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Play-money prediction exchange Casual Observer is relaunching.

Casual Observer – US politics Prediction Xchange – (U.S.A.) Powered by Inkling Markets

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The blogroll of the NYT/Freakonomics blog

The blogroll of the NYT/Freakonomics blog: Prediction Markets Casual Observer InTrade Iowa Electronic Markets Long Bets Midas Oracle Truth Markets I would suggest to the Freakonomics bloggers to consider these prediction exchanges (betting exchanges), additionally: – BetFair – InTrade – … Continue reading

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Slate’s 2008 Political Futures = Aggregator of Prediction Markets on US Politics

Via reader Keith Anderson, Slate’s 2008 Political Futures. Prediction exchanges featured: – InTrade – Iowa Electronic Markets – Casual Observer Previous Slate Page: Slate’s 2006 Political Futures

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Inkling Markets: Try Before You Buy. – REDUX

Inkling CEO Adam Siegel, here, at Midas Oracle, last month: “Try before you buy” is a long-used method of attracting people to a product and is useful for a potential customer to see what they are getting in to. Inkling … Continue reading

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“Political Futures”: Slate.com’s guide to all the political prediction markets —all but BetFair’s ones, of course.

… Why would Slate.com include the world’s biggest betting exchange (a.k.a. real-money prediction exchange) when it can have the Casual Observer? Anyway. Here’s the link to the “Control of US Senate” webpage (still in play, as I type this blog … Continue reading

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