Monthly Archives: May 2008

Where to find advice on how to set up your enterprise prediction markets

Consultants – - Inkling – URL: Inkling Markets – (Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.) Adam Siegel — Post Archives at Midas Oracle Nathan Kontny – NewsFutures – (Maryland, U.S.A. & Paris, France, E.U.) Emile Servan-Schreiber — Post Archives at Midas Oracle Maurice … Continue reading

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Justin Wolfers should have his own Wikipedia entry.

Any Wikipedian out there willing to start off his page? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Wolfers – Robin Hanson, Tyler Cowen, Steve Levitt, and even Don Luskin and Robert Scoble, have their own Wikipedia entry. Why not Wolfers???… I realized that when I updated my … Continue reading

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If David Pennock were to seek innovation in prediction market data visualization…

… he would associate this with that.

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Is Malta’s Lotteries and Gaming Authority a serious governmental body?

Yes. I did a quick research, and here are 2 points I got: The European Union’s Commissioner for Internal Market and Services, Charlie McCreevy, praised Malta’s Lotteries and Gaming Authority for their professionalism. Malta’s Lotteries and Gaming Authority are working … Continue reading

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The simplicity and social utility of the gravatars explained to Tom W. Bell by blog guru Chris Pirillo.

Tom W. Bell, Please, watch this short video, and get yourself a gravatar. It’s easy and fun. – - The little difference between Midas Oracle and Chris Pirillo’s blog is that he set up things so that when somebody does … Continue reading

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The CFTC safe-harbor option for event markets

The recommendation for safe-harbor of a group of influential economists to the CFTC aims squarely at the 4(c)3(K)* clause of the Commodity Exchange Act. The CFTC may approve a public interest exemption under 4(c) provided that the affected contracts are … Continue reading

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Excellent article about enterprise prediction markets and Inkling Markets —with a good word for Robin Hanson, who invented MSR.

Via Daniel Horowitz (Business and Technology Consultant) Software taps into the zeitgeist to predict the future. -

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HubDub limitations

HubDub is supposed to be a combo: a prediction exchange plus a news aggregator. But are the news sorted out pertinently? Out of the 13 news stories listed under the prediction market on the CFTC licensing event markets, not a … Continue reading

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BetFair Developer Program use Joomla! as their blog software (and CMS).

“How do you know that, Chris?” Easy. The distracted BetFair guy who manages their blog forgot to give it a name, so the name that appears in my feed reader is, “Powered by Joomla!”. Another prediction market firm (located in … Continue reading

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Lawsuit aiming at compelling the office of the United States trade representative to produce a copy of its compensation settlement with the European Union over the United States’ withdrawal of gambling services from the General Agreement on Trade in Services.

“National Security” is the reason given for the cover up. The Center for Independent Media and Public Citizen are suing their pants off. -

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