Tag Archives: Independent Betting Arbitration Service

The BetFair Galaxy

Posted on August 31, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

BetFair – (Hammersmith, London, England, United Kingdom, E.U.) — Alternate URLs: BetFair.co.uk & Flutter.com — Described as “the eBay of peer-to-peer betting”. — BetFair is a prediction exchange that does not prominently display the last price. Instead, the “Express View” gives the best offer (i.e., ask … Continue reading →

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BetFair.com operate memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with 25 governing bodies to help draw attention to suspicious betting patterns.

Posted on June 5, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

BetFair.com spokesman Tony Calvin said: We don’t offer a lot of markets of this kind [see the article below] because the rules have to be watertight for backer and layer. The Times on quirky bets and the sports integrity problematic. … Continue reading →

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2006 North Korea Missile prediction market: a scandal signed TradeSports-InTrade

Posted on April 11, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Did BetFair mess the expiry of the 2006 US Senate prediction markets?… UK blogger Mike Smithson thinks so. Anybody who had money on last November’s US MidTerms Senate market with Betfair will know what happens when the rules are not … Continue reading →

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Iran War prediction markets

Posted on April 4, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

The Independent: The botched US raid that led to the hostage crisis Warning: TradeSports is unregulated in the Netherlands Antilles. — InTrade is unregulated in Ireland. TradeSports / InTrade are not members of the Independent Betting Arbitration Service. — TradeSports … Continue reading →

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Recession in the US in 2007? Seems like the Bears will lose this one.

Posted on March 31, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

— Warning: TradeSports is unregulated in the Netherlands Antilles (a place that lives off drug trafficking and money laundering). — InTrade is unregulated in Ireland. TradeSports / InTrade are not members of the Independent Betting Arbitration Service. — TradeSports — … Continue reading →

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American Idol prediction markets: about 60,000 transactions at InTrade-TradeSports

Posted on March 31, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

— Warning: TradeSports is unregulated in the Netherlands Antilles (a place that lives off drug trafficking and money laundering). — InTrade is unregulated in Ireland. TradeSports / InTrade are not members of the Independent Betting Arbitration Service. — TradeSports — … Continue reading →

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Britain–Iran War prediction markets, anyone??

Posted on March 29, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Reuters: [...] Iran seized the 15 British sailors and marines at sea last week, saying they were inside Iranian waters. Britain say the personnel were in Iraqi waters. How the hell can you kidnap soldiers??? — — Warning: TradeSports is … Continue reading →

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UK–Iran War prediction markets, anyone??

Posted on March 28, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

CNN: Satellite tracking data shows that a group of 15 British military personnel captured by Iran last Friday never strayed outside Iraqi waters, according to Britain’s Ministry of Defence. [...] Psstt… Tell me something. How the hell is it possible … Continue reading →

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CME-CBOT merger: InTrade-TradeSports vs. USFE

Posted on March 28, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Following USFE’s announcement last week, InTrade-TradeSports is now setting up a set of four prediction markets on the CME-CBOT merger. The dynamic chart below does not appear fully (yet?). Sorry for that. [There’s a problem with this dynamic chart. The … Continue reading →

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ASSESSING THIS STATEMENT: TradeSports-InTrade did never care about the customer anyway.

Posted on February 27, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Ivan (of InTrade-TradeSports): “these are negative statements and they are incorrect statements.” Previous: One TradeSports-InTrade trader got censored, and cancelled his account in retaliation. REALITY CHECK: BetFair is a member of the Independent Betting Arbitration Service. — BetFair — SportsBook … Continue reading →

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