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Nigel Eccles’ flawed “vision” about HubDub shows that he hasn’t any.

[IMPORTANT NOTE: This present post is critical of one point expressed by Nigel Eccles, but, overall, I like this Scottish guy, and I enjoy HubDub's prediction markets a lot.] – Nigel Eccles: Quoting HubDub forecasts in news stories about future … Continue reading

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James Surowiecki, author of The Wisdom of Crowds, sums up his book.

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James Surowiecki, author of The Wisdom of Crowds, talks to the Midas Oracle readers.

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Commenting on Midas Oracle

As you know, some people commenting here told me they went into trouble, even when they were logged in. I found out why. The anti-spam plugin “WP Spam Free” does not exempt registered blog users from its anti-spam checking. It … Continue reading

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Inkling Markets’ Advisory Board… which does not want to tell its name

Via Daniel Horowitz (Business and Technology Consultant) Inkling Markets’ Advisory Board (curiously named “Friends Of Inkling”): Bo Cowgill, Google Inc. — Product developer, expert on decision markets for Google; creator of Google’s prediction market and co-author of Using Prediction Markets … Continue reading

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CALL TO ACTION: Let’s fight so that the CFTC allows the FOR-PROFIT prediction exchanges to deal with “event markets”.

The second feedback I have received about my speculative post goes like this: …If some believe that the CFTC might rule that “event markets” should be treated only by not-for-profit, IEM-like, prediction exchanges… …while some others think that’s not the … Continue reading

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The Wikipedia entry on prediction markets looks like a messy Marrakesh bazaar. — Shame on all members of the field of prediction markets –including the author of this present, finger-wagging post.

The Wikipedia entry on prediction markets does not seem to be well maintained. Here are the warnings that welcome visitors. The first of the 2 warnings has been up since November 2007 —that’s 7 months ago!!!!!! – - – And … Continue reading

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Justin Wolfers should have his own Wikipedia entry.

Any Wikipedian out there willing to start off his page? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Wolfers – Robin Hanson, Tyler Cowen, Steve Levitt, and even Don Luskin and Robert Scoble, have their own Wikipedia entry. Why not Wolfers???… I realized that when I updated my … Continue reading

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If the British legal betting companies offer bets on the sport, it is because there is demand for bets on the sport —and if that demand were not offered in a regulated environment, it would be filled in an unregulated one (like what we see with TradeSports-InTrade and MatchBook in the US market).

Mark Davies of BetFair (PDF file): International Leaders in Sport conference, Auckland, New Zealand. April 3-4th 2008. Keynote speech, April 4th. Mark Davies, Betfair. “New Understandings in Sports Betting” Minister, ladies and gentlemen… Thank you very much for your kind … Continue reading

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Are U.S. banks capable of stopping transactions tied to event derivative traders made for speculating at InTrade-TradeSports and MatchBook?

New York Times: Congress to Take Testimony on Internet Gambling Ban By Matt Richtel The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 made it illegal for banks and other financial institutions to process online wagers. The goal was to find … Continue reading

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