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Tag Archives: InTrade-TradeSports
Did the prediction market industry fail because of the lack of usability of the prediction markets? — [REBUTTAL]
David Pennock: I like an analogy of Playstation versus Wii. Just like Wii opened up video gaming to a mass audience including women, I think there’s room for simpler/friendlier sites like smarkets that can open up gambling to a much … Continue reading
Posted in All Best Posts Ever, Analysis (Industry), Exchanges & Markets
Tagged BetFair, betting markets, David Pennock, event derivative markets, event derivatives, InTrade, InTrade-TradeSports, James Surowiecki, John Delaney, Justin Wolfers, prediction market industry, prediction markets, Robin Hanson, The Sporting Exchange, TradeSports
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The answer to any anti-prediction market backlash is quality, impartial, exchange-independent, science-based, diligent, pro-PM blogging.
Is John Delaney the greatest psychic of all times (past, present, and future)? Deep Throat is very impressed by how accurate the InTrade-TradeSports CEO’s 2005 prediction turned out to be. According to Deep Throat, the great Irish oracle “accurately predicted … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis (Industry), Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce, Prediction Journalism
Tagged accuracy, BetFair, Betting @ BetFair, blogging, CEO, event derivative markets, event derivatives, failure, InTrade, InTrade-TradeSports, John Delaney, Midas Oracle, New Hampshire, NewsFutures, Open Media, prediction, prediction market industry, prediction markets, Prime Minister, the New Hampshire, TradeSports
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InTrade-TradeSports and BetFair-TradeFair are barred from advertising on Google, Yahoo! and MicroSoft’s networks of websites.
Via Jason Ruspini and Daniel Horowitz, The Associated Press & Reuters. But I will remark that Google Ads serve both InTrade and TradeSports. [I don't mind. Just a remark.]
Why can’t InTrade-TradeSports make a dent in the lucrative corporate market?
CFO magazine, last year: Currently, in fact, Trade Exchange Network [=InTrade-TradeSports] is discussing a pilot project with a large electronic retailer to enable the rank and file to wager on the wisdom of finance chiefs, says Knesevitch, who declined to … Continue reading