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If the British legal betting companies offer bets on the sport, it is because there is demand for bets on the sport —and if that demand were not offered in a regulated environment, it would be filled in an unregulated one (like what we see with TradeSports-InTrade and MatchBook in the US market).

Mark Davies of BetFair (PDF file): International Leaders in Sport conference, Auckland, New Zealand. April 3-4th 2008. Keynote speech, April 4th. Mark Davies, Betfair. “New Understandings in Sports Betting” Minister, ladies and gentlemen… Thank you very much for your kind … Continue reading

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Why Prohibitions on Internet Gambling Won’t Work.

Op-Ed published by the Cato Institute – January 23, 2004 by Koleman Strumpf (Emphasis added by editor – Republished on Midas Oracle) With the steady rise of commercial activity on the Internet, Washington has been steadily moving toward a formal … Continue reading

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