Have Betfair ever extended a ?1m credit line to Harry Findlay?

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Asked the lawyer representing one of the defendants in the Fallon case. For your information, &#8220-Harry Findlay&#8221- is the name of a &#8220-high-profile, high-staking punter who has never been connected with the case.&#8221- Why is it that his name is brought into the courtroom, then?? Bizarre. There is something they know and we don&#8217-t, obviously.

The link is from Niall O’Connor.

UPDATE: More from the Beeb.

UsableMarkets Reports from the NYC Prediction Market Conference (Yes, a little, er, a lot, late)

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I recently published some thoughts resulting from the NYC Prediction Market Conference.

There were three items:

1. Contract Content which discusses &#8220-whether having related content and links appear alongside a contract make any difference as to how well informed the traders are when trading that contract … and therefore, does it have any impact on the price of that contract?&#8221-

2. Losing the Market in Prediction Markets talks about the recognition that the desire for simpler trading interfaces in the prediction market community is finally leading to real results, as an abundance of sites, if not every PM site, looks to make predicting easier to do, and understand.

3. Shapers and Voters reflects on a slide about trader distribution in Jed Christiansen&#8217-s presentation.

I hope you enjoy.
~alex