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21  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season on: March 24, 2024, 04:34:33 PM
Although Manchester City, Real Madrid are opponents of each other, we definitely consider these two teams as strong rivals in the Champions League. Along with Manchester City and Real Madrid, Bayern Munich are quite strong in the Champions League tournament this season and we can list Arsenal as the favorites for the Champions League competition. Arsenal have been consistent since the start of the season but they need to be a bit more consistent as the upcoming matches are definitely tough and if Real Madrid can't perform in line with Manchester City and Bayern Munich in the upcoming matches then Bayern Munich won't do well. If Manchester City and Real Madrid qualify for the semi-finals, I would like to see Arsenal and Bayern Munich qualify for the semi-finals.  Because if all the strong teams lose in the quarter final then the final match will not be good at all.
We can't currently tag any team as hot favourite for the title with eight top teams are already in quarterfinals and things can go either way which are surely not easy to predict even after exit of Inter Milan now we have interesting situation Real Madrid is going to face Manchester City which is also interesting, and again we will have Bayern Munich or Arsenal for the next round with these things are going to be entertaining because in other group we have Atlético Madrid, PSG and Barcelona which are currently not strong enough as we have rest others.

Just because of this, all are currently predicting about winner is not easy, any team can create surprise on match day performance which is part of the Champions League history it's never been as we have all on papers.
22  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: When is best for a player to draw the line? on: March 24, 2024, 02:44:04 PM
Depends on which of the two happens first. A gambler, if doesn't have one for wins, should always have a limit for their losses, and when they reach that limit, they should stop gambling immediately because if they don't, they are going to lose all they have and that isn't a good practice.

When it comes to wins, there shouldn't be a limit to that, but when you see that you have won a sum significant enough for you, you should stop gambling right there and either withdraw the funds or get the platform closed for that time because if you keep gambling after getting a win, you will eventually lose it back to the house and this happens with almost every single gambler in the industry.
that's what most gamblers experience who feel like the goddess of luck is with them. so when they get several wins in a row, they feel like they don't want to leave the casino, because the game gives them several wins and they decide to continue playing. and in such cases, more of them will lose in the end after quite a long time in the game which consumes a lot of time. and they will regret not having quit the game when he won.
That's probably one of the most common misconceptions gamblers have, once they win some money, they start thinking that they will keep winning now but what they should think is that what they have managed to win is enough and they should stop right there, but they don't do that, they keep going until they lose everything back because you can't get lucky all the time in gambling and the house will get you if you don't stop at the right time.

So, every gambler should have this discipline and understand that they are supposed to put a stop to their gambling once they have won a certain amount of money over the top of their initial capital because not everyone get to have that opportunity, so if you have got it, make good use of it.
23  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Is AI going to affect gambling in any way ? on: March 24, 2024, 01:24:32 PM
I doubt many people will use an application that relies on AI for gambling purposes. Just like today, it is not really being used for that but mostly like a Google search only to receive faster and more reliable answers.
Considering how much the price would be, I would rather use that money for gambling than risk what could be a waste of money or a good one. We don't know that yet. Chances of the AI just giving us tips and advice will be there but it could never answer an accurate result of betting because it's supposed to be unpredictable. AI is not like a crystal ball that will tell us the future, it just relies on whatever is written on the internet and uses all of that to summarize a game's history and probably the chances only.
When it comes to that, I still believe the human analysis is far better than relying on them. Then there are the instincts of the people that cannot be copied by the AI. Sometimes that's all we need to win a bet.
Well, I'm not really into making bets based on instincts, but I agree with you that sometimes it might work, and human analysis is without a doubt better than the analysis of an AI model because an AI model can miss a lot of points and things that a human eye and mind would never miss, things such as most recent injuries, fights inside the team or club, exchanges that aren't yet public, and much more.

All these things can be found and understood by a human but an AI model will struggle to find these things and that can reduce the winning probability of an AI's predictions.

So, I'm also a kind of a person who would rather make their bets using their own understanding than using an AI model or a bot or something.
24  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Have you ever done something crazy to bet? on: March 24, 2024, 10:25:32 AM
A lot of crazy stories and memories of childhood and school times. We used to bunk classes to do a lot of things, we didn't use to play cards or any specific gambling game, but I remember playing pool with my cousins and we used to bet on the games sometimes. It used to be just for fun and not for the gains because we just used to bet with our pocket money which used to be a small amount just for food and snacks that you could buy and eat at school.

When you are at that age, you do all sorts of things to enjoy your time, but sometimes, doing those things can affect your studies and other things. So as you said, I would never recommend younger generations to do the same thing because education is extremely important.
25  Economy / Economics / Re: Btc new oil for USA on: March 24, 2024, 08:46:15 AM
It's called "tainted coins" and it has nothing to do with other countries in the free world. Such bans would be enforced domestically and in the colonies.

For example in such a ban scenario, if you live in USA and have traded bitcoin on Bisq which is a decentralized exchange that US can not control, they consider your coins tainted and you'd be considered a criminal and they can attach terms such as "terrorism" and "national security" to it and raid your home.

Or for example if you made a bet online in a crypto casino (or maybe even advertised one and get paid by the company), since "internet gambling" is also illegal in United States under the Wire Act of 1961, you'd be considered a double criminal.
and so on.

Bitcoin won't really be significantly affected though. It will still continue as decentralized as before. Just like when China started increasing its "ban laws" against Bitcoin, nothing changed despite China having a much bigger impact on Bitcoin with its much bigger share of the trading volume, hashrate and even ASIC manufacturing.
I do agree that government can do that whenever they want to, they can cover all of coinbase today and take all the bitcoins there, and nothing would stop them from doing it. Then they will say they will pay people back, but they will do that in dollars, meaning they will take the price of bitcoin at that period, and then they will pay that amount of dollar, no matter if bitcoin went up.

This is quite sad but they do have that right, this means that they "think" coinbase is doing something illegal and they just felt the need to intervene, and since they are paying everyone their money back, they are not really seizing the money of the innocent, they are giving it back after all. But they would gain from it without a doubt.
26  Economy / Speculation / Re: Bitcoin might reach $100k before halviing. What is your exit strategy? on: March 24, 2024, 06:23:53 AM
So let me get this straight, we buy bitcoin at early price, something under 100k, and it goes to 100k, and we make a profit from it, and OP is asking what our exit strategy on the thing that made us money? My strategy with anything that makes me money is to keep at it, why change it?

I mean this isn't gambling where you win a hand and you leave when you are up. I am a long term holder, I will not sell when it is 100k, I will not sell when it is 200k. There are only two conditions for me to sell, either I have to have enough to retire for the rest of my life and I may cash out and just retire, OR the reason would be me being forced by some financial strain that I am facing and need to cash out to pay for some stuff.
27  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: New trader's must remember it. on: March 23, 2024, 06:00:22 PM
Knowledge comes way before psychology. I know that one should have a clear thought process to be able to gain success in any field, but knowledge is the fundamental aspect one needs to take care of when entering any field, be it trading, investments, or anything in general.

So before getting into the psychological procedures and things, one needs to acquire enough knowledge about the market and the cryptocurrencies available in it because one can only follow all these instructions if they have enough knowledge to process them further. You can't expect someone to analyse a chart if they don't know what a chart represents and how one can read it or observe it.
28  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: March 23, 2024, 04:34:34 PM

Kolkata team collected 200+ runs for the first time in this year's IPL with Andre Russel's stormy innings. It seems incredible to me that Calcutta has such a large collection today. Because at the end of 15 overs, Kolkata's collection was only 123 runs with the loss of 6 wickets. I thought Kolkata would give a target of 160-170 maybe today.


Source: Espncricinfo

Apart from Phil Salt, the four batsmen in Kolkata's top order batted very badly. Salt collected 54 runs from 40 balls. Rashdeep Singh played an excellent innings of 35 off 17 balls. And Russell's innings was impressive. Russel was unbeaten by collecting 65 runs from just 25 balls. Russel hit 7 over boundaries. In the end, the Kolkata team managed to provide a target of 209 runs.
Third game of this season we are having good aggressive approach from the KKR with just two batsmen done good job, and we have first 200+ in this season with we have two winners those chase the target and win the match now hopefully we will have first game which is going to win by with having set target to chase.

Phil Salt done good job and give good foundation to team with at the end we have good response from the Andre Russell who hit 64 from the 25 balls and things gone favorable for the KKR in this first game now we have Michel Starc who is going to start proceedings for the KKR against the SRH hopefully we will have good entertaining cricket from these both teams after having good win for the Kings in early game of the day.
29  Economy / Speculation / Re: Buy the dip people!!! Could be last chance for prices this low on: March 23, 2024, 02:46:34 PM
Definitely buy the dip, halving time is always best time for smart traders. There is rapid volatility during this time. Everyone should buy as much BTC as possible before US markets open on Monday and Blackrock and other ETFs buy Bitcoin from Grayscale for cheap. Price will rise anyways after halving so risk is minimal.
Buy, without a doubt, but do it with care because if the market tends to be more volatile during these times, the volatility can drag it in any direction and it isn't guaranteed to just go up from that. The dip can always get extended if there is a major sell-off from both retail and industrial investors because one would surely think of taking profit if they see the market declining to a point where their profits will reduce by a lot.

So those who are buying the dip should make sure that they are not investing all their liquid assets in one go because that can be a mistake in case the price of Bitcoin goes lower than the expected areas and then there would be nothing left to buy more because lower means more assets for the same price.
30  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: March 23, 2024, 09:02:43 AM
Bangladesh's innings stopped at 188 runs. Sri Lanka team got a lead of 92 runs. And after getting such a big lead, Sri Lanka's chances of winning are now high.

We did not see the expected good performance from the Bangladeshi batsmen. A collection of only 188 runs cannot be called a good collection. Taijul scored the maximum 47 runs for the team. Besides, experienced batsmen like Shanto, mominul, Liton and Miraz can't bat well. Bangladesh team is not able to do well in test format even at home ground. Sri Lanka is not a very strong team. Even then, the performance of Bangladesh's players is poor.
Impressive Sri Lankan seamers bring Bangladesh down with their line and length which is good from them with now things are completely under control of the visitors they have 92 runs lead and now having their second inning in just 2 days we have 20 wickets with mostly seamers are in well control which is good for the game and both teams, but Bangladesh is surely needed to improve their batting quality which is bringing them down badly in last few months just Tajul Islam having 42 runs with all others gone cheaply.

Now we have nearly ~30 overs left in second day play so we can expect some more wickets for the Bangladesh they needed to be aggressive if they want to fight back this third session is going to be important for the both sides because if Sri Lanka able to secure 250+ runs lead then surely match could be out of the control for the home side.
31  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ UEFA Euro 2024 in Germany ⚽ - Qualifiers on: March 22, 2024, 06:28:24 PM
Plenty of teams are taking this chance to build whatever they think they could build, that's an important thing for them. I think friendlies during this time even though most teams do not have a game that matters, shows that they are just getting ready for euro 2024, because in national teams you do not play that many games that often, so having something like this actually does help teams and makes them get a bigger chemistry if they can.

I should say it's a risk for the clubs because it's a national friendly and doesn't even matter and yet the players could still get injured, that would be terrible for any team to lose any player to an injury during a national team friendly match but it is known to happen before, it's always a risk.
32  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: March 22, 2024, 05:02:52 PM
Mustafizur Rahman rocked in his debut match for CSK, RCB played brilliantly even though they lost 5 wickets for 77 runs. So far the innings went like a good match for season opener but the ultimate performance is waiting for the second innings and everyone is eagerly waiting how Rutu is gonna play as captain.

174 runs is the target for CSK to begin their account.
Mustafizur Rahman was at his best in this game and things were also well under control for the CSK but in last few overs we have good fight back from the RCB, and they are able to have good target on board which they can defend if their bowlers will give them good support 95 runs in 8.1 overs is surely good for the Anuj Rawat and DK.

Now we have CSK on batting and first over from the Mohammad Siraj was not as they needed now we have Yash Dayal for the second over and same punishment from him as well Ruturaj Gaikwad and Rachin Ravindra are on crease hopefully we will have good start of this season and things will be competitive in this match even I am feeling CSK can go through without any problem with their batting strength and home advantage.
33  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Stop adding features to Bitcoin that don't facilitate its use as electronic cash on: March 22, 2024, 03:42:03 PM
I do not want to get involved with anything of that sort, but I have to say it is not going to be all that easy to handle the rest neither without getting into argument. I agree that these ordinals stuff, or just trying to put bitcoin into altcoin levels, is not a smart move.

I get that alts had that for a while now and devs wanted to add in the same thing to Bitcoin as well, to show that they are improving bitcoin some way, but that just hurt bitcoin and not help it, that's just my opinion. Nobody "needed" ordinals, I am not saying they should be banned or anything because it is already too late, but it wasn't a must, and the result is that some people who would like to have it, caused the fee structure to be completely bombed all together.
34  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Gambling Is Legal In Our Country But if You Promote It Online You'll Go To Jail? on: March 22, 2024, 11:01:02 AM
That is a confusing and unfair law, to be honest.
If they don't want gambling to spread within the country or people shouldn't gamble, why is gambling legal in the first place? It is good if they do something to prevent gambling addiction but this is not the right way to do that because you can't deny citizens from posting anything related to gambling when gambling itself is legal in the country because that doesn't make any sense.

They should have rules such as a person below a certain age cannot post such things, but this doesn't sound right. I have never seen a country doing this if within the country gambling isn't illegal. I wonder how online casinos and other platforms advertise their services.
35  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) on: March 22, 2024, 04:19:52 AM
Allegri is not the only person responsible for Juventus' poor performance in the last few matches, club management also needs to correct itself due to the lack of quality players available in the Juventus squad. Previously, Allegri had brought Juventus to the top of the standings and was considered to be one of the title contenders even though his squad as a whole still lacked several great players. After several key players were injured, Juventus struggled to return to their best form as a Scudetto contender, they were only able to get 7 points in the last eight matches and are starting to fall out of the Scudetto contenders this season.

Allegri certainly doesn't want himself to be the target of fans' anger due to the bad results achieved by Juventus. He has tried to find balance in the Juventus squad despite the lack of quality players, but in the end he was still unable to make Juventus a team capable of competing with Inter Milan due to the limited quality players they have.
In last few years, we have serious threat for the Serie A sides as they are losing their quality and consistency due to lack of top players which are available with huge funds, but they are not able to spend this all which making big difference specially we have two teams which deserve better results have nothing to do with this all Juventus is also one of the team which are suffering with AC Milan which are also looking for the improvement, but their finances are not allowing them for having good changes.

Currently, things are surely not manageable for the Allegri which are controlling all at the Juventus, and surely he is not responsible for this all with his management fail to bring better players which are essential hopefully we will have positive changes which will bring good return and also good results to hold things as they wanted to do in their strength.
36  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24 on: March 22, 2024, 12:02:41 AM
With the consistency of Girona this season, they tried to put pressure on Real Madrid for the La Liga title for a long time. It will be hard for Girona to overtake Barcelona at the La Liga table because Girona is not currently consistent. Barcelona will capitalize on Girona's current form to lead Girona by at least four points, which will give them a comfortable lead over Girona.
I still think that Girona will not always be like that in the remaining matches this season because Girona can bounce back and try not to lose in the remaining matches this season. I wouldn't say that Girona has lost its consistency so far just because they lost in the previous few matches. Because Girona is still not far behind Barcelona in the La Liga table and in the future there is no guarantee that Barcelona will not lose again in important matches in the remainder of this season.
Good and bad days are always with the sporting teams and same happening with the Girona which is currently having second season in La Liga and giving the best performance but sadly in last 6 games they have four defeats which are surely one of the worst part of their campaign in this season and things are looking uncertain about their stay into top four, but I have personal feeling they can bounce back and surely will stay in top four which they deserve after having impressive time at the top in 23 rounds.

They fail to score any goal in last four games from their seven which is also big decline, but their attack is still third best in La Liga because they have done good job and already have good mark which is their main weapon, but now their confidence is down, and they need to be regrouped themselves in this break which is surely going to help them for having good performance against Atlético Madrid and Barcelona in coming matches which are surely important for them if they want to keep their hopes alive for the top four at the end of this season.
37  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season on: March 21, 2024, 03:52:24 PM
The thing is Arsenal will have to think about both the Champions League and the English Premier League at the same time. But Bayern Munich is going to go all out on the champions League competition because that is the one competition they have some hope about. They are not winning the Bundesliga title. So they will try desperately to win the champions League title. That's why I think it is going to be tough for arsenal too to win against Bayern Munich in the champions League competition.
Current level of the quality and performance is surely favouring the Arsenal because they are doing impressive in this 2024, and now they are taking good lesson of their poor results in past as well which is helping them for having better results at the top level even we all know Bayern Munich is one of the best in Champions League but now match day performance can bring surprises as well like we have in last round with Inter Milan is faced exit against Atlético Madrid which was surprising.

Arsenal is clearly at the top of the quality, and they can give tough challenging performance against the Bavarians but here they also need good psychological mind set as well because in big games this also works good for the teams win before this big game they are going to face defending champions Manchester City for the Premier League title race which is also important and their performance in this game is surely going to have big impact on their performance in Champions League as well.
38  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Europa League 2023/24 Season on: March 21, 2024, 12:54:52 PM
I don't see Liverpool losing to Manchester united as something that will make anyone to write them off, because that would not decline their performance in their upcoming matches. In a game there must be a winner, and Manchester united happened to be the winner of that match.

The problem that can deprive any of these two clubs not to play the finals would be if the clash before the finals, which is like in the semifinals, then we might have a different club that will play the finals with the any of them that wins the match. I look forward to see Liverpool and Leverkusen in the final stage.
Liverpool done impressive fight in this last game against Manchester United even they lost in extra time but still they were dominating team and having good control all around with this now their few players are also coming back from injuries things are looking much better for them to compete strongly for the UEFA Europa League title even now they are coming down from their hunt for the fourth titles to three with they are capable of achieving this all and their chances are quite high for the win in this season because they are having enough quality.

Liverpool is surely one of the teams in this season to watch even their luck never been with them due to too many injuries in even season, but currently they are having enough suitable replacements which are giving good fight back for the top spots most of the fans are looking for the Liverpool vs Bayer Leverkusen final if we have this surely this could be one of the most entertaining finals in recent times.
39  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: March 21, 2024, 08:11:43 AM
Mbappe can play in Vini's position, but he can also play as a central striker. He can play in some positions, which makes him very dynamic depending on what strategy the team implements. For example, when Enrique ordered him to play as a central striker, Mbappe was doing it.
The same thing can also happen in real madrid when the club doesn't have someone who can play as a number nine. mbappe can fulfill this position that is currently filling by joselu. There is no problem when Mbappe is placed as a central striker under Ancellotti caused by Mbappe is very capable of doing it.
Mbappe is very flexible, which makes him different from the other players. He can play in various positions, which is really helpful when the club needs an urgent striker to play at the bottom.
Regarding Vinicius Junior still in Carlo Ancelotti scheme for the next season I think Mbappe will put as central forward, but its not problem because Mbappe can play well what ever position as left winger or central forward. Latest announcement from Fabrizio Romano, all expectation running well and right now Madrid have discussing well reach agreement deal for signing Kylian Mbappe. Just waiting release and official announcement from Real Madrid and Kylian Mbappe have reached agreement deal and detail how many years contract.

Its most amazing if Mbappe will join Madrid next season and there are have three attacking line from Vinicius Jr, Mbappe and Rodrygo will make most danger attacking players having by Madrid, we will see the best trio because Madrid had the best trio before with BBC, Benzema, Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo.
It's very long time we are waiting for this decision and official statement from the Real Madrid with now in last few weeks we are having another rumour as Vini is also not happy, and he is looking for the new club which mean things are starting on wrong side for the Real Madrid with the arrival of the Kylian Mbappé because their star player is feeling not good and want to have his place better at any new club and two English clubs are named for his next destination which is interesting even until we will not have anything official we can't give any response, but surely this move is going to create something behind the scene for the Real Madrid as well.

No doubt this could be historic deal and Real Madrid which will be also good beneficiary of this with they are going to have Mbappé as free agent and PSG is also now looking for the new star Real Madrid is always having top quality players which make their mark in the game and give them best ever results as well.
40  Economy / Economics / Re: Early exposure of children to wealth and investments on: March 21, 2024, 06:18:22 AM
I think it's natural for us to tell our children about the investments we make even when they are not yet adults. However, I will do this when he really has an interest in what I do. However, if he doesn't show interest, I might start teaching him when he gets older and starts to understand investing. However, forcing a child too much can also affect the child's psychology. If he still wants to play and learn about general things, I will let him do that and keep control. There is a reason why schools have educational levels. that's because there are limits to how children can absorb what they want to learn.
I do believe that it would be a wise decision because kids who learn about it at an early age will grow used to it and start thinking about it as something quite normal. I believe that people may not react to it well if they learn about it at a very high age, because they will not see it something naturally part of their life, but if you make it something common then it will get better.

Think about it, something as small as taking a shower everyday, brushing your teeth everyday, drinking a glass of milk everyday, we teach kids these things every single day and follow it up until they are grown, some may quit doing that when they get older there is no doubt about that, but most people keep doing them all their life. Make investment something as naturally part of their life as these things.
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