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MoneyBall — [VIDEO]

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Cliff Lee’s shocking choice to take less money and join the Philadelphia Phillies surprised the InTrade traders, too.

- USA Today. – InTrade on Cliff Lee. – Here’s the InTrade chart for “other teams” (other than the Yankees, Rangers, Mets and Nationals): Via Jason Ruspini

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Nate Silver explains how he builds his forecasting models. – [VIDEO]

Via Joe Weisenthal

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FanDuel (by HubDub) is launched exclusively thru TechCrunch UK, which is, of course, upbeat on its future. Here’s a more critical take.

HubDub is a huge success in term of Internet popularity (pageviews, time spent on the site, etc.). However, HubDub has no business model, other than trying to get bought up by some bigger fish. Which is why Nigel Eccles and … Continue reading

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A quick-fire fantasy baseball game where you get all the excitement of fantasy league with none of the time committment

The next HubDub product.

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Justin Wolfers won the World Series.

You should read: – Philadelphia’s baseball team (the Phillies) won the World Series —and it happens that prediction market expert Justin Wolfers also lives and works in Philadelphia, PA. – TradeSports: – HubDub: -

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Tampa Bay Rays — World Series

- Our previous story on the Tampa Bay Rays on YooNew

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How the Tampa Bay Rays went from $7.00 to $750.00 on yoonew.com.

No one epitomizes the success you can have on the yoonew exchange like the Tampa Bay Rays. The Rays, were a ball club who finished in last place last season in the AL East for the 3rd straight year. Playing … Continue reading

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One thing, among plenty of others, that shows me that the big prediction exchanges (InTrade, TradeSports, BetFair, TradeFair) don’t take prediction market journalism seriously

The latest issue of InTrade’s newsletter publishes static charts —not dynamic charts. If the biggest US-oriented prediction exchange doesn’t get that simple thing, then why would the journalists and bloggers get it? John Delaney is skilled at sending e-mail insults, … Continue reading

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Mathematically speaking, as the saying goes, no one wins the lottery. Sports betting, by contrast, involves skill, and it is possible, although very difficult, to consistently win money on it. Sports bettors are closer to stock or commodities buyers than to people who buy lottery tickets. How much difference is there, after all, between betting on the future price of wheat (an activity banned in some states in the nineteenth century) and betting on the performance of a baseball team?

Guess who said that in 2006. – Previously: BetFair’s Mark Davies on sports betting -

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