Monthly Archives: April 2007

Which of these IT firms will soon develop software for prediction markets??

If that’s not done already. Via Endless Innovation, CIO Insight: — ANSWER: All of the software companies listed above.

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Adam Siegel of Inkling Markets tops the Web 2.0 wave.

Chicago Sun-Times (an Inkling client –info that is not disclosed, of course): Q: Didn’t the Internet craze die back in 2001? Why launch an Internet business? A: The Internet craze didn’t die in 2001. Companies with no path to profitability, … Continue reading

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INTERNET GAMBLING AND BETTING: BODOG’S CALVIN AYRE IS NOT A GENTLEMAN.

Via “Europe’s foremost betting industry analyst” (or so he thinks he is), The Globe And Mail. [...] He’s relaxed here, lounging in shorts and flip-flops, occasionally leaning over to his computer to check incoming e-mail, although he chooses his words … Continue reading

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BetFair is a blessing in sports corruption war.

Via “Europe’s foremost betting industry analyst” (or so he thinks he is), IC NewsCastle: [...] What [the arrival of betting exchanges] has done is highlight the betting trends and any abnormal activity on animals that don’t run up to form, … Continue reading

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Why Google’s Bo Cowgill is a smart Business Intelligence Specialist, but a poor Internet Marketer

As I told you yesterday (in my listing of the prediction market blogs [*] and how many feed subscribers they have), Bo Cowgill’s blog has only 4 subscribers at BlogLines. That means that he has twice this number at Google … Continue reading

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Those are the most beautiful charts I ever seen in my life, mister InTrade-TradeSports.

Do you do them in a dynamic format, too??? The charts on the ’08 political event derivatives posted by Alex “student-trader” Forshaw are fabulous. It’s pure art, in my view. He does not want to admit it publicly (because that … Continue reading

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Alan Jewell of CASTrader in search of the perfect market design

— Part I (posted on his blog): [...] In the CDA markets, you are either a price-taker (market orders) or price-maker (limit orders). As a price-taker, you have to be conscious of liquidity available and be careful not to trade … Continue reading

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Ms. Erin Brockovich, VP of Environmental Affairs, Save the World Air Inc.

Save the World Air Inc. at Yahoo! Finance Corporate Website: Save the World Air Inc. (Site inaccessible at the time of writing) Via Crossing Wall Street

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AMERICAN PREDICTION MARKET BLOGGER WHO WENT INTO HIDING AFTER THE PASSING OF THE INTERNET GAMBLING PROHIBITION AND ENFORCEMENT ACT HAS RESUSCITATED HIS BLOG.

SmartCrowd will publish a “prediction market index”. Without InTrade, which is illegal in the US. “Paul” (the blogger) is terrorized by the perspective of being arrested by the FBI for publishing a hot link to an offshore (Irish) prediction exchange. … Continue reading

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A gaming software company is using Inkling to predict industry quality scores of their products.

Brags the cocky Adam Siegel on the Inkling Markets frontpage. My wild guess: Electronic Arts ??? EA has been visiting Midas Oracle. Could be them. Could be. Or maybe not. Or maybe Electronic Arts went on Midas Oracle vis-a-vis The … Continue reading

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