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Tag Archives: bookmakers
BOOKMAKER ODDS: Next country to topple leader. – [FORECASTS]
Paddy Power: 15/8 Yemen 9/4 Jordan 7/2 Algeria 7/2 Morocco 8/1 Bahrain 12/1 Iran 16/1 Libya 16/1 Sudan 16/1 Iraq 20/1 Saudi Arabia 20/1 Syria
Posted in Betting, Predictions - Forecasts
Tagged bookmakers, democracies, democracy, dictators, forecasting, forecasts, odds, Paddy Power, People, predicting, Predictions, probabilities
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Cantor Fitzgerald becomes a bookmaker in Las Vegas.
In-running betting. Via Mike Giberson
Posted in Betting, Finance
Tagged bets, Betting, betting shops, bookmaker, bookmakers, bookmaking, Cantor Fitzgerald, Las Vegas, sports betting
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Mastercard and Visa online gambling crackdown
Credit cards Mastercard and Visa have recently imposed restrictions on online gambling transactions to US customers, in preparation for the implementation of the anti-gambling legislation in June this year. The following was reported by eGaming Review: Mastercard crackdown leaves US … Continue reading
You can’t have accumulator bets on the weather of neighboring regions…
… because “if it snows in one city, it’s likely to snow in another city.” In other words, these weren’t independent events. Via Barry Ritholtz (author of Bailout Nation)
Posted in Betting
Tagged accumulator bet, accumulator bets, Bet, bets, Betting, bookmaker, bookmakers, Christmas, Great Britain, Ladbrokes, United Kingdom, weather, White Christmas bet, White Christmas bets
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How Business Insider got it wrong with the Tiger Woods divorce cost odds
PaddyPower is a bookmaker, not a prediction exchange. Hence, the Tiger Woods divorce cost odds are computed by an analyst, not by the market. 1. It is not the “punters” who have fabricated the odds, but a PaddyPower employee. 2. … Continue reading
Posted in Betting, Predictions - Forecasts
Tagged bookmaker, bookmakers, divorce, odds, PaddyPower, probabilities, probability, Tiger Woods
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Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 — Prediction Accuracy
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for 2009 to Elinor Ostrom “for her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons” and Oliver E. Williamson … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis (Accuracy & Precision), Exchanges & Markets, Market Expiry, Market Prices & Probabilities
Tagged 2009 Nobel Prize for Economics, 2009 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences, accuracy, bookmakers, economic science, economic sciences, Economics, Elinor Ostrom, inkling markets, Ladbrokes, Nobel Prize for Economics, Oliver E. Williamson, Oliver Williamson, prediction accuracy, prediction market, prediction markets, Prediction Post-Mortem, Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences
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Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 Predictions
The 2009 Nobel prize for economics (2009 Sveriges Riksbank prize in economic sciences) will be awarded on Monday, October 12, 2009. 1. Bookmakers Ladbrokes’s probabilities (odds) for the 2009 Nobel prize in economics: Eugene Fama 2/1 Paul Romer 4/1 Ernst … Continue reading
Posted in Betting, Collective Forecasting, Economics, Exchanges & Markets, Market Prices & Probabilities, Predictions - Forecasts
Tagged 2009 Nobel Prize for Economics, 2009 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences, bookmakers, economic science, economic sciences, Economics, Elinor Ostrom, inkling markets, Ladbrokes, Nobel Prize for Economics, Oliver E. Williamson, Oliver Williamson, prediction market, prediction markets, Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences
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Despite talk of regulation and liberalization, UK bookmakers find the going tough in continental Europe.
Despite talk of regulation and liberalization, UK bookmakers find the going tough in continental Europe.
Posted in Analysis (Industry), Business, Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce, Regulations
Tagged Betting, betting industry, betting operators, bookmakers, Europe, European Union, Gambling, gambling industry, gambling operators, Great Britain, Internet betting, Internet gambling, UK bookmakers, United Kingdon
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