I guess you don't need to gamble alone all the time. If you've friends around and they're gamblers, you guys can meetup during weekends or occasionally for a hangout and gamble in the process. One of my major turn ons is predicting matches amongst my friends before we stake on them or combining funds to have a bigger staking power on games we predicted in group.

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Despite the benefits of just gambling alone, there is also the beauty of gambling with other people that is undeniable. In this context, do you still prefer gambling alone?
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I gamble alone when I'm alone and want to gamble, but for preference, I always want to gamble with my friends. It gives pure joy especially when done over some bottles of beer

These governments have seen two things:

• The ban is not preventing the citizens from gambling, they are only getting smarter and using smart tools to gamble without detection
• They are losing quantitative revenue from the big gambling industries, so they come to get their own share while trying to regulate it

Exactly, you're correct, people only got smarter ways to service their gambling ambitions.

No matter the level of education provided, people would the up behaving like goats, but it surely helps being there so they are reminded to gamble responsibly.

Being occupied and making money helps people reduce their involvements in gambling, so your second point stays valid.

Most of us here had rugged past with crypto dealings, you don't need to convince them, you can point them to Bitcoin price history to see for themselves and ask them to do their own research. It's very wrong to blame Bitcoin since they didn't buy any instead they were fucking around with pump and dump shitcoins and it's associates.

In this case you don't need to argue, it's pointless. Give them the price history and ask them to monitor the performance in this bull run. I have been arguing with my sister from last year to buy Bitcoin, but she holds past aggression from her shitcoins involvement. I simply asked her at the beginning of the year to observe Bitcoin during this bull run and see what she's missing. I just got off the call with her two days ago with her telling me that she must buy at least $50k next year.

Most times arguing is pointless, direct them to the right information source and they would do the convincing themselves.

The first question would be:
Are you good in trading? If NO, then dream of venturing into it because it's a very right adventure and you can loose your capital in a twinkle of an eye. IfYES, then proceed with caution.

For the Bitcoin investment, are you willing to go for a long-term? If Yes, then proceed to invest, if NO, then you may avoid it so that you don't sell in loss when you eventually need the funds within a short while. It's right to invest into Bitcoin with your discretionary income and not income you'll be needing soon for your living expenses or other concerns.

The reason it's an upset to you is because you underrated the Chelsea team with all it's reinforcements. Chelsea came to that match to win, starting from lineups and first half performance, I knew that Chelsea may not score in the second half, but there was no way PSG was coming back. I give Cucurella credit for further demoralizing them by agitating Joao to get the red card. It further destroyed their formation and composure. Good job tho the Chelsea boys, they did not only win the trophy, but destroyed PSG with a clean sheet. Sanchez made history too alongside his team mates.

Yes, Chelsea served them Karma on a platter of gold, such  they would never forget in a hurry. Chelsea team really deserved this trophy. This is what a real final looks like.

This was my thought also since seeing they were demoted, and also seeing Crystal Palace still stays strong in EPL, the decisions can still be appealed since there's a valid concern here that necessitates Lyon to be the team demoted to conference league instead of Crystal Palace. Crystal Palace should be in talks with their attorneys now, we may see some changes soon depending on the outcomes.

Lyon FC and Crystal Palace are owned by the same partnership group. They both qualify for the Europa League but due to the Multi- club ownership rules of UEFA both teams cannot play in the same competition if they are owned by the same group. One has to forfeit the competition for the other to play. Some people argue that Manchester City and Girona were allowed to play in the same UCL competition last season despite City football Group holding 44% in Girona shares and 100% in Manchester City, but the truth is that they placed their Girona shares on blind trust to be managed by an independent UEFA approved panel which secured compliance with UEFA rules and the both teams were allowed to play.

I think recording a good win already is a good sign of luck, I interpret it as luck being on the gambler's side. On the other hand those who don't hit big have very little luck or their time has not come and I think they should maintain their sanity by having a budget, so that even if they're not hitting it big, they wouldn't be hurting their finances so much.

The luck factor is evident, everyone has equal opportunity of securing a huge win, so while you gamble responsibly, you stand a chance to hit a jackpot and when you do, do yourself a favor and withdraw so that the casino don't end up enjoying your wins for you instead you of doing it yourself.

University degree is almost a free adventure if you have no practical skills to show for it, so it is important that within your study period you try attaching yourself to companies to gain practical knowledge, even if you would have to offer your services voluntarily or even pay to get attached.

Apart from medical personnel who they instigate practicality in their schooling activities, the rest are arguably on their own and left to find a life after graduation with employers seeking 3+ years of experience from fresh graduates.

Tyr getting practical knowledge during school days or at least immediately after school you can enroll yourself in practical environments to get specialized skills that can earn you a living and enhance your employability.

I almost lost my mind in December 2023 when I payed $28 for a $105 transaction, because of it's urgency, although I later got to understand it was because my coins were not consolidated, but it was huge and the miners were having fun selecting only transactions with very high fees
 
You can always use LN for smaller UTXO if such situations occur, it's fast and cheap. I think smaller UTXOs should use the LN to further decongest the mempool in such situations of fees hike.

The main issue with Chelsea is their defense, the gaps are just numerous, and they lack much coordination therein. Most of them are slow and would definitely not be a match to the ever fast and swift PSG attackers. Chelsea's attack has received a good boost of J. Pedro and Delap so I presume they would keep the PSG defense busy in the match. Chelsea can only survive in that match if their defensive midfield is very fast to fall back as soon as they are beaten upfront because the defenders alone cannot bear the pressure of the PSG attackers.

IMO, the only place PSG would punish Chelsea is by outsmarting their defenders, they did it a lot to Real Madrid and they would be prepared to even do more to Chelsea. Maybe after this match, Chelsea would see the need to boost their defense. Ever since T. Silva left, Chelsea is yet to find a good replacement. I was thinking they would sign a good center back in the transfer window, but they didn't.

I would mention that your topic title and the body has some kind of contradiction, so I would like to reply to your title instead.

First time winnings are just like a magic, unbelievable and very engaging. It has a way of falsely making you believe that you would be profitable in the long run and you throw in everything in you to hit it bigger. I would always mention that my very first win in gambling which was over $600 was very substantial to my addiction struggles and that of my friend who initially hated gambling.  I thought I have found a safe heaven and would continue winning, but reality struck me and I was devastated.

First time win can act as a trap to take gambling more seriously, only those with either a mentor or proper orientation on gambling in moderation can really try escaping such traps.

The truth is that most people came to know bitcoin after meddling with shitcoin and got rugged and scammed on different occasions and such people wanting something more authentic and real on the digital space came to bitcoin which is the future of money and started out accumulating it. The deal is that they should try not to introduce their gambling mindset which they used to associate with shitcoin into bitcoin unless they want end up with fewer coins than they had set out to accumulate, that is if they end with any.

you still do not need a very deep knowledge of bitcoin to get started into your accumulation journey, largely what you need is to know how to buy it from exchanges and if you have discretionary income available and the strong will to accumulate bitcoin with an accumulation target and a long-term plan, you can continue your accumulation journey into bitcoin and learn better about it as you advance into your accumulation journey, while learning accurate cashflow management and building out your backup funds alongside your accumulation journey.

Normally, people dey embrace bitcoin because e dey decentralized and government no fit dey control am as against fiat, fit dey depreciate for every country including US wey be world power. Inflation dey almost everywhere currently and the buying power of fiat dey reduce everyday wey make people dey turn to bitcoin to hedge their money against inflation come dey expect better profit as bitcoin price dey rise. E literally dey easier to send person wey dey anywhere money with crypto in few minutes as against banks wey go use processes wound you. Bitcoin na symbol of freedom and na this freedom people see wey make them dey run to am, anything wey go make people dey free from government control, people dey like am well well.

 I no gree for this one, person still use dollar buy something for my front last week and meanwhile you no fit use bitcoin buy anything for China since the country don ban bitcoin. I agree say bitcoin come make em address the weakness wey dey traditional systems, come give every investor a sense of belonging and total ownership for em money.

I see am well well say OP dey yarn future tense for here and no be present tense. I never hear Oga Tinubu or em talk talk men yarn anything wey concern cryptocurrency for long time now. The latest news wey dey on ground now be say make bank dey report transactions wey pass #5 million to tax authorities. This government dey busy dey implement tax reforms everywhere for the country without any meaningful infrastructural development. Them no even get cryptocurrency time for now, but I feel say the percentage we dey pay for Exchanges like Bitget, Nigerian government get cut inside.

Capital gains tax for crypto assets dey since for the law, na we dey do stronghead no dey gree declare our crypto assets and pay taxes on am because our government stand with am no dey clear.

Even if CBN release memo give bank say make them dey do direct transaction with crypto related activities and FG give open speech for am say the country don dey very friendly with crypto. I no go transact directly with my bank because e fit still be trap to catch those wey dey into crypto and block their accounts.

I do this almost every time, after betting on possibilities that I deem feasible, I go for yet selections that looks crazy yet have high yield if it ends up converting. In sports betting, it plays out most times in Brazilian midnight games for me, I've won a 50 odd game there and regretted not staking with bigger funds, but on the contrary, it still had more possibilities of losing than winning considering the match conditions and opponents.

Gambling is about taking cool and calculated risks and there is a chance for every selection to play out no matter how small and if you are sound with knowledge of team and player form, you can sense a little advantage even for the underdogs and try your luck and if it is your day, it would surely convert for you.

Changing strategy does not guarantee you of any winning, but it is a good feat that you are testing out your creativity in a gambling setting.

The researches and decision-making process in the casino can have a way of expanding our creative mindset and developing our minds the more, so it is not out of place to try a new strategy if it pops into your subconscious mind, who knows, it may well be that strategy that resonates momentarily with the randomness of outcomes in the casino or your selections in sports betting can still play out nicely and you may as well secure a big win.

You're right, they must have been on rough edges for some time now and the lady have been nursing the idea that the guy is not an honest person and have been looking for an opportunity to end the relationship.

Discovering his gambling involvement only ended up being the straw that broke the Carmel's back. I really blame the guy to some extent for not coming out plain in the first place and owing up to his personality. On the other hand it is still possible that the lady's ideology about gambling was very negative which made the guy keep it a secret to her for fear of loosing her.

It is important couples are open to each other to foster an atmosphere of trust and eliminate possibilities of suspicion that can promote resentment within them.

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Joao Pedro continues to prove his worth at Chelsea, I have always known that the guy is special, only that he joggles a lot and needed a manager to help him become more business minded which I think E. Maresca is helping him a lot in that direction. When Estevao comes on board, Chelsea attack would be as dangerous as in the days Hazard and D. Costa played the combo. Chelsea is really performing well. I hope they continue in this feat and take back the glory that once seemed to be lost. The finals game of the FIFA world cup would be decided between Chelsea and the winners between PSG and Real Madrid. That final would be a very good platform for the upgraded Chelsea team to properly prove themselves as invincibles.