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Nigel Eccles wants to know why Midas Oracle ranks much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much higher than HubDub for a prediction market they created —the “Twit Twitter Derby”.

- Nigel Eccles: How do I improve the search ranking of a page on our site? I am one of the co-founders of Hubdub, which is a news prediction game. A couple of weeks ago we created a market on … Continue reading

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HUBDUB PREDICTION MARKETS: the TWiT Twitter Derby

Sounds fun. But who is that Leo Laporte? Never, ever heard of that guy. My money would be on Robert Scoble. -

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The BetFair Starting Price is such a phenomenal success that their MSR-like system melted down under pressure last Saturday, April 5th, 2008, for the British equivalent of the Kentucky Derby —the Grand National at Liverpool.

- BetFair: Settlement of Grand National win market Betfair Customer Services 05 Apr 18:35 The reconciliation of the Betfair SP for the Grand National win market resulted in prices which we believe were significantly unfair for backers of some horses, … Continue reading

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US websites on US horse racing

The Betfair Racing Team on the BetFair forum: Useful Websites: News http://www.bloodhorse.com http://www.throughbredtimes.com http://www.drf.com US form and data http://www.drf.com http://www.brisnet.com http://www.thorograph.com/betfair http://www.thesheets.com http://www.todaysracingdigest.com http://www.chef-de-race.com Workouts http://www.nationalturf.com Entries/Results/Charts http://www.drf.com http://www.equibase.com Race track links http://http://www.drf.com/racing_links/links_tracks.html Race video replays http://www.racereplays.com US winning techniques … Continue reading

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BETTORS need OddsChecker.com. But do TRADERS/SPECULATORS need it??

Great, great, great site. Odds Checker – They have deep links on every bookmaker betting line or prediction market. For instance, click on politics, and select your country. All deep links are shown in the link bar of your browser, … Continue reading

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