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The betting revolution in horse racing — [VIDEO]

CNN.

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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

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Cantor Fitzgerald becomes a bookmaker in Las Vegas.

In-running betting. Via Mike Giberson

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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

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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)

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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

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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

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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

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Who will get the 2009 Nobel Prize for Economics? Don’t bet on it. Too risky.

1. Prediction Markets 2a. InTrade has just opened some Nobel prediction markets —see under “current events”. 2b. Inkling Markets – Which economist will receive the 2009 Nobel Prize for Economics (a.k.a. the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences)? Previously: Will … Continue reading

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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.

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