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Daily Archives: June 29, 2009
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June 28′s BetFair millionaire story (about Elliott Short) in the News Of The World has been retracted by the UK tabloid.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
Posted in Betting, Ethics, Exchanges & Markets
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
Posted in Collective Decision Making, Collective Forecasting, Exchanges & Markets, History, People
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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