Monthly Archives: April 2010

Opponents of real-money prediction markets are strong and powerful.

Posted on April 8, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

Via Mike Giberson, Hollywood tries to block the Cantor Exchange. Previously.

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Short take on the new gambling laws in France

Posted on April 8, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

I don’t like it, for the reasons explained by BetFair’s Mark Davies and Right2Bet. The new law is going to be assessed by the French Supreme Court (Conseil Constitutionnel), the French Administrative Council (Conseil d’Etat about “les décrets d’application”), and … Continue reading →

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Online gambling in the UK tightened up

Posted on April 8, 2010 by Caruso

Online gambling companies that advertise in the UK, or take bets from customers in the UK, are facing the prospect of much greater scrutiny and the requirement to obtain a licence of some description from the UK Gambling Commission. This … Continue reading →

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My 2 minutes (and 4 seconds) of fame – [VIDEO]

Posted on April 6, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

Google’s Matt Cutts answers my SEO question: On your WordPress.org blog (mattcutts.com), why did you switch from domainname.com/year/month/day/sample-post/ to domainname.com/postname/ ? Has this to do with how PageRank flows within a site?

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Twitter is more predictive than the Hollywood Stock Exchange (HSX). – [RESEARCH]

Posted on April 2, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

You could turn Bernardo Huberman‘s study around and say that the HSX traders are not yet using Twitter as a source to the full extent possible.

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Online gambling regulation: players two, casinos nil. And about time, too.

Posted on April 2, 2010 by Caruso

Online gambling regulators are not usually much to write home about as far as player protection goes. For the most part, they do little more than lie down and wait for their collective tummies to be tickled by the operators … Continue reading →

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Important correction

Posted on April 1, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

I just wrote: “Pennock Senior is *much* crazier than Pennock Junior.“ Well, not true, actually. The son is completely off the deep end.

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Mike Robb takes charge of the BetFair Bureau at New York.

Posted on April 1, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

BetFair won’t release any public press release on all this, but they told me this: Following Stephen Burn’s taking over BetFair US leadership, Mike Robb will be sent in New York to open a new “BetFair Bureau”, from which he’ll … Continue reading →

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Wow, Pennock Senior is *much* crazier than Pennock Junior.

Posted on April 1, 2010 by Chris F. Masse
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Prediction markets are already on the iPad via Safari (Apple’s web browser). Native apps to come? – [VIDEO]

Posted on April 1, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

PC Mag reviews the iPad: WSJ‘s Walt Mossberg is very positive (“IT IS *NOT* A BIG IPHONE”, “IT IS A ROBUST GENERAL-PURPOSE COMPUTER”): Download this post to watch the 2 videos if your feed reader does not show them to … Continue reading →

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