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Yet another prediction market newbie who should be meeting with Robin Hanson one on one to get a little injection about conditional prediction markets and how they could be useful for BOTH private decision makers AND public policy makers.

Lewis Sheperd (the Chief Technology Officer of Microsoft’s Institute for Advanced Technology in Governments): Indeed, it appears to me that [prediction markets] are growing not from corporate or government use, but mostly organically from within academia, stock-futures circles and political-junkie … Continue reading

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The BetFair-TradeFair executives do foster a culture of innovation.

Inventions and Innovations at BetFair-TradeFair Rorie Devine (chief technology officer, BetFair): Innovation does not just happen. For it to happen, you must be seen to value it. To foster a culture of innovation you need to hire the right people, … Continue reading

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

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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