Category Archives: X Universes

It’s Only A Game.

Posted on November 13, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Mihai Nadin (University of Texas, Dallas): It’s Only A Game Prediction markets of all kinds pop up all over the world. As betting animals, we human beings get a kick out of knowing better. The illusion of having known things … Continue reading →

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BetFair Games needs a Swedish provider to develop its gambling offerings.

Posted on February 21, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

P.R. stuff. No word on whether this will concern the X Universes. [I'm short of time, today. I will have more thoughts on the X Universes in the coming months.]

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Transforming Betting Into Gambling + Virtual Horse Racing

Posted on October 28, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Niall O’Connor republishes the speech of a British Lord on FOBTs (the betting machines that you now find in the 10,000 British betting shops) and virtual horse races (which bookmakers propose betting on). I will leave it to you to … Continue reading →

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Robin Hanson’s decision markets —thru Tyler Cowen’s eyes

Posted on July 30, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

EXCERPTS – Discover Your Inner Economist: Use Incentives to Fall in Love, Survive Your Next Meeting, and Motivate Your Dentist. Robin believes that betting markets should be used to rule many human affairs, including government policy. We should bet [*] … Continue reading →

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Incite the free-market thinkers into *practicing* prediction markets.

Posted on April 12, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Which objective(s) should have the highest priority? 23 Responses – Generate revenues and profits for Midas Oracle. 4 / 23 – Make Jason Ruspini quit whining about the fact that he blogs on Midas Oracle for free. 1 / 23 … Continue reading →

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Reality-based prediction markets & Imagination-based prediction markets

Posted on January 26, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

— This NewsFutures header gives me the opportunity to renew my bold prediction: Will come a day, in the future, when imagination-based prediction markets will bring in more revenues than sports prediction markets. Mark my word. And bookmark this blog … Continue reading →

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The LindeX Currency Exchange

Posted on January 17, 2007 by Jason Ruspini

In the wake of the Neteller arrests this week, alternate currencies are unfortunately a bit less interesting. While the DOJ has not yet moved against gambling in virtual worlds such as Second Life, it is only a matter of time … Continue reading →

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Prediction exchange grid??

Posted on January 8, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Last month, I asked: Does open source make sense for prediction market software? Today, I learn that Second Life goes GPL. The leftist Boing Boing guy writes: “This is HUGE.” —and lists like 100 related links (ouch!). Indeed, man. Here’s … Continue reading →

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Prediction markets-friend Barney Pell is involved in the next Google, “PowerSet”.

Posted on November 6, 2006 by Chris F. Masse

PowerSet will blow away Google, the buzz goes, because this brand-new search engine has mastered the natural language search. Here’s Barney Pell’s account of the blogosphere’s comments on the unveiling of PowerSet’s business plan. My Question: Do you see any … Continue reading →

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