Basically, the primary intention of every gambler has always been to be lucky some say to win a huge sum of money, despite the fact that they also consider the chance to which a team stand against either winning or losing a match. And as such, I can say that the primary intention the majority of gamblers have is to target bigger odds with a small betting amount, while hoping to be lucky to win big. Since either when you target bigger odds or not, you still stand the chance of losing your bet too if the vet doesn't go as predicted. Hence, it's best to just target bigger amount, knowing funny well you stand a 50/50 chance to win or lose.

For me, I can literally just say I have got just two patterns to which I usually place my bet, and which is to either stop after I must have won a huge sum of money or stop after I may have exhausted my intended bankroll for the day gambling session. Because I'm literally that type that usually don't deposit huge sum into a casino at once for gambling, so as not to be carried away, but will rather prefer to deposit bit by bit, in other to avoid the urge of trying to chase loses after I may have lost my ticket while gambling. And moreover, everybody must not always have the same exact pattern. As it's advisable to use that which works best for you.

I totally disagree with the very point you just gave above, because their is a distinctive difference of what people can afford to lose. Because when we are talking about  staking what you as a gamblers can afford to lose, it doesn't mean totalling the cummulative amount that gambler must have lost in the past while gambling, but rather what it meant is staking an amount you know as a gambler and at that moment you can willingly and freely afford to lose without been affected, either financially or mentally. Because let's take for example you work in an office and you monthly salary is $200. Will you be able to gamble that whole $200 at once or gamble just $10? Which will you be able to afford to lose?

You can't claim to be professional if you have absolutely nothing to proof or show for to convince people to believe,  and as such I'm very much sure that in such case, the winning aspect is very crucial when it comes to rating an individual as been either novice or professional gambler. Because despite the fact that majority of the recent casino games are been classified as been "luck base" games, I'm pretty much sure there are others that requires skills to be able to win it. Hence we have got gamblers who have been able to master the skill of playing those skill base games and win majority of it.

Yes, of course, such scenario can definitely be called gambling, because inasmuch as you are not 100% sure that the outcome will be exactly just as you predicted, and their exist an atom of doubt in you that maybe this game you just predicted, may not happen exactly. Because however, I have also seen many game with a 99% success rate still fails to play, not to talkless of mere just 90% success rate. While secondly, despite how a game looks so appealing to play, it is never advisable you gamble more than you can always afford to lose.

Judging by the current state of economic challenges wey we dey face for this wey country, eh really no make sense for one to think about relying on only one source of income, but rather looking for extra sources, just as the ones you listed above. Because truly as a young guy or lady coming up, or still with early or late 30yrs, and you could master any of the skills you mentioned above. You will literally not lack. But however, it's sad, as most people prefer to watch funny videos on Facebook, rather than watch tutorial skills on YouTube that will add value to them. Hence, I'm happy for this thread, because it is indeed a wake up call

No doubt, money is the primary factor that motivates people to want to gamble at all times, and ad such, it is obvious, nobody wants to lose the little they have got to gambling, but will be happy to double or triple their money when they are lucky to hit a jackpot. And In regards to what O.P said, it is only possible for people to enjoy gambling when they lose an amount they were ready and willing to lose while gambling.

It baffles me when I hear people still fall victims to all these investment scams that promise to double people's investment after a certain period of time. Because to be frankly speaking, I know that the exact reason that usually make people fall victims to all these pattern of scams is greed, and the desire to want to get rich quick overnight the lazy way without hardwork. Because not even the richest man in the way can even promise to offer a 100% return of investment within a month or a year if he/she is not making triple profit of that amount. Not to talkless of an anonymous group of people you don't know to claim to offer such return of investment within a week and you believe it, not minding where will the generated profit come from. Hence, I think people need to be more enlightened about these new and old methods of scamming.

Those are good points you just outlined above regarding measures to preventing scam generally, but however, when it comes to the crypto space, i think the measures of avoiding scam are a little bit much deeper than usual, most especially the common p2p scam that have been noticed going around for a few months now, whereby p2p vendors will deliberately cut your payment and claim it was a mistake, and in such scenario, if you are not alert enough to confirm your payment before releasing fund, you tend to lose that money that may have been cut off. Hence, it's advisable people always confirmed payment when using p2p before releasing funds, because it is the most common crypto scam going on this period.

I can remember having this exact experience a year ago when the Bitcoin network was congested, I sent a few Bitcoin and in a few hours, it got reversed back into my wallet due to low fees. And I'm pretty much sure low fees must have been one of the reason why Payment B as explained above could not have been among your confirmed transactions, as it's likely to have been dropped from the mempool due to low fees while waiting for miners to confirm it, since it's obvious miners do prioritize high fees.
While secondly, another factor that I think might have resulted to this might be when the Bitcoin Node has an issue or Network fails to Synchronize. Because when your Bitcoin wallet app or node is not fully synced or connected to unreliable nodes, pending transactions might disappear from the display of the wallet, just as explained above.


What could have caused this is simply because the transaction was rejected by the miner due to low fees, because we all know that Bitcoin miners do prioritize high transaction fees,


Yes, both transaction seems to have been confirmed in the same block, simply because the miner saw that the recent fees for both Payment A and B transactions was now reasonably enough. Since it's obvious miners always prioritize higher transaction fees.

No doubt, using the phrase "marketer" is equally not a bad idea, because initially the main reason for me creating this thread was to at least use it as an avenue to enlightened people to know what to say if eventually they happen to come across such situation. Because normally i dey sure say you and I know how police dey behave for this country, wey they no wan carry eye say you be fresh guy and they no go immediately tag you a Yahoo boy, collect your phone and start asking for bribe. And I'm happy many people came up with different ideas that will be very useful to members on how to relate with these our law enforcement agencies outside the forum.

Wow. That's actually way too massive to be frankly speaking, because 5 BTC by today current price (i.e $118k per BTC) should be worth roughly over $590,000 at this moment. But however, it's nice to know that Gavin Andresen once offered a giveaway to encourage Bitcoin back in the days.

Secondly, sorry to go outside the box, because I would have loved to know what actually happened to Gavin Andresen? Because he was last seen on the forum January 13th 2023, and also noticed the last post on his blog was published on March 6th 2024.

I just generated my customized FIFA-like Bitcointalk card, to be frankly speaking, I must confess I'm really impressed with this upgrade and brilliant performance of this tool. Because at first after input my account URL and clicked "generate card", it wasn't working, not until I first clicked on "Check Progress" before clicking on "Generate rank card" and everything worked perfectly. So thanks for this tool, it's actually fun to play with

Okay.. you can get Russians from their local board whose link I provided above. But also bear in mind to only work with members who has got reputation and willing to agree to do the work with your terms. But please don't make mistakes to give such offer to a complete newbie..

But in a nutshell, how many educated gamblers have you seen asking casinos to prove it's games if it's either manipulated or not? Because to be frankly speaking, I literally don't think any of such thing do happen. Because educated gamblers do not have the right to ask a casino to proof if it's game is either manipulated or not. And when it comes to which  type of casino is the most rigged, then no doubt, I can boldly say that physical casino, most especially those casino games

Yes, it's true that such treatment is actually unfair to gamblers to accept their funds during deposit, but only to reject and sick for KYC whenever they try to initiate a withdrawal from those casinos. And when it comes to "betfury" I can also say that such news about such situations seems not to be common as others. And if casinos could reject deposit just the same way they reject withdrawal when a gambler hasn't completed KYC, it would have been very interesting. But due to greed, casinos will never do such a thing.

Yes, I think that should be the most preferable option to do right now at the moment, by moving to an unrestricted country such as Russia, Norway, Finland, Poland or Slovakia, and complete the KYC so you can have given access to your fund and withdraw it, rather than trying to play smart and gets your account terminated if you happens to use VPN, as it's against it's rules.  Because I actually noticed that UK is actually among it's list of restricted countries by BC.Game casino, of which I'm pretty sure could be as a result of unfavorable licensing law. Or, how about you contact any trust worthy Russians on this forum and discuss percentage that you will give him/her if the person helps you complete KYC and have access to withdraw the funds. Because I'm pretty sure there will be people willing to assist you, but only for a cost.

The ability to associate with people of like minds and connect with them is the only difference physical casino has over an online casino, because apart from that, they are all the same, most especially for those who play slot games, but however, when it comes to other games like blackjack and roulette which are a game of card and wheels, I think on a physical casino, you tend to have more advantage of you are skillful in such game then playing on a online casino.

Yes, it terms of difference, I actually don't see any difference with the casino games played on a physical casino and that of an online casino. Since in most cases, they both operate via using the same software, but only on a different device and platform. Because this game you just played "40 Lucky Lines" also has it's online version on online casinos, and it is also a slot casino game provided by "Pragmatic play". So I actually don't see any difference, because they are all the same.

First of all, one thing you need to understand is that Sport book maker operation is a business, and as such sometimes what these bookers does is hide the strength of a team with odds that will lure the majority of gamblers into picking it to stake their bets. But however, what just happened, by giving a odd of 1.40 to Real Madrid, while the opponent had an odd of 13, it was clearly obvious that Real Madrid will win the game, but since in gambling, nothing is guaranteed, the game ended draw. Of which I must say I your friend was really lucky to have cash-out early be it was disabled, because had it been the equalizing goal was scored, he wouldn't have had access to the cash out option ever again.

Taking a break off gambling for a while at such critical moment was actually the best decision you did, as it puts you on check on your emotions to know if you were addicted or not. But I'm happy you weren't and now resume your normal gambling process. And as such, I will like to asked, do you now have a planned? Because from your previous statement, you stated it's simply because you didn't have an initial plan that made you gamble beyond your budgets, which you thought it seems you were addicted. Because if you don't have any now, then I think it will be best you do, or also just be gambling with a spare money you can always afford to lose at each session.