Guy sent me a PM under the name Shdvb. I'd messages him earlier in the day and was waiting for his response. I was getting ready to take my boy to the park when I got a response. The scumbag used the same name with an apostrophe that I didn't notice. As soon as I sent they payment I realized I was scammed, literally seconds. Noticed no feedback or posts. I was one of those guys that thought I was far too smart to get scammed. I'm a member of a few other sites where communities buy and sell on reputation and never had a problem. Took my eye off the ball and got punished.

Am I pissed off? Yes! But you know what, that scumbag has to look at himself in the mirror everyday and know what he is. Whatever this life holds, he may have to answer for his actions somewhere in this lifetime or the next one. I feel very stupid right now, but just gotta let it go. Luckily it was winnings from sports betting this week and not money I had spent. Anyway guys be careful out there, I'm done with the whole selling Bitcoin online via this forum. I'm sure there's lots of honest people, but dam there's a shit load of scammers and dirtbags too.

Okay we are all here because we enjoy gambling. Some are addicted, some in denial and some just flirting with it. I've been gambling since the age of 16, over 20 years now. I've rode the highs and crashed thru the lows, in the end I still enjoy gambling.

My advice is to dam well make sure and take advantage of the highs. Over the years I've noticed the peaks and valleys. Some days no matter what, you can't win. Nothing can change that and it sucks. Now the peaks. Those days everything you touch turns to gold. They happen, just not that frequently. My experience stems from live gambling, casino and sports.

Let me tell you how the mind of most gamblers works. When a gambler is winning, he gets to a point where he switches to protect mode. He's turned that $50 in to $250 playing blackjack and now he's dropped to betting $5 a hand again. Now let's reverse this. He's now stuck $250 and guess what? The bets get larger as he chases. You will witness this pattern in most casinos all over the world.

Now what you should do when you are hot is press! And press hard! Don't be afraid to lose your winnings, when your hot you want to take full advantage of this. On more than a few occasions I've turned $500 into $15,000 just by pushing. Six the hard way three times before rolling a 6 or 7, each time bumping it $25 more. Roulette wheel catching double spins, it happens.

In closing I will say that over the long run we all lose. But when your running hot and it does happen, press like a MOFO. Don't go in to protect mode, set yourself apart. Good luck whatever your betting on.

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I admittedly had a huge gambling problem. I'm not proud of that or the things I did. An event in my life started me investing in precious metals and it worked for me. It gave me the gamble I needed and helped me focus on other opportunities. Yes I still gamble and enjoy it. It give me a high like nothing else can. Do I need to seek help? No I don't think so. In the past yes I did. For the past five years I have gambled and controlled it. I've accumulated more savings in the past 5 years than the previous 20. Just my story and giving a perspective of what worked for me.

I was very bad for gambling every penny I made. My suggestion would be to invest X amount of your BTC salary in to silver and gold. You can buy direct from JMB and Provident using Bitcoin and it kinda gives you that fix that gambling does. Your gambling it goes up and you start setting yourself targets of X amount of gold and silver. Kinda addicting in a good way. Also the advantage of having it in metals is the fact it's not readily available to gamble. Takes a tiny bit effort to sell which gives you time to clear your head and think about what your doing.