Re:My £4 a month server can handle 4.2M requests a day
by noduerme on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @06:04AM
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Ok, I respectfully understand where you're coming from, and I've struggled with gambling addiction myself. I personally do not think it's immoral to offer games of chance to people, as long as they understand the odds and you're not cheating them. And believe me, running a small online casino mostly by myself with my own bankroll was literally setting alarms all night waking me up when someone was killing the tables and potentially going to bankrupt me. I got to know my big players (most of whom went on to become Bitcoin millionaires, since the early adopters were the only ones gambling on Bitcoin casinos in 2011)... but beyond that, I really don't think offering gambling is immoral as long as everyone knows what they're signing up for. I've dealt cards for a living, too. I don't drive a taxi anymore. But I've seen all sides of life. I don't think you can judge so easily. Yeah, big corporations suck and they screw people into debt, and gambling addiction does ruin peoples' lives, but I knew my players, and I don't think what I did personally hurt anybody. They came together to enjoy games, and yeah it was for real money, but it was also a community and they were there for fun - they could have gambled for a lot more money on other sites. One player built a puzzle in his escape room in Amsterdam in honor of / based on a game I designed. Like a bar, this is something people do for enjoyment, and you don't need to stand out there with a sign saying we're all going to hell. But I do get it and I'm not a fan of the companies that take advantage of human weakness and shake the dimes out of people's pockets. I was just trying to have a good time and give other people a good time.
Total profit from 2 years running the site? About $50k. It was a hobby. I never quit my job. I also turned away 95% of the hits because they were coming from America.
[edit] I should add that I strongly advised other BTC site owners, especially casino owners, to follow certain guidelines, and watched one of them who I had told to be careful launch, make about $1M with one game on a crappy website, and get jailed within a year. That wasn't the trajectory I was interested in.
Total profit from 2 years running the site? About $50k. It was a hobby. I never quit my job. I also turned away 95% of the hits because they were coming from America.
[edit] I should add that I strongly advised other BTC site owners, especially casino owners, to follow certain guidelines, and watched one of them who I had told to be careful launch, make about $1M with one game on a crappy website, and get jailed within a year. That wasn't the trajectory I was interested in.