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GREAT NEWS: Stephen Burn is now the big boss at BetFair USA [*], and Gerard Cunningham is out. – [VIDEO]

BetFair won’t release any public press release on all this, but they told me what’s on this site is accurate: Stephen Burn (previously director of horse racing) is taking over BetFair US leadership, including TVG. We have decided that the … Continue reading

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No real-money prediction markets in the US till 2010 or 2011 —at best.

Start-Ups Hedging Their Bets On Online-Gambling Legislation. Wall Street Journal: Gerard Cunningham, president of BetFair US, the world’s largest legal online gaming company, isn’t confident that the bills will get their proper hearing in Congress soon. “The challenges those bills … Continue reading

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BetFair Growing 30%, Easing over the Pond, and Hiring 50 Valley Engineers

BetFair Growing 30%, Easing over the Pond, and Hiring 50 Valley Engineers TechCrunch republishes BetFair’s PR material. No independent analysis in this TechCrunch story. Nothing about problem gambling, for instance. Nothing about InTrade, BetFair’s competitor. TechCrunch = stenographers

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BetFair USA in Silicon Valley is building a social betting website.

CNN Money: The plan is to build a technical team that can combine that television property with a brawnier website, which can stream live horse races to viewers and add all the social media bells and whistles, including Twitter feeds, … Continue reading

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