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Tag Archives: Christmas
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)
Posted in Betting
Tagged accumulator bet, accumulator bets, Bet, bets, Betting, bookmaker, bookmakers, Christmas, Great Britain, Ladbrokes, United Kingdom, weather, White Christmas bet, White Christmas bets
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Robin Hanson could have drafted a petition asking for totally free prediction markets, but he didn’t —alas.
The unrepentant Robin Hanson: So, if the kid who lives in that big house on the hill got a horse last Christmas, your Christmas list this year will include a horse, and you’ll be hopping mad if you don’t get … Continue reading
Prediction markets = “the future of journalism” —said, from day one, Emile Servan-Schreiber of NewsFutures. Emile, if you have balls, let’s do it —all together.
My yesterday’s post about the Obama–Clinton prediction markets was the most popular Midas Oracle story of that Monday. Hummmm… No idea why… I was not helped by Google Search or by an external blogger. Sounds like our Midas Oracle web … Continue reading
Posted in Entrepreneurship, Midas Oracle Project, Prediction Journalism
Tagged Chris Masse, Christmas, Emile Servan-Schreiber, event derivative markets, event derivatives, franc, Google, Journalism, Justin Wolfers, Midas Oracle Project, News Of The World, prediction market journalism, prediction markets, professional blog networks, Robin Hanson, the Washington Post, Web readers
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An Atlanta hair saloon is one of the many satisfied clients of WeatherBill.
Via Steve Roman, The Atlanta Journal – Constitution: [...] Atlanta hair salon owners Ray Luciano and Spencer Malay recently reeled in a bundle — tens of thousands of dollars — after taking out insurance-like coverage called “weather derivatives.” Their Buckhead … Continue reading
Posted in Betting, Exchanges & Markets, Finance, Hedging & Insurance, Money
Tagged Atlanta, Atlanta hair saloon, Atlanta Journal, Christmas, Eric Zitzewitz, insurance-like coverage, Ray Luciano, Spencer Malay, Spencer Malay Hair, Steve Roman, The Atlanta Journal - Constitution, WeatherBill
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Divergence between InTrade and BetFair political prices??
I have been inundated by e-mails asking me to comment on the Crooked Timber posting on arbitrage possibility between InTrade and BetFair on US presidential elections. My answer: I would rather see such a study on long series —as Justin … Continue reading
InTrade-TradeSports are fucking up contracts, once again.
Once again. I have been inundated with complaints from InTrade traders, since Christmas. Here’s the problem. InTrade traders tell me that the expiration dates for the Bloomberg and Gore announcement contracts have been extended —at InTrade’s whim. The contract statements, … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis (Industry), Exchanges & Markets, Market Contract Statements, Market Expiry, Market Prices & Probabilities
Tagged 2008 US elections, 2008 US presidential elections, Al Gore, Bloomberg, Carl Wolfenden, Christmas, contracts, date, Dublin, Dublin's main street, exchange manager, independent candidate, InTrade, Manager
Intrade Exchange Operations, Market Expiry, mayor, media sources, Michael Bloomberg, New York, Politics, prediction markets, President, Trader, United States, US elections, US politics, USD, Wall Street Journal
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The Robert Scoble Experiment With Google Reader —Prediction Market Edition
Some of you may read Robert Scoble —a smart IT blogger and podcaster. If you have been reading his blog lately, you know that he is experiencing with having many “friends” (read it: ‘online acquaintances’) with whom he shares feed … Continue reading
Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) would free our prediction markets.
December 23, 2007: Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) – Meet the Press – TRANSCRIPT VIDEO: MP4 – WMV AUDIO: MP3 Hurry up to download the video or audio file(s) above. Will stay up on their website only for one week. YouTube: … Continue reading