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Prediction Market Industry Association

InTrade-TradeSports: PREDICTION MARKET INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION IS BORN Monday, Oct 22, 2007 PREDICTION MARKET INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION IS BORN Industry and thought leaders join forces to help promote and grow the field of prediction markets. London (Oct 22 2007) – The recent … Continue reading

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Does Sarah V. Jones exist really?

Or is “Sarah V. Jones” a pseudonym used by John Maloney to make his gullible prospects and clients believe that he has a personal assistant and to artificially generate discussions on his crappy e-mailing discussion list? Take a look at … Continue reading

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2006 North Korea Missile prediction market: a scandal signed TradeSports-InTrade

Did BetFair mess the expiry of the 2006 US Senate prediction markets?… UK blogger Mike Smithson thinks so. Anybody who had money on last November’s US MidTerms Senate market with Betfair will know what happens when the rules are not … Continue reading

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Will Bush pardon Scooter Libby? + Prediction Markets Definitions

Reuters: [...] Democrats were immediately suspicious that he would, the White House was careful not to rule it out, and Intrade, an online prediction exchange on issues from politics to weather, opened a futures market on whether it would happen. … Continue reading

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Blaming the media = easy. | Generating media coverage = difficult.

Still no media coverage about HSX’s excellent prediction accuracy on the Oscars. Press release was out on February 26, 2007. We are today Friday, March 2, 2007. Still nothing. MY ADVICE TO HSX’S ALEX COSTAKIS: #1. Don’t waste your time … Continue reading

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Does Inkling CEO Adam Siegel deserve capital punishment, really!??

#1. Inkling CEO Adam Siegel has made a tiny historical mistake by claiming a “first”. (See: Two Tipping Points for Inkling Markets and Market Scoring Rule) #2. It’s great that the correction has been published. (See: Two Tipping Points for … Continue reading

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