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

Posted on July 24, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

[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 →

Posted in Analysis (Industry), Exchanges & Markets, Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce, Prediction Journalism | Tagged America, Asia, author, bloggers, Blogosphere, Emile Servan-Schreiber, entrepreneur, Europe, event derivative markets, event derivatives, gifted exchange executive, HubDub, Internet Usability, journalists, Justin Wolfers, Maurice Balick, Media, Mediasphere, NewsFutures, Nigel Eccles, Nigel Eccles' mission, Open Media, play-money prediction markets, prediction market journalism, prediction market prices, prediction markets, strategy, United Kingdom | 5 Comments

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

Posted on July 11, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Video #1 – Video #2 -

Posted in Collective Intelligence - Wisdom Of Crowds | Tagged author, Collective Intelligence, James Surowiecki, The Wisdom Of Crowds, wisdom of crowds | Leave a comment

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

Posted on July 11, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

James Surowiecki – Short video -

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Commenting on Midas Oracle

Posted on July 1, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

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 →

Posted in Information Technology, Midas Oracle Administration | Tagged administrator, anti-spam plugins, author, BadBehavior, comment, commenters, commenting, comments, JavaScript, spam, spamming, WordPress, WP Spam Free | 4 Comments

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

Posted on June 23, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

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 →

Posted in Consulting, Exchanges & Markets | Tagged author, Bob Johansen, Center for Energy Commerce, CEO, Clark University, co-author, director of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program, Editor-in-Chief, Founder and Chairman, Founder and director, Friends Of Inkling, George Gendron, Google Inc, Graduate School, Inkling, inkling markets, Inkling Markets' Advisory Board, innovative game designer, Institute for the Future, Jane McGonigal, Kellogg, Linden Lab, management consultant and professor, Michael Giberson, MIT, Northwestern University, PhD, prediction markets, Rawls College of Business, renowned gaming developer, researcher and analyst, Russ Roberts, School of Management, strategy and organization effectiveness consultant and professor, technology consultant, Technology Review, Texas Tech University, TIME MAGAZINE | 1 Comment

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

Posted on June 20, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

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 →

Posted in Analysis (Industry), Regulations | Tagged author, CFTC, event contracts, event derivative markets, event derivatives, event markets, for-profit prediction exchanges, not-for-profit prediction exchanges, prediction markets | 40 Comments

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.

Posted on June 1, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

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 →

Posted in Analysis (Meta), Explainers, Resources - References | Tagged author, encyclopedia, event derivative markets, event derivatives, prediction markets, Wikipedia | Leave a comment

Justin Wolfers should have his own Wikipedia entry.

Posted on May 29, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

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 →

Posted in Midas Oracle Administration, Resources - References | Tagged Acknowledgments, author, co-author, Discover Your Inner Economist, Don Luskin, Donald Luskin, economist, Eric Zitzewitz, Free Software Foundation, Friedrich August Von Hayek, Google, information aggregation tool, James Surowiecki, Justin Wolfers, Linux, Midas Oracle, prediction markets, Professor, Robert Scoble, Robin Hanson, Steve Levitt, Tyler Cowen, Vernon Smith, Web Consortium, Wikipedia, Yahoo! | Leave a comment

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).

Posted on April 28, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

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?

Posted on April 2, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

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 →

Posted in Regulations | Tagged author, Barney Frank, Betting, chairman, Congress, Department of the Treasury, Federal Reserve System, Gambling, House Committee on Financial Services, Internet betting and gambling, Internet gambling, Internet gambling ban, Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, law enforcement, Massachusetts, Matt Richtel, New York Times, Regulations, United States, Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 | 2 Comments

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