Monthly Archives: October 2009

Life Settlement Securities

Posted on October 12, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

NBC Nighly News on Friday, October 9, 2009 Wall Street is betting on how long you will live. Download either the M4V file or the WMV file. 00:13:30 into. Hurry up to download the video, as it will expire tonite … Continue reading →

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Liberalization of the French Internet betting market

Posted on October 12, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Good take from the RTL columnist. In French.

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Was that a prediction market startup?

Posted on October 12, 2009 by Chris F. Masse
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What happened to Betfair’s Arnault card?

Posted on October 10, 2009 by Niall O'Connor

Bernard Arnault is the 14th richest person in the world with an estimated net worth of $16.5 billion US dollars. (Forbes). In 2007, Arnault was listed among Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in The World. No bad thing for Betfar … Continue reading →

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San Francisco is also, perhaps infamously, an intellectual and cultural bubble in which ludicrous ideas can find support, particularly in the tech industry.

Posted on October 9, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

“Before long, you may find yourself nodding in sincere agreement as someone explains the inane first-world problem that their startup or pet open source project is trying to solve.” GO READING THE WHOLE PIECE.

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They are using prediction markets to forecast what…???…

Posted on October 9, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

- “to predict the likelihood of breast cancer drugs succeeding through the three phases of drug clinical trials.” – to “help doctors and patients gain insights into the safety and efficacy of specific drugs at the early stages of clinical … Continue reading →

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Well Above Marginal Revolution — To Infinity And Beyond…!!!…

Posted on October 9, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Previously: Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 Predictions

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How would BetFair respond to the French arguments against betting exchanges?

Posted on October 9, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Michael Robb of BetFair: Chris, if you read the article header (”French government moves to ban betting exchanges”) you’ll notice that it says ‘moves’, and doesn’t say that Betfair is already banned anywhere in the piece. I agree with your … Continue reading →

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Proposed Betfair French ban great retirement present for Louis Romanet

Posted on October 9, 2009 by Niall O'Connor

During the Annual General Meeting of the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities IFHA held in Paris on 4 October 2004 ,  France-Galop’s then director-general, Louis Romanet, expressed his deep dislike of the betting exchange concept; “Betting exchanges encourage the professional … Continue reading →

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BetFair to be banned from France by the House of Representatives (and the government OKayed it). Will the French Senate save BetFair?

Posted on October 9, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

M. Eric Woerth, ministre du budget. Monsieur Giscard d’Estaing, vous souhaitez protéger la filière hippique et permettre son développement. Mon objectif est également qu’elle puisse continuer à exister, qu’elle prospère, qu’elle soit un support d’activité économique partout en France et … Continue reading →

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