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What InTrade CEO John Delaney told the CFTC about “event markets” (prediction markets)

Posted on July 16, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

John Delaney (CEO of InTrade) – (InTrade PDF file – CFTC PDF file): July 4th 2008 The Commodity Futures Trading Commission Three Lafayette Centre 1155 21st Street NW Washington, DC 20581 U.S.A. Attention: Office of the Secretariat RE: â€œConcept Release … Continue reading →

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Prediction Markets vs. Bookmakers — The Ultimate Argument

Posted on January 16, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Las Vegas Sun: â€œThe bookieâ€™s odds will be influenced by his appetite for risk, the action heâ€™s got on his side and his own bias,â€ said John Delaney, chief executive officer of Dublin-based Intrade.com, the worldâ€™s largest prediction market. â€œIf … Continue reading →

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BetFair is expanding into spread betting.

Posted on October 29, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

London Capital Group: London Capital Group Holdings PLC 29 October 2007 29 October 2007 London Capital Group Holdings plc Betfair White Label Agreement London Capital Group Holdings plc (the “Company”), the financial services and online spread betting company, is pleased … Continue reading →

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Two vivid British teens give you a tour of BetFair.

Posted on July 18, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

From Andrew Black’s blog (the co-founder of BetFair). George and Ned during their summer 2007 internship at BetFair (which lasted one week): — George and Ned: We met Kirsten Rawlings who is in charge of the [usability] project. She showed … Continue reading →

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Some U.S. Congress members finally came to realize that the U.S. Government could milk the internet gambling and betting cows instead of rejecting them offshore.

Posted on June 8, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Safe and Secure Internet Gambling Initiative … is the lobbying group that’s behind all this —backed by the European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA). [BetFair does not belong to this association. BetFair, along with plenty of bookmakers and sportsbooks, belongs … Continue reading →

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USFE’s letter to the US CFTC – Binary Event Derivatives

Posted on March 22, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

USFE – PDF file (formatting is weird, sorry): U.S. Futures Exchange, LLC (â€œUSFEâ€ or the â€œExchangeâ€) intends to list new binary Event Futures (â€œEvent Futuresâ€ or â€œContractsâ€) on April 20, 2007. The purpose of this letter is to outline the … Continue reading →

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What does the TradeSports/InTrade “split” really amount to?

Posted on March 6, 2007 by Guest Author

TradeSports has been incorporated as a separate company in the Netherlands Antilles, while Intrade remains incorporated in Ireland, and they have split up the trading categories across the two websites. However, this looks sort of like a BetCRIS/BookMaker split, with … Continue reading →

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David Yu appointed Betfair CEO. – January 4

Posted on January 4, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

That was exactly one year ago, January 4, 2006 (PDF file): David Yu, formerly CTO and then COO of Betfair, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer for the company. David was previously Vice President, Engineering for Alta Vistaâ€™s e-Commerce and … Continue reading →

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