Monthly Archives: September 2009

BetFair forum Q&A – August 10, 2009

Posted on September 2, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Please, send me the transcript. cfm 5AT5 midasoracle 5DOT5 com Thanks.

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Professor Christopher Wlezien on his research on how election prediction markets compare to polls.

Posted on September 2, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Professor Christopher Wlezien on his research on how election prediction markets compare to polls: Markets vs. Polls as Predictors: An Historical Assessment of US Presidential Elections – (PDF file) – by Robert S. Erikson and Christopher Wlezien

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Daniel Reeves is blogging.

Posted on September 2, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Daniel Reeves — Messy Matters | Bring Your Own Data

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5 minutes after joining, Ben Shannon managed to get second place on the IBM Smarter Cities leaderboard.

Posted on September 1, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

5 minutes after joining, Ben Shannon managed to get second place on the IBM Smarter Cities leaderboard.

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Midas Oracle’s best name anagram is SOCIAL DREAM.

Posted on September 1, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Midas Oracle’s best name anagram is SOCIAL DREAM. Go trying this tool for your own full name or trademark.

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Es gibt übrigens immer noch einen Haufen Buzzgame-ähnlicher Websites, die teilweise sogar mit realem Geld operieren.

Posted on September 1, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

“Es gibt übrigens immer noch einen Haufen Buzzgame-ähnlicher Websites, die teilweise sogar mit realem Geld operieren.” I totally agree with that, and our good doctor David Pennock should too.

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BetFair writes world-class software that supports a highly successful online betting business. The Technology Services team is charged with developing, maintaining and improving the internal systems that our development and operational teams use in their day-to-day work in order to maximise productivity.

Posted on September 1, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

“Performance Services, a group within Technology Services, ensure that the performance and capacity of all production systems is maintained, protected and enhanced in order to support BetFair’s growing user base.”

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Make a (virtual) profit by buying and selling words on twitter. Predict what’s going to be hot and buy it up before it hits twitter, and you’ll make a killing once people start talking about it. (no actual money required!)

Posted on September 1, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

PreTweeting Does it qualify as a “prediction exchange”?

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