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Monthly Archives: June 2009
BetFair’s Mark Davies will advise the UK government on sports betting integrity.
BetFair’s Mark Davies will be one member on the expert panel about sports betting integrity (betting corruption) that the UK government is setting up. Previously: June 28’s BetFair millionaire story in the News Of The World was total bullshit.
June 28′s BetFair millionaire story (about Elliott Short) in the News Of The World was total bullshit.
June 28′s BetFair millionaire story (about Elliott Short) in the News Of The World was complete bullshit. – BetFair: Recent ‘News of the World’ Article Betfair Customer Services 29 Jun 13:13 We have been contacted by several customers in relation … Continue reading
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Tagged BetFair, bets, Betting, Elliott Short, millionaires, News Of The World
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June 28′s BetFair millionaire story (about Elliott Short) in the News Of The World
June 28′s BetFair millionaire story (about Elliott Short) in the News Of The World has been retracted by the UK tabloid. See why at the bottom of this post. – Find the cache here. By Simon Ward, 28/06/2009 A SACKED … Continue reading
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Tagged BetFair, bets, Betting, Elliott Short, millionaires, News Of The World
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BetFair is going to make money in America…
…”even without changes to betting laws.”
Behind Nigel Eccles (of HubDub fame), the remains of the West Pier in Brighton, England.
As for me, I would rather have a picture taken of moi with the Eiffel Tower in the background (or some other monument devoted to the greatness of humanity) —as opposed to a burned-to-the-core carcass. British humor, I suppose.
Posted in Miscellaneous
Tagged Brighton, England, European Union, fires, Great Britain, United Kingdom, West Pier
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Our industry needs a third Wikipedia page.
Collective Forecasting @ Wikipedia Prediction Markets @ Wikipedia Betting Exchanges @ Wikipedia –> Wikipedians, let’s create a Wikipedia page on collective forecasting.
Robin Hanson: My best idea was prediction markets.
Robin Hanson‘s auto-biography (i.e., how Our Master Of All Universes views HimSelf): – Robin Hanson: Do you find it hard to summarize yourself in a few words? Me too. But I love the above quote. I have a passion, a … Continue reading
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Tagged academia, academics, auto-biographies, betting markets, biographies, bios, Collective Decision Making, Collective Forecasting, collective intelligence that predicts, economic science, Economics, economists, event derivative markets, event derivatives, forecasting, forecasts, George Mason Univeristy, idea future markets, idea futures, idea futures markets, Our Master Of All Universes, Policy Analysis Market, predicting, prediction markets, Predictions, professors, research scientists, researchers, Robin Hanson, scholars, tenure, universities
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