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681  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: August 29, 2020, 11:36:22 PM
I am 100% certain that Broad would be able to reach the 600 mark, unless some serious injury destroys his career (he had extended injury breaks during his test career in the past). As of now, he has 514 wickets from 143 matches. I don't want him to end up like Dale Steyn. I have always considered Steyn to be the best fast bowler to play the sport of cricket since WW2. But his test career got derailed due to a variety of reasons, including injury and lack of support from the cricket board.
Anderson and Broad are playing only one format and they are getting enough rest so that they could play every Test match and avoid getting injured. England have a problem once they retire as they lack good fast bowlers in the longer version that could trouble the batsman.
Dale Steyn is an exceptional talent but to call him the best fast bowler post WW2 when you have Akram and Waqqar Younis and the West Indies bowlers in the 70s and 80s and the fast bowlers Australia had and Glenn McGrath are exceptional in that regard.
682  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Verifying Provably Fair b.s. on: August 29, 2020, 11:06:26 PM
So many results are obviously complete bullshit.  Has anyone found a third party site that we the players can use to verify results of blackjack and slots and whatever other questionable outcomes we encounter?
Which site you are talking about, even i have not come across a third party site to check and verify all my rolls. The reason is you need to have your server seed, client seed and Nonce to verify your bets and enter manually all these strings of long data and if you are playing for a long time and if you want to verify everything it is going to take a very long time. I only play in a site i trust and i sometimes verify if i am on a loosing streak, if not i usually will not bother.
683  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Time to call the people into crypto on: August 23, 2020, 11:39:05 PM
Some of the defi projects surely outperformed top coins in terms of fast growth and it seems the hype of defi is surely profitable right now, but you certainly need a proper research or fundamental analysis on which defi projects you should choose, because not all of them are promising. For me some people who would try investing should choose some of the defi projects but also they need to consider it's volatility.
What do you mean by fundamental analysis, learning about their funds and how they are storing, it would be great if you could explain it to me so that everyone could understand. There are many projects coming out but i am yet to fully understand the aspects of this hype entirely other than these projects are collecting huge funds and storing as collateral and hence we saw the entire market moving up.
684  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: August 23, 2020, 11:32:09 PM
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England done some mistake as they touch 425 they have to declare and give Pakistan chance surely this is more worthy if they want to win match and serious by big margin but they take some good time so now its all on weather most chances in last two days we have only 1 session not enough time for completing all inning.
England is in a good position as Pakistan still trail by 310 runs and by the way they are performing it is impossible to reach anywhere near that total unless and until the Pakistan batsman could come up with an incredible performance like their captain did in the first innings and it is hard to predict someone would rise up to that level in the second innings.
685  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Evander Holyfield trilogy fight with Mike Tyson. on: August 23, 2020, 11:20:04 PM
he's in train preparing for his comeback and he's trained by Wladimir Klitschko and Anthony Rhoades (celebrity professional personal trainer).
Holyfield, is now focus on an incredible comeback this year against his old rival Mike Tyson.

Can we actually see a trilogy between Holyfield and Tyson?
If it does happen who do think will win?
I thought Tyson is back for a one off fight and now everyone is talking about another fight against Holyfield. What is their physical limit at this age and we already saw two fights between the two and we know the results and i really do not want to see them fight for the trilogy to determine the best fighter.
Let Holyfield fight someone retired fighter than looking for a Tyson fight.
686  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: DeFi coins have turn the market into confusion on: August 23, 2020, 11:14:03 PM
All the DeFi shit that is spreading in the market is because of investors who are just pushing these projects higher and higher, and they are waiting on a point where they will make enormous profits and then they will start dumping. Thanks to DeFi, every other coin is pumping crazy and there's no reason to it.
This is iconic statement that rings true when we saw the initial stages of the ICO market when all the coins started pumping to extreme levels and then dumping and that is what we will see in the DeFi hyped era, the investors are looking to pump the coins so that they could attract other gullible investors and then dump and make a substantial profit. I am yet to jump into the hype completely.
687  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Crypto Become Universal Money? on: August 23, 2020, 10:54:44 PM
I've gone through several replies and yours is concise and valid. Some people hope that someday crypto will be accepted by all countries officially, this is extremely far-fetched as governments will try to protect their citizens due to the risk associated with crypto and also protect their national currency since crypto can actually make people use FIAT less if it's allowed to be universal currency per say. Also, it's possible that countries in future will start minting their own national coins on blockchain, but will be stable coins if ever it happens.
If some are having a dream that cryptocurrencies will be accepted as an official currency globally then they are living under a rock as it is impossible to foresee a situation like that, if you take into account how the process of cryptocurrencies works then you can call it a global currency as it is not having any border and you can easily convert it to your local currency at a much lower rate than the fiat currency. The idea behind every country coming up with their own national crypto coin is a bit too much as it does not mean anything if it does not have the underlying network capability to hold the network and i do not think any country will be spending billions to hold the network and hence it is not feasible .
688  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Oscar De La Hoya vs Amir Khan? on: August 23, 2020, 10:32:38 PM
I believe the reason Oscar De La Hoya is going back to the ring is because of money issues, as Dana White said "Cocaine isn't cheap".
Money might not be the only motivation, Oscar De La Hoya is a boxing promoter as well and he will be making money doing that, the rivalry between Dana White and Oscar De La Hoya is well known and he was commenting regarding that and more over the pandemic has changed many minds and now everyone wanted to explore more.
689  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: PlusToken Ponzi Goes To Jail on: August 23, 2020, 09:29:42 PM
I think we don't need such statistics. The number of scammers in all countries will be approximately the same, but not everyone has access to the necessary means of distributing such information. Very often, people become victims of scammers when they lose hope of earning money in a legal way and use such Ponzi schemes as the last opportunity to fix their financial situation.
It is completely false, people tend to find attractive returns and jump onto ponzi schemes, in real world you cannot expect multiple returns by investing your money in stock or bonds in a short period and all they know is that the cryptocurrency world will provide instant profit and that is how majority jump into these scams.
690  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: August 23, 2020, 08:55:07 PM
Only rain can save Pakistan from defeat. If rain do not interrupt then pakistan is probly going to losse by an innings.
England has enforced the follow on and there is plenty of time for England to win the match even if many sessions are interrupted by rain. The odds are attractive to place a bet but i have no idea about the weather forecast but still the odds are great for England to win the match and the sports book are favoring a draw which i cannot foresee unless an entire day will be lost due to rain.
691  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: August 23, 2020, 07:46:52 PM
Conducting a cricket match in India is highly not possible at the moment due to covid, that is why they moved their IPL to UAE so I don't think there will be any match/series for MSD retirement and also MSD doesn't want it that is why he announced his retirement silent unexpected way, via old movie song with all his cricket memories.
I still could not fully understand why the IPL is moved to UAE as the matches are taking place without any audience and it can be conducted in India without any audience as well if there is a support from the state government. What i assume is that they are playing in a neutral country so that no one is having any home advantage and if they conduct inside India the travel restrictions might be the issue.
If the BCCI can request the permission to conduct a series for MSD then i do not think that the government will not reject that offer and moreover the PM already sent a note to congratulate MSD and Raina and i think they will bend these restrictions for a match.

692  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: August 23, 2020, 07:27:50 PM
IPL in UAE means we will not going to watch a fair game. Beware before placing your bets.
Players are getting a good salary now a days and they would not risk getting a life long ban without getting any benefits from the BCCI in his later life and it is not easy to get away with match fixing. In the past it was true that majority of the matches were fixed and UAE was a major hub.

Emm, unfortunately you are wrong. Actually, UAE has 11 cricket ground, you will know more about that on Wikipedia.  Though they’ve 11 cricket ground but the IPL took place in three field.
Really 11 cricket grounds in UAE, was not aware of that. Sharjah is the only stadium i know.
693  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: August 22, 2020, 08:55:14 AM
Although there is a slight chance for Pakistan to come back hard and make a draw out of this match, I don't see a chance available for levelling the series. ENG has a clear upper hand in this match and I don't think that Pakistan could sack ENG in their second innings thereby winning this match and levelling the series. They had a chance at toppling the English innings when they managed to grab some quick wickets, but the partnership between Crawley and Butler costs them badly. 
England could score over 500 runs and they are in as strong position and Pakistan will struggle against the pace and swing bowlers and Babar Azam could score some runs as he is the only consistent player in the team and if anyone could give him a good partnership we might see the match going to the last day, the worst situation would be Pakistan struggling to avoid follow on as it is hard to predict how are going to play.
694  Local / Off-Topic (India) / Re: Ambhani becomes 4th richest person in the world on: August 21, 2020, 08:51:58 PM
Not really a proud moment for the people because when the whole country is not having jobs and foods still he manages to make money and corrupted politicians are also helping a lot to the richest people of India.

And another interesting news is Jio is negotiating to buy Tiktok India, so we can expect his growth in the list will continues.
Majority of the credits goes to the government, to help Jio the central government has already killed the BSNL network and people are forced to migrate to private providers.

Anyone praising the wealth of Ambani should think clearly how they are able to make the money when the entire country is struggling to keep up with the pandemic and over five million jobs are lost in the past few months and the countless business owners that were forced to shut their doors permanently due to financial crisis.
695  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: August 21, 2020, 06:05:51 PM
Zak Crawley made a good come back and took advantage of the opportunity he got in this series and scored his maiden ton and he is poised to score a double century and along with Jos Buttler who is short of century took the game away from Pakistan, the worrying factor for England is that the top order is not performing consistently and if not for the fifth wicket partnership things could have been different.
696  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: August 21, 2020, 01:32:57 PM
He has already announced his retirement. If BCCI want to give a proper farewell, then they can announce one of the international matches as beneficiary match for MSD, but he won't be playing in that match. Also I guess that Dhoni is angry with the selectors and the coach, who were indifferent to him lately. He deserved one farewell match, but it will be better for him to settle for a beneficiary match instead.
There were no international matches and if BCCI wants to give him a farewell series or match i am sure MSD will accept the offer as he delayed his retirement to play the T20 World Cup but the delay might have given him the inspiration to retire.

Raina also retired with him so it would be bad idea to organize farewell game for just one player IMO.
We cannot compare Raina and MSD and the BCCI has the authority to conduct a farewell series for the most successful captain India ever had and Sourav Ganguly being the president of BCCI and he was the main factor in grooming and finding MSD and with all these i expect him to listen if they had a conversation.
697  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: August 19, 2020, 10:58:53 PM
Since everyone here is talking about MSD and his legendary career there are reports coming out that BCCI is considering a farewell match for him to have a proper farewell match after the IPL and he deserves that kind of respect rather than fading out like this. I hope MSD accepts the proposal and we could see him play for the country one last time.
698  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: August 16, 2020, 06:47:49 PM
Good to see the match is in progress and i hope the weathers stays like this all day. England have lost their first wicket and they were close to losing their 2nd wicket too but the review from Pakistan got rejected.  Also umpires need to review the light from time to time as it is looking little dark from the Tv screen.
I thought the weather would allow the match would continue and that never happened as the match was halted again and the weather is dominating the series than the players going to the field. I would really love to see what the Pakistan team could offer against this England team without any interference. Pakistan bowlers are not that talented like they used to have in the past but the current crop is creating issues for the England side and i would like to see how they would match up. 
699  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Will "De-Fi" replace traditional banking in the future? on: August 16, 2020, 01:34:57 PM
it could threaten the traditional banking system to the point of replacing it all together or it can also influence a restructure in current systems to adapt to this new concept. In any case we might still be too early to tell.
You really do not need to wait for an unforeseen future to understand this, nothing is going to replace the baking system. Why is everyone imaging things that is not even possible in the near future, there are countries banning the entire technology and some are extremely confident that these could replace traditional banking which is a joke i am hearing for a very long time from members who does not have a clue about finance Grin.
700  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: August 16, 2020, 10:47:21 AM
Pakistan may have good bowlers but remember England middle order is extremely strong and Pakistan bowlers were not able to get through them in the last test match. If the match starts, they still will have difficultly breaking through the England batting lineup.
England have good players but this is the second match in the series and the rain interruption is killing the fun, Pakistan scored 236 runs and they picked the first English wicket without a run scored and if they can pick up wickets like this in cold conditions then it will be interesting even though we might not see a result in this match.
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