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New Zealand’s election gag law suspends iPredict’s political prediction markets. — [LINKS]

- Election gags and efficient markets. – Election gag.

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Prediction market manipulation — [LINK]

@ iPredict (New Zealand).

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SMARKETS: £50 million traded got them the attention of Wired UK magazine. — [SNAPSHOT + LINK]

£50 million traded. Wired UK (Hunter Morris and Jason Trost).

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Exchanges are looking to grow by sealing mergers, investing in more profitable businesses, and capturing segments of trading that have long remained out of their grasp, everything from exotic derivatives to bonds. — [LINK]

The Future of Exchanges Is Now.

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PREDICTALOT IS THE LARGEST PREDICTION EXCHANGE CREATED BY NUMBER OF OUTCOMES (9.2 QUINTILLION). — [LINK]

http://predictalot.yahoo.com/ Predictalot on FaceBook. David Pennock: I believe it’s the largest prediction market created by number of outcomes (9.2 quintillion). We’re approximating a #P-hard problem to get the odds. More here. I believe v0.3 is faster and easier to use … Continue reading

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Jason Trost on BetFair: They haven’t innovated much, and they’re too pricey.

Jason Trost: Slow innovation: Aside from a few cosmetic tweaks, reliability improvements and the Starting Price feature, Betfair hasn’t innovated much over the last few years. For a company that boasts several hundred developers, it should be able to release … Continue reading

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“Create your own exchange in 3 clicks.”

http://www.makeyourmarket.com/ LinkedIn group Intriguing. I am interested in Jason Ruspini and Chris Hibbert’s opinion. -

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