In sports, there is always someone winning dominantly. It can get to a point where they are almost always expected to win. By that point do you continue to bet on those favorites to keep winning or does it bore you? Would you enjoy stirring it up a bit just for the fun of it and betting on the underdogs even if the chances are quite low?

I am from Venezuela, a country which has been suffering a economical crisis for years now, to the point there are millions of people who have decided to flee this country and spread around the world. We don't only suffer from an economical disaster, we also have a very corrupted and autocrat system where the military is at the top of the power management.
I assume it is not only about the number of gamblers, but also it may have something to do with sanctions the United States and the European Union have imposed over this country. So stake does not want to get in trouble with any western government, only allowing people from here to deposit through Bitcoin and other alternative cryptocurrencies.

I also think it would be a hassle for Stake to try to keep liquidity and manage our local currency, which is always losing value...

If you do not know, Philippines is heavily Catholic. 85 million individuals are Catholics in The Philippines and that makes up 78.8% of the country. A lot of the laws and beliefs in the country are influenced by the Catholic church. Even matters like divorce and LGBT rights are decided with the influence of the religion.

Now that gambling is booming in the country, it is expected that the Catholic church will intervene. The Philippine Church has described this as "a deepening crisis in the country" and is sounding the alarm about a social and cultural scourge that is destroying the lives of young people and entire families.

Obviously, we should respect the religion and the beliefs upheld but what about those who are not Catholic and would wish to continue to gamble? Does religion have the right to be included in conversations regarding gambling if their beliefs cloud their judgement?

   I will like to pass a serious message from the ugly incidence I had witnessed. I have this friends that were couple and have been couple for a long time this guys always share even thing together especially same orientation about life, I was open to them that I do gamble they don’t like it at all but I made them understand that I am an adult and that’s my life, recently the lady found that the guy do gamble and he owned up that he has been doing it for a while too. They are broken up now on the grounds of mistrust.

I will like people to learn from this because many people gamble in secret for what ever reason and the have companions who knows nothing about this and when exposed can cause the relationship to split or have cracks.

If you gamble it is of your interest and that of your spouse, you both need to share same orientation about gambling or given a chance to understand and respect the other person gambling choice and if they won’t then either they go or you reconsider your choice. Why should an adult keep their gambling choice away from their lover that’s deceit to me. Gambling is not a dirty secret.

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If there's any government officials reading this, it is important you all understand that the ban doesn't in anyway stopped your citizens from still accessing these gambling platforms online with their phones either through VPN. And this evening makes the citizens risk losing their money to the casino whose ToS is against the use of VPN. Your citizens now lose more to these casinos without the country receiving any royalties as revenue raising. Invariably, it all ends in favour of the casinos at the end of it all. Because you can't really stop your citizens from gambling at this digital age, except you plan on manning one policeman to a citizen 😜 , which is not possible.
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Lots of people are into content creation because it's easy money. People go live on TikTok these days and strangers donate gifts to them. A friend of mine, who had a monthly salary of $300, started to earn $2000 per month from TikTok lives. All she does is to turn on TikTok, speak some nonsense, be in live with other TikTokers to start a battle and during these battles, people donate gifts to help her to win and then she converts these gifts into real money.
My another female friend is a fitness influencer. She posts pictures of her butt and has 100k followers. Lots of companies try to contact her, give free products and thousands of dollars to promote their products via Instagram post and reels.

It's funny that some people attend Universities or do very hard physical labour but content creators without degrees or any experience, earn significantly more money while having fun every day and don't need to wake up at 6 am.

Do you allow yourself to bet on ridiculous things?

Like in sports betting, do you sometimes just bet on an option that has very low chances of actually happening but seems fun to bet on at the time? Some people might do it for fun but what would be amazing is if it actually happened and you won.

A friend shared to me how he had betted on an athlete for fun and won big. If you follow Formula 1, you would have heard of an amazing news. Last sunday held the race at Silverstone, United Kingdom. British weather was particularly awful that day as it pours over the track.

A driver, Nico Hulkenberg, started at 19th place. To set the picture, this driver made his debut in Formula 1 way back 2010. He has had 238 race starts and yet he has never finished on the podium. At age 37, he is the driver with most race starts without a podium but last Sunday it finally changed. From 19th, he finished 3rd. The entire community was happy for him even those who are not his fans. It is insane to me that he basically did what seemed the impossible.

This got me thinking how sometimes betting on the impossible could give you insane benefits. I know this will not happen all the time but those who had chosen to bet on Hulkenberg that day for fun got insanely lucky and won big.

Gambling includes plethora of games, various sports to bet on but doesn't it all boil down to money in the end? More the money involved, more the thrill.

Suppose, as title says — you had infinite amount of money, would you still gamble?

Personally, I can't see myself giving two fucks when I don't care for money in first place. Would you?

I came across news that there’s a senator pushing to ban gambling in our country.

So I’d like to ask fellow gamblers here, do you think this move is justified? Or is it too harsh?

We all know that gambling is addictive by nature. No matter our financial status, anyone can fall into addiction. But is banning it entirely really the only solution?
And what could be the possible consequences if gambling were banned in a country? Can you share some thoughts or examples?

Let’s have an open discussion ...

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It is difficult to tell exactly what the BFG team is planning, but it is not impossible that they have such plans already in the pipeline.

Okay, let's talk CBDCs. More and more central banks are pushing these, and honestly, the privacy implications scare me. On one hand, it's digital money, supposedly more efficient. On the other, it feels like a step towards total financial control. Are we just sleepwalking into a future where every transaction is tracked, or am I overreacting? What's the biggest threat you see with widespread CBDC adoption, and how can the crypto community push back?

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If you ever understand the things at this website - https://suspiciouslinkremoved - you might possibly begin to understand what is really going on in the US.
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When it comes to slot machines, it's virtually impossible to come up with a real strategy because they operate on a fixed algorithm. And even if you somehow managed to understand that algorithm , which is highly doubtful and unlikely, it still wouldn’t allow you to win consistently. So building a strategy around such games is a myth and self-deception. I can confidently say that not a single millionaire has been made this way, except the casino itself. The only real strategy here is to clearly define the amount you're willing to spend on a game of chance. If you're lucky, you win. If not ,well today just wasn't your day.

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And that's the point where Trump started going bonkers in some of his operations.
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He is not here to educate anyone, he is trying to get revenge.

BTW you can say Elon here, we are not in TweeteX and he does not read any of this nor has the ability to censor - as far as I know, this forum is full of surprises.

Anyway, Elon (AKA Elmo) wants to get just a few seat which in the current context would be enough to manage and contain the worst of Trumps policies. And while he cannot win the Presidency (not now anyway), he could perfectly be able to get a few key seats and achive some degre of leverage on Trumpy.

I was ashamed and embarrassed when I heard a Nigerian who scammed Trump of $250,000 and now our government is running here and there looking for the boys, we should think about the future of this boys, most of them are graduates and after several years of job hurting, they could not bear it again because the bad government can not provide jobs and their frustration led them to opportunity of crime scene, though am not in support of their actions and crime but poor leadership and poor economy system can cause their issues of crime. Thank God $40,000 is currently recovered from those guys and instigation is still on going. What do you think about this fraudulent criminals and government? Aren't they the same?

I am trying to educate...
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I'm not sure if you’ve been following the news, but President Donald Trump has just announced 50% tariffs on Brazil. Some say it's politically motivated retaliation, while others believe it's a way to economically target a country that, under its current government, has been favoring dictatorships and communists, attacking freedom of expression, and going after American companies, especially those in the tech sector. So, what do you think about this?
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Apart from faucets being gone, there are no more giveaways either. I remember back when I started with bitcoin (2015-16) the Doge community on reddit was very active and they were regularly giving away free Dogecoins to users almost daily.
A couple of months ago I tried getting my hands on some free Doge to test some trading ideas I had and I couldn't find anything which was disappointing.

I'm mostly wondering why he didn't try to join the Libertarian party and make some adjustments where appropriate instead.
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I'm sure it will survive.

Many "losers" aka middle class and below mostly spend their time on social medias because they don't have enough money for entertainment and lazy, scrolling and watching videos on cell phones are cheap and effortless.

But, even though this niche can survive, only few content creators can survive from the beginning to present because content creators mostly depends on hype/trend/algorithm.