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Deal Breaker’s John Carney interviewed Kynikos Associates’ Jim Chanos about Steve Roman’s Midas Oracle blog post.

And I have just discovered it five minutes ago, by total chance. #1. Kynikos Associates’ Jim Chanos did not respond to my e-mail at the time. #2. Nobody from Deal Breaker tipped me about this follow-up story. #3. The Deal … Continue reading

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TradeSports-InTrade: TEN CEO John Delaney finally acknowledges he COULD be under arrest on US soil.

Talking to say nothing. [Addendum: InTrade has just released another version of the statement, on another URL. It's longer and contains more bits of information.] The idea to have a common platform for all prediction exchanges is not backed by … Continue reading

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TradeSports-InTrade John Delaney won’t travel to the U.S. anymore.

TradeSports-InTrade John Delaney (TEN CEO) was a no-show at the crappy, phone-booth conference on prediction markets, yesterday, in D.C. He spoke to the audience by phone… well, more exactly via Skype… from his air-conditioned office of Cork, Ireland. This is … Continue reading

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After NETeller, Citadel is out of the US market.

The Guardian: The Vancouver-based ESI Entertainment, a rival firm which operates the payment processor Citadel, confirmed yesterday that it too was withdrawing from the US with immediate effect. This is from TradeSports: — Former Blog Posts: – NETeller people arrested. … Continue reading

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Internet Gambling Crisis – AGAIN

Business Week (mirror at Forbes): FBI Assistant Director Mark J. Mershon said the multibillion-dollar online gambling industry was “a colossal criminal enterprise masquerading as legitimate business.” Does the U.S. government put real-money prediction exchanges (e.g., TradeSports-InTrade) in the perimeter of … Continue reading

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