A gambler should always take gambling seriously. A gambler is safe in his gambling as long as he can take gambling seriously because it is wrong to consider gambling as a simple game.

Well, I don't understand what you mean by taking gambling seriously but I am of the opinion that gamblers shouldn't engage in gambling actively but rather passively to prevent getting addicted. When we are too serious with gambling then it can easily affect us psychologically and mentally which becomes a challenge to leading a normal life.

Gambling whether it is seen as a simple game or not doesn't change it from been a game of luck. In fact, no strategy or philosophy about gambling is 100% which tells us that we can still win even when we see gambling as a simple game and we can lose even when we decide to be serious with gambling. At the end what matters is gambling with an amount you are prepared to lose.

It might interest you to know that most ladies are mentally and psychologically fit than men, and they can easily adapt to situations too.

In as much as I will agree with you, it is necessary to note that been mentally or psychologically fit most times is not considered by gender but measured individually. There are some women who lacks mental and psychological control and there are men who can mentally and psychologically control their emotions when they gamble.

Thus, I am of the opinion that gender shouldn't be a precondition to decide who should gamble but rather individuals should have self appraisal to determine if they can control their emotions when they lose considering that in gambling you will record more lose than winning due to the unpredictable nature of it.

Quote from: vs2014 on January 27, 2024, 06:55:28 AM

In fact gambling addiction is hard to quit and i have seen him continue to gamble even after winning big money. How do you see it reflected? I think that when i suddenly make big money from gambling, i will stop gambling and start a unique business with that money. Because then i don't want to lose money so i want to keep the money strong and that's why i stop gambling.

If I can get rich from gambling then I will never involve myself in gambling but I will permanently control myself from gambling.  Since I will become a big man from gambling, I will not be involved in gambling but I will create a casino and gambling site and run the company myself.

Have you ever seen someone launch a casino but not gamble? To consider starting a casino business, you must be an avid gambler first. Every competent gambler's goal is to increase the stakes rather than the odds; once you get wealthy, your chances of increasing your stake  and decreasing your odds for a possible winning outcome improve significantly. The day you win your first million is the day you begin going for the second, the next, and so on.

Never heard of anyone quitting gambling after winning a jackpot; why stop when you may still win another one? Only those who have gone broke gambling will eventually stop when there is nothing left.

That would make it kind of like a second signature, no?

I'm not sure what kind of use it would have if your avatar is chosen for you by a signature campaign though. It would be pretty weird to have the avatar of some service and then when you click on it, it takes you to a completely different website.

Anyway, let's wait and see what happens. I don't really care too much about this, but it could be useful to some people.

For self-service and those wearing customised Avatars, you cannot wear Mixtum and include a gambling link or a link to your personal blog. I had no idea something like this existed because we aren't used to clicking avatars on BTT, therefore the chances of anyone clicking it are quite low.

It could be used to for phishing links; keep in mind that high-ranking accounts can also be scam. This is the internet. Do we really need this now? Nah IMO

Quote from: Igebotz on May 18, 2024, 12:41:33 PM

When the SEC and the EFCC positions were appointed, we all thought it was a way to financial freedom for the youths since these positions are occupied by the youths. Instead we're on the knife here.

They are youths, but they are fruits from the same bad tree.

So, why do we continue to pick from the same corrupt generation in a country with over 200 million people, recycling barely 1% of the population since 1999? I saw a picture of Late Sabi Abacha's daughter driving in the veranda and living quite well; the Abacha loots from Nigeria's economy are enormous enough to feed Africa for the next two decades, and I'm not exaggerating. For more than a decade, banks in France and the United Kingdom have struggled to refund all loots. It is so enormous that removing it from the UK and French banking sectors would have an impact on those countries' banking sectors. I heard that his grandchildren are still active in politics today.

It just shows how foolish these people are or how foolish they take us to be because long before cryptocurrency, there has always been terrorism, and terrorism and its activities have always been funded, so now why blame it all on crypto?

The whole Boko Haram terrorism in Nigeria started in 2002 even before Bitcoin was created so who has been funding or how have they been funding them? Can't believe a big EFCC office holder can't even do a single research before coming on air.

Quote from: Igebotz on May 18, 2024, 10:09:09 PM

Quote from: DragonF on April 01, 2024, 01:54:06 AM

Already 18 years according to some jurisdictions is the legal age to gamble. At that age, an individual is seen as an adult who can make decisions on his own and face the consequences.

I agree with you because at 18 years an individual has gained self awareness which makes him mentally and emotionally conscious of what happens in his life. The importance of this age accounts for the reason most countries only allow an individual who is 18 years and above to gain entrance into the university.

On a second thought, any action done by a person of 18years cannot be blamed on a third party because such an individual can decipher what is best for him.

Yeah aside from the legal age where maturity might be an important role they also know things like making decisions especially what is right and wrong. But still here in my country age is just a number because minors can still gamble discreetly either online or offline.

Then it's not longer the problem of the bookmakers because there's no way they're going to verify that you lied while you were signing up on their platform although it quite impossible now with the new regulations that demands every new users compulsory passing of Tie1 KYC before deposits to avoid underage users on their platform.

It's also the responsibility of the a betting shop to not allowed an underage persons in the gambling hall. Parents also have a key role to play in all this.

Basically, any income is associated with a certain risk.

I don't think there is any risk associated with the regular 8-5 jobs. In regular job you get compensated for job done and not for an amount staked. It means your services is been paid for. This is different for gambling and that is why it is a risky enterprise because you have to stake money to win money and when you don't win you lose money.

This is why to win you must take a risk. Without risk there is no victor in gambling. It is m opinion that gambling is for the risk taker and not the comfort seekers.

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Here, I invite you to share personal stories about your gambling journey — whether you've had big wins, faced losses or just dabble occasionally for fun.
Or maybe you have strange gambling habits 

Whether you're a seasoned gambler or a casual player, your experiences are interesting.

I don't think this space is enough to share my experience. Gambling made me almost drop out from school because I used my school fees to gamble and was denied writing exam. Luckily, those of us who missed out the exam was given another exam to write. This was my worst experience.

Other times, I have failed to cash out due to greed and then I will end up losing everything and wishing I had cashed out. Sometimes I win but it is not commensurate with my loss.