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TradeFair (the British equivalent of HedgeStreet) has opened 2 sets of prediction markets on UK and US politics.
Posted in Exchange Genesis, Exchanges & Markets
Tagged betting exchange, event derivative exchange, event derivative markets, event derivatives, political elections, political elections prediction markets, political prediction markets, prediction exchange, prediction markets, TradeFair
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OPEN-SOURCE PREDICTION EXCHANGE: How Smarkets is going to eat BetFair’s lunch —well, they hope.
TechCrunch UK There’s an interesting twist – they plan to offer an open API for people to develop their own betting applications and use the Smarkets infrastructure. Their idea is this: users don’t need knowledge of odds or experience. It’s … Continue reading
Posted in Exchange Genesis, Exchanges & Markets, Information Technology, Software
Tagged API, BetFair, betting applications, betting exchange, event derivative markets, event derivatives, Hunter, Jason Trost, open-source software, prediction exchange, prediction markets, Smarkets, TradeSports, United Kingdom, web framework
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Is Big Brother being fixed in Great Britain? And are the alleged fixers using BetFair to make a fast buck (or “quid”, as they say in the U.K.)?
Via Ed, The Daily Mail: The Daily Star reveals that some punters are set to earn more than half a million pounds after a total bet of £971 was staked via BetFair on Nikki to win at 1000-1 shortly after … Continue reading
Posted in Betting, Ethics, Exchanges & Markets, Market Prices & Probabilities
Tagged Analysis (Data) - Sports / Politics Corruption, BetFair, Betting, betting exchange, betting markets, Big Brother, Daily Star, event derivative markets, event derivatives, GBP, Great Britain, insider trading, integrity, Joe A. Doe, prediction markets, The Daily Mail, The Daily Star, United Kingdom
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BetFair is as innocent as a lamb… but their P.R. people can’t tell you that at this time. Here’s why.
- Dear Midas Oracle readers, Besides the facts about BetFair Malta’s combo market maker operating on the multiples (which Midas Oracle informed you about back in January 2007), you may have heard the rumor that BetFair UK (in HammerSmith, London) … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis (Industry), Ethics, Exchanges & Markets, Prediction Journalism
Tagged Benjamin Franklin, BetFair, BetFair Malta, betting exchange, combo market maker, Editor, event derivative markets, event derivatives, freedom of speech, human market makers, Internet marketing
approach, London, multiples, Open Media, prediction exchange, prediction markets, rumors, site leads, United Kingdom, Voltaire, web forum, web forums
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Smarkets is a Web-based, person-to-person betting exchange platform built on the fusion of social networking and trading technology.
Still-in-beta Smarkets blog (the “about” page): Smarkets is a web-based, person-to-person betting exchange platform built on the fusion of social networking and trading technology. Unlike traditional methods of betting, online betting exchanges remove the bookmaker by allowing users to bet … Continue reading
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Tagged betting exchange, CEO / Co-founder, Chicago, corporate banking experience, CTO / Co-founder, Descipher, developed advanced high-performance distributed applications, event derivative exchange, event futures exchange, financial products, former successful equities
trader, Hunter, Hunter Morris, Jason Trost, London, Northwestern University, physician, prediction exchange, prediction markets, private investor, Smarkets, social networking, Software, software architect, Trader, UBS, web users, Wolverine Trading
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A Betting Exchange = A Bookmaker —> !??
BetFair: – Betfair Customer Services 19 Mar 18:27 Dear BetFair, I hope you will answer the following: Under current UK regulations you are not required by law to inform your customer base of changes in advance, but under FSA regulations … Continue reading
Rasmussen Markets = InTrade’s Play-Money Prediction Markets
Rasmussen Markets = Yet another pointless and useless play-money prediction exchange, traded mainly by InTrade bots [*] —info that is not disclosed to the public, of course. [*] There aren’t any automated market makers at NewsFutures, my preferred play-money prediction … Continue reading