often registered. Same thing goes with the medium or mode of transactions. We may have different preferences, but bottomline is many people are into gambling activities. It could either be good or bad depending on the gambler him/herself, when it comes on how loss or profit will be taken accountability of.

No one can be certain of it but if it is just a guess and assumption then I guess it is during halving or the event itself being anticipated. Why? Investors will need to re-accummulate their holdings and that would be the perfect time I guess given that many small investors are expected to be buying at tht point due to FOMO. Again, this is just how I percieve the market and I really consider what happened from the previous Bitcoin halving even if it never displayed certainty and parallel alignment eversince but there's no other things we may consider due to natural inconsistencies. If I were to base or consider previous halving, bullrun occured months or almost a year after the halving. The idea as well that there's no consistent price increase happened, take note of 'consistent', in its market value simply because volatility will be always there including market manipulation by whale investors.

The only thing we could be a bit sure with is that price correction will take place anytime given how long the pump have took place already and the event we are all anticipating hasn't occured yet, and it makes a safe assumption that things are way too early for a 'true' (what we saw before) bullrun to happen even if there are signs already. What's a must is to be careful and to be on watch of your holdings so that if ever a crush will take place, you wouldn't be left with nothing but loss, set a stoploss if it is applicable with your investment plan. We are all guessing anyway and the only thing which is common is being preventive of loss.

Well yes with parlay betting or with bet builders they want to call. Not exactly the same but you are simply betting a small amount against high odds, so I guess it has the same idea. Problem is the difficulty of winning which is sometimes a punch to the moon. Rewards are indeed high in this kind of betting strategy but the win-loss ratio is not really something which could impress anyone or for them to consider the same strategy. What I do is to create a bit high but realistic odds, place a small bet, and let things be. I experienced winning for some instances and those were really x20 and up multipliers of what I bet.

What worries other is the idea of efficiency. Perhaps you could lose an instant $500 with a fair odd single bet. And with multiplier or high odd bets, you would lose it in 50 games or bets. Sometimes it would be viewed the same but on my end, 50 times is still 50 chances of winning, despite of high possibility to lose, over a single bet. Eitherway you won't have assurance of winning. Losing on any gambling strategy is a normal thing in the first place, and we just have our own ways to make the most of every amount in our gambling bankroll.