Monthly Archives: March 2010

Cantor Exchange in the New York Times

Posted on March 13, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

Richard Jaycobs uses the adjective “tremendous”. But here’s what the journalo says: But buyers beware: if “Avatar” is any indication, the public isn’t always so wise about Hollywood fortunes. Most users of HSX.com predicted a flop, and if those users … Continue reading →

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American Civics Exchange has plunged into the death pool —it seems.

Posted on March 13, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

Tip from Andrew Golberg.

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Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps. –> September 24, 2010

Posted on March 13, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

Full of clichés? Wall Street 2 @ HSX –> Quite high flying. The first trailer is hilarious: About Wall Street 2: Wall Street 1: Frank Sinatra, “Fly Me To The Moon”:

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Libertarian journalist John Stossel explained InTrade’s prediction markets, and forgot BetFair.

Posted on March 12, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

ABC News, in 2008:

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GREAT NEWS: Stephen Burn is now the big boss at BetFair USA [*], and Gerard Cunningham is out. – [VIDEO]

Posted on March 12, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

BetFair won’t release any public press release on all this, but they told me what’s on this site is accurate: Stephen Burn (previously director of horse racing) is taking over BetFair US leadership, including TVG. We have decided that the … Continue reading →

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BetFair TV ad makes fun of the French people…!!!… – [VIDEO]

Posted on March 12, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

Filed in “Humor”…

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Smarkets want you to believe that they are going after a much bigger betting market than BetFair’s one.

Posted on March 12, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

Their CTO (Hunter Morris) is the first to present in the video. Watch out for his slide on casual and social betting. Startups Rally – Part I – Elevator Pitches (4 of 4) from Plugg Conference on Vimeo. Download this … Continue reading →

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PROVEN AND DOCUMENTED: Joe Weisenthal is drunken with his own manipulation paranoia.

Posted on March 11, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

Joe is going off the deep end. Market noises are now interpreted as the intergalactic battle between the pro-HCR and the anti-HCR, who are both seeking to manipulate the InTrade prediction markets. No evidence whatsoever is displayed. P.S: I am … Continue reading →

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Any philanthropist or foundation interested in using prediction markets to foster free-market philosophy understanding?

Posted on March 11, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

I am throwing a message-in-a-bottle to the sea, this morning. Got an interesting idea, which I will trot around in 2010. Here’s how to contact me. Thanks.

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US Patent Office patents Amazon’s one-click shopping cart. — Will it impact our Web-based prediction exchanges?

Posted on March 11, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

US Patent Office patents Amazon’s one-click shopping cart. Mike Masnick disproves. Any impact for the prediction market / betting market industry?

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