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“What public purpose is served in the oversight of these [event derivative] markets and what differentiates these [event derivative] markets from pure gambling outside the CFTC’s jurisdiction?”

- My short thoughts on the CFTC announcement: Nothing new.. No good. Sports prediction markets won’t be allowed by the CFTC (no matter), and, thus, the US-based event derivative exchanges will never be profitable. (Remember that HedgeStreet V1 went into … Continue reading

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“Prediction Market Hustler” = an event derivative trader (with bad ethics) who takes advantage of less skilled traders in real-money prediction markets.

- – - – Somewhat Related: 7 Charged With Illegal Trading on Nymex -

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??? BetFair bet-matching logic ???

While market design expert Chris Hibbert is puzzled by Niall O’Connor’s statement mentioning an automated trader, event derivative trader Ed Murray (who made a series of accusations against BetFair) has just written a comment bringing in some intriguing (but yet … Continue reading

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InTrade-TradeSports is still plagued by the North Korea Missile scandal.

Any good journalist writing up a piece on InTrade or interviewing John Delaney does mention the North Korea Missile scandal. — Bet on It! – (page two – page three + a crappy listing of exchanges) – by Spectrum’s Steven … Continue reading

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FREAKONOMICS: John Delaney of InTrade-TradeSports.

Freakonomics (last month): Q: Briefly, what is Intrade? A: InTrade is a marketplace, just like eBay or the NYSE, that provides innovative markets to trade, and the best darn predictive information on uncertain future events bar none! InTrade is a … Continue reading

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WHAT MIKE GIBERSON DIDN’T TELL YOU ABOUT THE ONE-MILLION INKLE MAN.

Adam Siegel (of Inkling) interviews their #1 event derivative trader: 7) What is one feature Inkling doesn’t have you would like to see? Hmmm…. A good exchange rate to US dollars? (Ha ha ha). I’d like to see a tighter … Continue reading

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Event derivative trader Vancheeswaran has been expelled from the TradeSports-InTrade forum.

And, of course, no reason was cited. Trade Exchange Network Membership Information Dear vancheeswaran, The site administrators have removed your access rights: Violation of T&Cs powered by eve community<http://eve.groupee.com/landing/goto.php?a=community> Hummm… Quite vague. Do they dislike the truth, at Intrade-TradeSports? Here … Continue reading

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INTRADE-TRADESPORTS: John Delaney LIED in his Freakonomics interview.

That’s what tries to demonstrate event derivative trader “Vancheeswaran” in a comment on the Freakonomics blog post featuring a complacent interview of InTrade-TradeSports’ John Delaney. — InTrade-TradeSports’ John Delaney: We listed a market on whether the U.S. Government would formally … Continue reading

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Event derivative trader Azazel pokes fun at InTrade-TradeSports.

Azazel: Because I am a masochist, I think Tradesports should have contract groups relating to controversies surrounding management decisions at Tradesports. These would serve as a nice hedge for people who get screwed over by controversial decisions or are worried … Continue reading

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Once again, wannabe dictator John Delaney censors a sound comment from a rational and well informed TradeSports trader.

On the TradeSports forum, once again, a legitimate comment from a TradeSports trader has been pruned. Here’s the line from event derivative trader “Vancheeswaran2″ that was expunged: [...] Tradesports claims to be just like NYSE or LSE, but anyone pulling … Continue reading

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