I  feel sorry for his  photographer who must have to work twice as  hard as him!!

Edited August 19, 20187 yr by kannot

But gambling is not trading, right? Trading requires certain education, at least a trading school . All of successful traders are skillful and experienced, they "played" a lot and probably lost a lot before earning good money, meanwhile gamblers are children of fortune.

On ‎8‎/‎16‎/‎2018 at 8:37 PM, stud858 said:

That's what I thought, the government make a rule about banning gambling, but then break their own rule. I don't belong on this planet.  When will Mars be ready?

The rule is gambling is illegal, with a couple of exceptions, i.e. the government lottery and betting on the Tote at racecourses.  The exceptions do not break the rule, they are exceptions to the rule.  What's so difficult about that?

5 minutes ago, Just Weird said:

The rule is gambling is illegal, with a couple of exceptions, i.e. the government lottery and betting on the Tote at racecourses.  The exceptions do not break the rule, they are exceptions to the rule.  What's so difficult about that?

If the rule is gambling is illegal, the rule is called a law. Which makes a mockery of your pedantically inaccurate wording to justify any form of legal gambling. 

Just now, rkidlad said:

If the rule is gambling is illegal, the rule is called a law. Which makes a mockery of your pedantically inaccurate wording to justify any form of legal gambling. 

What I posted was not pedantic, neither was it inaccurate, neither was I trying to "justify any form of legal gambling" (Huh?  Why would legal gambling need to be justified?)

 

Just for you, here's what I said...

17 minutes ago, Just Weird said:

The rule is gambling is illegal, with a couple of exceptions, i.e. the government lottery and betting on the Tote at racecourses.  The exceptions do not break the rule, they are exceptions to the rule.  What's so difficult about that?

What is pedantic or inaccurate about it?

So I guess all the banks will be getting closed down as they are into FOREX trading. Damn must go and get my money out before they are shut down

10 minutes ago, Just Weird said:

What I posted was not pedantic, neither was it inaccurate, neither was I trying to "justify any form of legal gambling" (Huh?  Why would legal gambling need to be justified?)

 

Just for you, here's what I said...

What is pedantic or inaccurate about it?

I literally just told you. 

31 minutes ago, Just Weird said:

The rule is gambling is illegal, with a couple of exceptions, i.e. the government lottery and betting on the Tote at racecourses.  The exceptions do not break the rule, they are exceptions to the rule.  What's so difficult about that?

A dual system of law. It is legal if we want it to be albeit against the law of the land

20 hours ago, upu2 said:

A dual system of law. It is legal if we want it to be albeit against the law of the land

What a shame that you can't understand something so basic; the Government Lottery and Tote betting at racecourses are not "against the law of the land, they are both legal and operate within the law!

On 11/23/2018 at 6:44 PM, Just Weird said:

The rule is gambling is illegal, with a couple of exceptions, i.e. the government lottery and betting on the Tote at racecourses.  The exceptions do not break the rule, they are exceptions to the rule.  What's so difficult about that?

There are no exceptions to the main rule. I.e. Don't take advantage of poor uneducated desperate people. I find that difficult to accept.  

Help them with education,  health care and opportunity for a job. 

 

 

20 hours ago, Just Weird said:

What a shame that you can't understand something so basic; the Government Lottery and Tote betting at racecourses are not "against the law of the land, they are both legal and operate within the law!

Betting is against the law - easy to understand. Lottery is a form of betting by any remote chance do you see the connection?

19 hours ago, stud858 said:

There are no exceptions to the main rule. I.e. Don't take advantage of poor uneducated desperate people. I find that difficult to accept.  

Help them with education,  health care and opportunity for a job. 

What's that got to do with my post?

5 hours ago, upu2 said:

Betting is against the law - easy to understand. Lottery is a form of betting by any remote chance do you see the connection?

Betting on the government lottery or using the Tote at racecourses is not illegal betting as it complies 100% with the law.  Why can't you see that point?

On ‎11‎/‎23‎/‎2018 at 3:15 PM, rkidlad said:

I literally just told you. 

Well, you thought you did but you were wrong.  Again.

24 minutes ago, Just Weird said:

Well, you thought you did but you were wrong.  Again.

I’m never wrong, and that’s why I only have one account name on TV, Gdgbb. 

1 hour ago, Just Weird said:

What's that got to do with my post?

You mentioned exceptions to rules. I was just pointing out the exceptions are breaking other moral rules which make it unacceptable to good reasoning. 

On 8/16/2018 at 11:12 PM, Julie H said:

Hopefully he goes after foreign online poker players next 

Why? How do they affect you?

 

Let me guess - you can't even play poker...

 

I wish they could go after sniveling little whingers who have nothing better to do than cast aspersion at others.

For all the arrests, investigations, deportations and photo ops, he's obviously got many of his subordinates motivated. Clearly they are the ones rooting out bad guys. That is the most uniquely positive thing happening. Too bad that BJ takes all the credit though.

On 8/16/2018 at 12:36 PM, bluesofa said:

Is this much different to 'playing' the stock market - apart from the fact the stock market is legalised gambling?

 

Just like the government lottery, that's not gambling, it's a 'game of chance' - because that's how the government describe it every time to defend it.

 

Also isnt "crossing the road"  here a  game of  chance? maybe they could  ban that too.

Asians love to gamble. I remember two Chinese crew members once betting their paychecks over which of two bowls of sugar at each end of a long table a fly would land on first. Once in SingaporeI I saw two Chinese gambling which of two raindrops on a window pane would make it to the bottom of the window pane first.

I think it wasn't actually forex trading, rather they were betting on the final figure outcome of the day;s trading, so more like a lottery.

Fast forward 11 months, the jokesters more elusive than the Scarlet Pimpernel... 

On 11/23/2018 at 2:32 PM, josietruman said:

But gambling is not trading, right? Trading requires certain education, at least a trading school . All of successful traders are skillful and experienced, they "played" a lot and probably lost a lot before earning good money, meanwhile gamblers are children of fortune.

Depends on what you are gambling on. Slots? Yes. You push a button and a random number generator tells you whether you have won anything or not. Poker? Well there is an element of chance but it is a game of skill. Blackjack is somewhere between the two.

Others may be able to set me straight, but the only difference I can discern between gambling and 'investing' is that 'traders' have decided among themselves that what they do is respectable. An investment? How is it still not simply a wager when all is said and done?

13 minutes ago, baboon said:

An investment? How is it still not simply a wager when all is said and done?

Like the stock market? Maybe an educated gamble?

On 8/16/2018 at 12:29 PM, webfact said:

the darling of the Thai media known as Big Joke

No - Thai Media is the darling of Big Joke.

On 8/16/2018 at 1:22 PM, Bluespunk said:

Got a friend who makes a good income on this.

 

Well, says he does. 

 

Quit his job in school to focus on it. 

 

I’ll have to ask him if he knows it’s illegal. 

forex is one thing, and binary options are another thing.

while forex is the largest market in the world, binary options

are a troubled industry that resembles more a cheap casino.

16 minutes ago, VocalNeal said:

Like the stock market? Maybe an educated gamble?

My point exactly. It's still gambling.

I always chuckle at the RTP and Tourist Police picture boards when they "crack" a crime. Hilarious.

2 hours ago, lannarebirth said:

Asians love to gamble. I remember two Chinese crew members once betting their paychecks over which of two bowls of sugar at each end of a long table a fly would land on first. Once in SingaporeI I saw two Chinese gambling which of two raindrops on a window pane would make it to the bottom of the window pane first.

 

Yeah I've seen them bet on how long 2 frogs would F

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