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The Boeing 787 Dreamliner may *not* fly in 2009, but there aren’t any prediction market to catch that.

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner may *not* fly in 2009. No liquidity at Bet2Give. This exchange is a failure. Old prediction market at HubDub: When will the maiden flight of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner occur?

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Who needs pundits’ track records when we have prediction markets?

Emile Servan-Schreiber: Mr. Kristof, if you want to keep yourself accountable and track the success of your predictions in the long run and in real-time, why not simply participate in a prediction market such as NewsFutures? You could suggest that … Continue reading

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Unlike InTrade, BetFair and NewsFutures, HubDub made dynamic compound chart widgets that can go into feed readers.

INTRADE: FAIL – - This is a dynamic electoral map, which is up to date. Click on the image, and open the website (ElectoralMarkets.com) in another browser tab to get the bigger version. – [Feed readers: Download this webpage to … Continue reading

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Global Election Market = a play-money prediction exchange for forecasting all the world’s political elections

- Brought to you by CountryWatch, which has been providing “country intelligence, news, and forecasts for over 10 years — with customers both international and domestic customers in the academic, corporate, government and military markets.” Best wishes to them. – … Continue reading

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Why Emile Servan-Schreiber is on to something with Bet 2 Give —and why InTrade, TradeSports and BetFair should each have a philanthropy wallet.

- Bet 2 Give BetFair Wallets -

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??? charity-driven prediction markets OR social issue prediction markets ???

BOTH. But, contrary to what Lucy Berholtz thinks, the former will go further than the latter —in my view. – My thoughts about the Financial Times article on Bet2Give: I have said from day one that it’s a great idea. … Continue reading

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Only bloggers do link to the prediction markets —mainstream media, like ABC News, never do.

Can NewsFutures Really Predict the Future? … asks ABC News (4 pages): [...] NewsFutures creator Emile Servan-Schreiber believes that prediction markets like his are the “future of journalism.” [*] “It gives people the news of today and lets them give … Continue reading

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Comment spam paid by Emile Servan-Schreiber of NewsFutures-Bet2Give

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Emile Servan-Schreiber of NewsFutures pays real money to a clueless marketer for spamming Chris Masse, the most informed blogger on prediction markets, about Bet2Give, which was announced on Midas Oracle at inception, and which is listed everywhere on its pages and posts.

The e-mail from that moron: Subject: NewsFutures…Bet2Give Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:30:59 -0800 From: Audrey Frances Seybert <audrey —-audreyfrancesconsulting> To: <cfm — midasoracle>, <chrisfmasse — gmail> Audrey Frances Seybert Hi Chris, I see that you’ve mentioned NewsFutures in your … Continue reading

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Bet2Give Presidential Widget —REDUX

It works, finally. — Bet2Give Presidential Widget – You can customize it. Excellent. If you want to insert it in a WordPress.org-powered blog post (like Midas Oracle), you should disable the visual editor, during the insertion of the code lines. … Continue reading

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