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Jokerman:
Reno the hungry jobber

Did he actually say this?

Mom007:
Whose idea was this?isn't it better to sell smaller loaves than selling this? It looks touched... tampered with. I wouldn't buy this, I hate to imagine others hands on my food.

It's the bakery that packages it now. Instead of a full loaf they just package half. So it's the same process.

pocohantas:
Heyaaaa.

Go and sleep. You don't really want me to block you. You just want to make a boneheaded point as usual.

pocohantas:
Apology for what? I want you to block me o. Keep your words. Block me. This was your post.

Ah.
Na wa o. I no wan block you again na.
I've forgiven your sins. Old things are passed away.
You have lost the the ability to trigger me, rendering blocking you redundant. I've moved on, you do the same instead of acting like a jilted lover.

I've blocked Kobo, from tomorrow straight blocking for helin.ues and all the bigots whose posts I stumble upon.

pocohantas:
In the attached screenshot is my response to someone who insinuated unmarried women in their 30s were prostitutes in their 20s. The response in same screenshot was you! You were not the original poster, you just jumped in to release your venom.

Now tell me what part of my post was provocative in comparison to your response?

2) The second screenshot is your next response to me asking you to report me if I go against forum rules.

Pray tell, who is the problem between you and I? Ranchoddas aka Thothhermes, use the block button ooooo! Seun has finally given it to us!

Please what do you want really?
An apology?
An admission of wrongdoing?
Tell me because I don't know what to tell you anymore.

pocohantas:
So you haven't blocked me?
Of course I wasn't expecting you to.😂

Your mouth was running that day, "if I can block, I will block you". See block button now, you done dey type epistle.

Now I know you love me.
There are physical bullies, and then there are psychological bullies. You are the latter. It's still not working though. It never has, and never will. 😜

pocohantas:
I didn't read all this. Please block.
We had this conversation and the hour is upon you. I haven't matured o. Block! 😂😂

Madam rest for this game.
You and I know you read it.

Nomyth:
I don't see how this helps,.

what if I'm viewing nairaland as a guest, will I not see the posts I'm not supposed to see?

"I don't mind if you see my posts. I just don't want to see yours" is the idea behind the block feature.

pocohantas:
I hope you can now block me.
Please don't forget o. 🤝

Awwwwnnnn...
So you never forget me sha...
I don't believe you and I have had any interactions this year but you still remember me.
That's really heartwarming 💞 💞 💞
I have seen your recent posts and they are no longer as provocative. I guess you're maturing. Maybe I'm the one maturing by learning to just ignore your posts.

I also see the psychological move you made with the bold. By typing that, you make it seem as if you don't care whether or not I block you, but you do, else you wouldn't have even bothered to mention me after so long. That's really flattering. You are quite clever. I am sure you run rings around people in your life.

There's no need for blocking now. Our unwritten detente appears sufficient.
The block feature is a nuclear option. We don't have to use it unless it's absolutely necessary.

Someone in a previous page described the block button as mutually assured destruction. Very apt.

I intend to use this for tribalists, political bigots, and Kobo.junkie. I'm going to test it with him/her (still not sure the gender) right now. Everything about that moniker is annoying.

Progress. But please make it permanent.

chipet67:
If you are a genuine lover of God, except by Divine punishment and chastisement, where God himself forces you to go there, you cannot worship with Salvation Ministries, and feel at home.
Never!

True.
Have you attended the church?
He has no message. Just money, money, money.
And it's not like his members are wealthy or anything.

descarado:
In UK, NHS spend more than 6hundred million yearly for electricity. You know how much that is in naira?
Constant electricity isn't cheap.

600 million what?
Is the NHS one location, or are you talking about all the health facilities in the United Kingdom.

ednut1:
Is aso rock a factory?

No factory on earth pays over 30 million dollars annually for power. The kind of corruption in this country can raise the dead.

helinues:
[b]Good



Chai, sweet name for the airport here, I don't know about some people oo

There is Escobar International Airport in GTA, make of that what you will.

Sapeleboy911:
Laying in betting means betting against an outcome. Only betting exchanges offer such features. When you bet on either win draw win (1 x 2) on a normal bookie like bet365 you are backing. Laying is the opposite of backing.

Let's use the picture below for illustration. Take note of the light blue and pink color columns. On the pink column, you can see that I'm trying to place a lay bet of €100, which means that I'm betting for the match not to end in a DRAW. As you can see, my liability is €360, which I will lose if the match should end in a draw. Or €100 profits if the match doesn't end in a DRAW.


If the favorite scores first, the back odds for the draw (blue column) can jump as high as 7 odds, and it keeps increasing. Since I layed the draw for $100 I can then back the draw with a stake of €260 for a guaranteed profit of €40 no matter how the match ends, or I can let it ride by not placing a back bet and pray the game doesn't ends in a draw.

But if the outsiders score first or there are no early goals, then the back odds for the draw will be reducing per second, and my €360 will be depleting gradually since there is a high chance of the favorite equalizing or the match ending in a draw.

Laying low odds is all bout betting against low odds outcome. Let us again use the picture below. If I place a lay bet of €100 at odds of 1.48. It means that I'm betting that the favorite team will not WIN. I will lose €48, which is my liability if the favorite wins, or win €100 if they lose or draw. If the odds for the favourite is 1.20 using a €100 lay stake means I'm risking €20 to win €100.

Martingale is all about chasing your losses for a guaranteed profit. In reality, it only works if you have an unlimited bankroll, which is not possible. It was my favorite strategy for OV/UN goals then. This is how OV/UN martingale works. And it is a very dangerous strategy, it can ruin your bankroll in minutes.

You place a lay bet of €10 on OV0.5 goals on odds of 1.20. Given the fact that such odds are very low, around 1.05 - 1.20, you risk losing €2 if the game doesn't end 0 - 0 or win €10 if it does. If the first goal goes in. You then place another lay bet of €10 on OV 1.5 goals; if the second goal goes in, you add your previous 2 losses to your target profit and continue placing lay bets on OV n.5 goals. The liability may be low, but it can compound very quickly in high-scoring games, like that of Manu vs Lyon, which had about 9 goals.

Like the match below, At halftime, the score is 1 - 3 in favor of the outsiders. The back odds for the DRAW are currently at just 5.20. Even after 3 goals from the outsiders, the back odds for the favorite have jumped from 1.47 to 11.20. If I had layed the favorite for €100 (bet that they won't WIN) my current guaranteed profit would have been around €86.74. But if I had laid the Draw at 4.60, my current profit would have been at a measly €11.24. That's because the favorites still have a high chance of ending the game in a DRAW.

Lesson learned: It is never a good idea to lay at high odds, even though the chances of winning are very high; just 1 loss can have damaging effects on a bankroll. On the other hand, laying on low odds seems more profitable because even though the chances of winning are low, bankroll ruining is less likely. Take, for instance, If I lose 2 straight games at 1.48 odds on a €100 stak,e, I lose a total of €96, but on an odd of €4.60, I lose a total of €720.

On identifying value bets, first read my post on "How do bookmakers make money"

In closing, don't try any of these strategies; believe me, I've seen it all. If you are not arbing or value betting you can't make a dime from betting. You can only beat the bookies using these 2 strategies (arbitrage and value betting), and they will frustrate you for beating them; stay safe.

Illuminating.
Thank you.
So you're a full-time punter now?

TemplarLandry:
The way Pastor 'Biodun dissects the word of God ehnn. He really understands the scripture, na so them go highlight on the L.E.D screen NKJV, AMPLIFIED,NLT, MSG Version of a scripture for the sake of clarity.

Through the grace of God upon him, I've caught many scruptural rhemas e g, he made me know that Apostle paul quoted David...

Apostle Paul's statement "in all these things we are more than conquerors" is found in Romans 8:37.

He quotes Psalm 44:22 in verse 36. Ain't that amazing?🥰

Na say you no dey read Bible. Jesus, Peter, Paul, John, and other disciples quoted the Psalms.

The pastor saying that a member cannot struggle is wrong as he directly contradicts Jesus who said "the poor you will always have among you."

Sapeleboy911:
Episode 5,
Backing and Laying on an exchange, then a long break.


Lol like play like play na zeal word never ending movies oh.

So I started using the martingale OV/UN strategy. The strategy works like this. First, you lay OV 1.5G or O. 5G, and once a goal goes in. You add the liability of the previous bet to your target profit and lay OV 2.5 goals. Sometimes I won 2 bets in a row. In a month I doubled my bank role doing this. Hmm, finally, the ship has been rescued.

Everything was going smoothly until I think it was Liverpool or Many City/Barca flogged Man U 6 - 1. I lost both my previous profits and bankroll on that game. I needed $900+ to lay OV 7.5 Goals. Hot tears were pouring down my cheeks, my palms were sweating.


I wanted to commit suicide by jumping into the river. On getting into the river there were lots of swimmers on the river bank. So I felt if I should attempt suicide, I would be rescued, and my news would be all over the town, which could make matters even worse for me. I considered running into a moving truck at night, but something was telling me the pain would be very horrible if I eventually survived it. I was depressed for weeks.

I sold my car for 950k in 2019 and settled for scalping and laying favorites on the Betfair exchange. The strategy involved laying low odds. For instance, if I lay a 1.20 odds for $100. I will lose just $20 if my bet loses and gain $100 if my bet wins. And just as you know, low odds don't always win.


The longest losing streak I had on 1.20 odds was 13. I had the bankroll that could withstand such a long losing run; as such, I was in profit. Just as you know, nothing good lasts forever. In September/October of 2019, Betfair made an announcement that they were exiting the Nigeria space. And directed all Nigerian users to withdraw their funds with a 2 weeks ultimatum.

Alternatives like Matchbook were very low on volumes. See my world crashing again. I withdrew my funds and took a long break. After all, I already made profits that could carry me and my family for at least 18 months. I felt sober but life



In 2020, I took a long break from sports betting and focused on learning an IT skill; I enrolled in a social engineering course on Udemy. Although I was still betting, but it was just on an experimental basis. I read lots of articles and joined lots of smart betting forums. This really helped me in getting a deep understanding of how sports betting works.

Around 2022/2023, I was more focused on IT, so I started learning web development. My motivating factor then was money and nothing else as such I somehow felt bored. I was really demotivated when I saw people looking for 50k web development jobs.

I enrolled in the ALX programming course. And those guys made me fall in love with the Linux operating system and Vim editor. For once I was enjoying what I was doing. Working from the terminal was more fun and intuitive. Unlike never ending clicks on GUIs.

Coupled with my shit job, I felt the ALX course was too fast paced and made over 90% of us copy and paste experts. We were busy hunting past students' repos, on GitHub to copy from. So I had to quit but I owe my knowledge of the Unix OS, Vim, and Git/GitHub to ALX. Learning programming became easier, I later enjoyed programming in C, but I no dey play near pointer oh. Because it always pointed a gun at my brain. To be continued...

This is a very enlightening thread. I have always known that there are ways to beat the bookies if one understands how odds, probability, and permutation work. You are the first person I've seen that tried to explain these these concepts well. I have a few questions.

What's laying the draw?
How do you identify value bets?
Please explain the Martingale OV/UN strategy?
Also explain "laying low odds"

I hope these questions are not too much. I just want to understand how the math behind these work. My interest is more academic than pecuniary.
Thank you.

Humans just love to spread their misery. I hope she doesn't take the comments to heart.

Mom007:
I'm not trying. Go and do it yourself. U have a brain in your head and eyes too. You have the same 2 hands. And I am hoping the power of deductive thinking. If after all I wrote up there, you still feel the need to make this daft statements, just to proove whatever point you think you have, then just go on believing that Jesus hates the poor ok... salvation is not for everyone. Hellfire must be populated too afterall.

You get energy.

SmellingAnus:
show me from the Bible that says Peter's Mother in law was poor

You be mumu.

SmellingAnus:
As much as I don't even agree with Pastor Ibiyeomie on some of his teachings, but it would have been better if these Pastors bring out scriptures to counter the Pastor and show where Jesus visited a poor man or woman so that some of us that are ignorant can learn... Let me leave it for senior Pastors of Nairaland, please show us scriptures where Jesus visited a poor man or woman so that ignorant people like me can learn...

He visited Peter's mother-in-law.

Prompto:
How is that different from how Obi rigged n won Anambra or woukd you have me send you video whwre those voting apc where beaten n chased out. Person wey hear say Obi won Lagos will think he won with over 10K votes

We are talking about a predominant Christian state voting a Muslim Muslim ticket yet you fools brag about a less than 10K difference. Many of you fools deserve to be beaten beyond redemption.

Agbero. E dey una blood. Low-budget MC Oluomo.

helinues:


Seyi should be ready to hear all the stories his Grandpa refused to tell him

Obidients are not interested in taking correction, instead they will abuse Al the hell from those who are advising them

Such obsolete method can never win them ordinary spoon . Still wondering how a group of people can be so toxic

Dem know, Dem no dey carry head come my side again as na before I dey use slap, na hammer I dey knack them for head now

Shut up. Nobody needs his vote. Make una no rig election na him we dey ask. Did Obi not win Lagos with your violence and rigging?

PressMyButton:
WHATSAPP CHAT;

Rufai: Ibrahim, we're going live in five minutes, put Peter Obi & the team on notice.

Ibrahim: Ok, we will capture the moment on phone and put it on social media.

Rufai: good



ME:


If anyone was ever in doubt (nobody is in doubt tho) that Arisetv is pro-Obi, now you have your doubts cleared. Look at all of them in a room savouring the moments with their propaganda TV. If you see Obi carrying camera around visiting different locations, it's not a coincidence, it is all part of the plan. Unfortunately, the plan did not work in Benue, they chased him and his camera away like a thief.


PS; Have wailers heard Goodluck Jonathan say Tinubu will win 2027 election?. The news will hit you tomorrow.

At least he pretends to be interested. The Daura failure and the drug mule did and do not even try.

That's she's making it public makes me question the sincerity of it all. These kinds of reflections are typically private affairs if they're genuine.

No be her fault say her papa get money. She also deserves happiness, what happiness that can be found in this world that is.

Block feature.
Your mods are incompetent.
Nairaland is a cesspool of tribalism and all forms of bigotry.
In any other nation, you would have been the recipient of multiple lawsuits and fines on account of the vile things that people type here.
A block button will allow us moderate what we see. I know you won't do it because you like money more than decency.

themanderon:
He might hate poverty but he doesn't hate poor people.

Nothing in the Bible shows that Jesus hated poverty.

Stilloracle:
Where did it happen? That u didnt scream or shout for people to hear?

How did it happen?. Where u tied? Was it in a secluded place?

Where U drugged? That u werent able to fight back or is he such a big person to over power such a big woman?

What were the circumstances? How did u get to him? How did he get to U?

If someone like this is raped and the so called rapist is walking free, what is Lolo teaching younger girls? To let their rapists walk free?

I no buy

Exactly. The word rape is used ambiguously. She probably had a dalliance with the unamed man who probably had his way in a manner she did not like and she's using the word rape.
She's probably just seeking the guy's attention. If she names him, the guy will say it was consensual and probably bring a lawsuit against her.

TheBillyonaire:
Just like Morpheus told Neo in the matrix, I can only say, when the time comes, you will not have to dodge a bullets, bullets will be deflected from you automatically, my frequency at the hospital depends on how often I wanna be. I was actually at hospital earlier today, and have another appointment tomorrow. I take my medications daily depending on expected effects. I do infusions and load my blood with antibiotics every other 6 months. When the time comes, you will actually know what we do not die

Lol.
Canadian Loud.

naptu2:
Rumour mongers said that he was not at President Tinubu's birthday iftar (he said that he was there) and they said that he had collapsed and been rushed to France for treatment. However, he led FCT residents to visit the President the next day (as part of the Eid celebrations).

Is it possible for a person to be in France and Abuja at the same time?

Previous threads:


Wike Absent At Tinubu's Birthday Event, Nigerians React
https://www.nairaland.com/8384558/wike-absent-tinubus-birthday-event

I Didn't Collapse - Wike (Video)
https://www.nairaland.com/8388324/didnt-collapse-wike-video

He's trying to hard to show that he's healthy don't you think?
Maybe the rumors were exaggerated but I think he had a health scare. His relationship with alcohol is an open secret so it's not surprising that something like that could happen to him.
The man also looks very unhealthy.