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Tag Archives: Hobart
BetFair’s new bet-matching logic + BetFair Malta’s trading on the multiples
BetFair: Bet Matching Forum Q&A Session 19/03/08 Betfair Customer Services 17 Mar 11:50 As announced last week we’ll be hosting a Q&A session on the forum this Wednesday evening (19th March) between 6pm and 7pm (UK Time). The purpose of … Continue reading →
Posted in All Best Posts Ever, Exchange & Market Designs, Exchanges & Markets, Market Makers (Automated), Market Makers (Human), Market Trading, Mechanism Designs
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Tagged Andy Fuller, Andy Murray, arbitrator, back player, bet matching, bet matching algorithm, bet matching logic, BetFair, BetFair Malta, BetFair multiples, chairman, combo market maker, exchange software, execution algorithm, football, Gambling Commission, GBP, Hobart, horse, horse racing, human market makers, Ireland, job candidate, John McCririck, magician, Malta, Mark Davies, market designs, Market Trading, matching algorithm, material change to your product, Mathias Entenmann, Midas Oracle Advisory Board, multiples betting, multiples product, non runner, P2P, Player, prediction markets, Robin Ewe, Roger Federer, runner, S&P, soccer, sports betting, sports markets, Tasmania, tennis, tennis player, the Times, traders, United Kingdom
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Twenty-something Byrne Hobart gives Wall Street veteran Barry Ritholtz a run for his money.
Byrne Hobart: Your criticism has already been addressed (and translated): your problem with prediction markets is that it would be profitable to be a market-maker in one of them. Is there any valid criticism of prediction markets that isn’t an … Continue reading →
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Tagged accuracy, Barry Ritholtz, criticism, event derivative markets, event derivatives, Hobart, prediction markets, Wall Street
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Interesting information about BetFair I found out on their corporate website
BetFair Corporate: Corporate and Operational Overview Corporate Overview Betfair is a registered bookmaker in the UK, where it operates an online betting exchange. Betfair also operates under licences in Australia, Austria and Malta and is seeking licences elsewhere within the … Continue reading →
Posted in Business, Ethics, Exchanges & Markets, Regulations, Software
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Tagged A. Betfair, Andrew Black, API, Australia, Austria, Betfair Australasia PTY Limited, Betfair Casino Limited, Betfair Counterparty Services Limited, BetFair Games, Betfair Games Limited, Betfair Ltd, Betfair Poker Limited, Chancellors Road, Confederation of British Industry Growing Business, cricket, Denmark, Department of Trade and Industry, Dublin, eBay, Ed, Edward Wray, Europe, European Union, football, Germany, golf, Google, Hammersmith Embankment
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Betting exchanges (read it: BetFair) forbidden in part of Australia…
… in a state/province called “Western Australia” —we would have never heard of these lobby-driven legislative wackos, otherwise. Reminder: In 2005, BetFair received a stamp of approval by Tasmania —an Australian state located on a small and marvelous –and biologically … Continue reading →
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Tagged Asia, Australia, Hobart, Niall O'Connor, Tasmania, United Kingdom, Western Australia
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