Monthly Archives: February 2010

BetFair’s Mark Davies, who started blogging on New Year’s Day 2010, has yet to learn two or three things about search engine optimization.

Like putting up his damn name in the title tag of his blog… Google Search fuels on keywords (and reputation). -

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Robin Hanson’s blah blah on futarchy (using conditional prediction markets to govern a country) — [VIDEO]

Robin Hanson debates a Mencius Moldbug on prediction markets, decision markets, and… futarchy: Foresight 2010 debate: Futarchy from Monica Anderson on Vimeo. Download this post to watch the video —if your feed reader does not show it to you. Who … Continue reading

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The United States and the European governments will default on their debt, eventually — dixit Marc Faber. [PREDICTIONS]

Singapore is the safest. 2:15 into Download this post to watch the video —if your feed reader does not show it to you. Via Joe Weisenthal

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Betfair the “Masonic Lodge”

The relationship between William Hill and the betting exchanges has not been a good one. On January 29, 2003, David Harding on the subject of Betfair’s impact on the the over-round said; “Some racecourse markets now return overrounds of only … Continue reading

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Mastercard and Visa online gambling crackdown

Credit cards Mastercard and Visa have recently imposed restrictions on online gambling transactions to US customers, in preparation for the implementation of the anti-gambling legislation in June this year. The following was reported by eGaming Review: Mastercard crackdown leaves US … Continue reading

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