Monthly Archives: December 2009

“The road to nowhere – European gambling law from Schindler to Bwin Liga and beyond.”. An analysis of European Gambling Law by Niall O’Connor

“The road to nowhere – European gambling law from Schindler to Bwin Liga and beyond.”. An analysis of European Gambling Law by Niall O’Connor The journey from the European Court of Justice’s ruling in Schindler to its most recent ruling … Continue reading

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Should a blog run ads?

Robin Hanson’s web stats (the drop came following his ditching of his co-authors): He has asked whether his readers would allow him to have ads. I left a comment, there. Blog Herald: 3 Odd Reasons Why I Don’t Read Your … Continue reading

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Objective: Get more incoming links for Midas Oracle.

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Cantor Exchange

Some chatters on Elite Trader.

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H.R. 2266, Reasonable Prudence in Regulation Act, and H.R. 2267, the Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act

House Financial Services Committee – Wednesday, December 3, 2009 Via Daniel Horowitz

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Andrew McAfee’s anecdote on enterprise prediction markets is a load of bullsh*t.

Paul Hewitt: I’m curious why Andrew McAfee would cite this example in support of prediction markets. Though he mentions that his executive students had conducted a “simple poll”, in fact, they really created a pari-mutuel market, which provided the “risk … Continue reading

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Andrew McAfee wanna share an anecdote about EPMs with you.

I am curious about what Paul Hewitt will think of this.

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Paul Hewitt on Rajiv Sethi on Nate Silver on Robin Hanson on climate change prediction markets

Measuring Decision Market Accuracy

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Accuracy of millenium predictions

Millennium Predictions That Got Things Right – and Those That Didn’t.

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Peter Schiff was bullish on gold since it was at $300.

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