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Please, don’t call them “predictive markets”.

http://marchespredictifs.grouphub.com/ Fellas, I’m begging you to change the name of your web forum to “prediction markets” —”les marches de prediction“. – All markets are somewhat predictive. You don’t define specifically our event derivative markets if you call them “predictive markets”. … Continue reading

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France will win the Euro 2008 (a European soccer tournament), and BetFair’s URLs suck.

That one is OK: http://soccer.betfair.com/ Those suck because they are not jotted down anywhere, and they are impossible to memorize: http://www.betfair.com/?oid=4574657 http://www.betfair.com/?oid=4574657&pid=1 http://www.betfair.com/?oid=4574657&pid=2 Bad Internet usability —once again. – TradeSports bet on Germany. – NewsFutures – HubDub -

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Inkling vs. Inkling Markets

Inkling URL = http://www.inklingmarkets.com/ Inkling Markets URL = http://home.inklingmarkets.com/ When you’re on the Inkling frontpage, the link to the webpage displaying all the prediction markets is under the “sign up to trade” button, which most people won’t click because they … Continue reading

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BetFair’s information technology infrastructure is second to none. Yet another proof:

Betfair Wins First Annual Citrix Customer Innovation Award Betting Firm Finds Web Application Optimisation a Safe Bet Exponential traffic growth, spikes in traffic and user sensitivity to response times made Betfair’s infrastructure challenge much more acute than that of other … Continue reading

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