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Are prediction markets on deaths and assassinations SOMETIMES acceptable?
BELOW IS THE CHART OF A SETTLED PREDICTION MARKET:
Will Patrick Swayze die before April 15, 2008?
It was settled on “no”.
HubDub CEO Nigel Eccles thinks that his traders “quickly came to the conclusion that the [early 2008] story [giving him 5 weeks to live] was bogus.” And Nigel Eccles asks, “Is this an example where a [...]
The HubDub prediction markets on assassinations could be somewhat useful in some cases —now that I am sober and that I think of it.
I published 3 times my opinion that it is a nuclear scandal of apocalyptic proportions that HubDub allows prediction markets on celebs’ death and assassination. My view is that this will attract strong criticism from people who are very strict on the issue of morality. And the prediction markets don’t need another polémique at this [...]
Yet another person outraged by the HubDub prediction markets on deaths and assassinations
Here.
Outraged by that.
Previously.
The HubDub predictions markets on assassinations and deaths are sparking outrage.
Nigel Eccles does not seem to understand that.
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