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Smarkets want to attract bettors that are (allegedly) scared to death by BetFair’s complexity.

Written by Chris F. Masse on April 23, 2009 — 3 Comments

Smarkets TechCrunch Geek’n Rolla Pitch from Smarkets on Vimeo.
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Smarkets – Blog post

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Paul Kedrosky … sucks. — Plus, Jason Trost is bashing InTrade and BetFair in order to boost his startup, Smarkets.

Written by Chris F. Masse on August 31, 2008 — Leave a Comment

I will soon publish a full post on the relative accuracy of the VP prediction markets (and whether the prediction markets are useful at all, taking into account the occasional upsets theorized by Koleman Strumpf) —tackling Paul Kedrosky, Felix Salmon, and Barry Ritholtz.

By the way, I was pleased to see (elsewhere) that Emile Servan-Schreiber of [...]

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OPEN-SOURCE PREDICTION EXCHANGE: How Smarkets is going to eat BetFair’s lunch —well, they hope.

Written by Chris F. Masse on June 19, 2008 — 1 Comment

TechCrunch UK
There’s an interesting twist – they plan to offer an open API for people to develop their own betting applications and use the Smarkets infrastructure. Their idea is this: users don’t need knowledge of odds or experience. It’s more about speed and entertainment than sports.
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Smart idea, but how will this crack the chicken-and-egg problem [...]

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CALLING ALL DEEP THROATS: What is it that Smarkets want to do in Malta, E.U.? And what will Smarkets market anyway?

Written by Chris F. Masse on April 22, 2008 — 2 Comments
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Smarkets is a Web-based, person-to-person betting exchange platform built on the fusion of social networking and trading technology.

Written by Chris F. Masse on March 28, 2008 — Leave a Comment

Still-in-beta Smarkets blog (the “about” page):

Smarkets is a web-based, person-to-person betting exchange platform built on the fusion of social networking and trading technology. Unlike traditional methods of betting, online betting exchanges remove the bookmaker by allowing users to bet directly with other users.
Team
- CEO / Co-founder: Jason Trost is a former successful equities trader in [...]

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