Pre-IPO BetFair silences its PR chief Mark Davies.
Mark Davies: The reason is that with my job at Betfair having recently changed so that I have responsibility for regulation but no longer for our public positioning, I have been asked not to blog...
View ArticleBREAKING: The CFTC approves MDEXs real-money prediction markets on movie box...
“-In a 3-2 vote, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Monday afternoon approved a contract created by the company Media Derivatives that would allow traders to bet on the gross receipts that a...
View ArticleHow to Make Money Playing Prediction Markets
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View ArticleInTrade simulates event derivative trading on your iPhone.
Play-money prediction markets. For your 6 y/o. The post InTrade simulates event derivative trading on your iPhone. appeared first on Midas Oracle.ORG - Predictions & Innovation.
View ArticleCantor Fitzgerald has laid off the entire staff of the Hollywood Stock...
Cantor Fitzgerald has laid off the entire staff of the Hollywood Stock Exchange (HSX). Via Max Keiser The post Cantor Fitzgerald has laid off the entire staff of the Hollywood Stock Exchange (HSX)....
View ArticleBetFair set a price range for its initial public offering on the London Stock...
“-The wide price range, for an equity value between ?1.16 billion and ?1.48 billion, reflects mixed views on the company’-s prospects for growth in countries with strict regulations on gambling, such...
View ArticleJustin Wolfers pumped up the shitty, play-money prediction exchange run by...
Shit here. The fake-money exchange is pitiful, and to have a professor pumps up that shit is pitiful too. UPDTE: That was the 2008 election. Fortunately, this crappy exchange is dead. Here’-s...
View ArticleCold Fusion Prediction Markets – [HISTORY]
In April 1989, Robin Hanson created this prediction market: By 1/1/91 a <-1 liter device will have generated over 1 watt of power output more than input from room-T fusion, including amortized...
View ArticleBritish electors dont want to change their electoral system. – [PREDICTION...
Question asked on May 5, 2011 (United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum): At present, the UK uses the “first past the post” system to elect MPs to the House of Commons. Should the “alternative vote”...
View ArticleInTrade floats Dominique Strauss-Kahns life. – [PREDICTION MARKET]
InTrade: New Prediction Market: Dominique Strauss-Kahn Tuesday, May 17, 2011 On May 16th 2011 Dominique Strauss-Kahn appeared in New York City Criminal Court and was charged with two counts of a...
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