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Why InTrade CEO John Delaney, TradeSports acting CEO John Delaney, BetFair CEO David Yu, HubDub CEO Nigel Eccles and NewsFutures CEO Emile Servan-Schreiber should supplicate me to develop my prediction market journalism project

- 200 web visitors (coming from Google) reached my John Edwards post, published yesterday afternoon (ET). – 10% of them followed my links to the 2 HubDub prediction markets on John Edwards. – - Remember that those web stats count … Continue reading

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If you want to connect with InTrade CEO John Delaney on LinkedIn…

http://www.linkedin.com/in/johndelaneyintrade My list of business connections is 9 times longer than his. So, mine is longer than his. I have the longest. – Don’t forget to connect with our newly created “Prediction Markets” group on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/152133/0F2F81268260 -

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How does InTrade deal with insider trading?

InTrade CEO John Delaney (in 2007): Insider trading is one of the wicked problems, perhaps. Intrade is about providing the best predictive information. If insiders have information, then getting that information reflected in the market increases the quality of the … Continue reading

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InTrade CEO John Delaney’s comment to the CFTC about “event markets” (prediction markets) was so good that even a BetFair shareholder loved it.

Sean Park (who invested in Betfair at inception): [...] I was heartened to read John Delaney’s (InTrade CEO) contribution [...]. I would certainly have endorsed this contribution – well crafted, robust, articulate and (imo) stating the blindingly obvious [...]. – … Continue reading

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What InTrade CEO John Delaney told the CFTC about “event markets” (prediction markets)

John Delaney (CEO of InTrade) – (InTrade PDF file – CFTC PDF file): July 4th 2008 The Commodity Futures Trading Commission Three Lafayette Centre 1155 21st Street NW Washington, DC 20581 U.S.A. Attention: Office of the Secretariat RE: “Concept Release … Continue reading

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I come in agreement with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s comment to the CFTC.

I read it very quickly, and I agree with what they say —except the last section which I don’t get. I’ll tell you more tomorrow. CME Group – (PDF file) – CME’s comment is not far away from HedgeStreet’s take, … Continue reading

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InTrade CEO John Delaney sends a good comment to the CFTC.

PDF file I have read it quickly, and he made very good points —though not in a legalese way, so to speak. – I have made the same points to the CFTC. You’ll see that soon. I’m off for a … Continue reading

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InTrade CEO John Delaney is so happy that Yahoo! News has endorsed his illegal prediction exchange [*] that, if you asked him right now, he could lay an egg.

See him here trumpeting his rational exuberance. External Link: Yahoo! News US Political Dashboard – (See also the Midas Oracle Dashboard.) [*] as opposed to the legal Iowa Electronic Markets, the play-money NewsFutures (which our good doctor Pennock assessed the … Continue reading

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VIDEO: InTrade CEO John Delaney is interviewed by the naive or misinformed or misinforming Larry Kudlaw of CNBC.

VIDEO: InTrade CEO John Delaney interviewed by CNBC Larry Kudlaw The sound output is feeble. I can barely hear them. They should put it on YouTube. At the end of the segment, Larry Kudlaw asks John Delaney to give him … Continue reading

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