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Re: Is discipline the most important skill in sports betting?
in Gambling discussion
For me, I think it is, because until now I still haven’t really matured when it comes to controlling my emotions. I still feel like I’m new to gambling in that sense, like anytime I could still lose control over money.

Just recently I lost a significant amount on a single bet, and I couldn’t accept it easily, so I tried to double down hoping I could turn it into a profit, but I lost again. Sometimes it works, but most of the time I still lose.

So I already know this is the kind of attitude that shows I have a problem. I make promises to myself, but sometimes I still break them. Like when I bet big and win, and I’m already in profit, instead of stopping and calling it a day, I still continue because of greed. So for me, this really fits. I need help.
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HODL ba o Take Profit, alin ang mas practical sa ngayon?
in Pilipinas
Dati siguro, nung sobrang cheap pa ng Bitcoin, maganda talaga ang HODL. Pero ngayon, ano tingin nyo? Kung bibili ka ng Bitcoin sa around $100k, willing ka pa rin ba mag hold? Gaano katagal, at ano target price mo?

Sa totoo lang, parang hindi na ganun kalaki yung room for growth kumpara dati. Kahit sabihin mong mag x10 pa yan, mukhang medyo malayo na rin. Tapos kung abutin pa ng mga 10 years bago mangyari, worth it pa ba yung ganung kahabang hintayan para lang sa HODL?

Or mas practical na ba ngayon ang take profit kaysa pure hold lang?
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Re: 2026 NBA Season
in Gambling discussion
Hell he doesn't even need to score, him just being there makes it easier for others.

You are wrong. Durant is a born scorer, so if he’s not scoring, then he won’t be that useful to the team. That’s the main reason they brought him in, because they believe he can lead this young team in the playoffs.

Missing Game 1 because of injury was really bad for them, but the good news is there’s already a report saying he’s likely to be back for Game 2.
If that happens, then maybe we can expect the series to be even. As we can see, the line now is -4.5 Rockets, that tells a lot.
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Re: Which One Affects Your Decisions More? Fear or Greed?
in Gambling discussion
No one loses more because of fear, in fact it’s the opposite. The reason we lose more is because of reckless gambling. It happens when we already go beyond what we originally allocated for gambling, and because we get reckless, we start risking money that we were not even supposed to touch.

That’s the biggest problem with gamblers who end up getting addicted, lack of emotional control and not fully understanding the risk that comes with gambling. And no one is really safe from that. Even rich people can still go bankrupt if they keep gambling recklessly.

Then in the end the casino will just say, "we already told you to gamble responsibly" when you signed up.
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Re: Casinos makes more money not because of house edge.
in Gambling discussion

It’s absolutely true that the house edge isn’t the main factor behind casinos making more money. But casinos are one of the places where people can give free rein to their emotions and greed, a kind of space that reveals humanity true nature. This cannot be expressed in the real world because it is constrained by social norms, self control, and social image.
I often think that a casino is like a psychological stage designed to provide thrills and illusions, where instinct takes precedence over reason.
The house edge, from the word itself, is just the edge that gives them an advantage. But if people are not playing much, like if the casino has weak marketing, then they still won’t attract enough volume of bettors, and that will limit their income.

That’s why even many casinos that are already popular still keep running promotions and marketing nonstop. They can’t just leave that part alone because that’s what keeps new customers coming in, while also giving old users a reason to stay.

So OP really has a point, especially with the way he used the word "more".
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Re: 2026 PBA Governor's Cup
in Gambling discussion
There's no proven evidence that the game is manipulated even how clear it was if you are watching how the game went thru, Hahaha similar to what you said kabayan, it seems that it's a strategy or part of the system where you'll need to rest your starters to avoid any possible injuries, but for gamblers it should be an easy win if gin kings keeps their stars to finished the game! Handicap might be for the backers and not for the risk takers.
Of course there’s none, because they control the league. If there really was one and it got exposed, the league should have already stopped by now.

But if they ever catch someone, they can always just put the blame on the refs or the players, so the league itself can still come out looking clean. And sometimes they probably won’t even make it public because that would only damage the reputation of the league.

So it’s really not surprising that until now, even though the PBA is one of the oldest leagues in Asia, we are still far behind when it comes to development.
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Re: 2026 PBA Governor's Cup
in Gambling discussion
Looks like it was a trap, because Ginebra already sat their starters early, and even Justin Brownlee got his rest early too. That gave Terrafirma Dyip a chance to make a little comeback in the game. In the end they still lost, but it was enough for them to cover the handicap.
It was, and the manipulation vibe was still there. You’d think Ginebra would easily handle that game since they were up against a farm team, but it turned out Terrafirma was even more competitive than expected.

I also read some comments saying Terrafirma is a farm team of SMB, so that’s why some people think there might have been some script in that game. Of course that’s still just a rumor, but with how the game went, I can understand why people would think that way.
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Re: shiny.bet — Anonymous Crypto Casino Review
in Gambling
You want to share a crypto casino you have been using, and you created an account using their name as if you are part of the team or their representative.

Nice catch, that really is a bit misleading. OP used the casino name, but didn’t clearly say he is part of the team.

So what’s the benefit for him then? He’s not even getting referrals from it anyway, at least not openly. That’s why it makes me wonder if maybe he really is part of the team, or maybe even connected to the website owner, but just using a different approach.

So what is it really, OP?
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Re: Tradional remittance vs stablecoins for remittance
in Altcoins (Pilipinas)
Kahit ako naman, mas pipiliin ko ang stablecoins compared sa remittance centers if OFW ako. Ang challenge lang talaga is paano matututo gumamit ng wallets, kasi isang maling galaw lang, puwedeng maglaho ang pera mo.

Kaya most of them mas pipiliin na dumaan sa remittance centers kasi iyon pa rin ang pinaka-safe para sa kanila. Siguro kung may remittance service lang sana na gumagamit ng crypto pero same lang din ang process sa pagpapadala, at least on the OFW side, mas madali sana ang lahat. Syempre mas cheaper pa compared sa traditional remittance centers na gamit ngayon.

I think since napakarami nating OFW, malaki rin talaga ang expenses sa pagpapadala pa lang. Sa side na yan, malaki sana ang matitipid.

Hindi ko rin gets bakit hindi na lang magdagdag ang malalaking remittance companies sa bansa ng crypto remittances para makatulong naman.
Baka isa rin talaga sa dahilan ang kulang o hindi pa malinaw na batas sa part na yan.
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Re: [Babala]: Pekeng Ledger Wallet
in Pamilihan
At patunay din na hindi talaga tayo dapat magtiwala sa 3rd party source kundi bumili tayo sa mga opisyal na sites talaga ng mga hardware wallets.


Matagal ko nang nababasa na mas mabuti talaga bumili sa main website nila. Pero I think may nakita na rin ako before na may bumibili sa Shopee, parang meron yata diyan dati. Tapos siguro sasabihin ng seller na accredited sila kaya madaling mag-claim, pero mahirap mag-assume kasi hindi talaga safe yung ganyan.

Future natin ang nakataya diyan kasi for HODL yan. Tapos paano kung bigla na lang mawala parang bula. Kaya tama itong post mo kabayan, warning talaga ito sa everyone. Huwag tipirin ang future.
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