According to the email they sent,


So it took the FBI a year to finished and conclude their investigation.

What's scary though is the number of individuals that are affected: 26,732

And the obvious data that they got:

• Full name
• Phone number
• Driver’s license number
• Address
• Date of birth
• Email address

Yeah, he should really explore the forum now. He has been given a lot of links to look and study them, so by now he might have a idea on how to navigate in this community and what boards he might be really interested.

And just like most of us here, in the beginning, there is a information overload. Nevertheless if we really wanted to learn from here then no one can stop up by reading a lot of threads in our free time and ask question and then contribute as well.

So goodluck OP, hope that you will stay here in our community.

Yes, just invest what you can afford to lose. I haven't heard about this meme coin but if it is true that it's pumping, then good for those who have bought during pre-sale. Perhaps those who are into this game from the beginning, they can smell from afar which meme coins are  going to take off and then sale and making that huge profits.

And then go on the next hype, nothing wrong's with it, except that it's not for everyone. So only time can tell if it will be the next crazy hype. As for me, I wouldn't go and buy it. I don't know, but maybe I'm late and afraid that once you buy, the price might do down hard and then the only way to get out is to exit at a lost.

Who knows, maybe they are thinking big for the three of them that will dominate the league in the next 5 years. Remember that previously, they have the best record but just feel short because they lack the experience.

But in this season, they are very different, stomping teams with double digit lead, got the best record and then won the championship. It's also a trifecta for SGA, so OKC knows that they will need to keep them to be able to win and so they are willing to give them that huge payday.

I guess money is not a concern, every year the salary of the player increases.

Can someone take a look this account? Ordozozer.

He posted about a:


I'm not clicking on that link though as it might have a malware. I try to report his post, but he locks it and I can't find the option to report it.

There could be some exploration as well for even a average sports fan to used AI as they are readily available to us to us. Although it needs more improvement I guess, but if they can process more data than us, then definitely they will have the advantage.

I still remember though, AI vs human in a chess match before, and so we have advance after that in decades. Now AI is everywhere, not just in sports betting, but others might have been using it in various ways and to take advantage of it. Kinda scary right now, but let's see if someone will used.

And during their fight for the rookie of the year, I thought that Chet has some edge on him. Nevertheless, Wemby is their favorite to I guess that's it. But then Chet is happy with it and just improved his game thru last seasons and although they didn't make it to the finals, but this season was different, they lead the NBA again and then finally won their first ring together.

So maybe there will be some critics that will same that Chet doesn't deserved that huge contract, but then again, who would? We've seen Booker's contract that is so huge, but did he bring a championship in Phoenix? Despite having KD or even CP3 before. Yes, they go into the finals against the Bucks, but after that, when the management didn't sign Ayton then they didn't replicate their success.

And also considering that Manny when he moves up losses his knockout ability until that Matthysse fight, then maybe the odd makes are trapping us with that huge odds for a KO? Good discussion though as we will be having fight week already and so some of us might have been contemplating on what will be the best course of action for a good bet.

But for me same, I will also consider Manny by UD. But let's see, maybe most of us might also goes to that bet and so it might trim down leading to the fight. As long though as we can make more than double our money with that beat then it's good.

But in the beginning, everyone can own cheap Bitcoin, but not everyone knows what the potential of it. That's why we will see a lot of early birds from 2009-2011 that might have regretted their decision to get out of the market early.

Because we all know that after that, the halvings from 2016 was the biggest start of Bitcoin as it went as high as $20k. Now, it's no longer cheap and maybe it could be just for the rich. But for us, mere average investors, it might take some time to really accumulate it and it's going to be a hard grind.

And so far here are the results,



It's a close votes between early exposure to it or social influence. And just like in my case as I have explained, I was exposed to it early just like the majority here. For the social influence, I guess we as humans can easily be influence from what we seen in tv or in the internet and it pique our curiosity.

Surprising vote on the peer pressure, does it mean that we are really into gambling already before we found out our friends?

I wouldn't say that they have a harsh legal system, on the contrary with all the corruptions in the Philippines, justice could have been delayed and so it means it's been denied specially if the victims here doesn't have a lawyer to pay to defend or pursue the guilty party.

As for the animal abuse, it's hard to argue, but it seems that the Philippines is one of those country that allowed cock fighting ever since as it is one of their past time specially in the province. And it has grow so much that this Atong Ang was able to make it online and that's why this people has been kidnapped and killed because they might have been stealing from this criminals syndicate.

Not siding to anyone, but it seems that Dwight Howard has falling for the trick of this gold digger. And he should have known better, I mean he is a famous sports athletes and so they will be the target of this kind of women.

Maybe he was blinded and thinks that she is the one. But the women should have other plans. And perhaps this was really the plan after all, now Dwight might have to lose a lot of money with the divorce and the woman getting half of his hard earn money.

Yes, if it is for fun, then we should go with it and who knows, maybe it will pay off. And even if you loses, then you don't mind as you might have bet a little and again, for entertainment purposes only.


Maybe there will be bettors who will reason out that someone might have told them to bet or this instinct tells them to do so. But still it's not that kind of crazy bet as there are a lot of long shots that could have won in the past and gamblers was able to bet on them.

But perhaps if you are resourceful, you might find a lot of videos in YT that can help you out. Or as what most of us do before, we uses a demo account to just to know how to trade and learn everything from scratch.

And there could be what most of the successful traders did in the beginning. Demo account before venturing to real life trading. Of course it's not going to be a perfect and smooth transition. You might faces roadblocks, but a long the way, you should have learn something and improved every day. So instead of hiring someone to mentor you out, just do everything with yourself and for sure the hardship will all be worth it in the future.

As the title says, What first got you into gambling, and what keeps you coming back?

It is because of:

a. peer pressure?
b. early exposure to it?
c. social influence?
d. the dream of winning big and have a good and better life?
e. to cope with stress?

I also put up a poll vote so we can understand it more. As for me, it's more of the early exposure to it, whether inside the house or outside. I remember when there was a family gathering when I was small, I will witnessed older relatives playing card games. And obviously my father is a gambler as well.

So let's see others might have other reasons to gamble.

There is a huge resistance on $110k that's why we can't get over it. Although I believed that maybe in our many attempts, sooner or later it will have to give in to us and so it will collapse and we are going to break that big psychological barrier in front of us.

So with that, we shouldn't feel bad ourselves. This is just another test for the market and for sure most of us who have been here knows that there are no mountains that we can't climb. We are very resilient to this kind of psychological barrier that we are going to break it, just a matter of time for us investors to pool our resources again. On the other hand, we should continue to accumulate no matter what what barriers is in front of us.

Maybe the people behind doesn't want to be taken advantage as we all know that they really take everything seriously. And if we can compare them, they are like a organized crime or a Mafia. No one is above them and so if they see people cheating them, the price they have to pay is their life.

And as you have said, they are rich and powerful and their influence encompasses government officials and corrupt police officers that is why it's hard to put them behind bars. The whistle blower should really be protected by the government so that he can tell everything he knows and hopefully the person mentioned should be put into justice by the Philippines government.

To be fair with Paolo, he is their franchise player that's why he was offered this big money. So they just wanted to have him back in Orlando and hoping that when he is healthy and Wagner as well, they can make a deep run in the playoffs.

Yes, they could have a problem with their salary cap that's for sure, and so they will have to move pieces as well in the future. And just like any other teams, they are willing to gamble with Paolo and if it didn't pan out then they will have to go back again and rebuild just like any other team. And if you notice, teams are willing to do that, gamble a lot and then just hope that something good is going to happen to them.

Yeah, no one knows when it will crash, hence that's where you are going to bet. And it's seldom that it will go as high as you predicted and win the game. But it's very hard to make money out of it, as we all know that this is based on pure luck and there are not strategy whatsoever. And that goes with slots as well, although I also did play slots and roulette from time to time.

So I guess the best choice is poker, and there are a lot of poker tournaments around or at least casinos that have poker in their game. And you can developed yourself a good poker if you know how to bluff and strategized as this is more of a skill base games.

That's how we are being controlled, and maybe you are right specially in online casinos, if they see that you might be a new account and so they do make us win and feel that everything is good and that we can replicate our winnings.

So there might not be a good answer to the OP, still up to the individuals on how they are going to response. As this is a human stimulus, so others might react different if we are in the positive or losing a lot of money already.