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Short take on the new gambling laws in France
I don’t like it, for the reasons explained by BetFair’s Mark Davies and Right2Bet. The new law is going to be assessed by the French Supreme Court (Conseil Constitutionnel), the French Administrative Council (Conseil d’Etat about “les décrets d’application”), and … Continue reading
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French online gambling laws are turning into a kafkian farce.
The French government will ask internet gambling operators accessing the French market to turn over: the ID details of all gamblers; the banking info on all gamblers; the details of all bets made by the gamblers; the source code of … Continue reading
The BetFair and InTrade websites are going to be blocked in France…
… unless they fork over “in between 52,000 euros and 215,000 euros” for a 5-year period. Is that regulation or extortion?
The Case for Decrimininalization of Prediction Markets
[This article is cross-posted from Major Wager.] – A recent article in the prestigious academic journal Science (May 16, 2008, Vol 320, p. 877-8) once again makes the case for regulated prediction markets, more commonly known as “betting exchanges” to … Continue reading
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