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Jason White| Special to the Courier & Press

Week 16 of the NFL season didnt do much to add any clarity to the playoff landscape. Only one AFC team has puncheditsticket to the playoffswhile five teams in the NFC have earned a playoff berth.

With 24 teams still alive to make the playoffs, these late-season games become more and more pressure-packed.Veteran quarterbacks always have an edge in these win-or-go-home scenarios.

COVID also continues towreak havoc in the world of player availability. Stay up to speed on all roster announcements and watch for subsequent line movement. Its monumentally important to hold off on placing your bets until as close to kickoff as possible.

Two-team teaser:

BUCCANEERS (-10) atPanthers:After being shutout in Week 15, Tampa Bay took out its frustrations on the Panthers. Buccaneers 32, Panthers 6 -(WIN)

RAVENS (+3) atBengals:COVID and injuries forced the Ravens to play a 35-year-old practice squad player at quarterback. Bengals 41, Ravens 21 -(LOSS)

COWBOYS (-10) vs. Washington:The Cowboys dominated both sides of the ball and recorded their largest margin of victory in the history of this storied rivalry. Cowboys 56, Washington 14 - (WIN)

Prop bet:

Five-team money line parlay:Buccaneers, Bills, Patriots, 49ers, Packers (+115)

COLTS (-6.5) vs. Raiders:The Colts played at a very high level in the crucial month of December. Even with the uncertainty of the status of quarterback Carson Wentz, the rushing attack led by Jonathan Taylor will tell the story. The Colts are 10-5 against the spread this year while the Raiders are 6-9.

OVER (41.5) Jaguars atPatriots:During their seven-game winning streak, the Patriots were averaging just over 32 points per game. Despite their offensive woes during the past two weeks, the Patriots will get back on track and light up the scoreboard. Look for the Jaguars to do their part late in the game to push this total over the top.

UNDER (46) Broncos atChargers:The Chargers are struggling and willbebattling for their playoff lives.They have the offensive weapons necessary to blow out the Broncos. Look for them to keep Denver at bayjustenough to keep this total below the number to gain. The Broncos are 3-12 against the point total this year.

VIKINGS (+6.5) atPackers:The Vikings need a win to keep their playoff hopes alive while the Packers will be looking to hold on to the #1 seed in the NFC. Its tough picking against Aaron Rodgers,but the Vikings are one of the few teams with ahistory of success against him. Minnesota is 6-3 in their last 9 games against the Packers.

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The Commish's gambling picks are in for Week 17 of the NFL season - Courier & Press

As Sankranti nears, Chittoor district witnesses a frenzied atmosphere with punters from other places coming here

As the rural side of Chittoor district gets ready to join the Sankranti festivities, the police officials have formed special teams to tackle the menace of rooster fights and gambling, focusing on the forest-fringe villages and known offenders.

Several hamlets and thandas in the mandals of KV Palle and Tamballapalle, bordering with Kadapa district, buzz with rooster fights between December and February during which punters from not only Chittoor and Kadapa districts but also from Karnataka come here.

Some families are known for grooming special breeds of roosters meant for the bloody and cruel completions, with betting running into crores of rupees during the season.

In addition to rooster fights, the gambling activity would also be in full swing in several forest-fringe villages. Fearing police raids, even the enthusiastic gamblers from the urban side would find their way to join the batches in fields and forests-fringe areas.

Deputy SP (Madanapalle) A. Ravi Manohar Achari told The Hindu that special teams were formed to curb the prohibited rooster fights and the gambling menace.

We have about 300 known offenders organising the rooster fights in Madanapalle sub-division. Based on the past records, we are going to bind over all of them and seize the roosters found to be groomed for the banned sports. Special teams would be posted at all vulnerable hamlets till the Sankranti festivities get over, the Deputy SP said.

Meanwhile, the police on Sunday morning took five punters into custody and seized two roosters, eight two-wheelers, and a cash of 19,000 at a remote locality near Devarajulapalle village of B.Kothakota mandal of Madanapalle division. A case was registered.

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Record numbers of women are becoming addicted to gambling, statistics show.

There has been a year-on-year increase of 132% in women reaching out for help over their betting habits. But gambling charity Gordon Moody estimates that just 3% of female addicts are seeking help.

It revealed the figures just months before it is due to open the worlds first women-only residential treatment centre in the Midlands.

Matthew Hickey, the charitys chief executive, told how in recent years, there has been a huge rise in the number of adverts for online gambling sites aimed specifically at women.

He said: Covid has highlighted a crisis which needs urgent attention.

Theres little doubt that women suffer even more than men from the guilt and shame surrounding gambling addiction, which is why we need to get the message out that the support is there.

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A YouGov survey, carried out last month for gambling awareness charity GamCare, showed women are 30% more likely to play instant win games, equally likely to gamble online as men and three times more likely to play bingo.

Public Health England also reports that while 0.5% of Brits are problem gamblers, 7% are negatively affected equivalent to five million people.

Stacey Goodwin knows only too well the damage gambling can cause. The 29-year-old once lost 50,000 in just six days after being lured into the betting world by 1 slot machines.

Stacey, who worked in a betting shop, says she originally swore never to start gambling. But at the age of 19, she decided to have a flutter.

Before I knew it, my life was in tatters, Stacey said.

Id regularly gamble away my entire months wages on pay day, took out massive loans I could never hope to repay and considered taking my own life. It seemed the only way out.

With support from her mum, Stacey started attending Gamblers Anonymous groups, but said: Everyone there seemed to be a middle-aged man. I felt I was in the wrong place.

Three years ago, Stacey contacted Gordon Moody and went on a four-day rehab retreat which she says changed everything.

I came to understand my triggers, accepted my addiction and developed tools to help me recover, she said.

It wasnt easy, but the counsellors didnt make me feel ashamed.

Now in recovery, and with the help of Gamban software blocking gambling apps and websites on her phone, Stacey openly talks about her journey on TikTok using the handle Good Girl Gambler.

Stacey, from Chesterfield, Derbys, said: I get 40 to 50 messages every day from women gamblers asking for help. They simply dont know where else to turn.

It was two full years after my rehab retreat before I actually opened up about my own addiction.

Its only now, with fresh eyes, that I can see how so much of the gambling industry is aimed at women, with pink bingo and female characters in online gambling games. Its a multi-billion-pound industry that knows exactly what its doing.

Stacey thinks one of the reasons women are reluctant to talk about gambling is because few female celebrities have spoken publicly about it.

You have dozens of footballers, snooker players, you name it theyre all men. A woman gambler develops a gambling addiction and thinks theyre the odd-one-out, she said.

There must be hundreds of famous women out there who have blown everything gambling. The fact theyre hiding their addiction adds to the problem.

GamStop, which launched its free tool to block gambling on mobile devices in 2018, reported its 250,000th user last week.

More than a third of those signed up to the software are women.

Addictions counsellor Steve Pope has seen a 400% increase in the number of women reaching out to him since the pandemic began.

He also told how gambling addiction has the highest attempted suicide rate of any addiction, at 82%.

Its because its so easy to hide, he said.

When things unravel, addicts feel a crushing sense of guilt and shame.

Its a buzz which unlike alcohol or drugs seems to be harmless, so a mum at home with the kids has a flutter online and before she knows it, shes blown her Universal Credit and cant pay the bills.

Rebecca Sparkes, a psychotherapist specialising in addiction, told how women gamblers had previously been put off by the male-dominated environments of betting shops, but that had completely changed.

She said: Since the pandemic, more women have used online gambling sites not because other activities have been unavailable, but as a way of alleviating stress.

One client tells me she goes into a complete fantasy world while gambling. Its an easy and seemingly risk-free escape from a difficult reality.

Mum-of-two Lisa Walker managed to hide the extent of her gambling addiction from her husband even on her wedding night four years ago.

While Gary and all the guests drank champagne, teetotal Lisa rushed straight to the casino.

Lisa, 49, said: Id engineered things so we got married in Las Vegas but all I had in mind was hitting the roulette wheel.

I blew thousands. I even called the UK for a 2,000 payday loan.

Back home, Lisa rang her son Danny to ask for help paying off the loan. But within 30 minutes, she spent all the money he gave her at a betting shop.

That, for me was rock-bottom, Lisa said.

After decades of gambling, lying and cheating, I knew I had to get help.

Lisa, of Rainham, East London, had started gambling when she was just eight, playing cards during break times at school for money.

For her 18th birthday, her dad took her to a casino but it wasnt until Lisa was 29 that her gambling got out of control.

She recalled: I went to the Rendezvous Casino in Southend where I got a Royal Flush and won 127,000.

"Instead of paying off my mortgage, which I couldve done twice over, I couldnt resist the buzz of the casino and wasted it all.

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Even with Danny and her disabled daughter Georgia to look after, the then-single mum couldnt stop and in 2012, Lisa declared herself bankrupt, having remortgaged her house three times and lost around 500,000.

She said: I was homeless with two kids and even then, I was still gambling.

Lisa attended her first Gamblers Anonymous meeting in 2018 and last month, she started a new job at gambling charity, Bet Know More.

She has even secured the funding to start her own women gamblers support group, called New Beginnings.

Lisa said: Every single person knows of a problem gambler who is hiding their addiction. If by telling my story I can help just one woman get her life back, it will be worth it.

Working for a charity supporting drug and alcohol addicts didnt stop Kerri Nicolls from getting hooked on gambling and she didnt recognise her own addiction until years later.

Kerri, 39, said: Just over 10 years ago I decided to put a 1 bet on a football match and won. I was pretty much hooked from then.

Kerri was then offered a free 200 credit with Bet365 and went on to download several betting apps on her phone.

I was taking out loans and maxing out credit cards, hiding my losses, always desperate to claw them all back, Kerri said.

I was so hooked, I even gambled at a friends funeral.

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In 2013, she persuaded her partner to take out a 12,000 loan to help her clear her student debt but it was just a ruse to get more money to gamble with.

Within two years, she had accrued 45,000 of debt and was forced to admit she had a problem.

Her dad agreed to pay off the money in the form of a loan but Kerri was offered more credit so continued gambling, betting 5,000 a time on sporting events worldwide.

When the truth about her addiction eventually came out, Kerris relationship collapsed and she moved back home, where she suffered from suicidal thoughts.

Her mum insisted Kerri visited her GP, who referred her to a crisis team. She also then joined Gamblers Anonymous, started a peer support programme at GamCare and sought help from Gordon Moody.

In 2019, Kerri, from North Devon, got a job as a peer support worker with the charity. I know how coming forward as a woman with a gambling addiction can be hard, she said.

I felt Id never be able to stop but Im stronger now and happier than Ive ever been. Sure, I lost over 100,000, but now I have a new partner, a job thats rewarding beyond measure and Im alive.

For help, call 01384 241292 or visit gordonmoody.org.uk. Alternatively call 0808 8020 133 or see gamcare.org.uk. Download gambling-limiting software for free on any smartphone or laptop at gamstop.co.uk

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Up to 42,000 people in Northern Ireland are 'problem' gamblers, often running up huge debts, it has been revealed.

nd for every individual gambler, a further six people are affected adversely.

The province has the highest rate of problem gambling in the UK - four times higher than England, for example - against a backdrop of increased poverty and levels of poor mental health.

One case study shows a family member who paid off 15,000 of a relatives' gambling debt, leaving 19,000 still outstanding, 10,000 of it owned to other relations and friends and 9,000 on credit cards, payday loans and overdrafts.

The grim reality of gambling was spelt out to an Assembly committee which is investigation how legislation controlling the practice can be modernised.

Maurice Meehan, of the Public Health Agency, said Northern Ireland has the highest estimated rate of problem gambling of the UK regions, essentially four times higher than England and one of the highest rates internationally.

"Northern Ireland also has the highest prevalance of mental illness in the UK which may make the population particularly vulnerable to problem gambling," he told the committee which monitors the Department of Communities.

Advice NI, which is the umbrella organisation for the independent advice network, has suggested a central collation of statistics on the issue.

Head of Policy Kevin Higgins said: "If we had a real-time collation of stats, it would give us a better idea of the ongoing nature of the problem and, depending on the stats provided, give us an idea of the areas or types of gambling in which the problem lies."

Mr Meehan said in the province it is estimated that between 9,000 and 42,000 people take part in "harmful" gambling but only a small proportion are receiving any kind of treatment at any time.

Dr Joanna Purdy, of the Institute of Public Health, said: "As Northern Ireland has the highest levels of deprivation and mental ill health in the UK, that makes a particularly vulnerable nature in respect of gambling harms.

"For every one person experiencing problem gambling, six others are adversely affected. That equates to around one in ten people living in the most deprived areas experiencing harm from either their own gambling or someone else's gambling."

Advice NI had dealt with 11 cases of indebtedness caused by gambling, with a total amounting to just below 217,000. Official Charlotte Ahmed said: "That illustrates how widespread gambling addiction is. It affects not only individuals but their families."

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Gambling a problem for up to 42000 in Northern Ireland - Belfast Telegraph

Twitch streamer Tyler Trainwrecks Niknam has become one of the most-subscribed content creators on Twitch after hosting a $1 million giveaway.

On January 1, Trainwrecks decided to give away $1 million after winning a $10 million prize from gambling on stream. Viewers entered to win a portion of the money by posting 21 in the chat along with their Bitcoin wallet address. Some of the winners were his friends, including $35,000 going to a childhood friend of Trainwrecks.

Trainwrecks giveaway stream peaked at over 70,000 viewers. He also gained over 21,000 subscribers in that one single day. That brought Trainwrecks from around 30,000 subscriptions to 51,000, skyrocketing him to a new place among the top 10 most-subbed streamers on Twitch.

Trainwrecks has become very popular over the past few years despite ongoing controversy. Most recently, Trainwrecks was criticized for his gambling on stream. He gambles a large amount of money online, and some viewers have gone so far as to call it a gambling habit. Trainwrecks tells his viewers not to gamble, but there is no denying that his young viewers are impressionable and may be influenced towards gambling, especially after seeing Trainwrecks win millions of dollars from his gambling exploits.

Other streamers like Felix xQc Lengyel, who used to gamble on stream themselves, have spoken out against gambling on stream. Twitch has also banned gambling-related links and codes, but the site still allows streamers to gamble during live broadcasts so long as they arent providing promotional links or codes to their viewers.

After his $1 million giveaway, Trainwrecks reportedly won another $1 million while continuing to gamble online.

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Blockchain technology offers elegant solutions for multiple use cases and improves the traditional system by making it transparent, censorship-resistant, fairer, and removing any third-party intervention. In recent years, the crypto industry and particularly the Ethereum ecosystem have pushed this technology to the next level opening opportunities for several sectors.

The BC.GAME project has managed to leverage Ethereum and its smart contract capabilities to build a game and gambling platform which brings the principles of blockchain, fairness, and transparency, to an industry that no longer needs to be based on trust. The platform is based on the hash algorithm and storages all of its data on Ethereum.

Thus, users can utilize blockchain explorer tools, such as etherscan, and verify for themselves that all transactions and relevant data have been stored on the blockchain. Once it has been secured by Ethereum, its impossible for any single entity or individual to tamper with it.

BC.Game is an open-source project, and its code is available on GitHub for every user to verify the legitimacy of the project and its 1% house edge. The team behind the platform has even enabled an algorithm that can verify the equality for their games and test it in different game conditions with random numbers.

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The official organizer cannot manipulate any game setting. Therefore, CRASH is more transparent than other gambling methods. This is the cornerstone on which our game is built.

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Currently, players can make manual bets or auto bets on BC.Games digital slot machines, popular card game Blackjack, dice with guarantee impossible manipulation, a unique game called Crash, and others. In the coming months, the platform will add Plinko, Bitspin, and Roullete.

As BC.Game and the Ethereum ecosystem continue to expand in 2022, the future of finances, arts, entertainment, payments, and games seem more likely to be run on top of a blockchain where the odds cant be altered to favor the few in detriment of the many.

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