Tag Archives: Cantor

Ex-HSX Max Keiser disses real-money prediction markets (again). — [VIDEO]

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

Posted in Analysis (Industry), Analysis (Meta), Ethics, Exchanges & Markets, Regulations | Tagged America, bets, Betting, betting markets, Cantor, Cantor Fitzgerald, derivatives, event derivative markets, event derivatives, event futures, events, futures, Gambling, gaming, HSX, laws, Meet Max Keiser, prediction markets, Regulations, United States Of America | Leave a comment

Cantor Gaming’s betting tablet shall stay in Las Vegas. — [REVIEW]

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

David Pennock: Cantor’s mechanism is pretty clearly an intelligent automated market maker that mixes prior knowledge and market forces [...].

Posted in Betting, Gambling, Information Technology, Inventions & Innovations | Tagged Betting, Cantor, Cantor Fitzgerald, Cantor Gaming, Gambling, gaming, Las Vegas, tablet computers, tablet PCs, tablets | Leave a comment

Should the Hollywood Stock Exchange become a real-money betting exchange?

Posted on October 4, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Via Max Keiser, Trader Daily ($$$): Hollywood Ending – Trader Daily – October 4, 2007 – by Robert LaFranco A decade ago, a Wall Street trader and an L.A. dealmaker united to remake the movie industry in the image of … Continue reading →

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BetFair, TradeSports-InTrade and the Hollywood Stock Exchange do control what you read on Wikipedia.

Posted on August 18, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

— — – BetFair has been editing Wikipedia 6 times. – TradeSports-InTrade has been editing Wikipedia 33 times. – Cantor (the owner of the HSX): 134 times. – Google (of Bo Cowgill) and Yahoo! (of David Pennock and Daniel Reeves): … Continue reading →

Posted in Ethics, Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce, Resources - References | Tagged Alex Costakis, Cantor, Daniel Reeves, David Pennock, David Yu, George Mason University, Google, Henry Berg, Hollywood Stock Exchange, Iowa, John Delaney, Microsoft, New York Times, owner, prediction markets, Robin Hanson, University of Iowa, Yahoo! | 11 Comments

Yes Virginia, Wikipedia is a warzone of vested interests.

Posted on August 14, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Wiki Scanner: Search the Wikipedia edits to spot the organizations that edited it. It would be interesting to investigate who edited the Wikipedia pages on prediction markets and betting exchanges. (At the time of writing, Wiki Scanner was out of … Continue reading →

Posted in Resources - References | Tagged Cantor, Daniel Reeves, David Pennock, George Mason University, Google, Henry Berg, Hollywood Stock Exchange, Iowa, Microsoft, owner, prediction markets, Robin Hanson, University of Iowa, Virginia, Yahoo! | Leave a comment

Hollywood Stock Exchange sold to Cantor Fitzerald. – An insiderâ€™s account. — CORRECTION

Posted on February 23, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Max Keiser (the HSX co-founder): To say that I was not involved with the sale of HSX to Cantor is incorrect. I did not endorse the sale of HSX to Cantor – I voted against it – because the deal … Continue reading →

Posted in Exchanges & Markets, History | Tagged Alex Costakis, Cantor, Hollywood Stock Exchange, HSX co-founder, Max Keiser, prediction markets | Leave a comment

Why the Hollywood Stock Exchange was sold to Cantor Fitzerald. – An insider’s account.

Posted on November 14, 2006 by Chris F. Masse

From the Horse’s mouth (Max Keiser): Max Keiser is a financial engineer who likes to turn things into markets. After working on Wall Street during the eighties, Keiser turned his hand to Hollywood, where, rather than chase starlets as every … Continue reading →

Posted in Exchanges & Markets, History | Tagged Access Hollywood, BBC, Cantor, Europe, financial engineer, Hollywood Stock Exchange, Major, Max Keiser, NBC, prediction markets, United States, virtual specialist technology, Wall Street | 1 Comment