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Ladbrokes data scandal: personal information of millions of customers offered for sale to national newspaper
Ladbrokes suffered a mighty embarrassment, earlier this week, and 4,500,000 customers had cause to get nervous, when the Mail On Sunday revealed that the UK uber-bookmaker’s customer database had been offered to them for sale: For sale: Personal details of … Continue reading
Posted in All Guest Authors's Posts, Betting, Business, Ethics, Gambling
Tagged bettors, customers, database, gamblers, Gambling, Great Britain, Ladbrokes, Mail On Sunday, privacy, United Kingdom
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You can’t have accumulator bets on the weather of neighboring regions…
… because “if it snows in one city, it’s likely to snow in another city.” In other words, these weren’t independent events. Via Barry Ritholtz (author of Bailout Nation)
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Tagged accumulator bet, accumulator bets, Bet, bets, Betting, bookmaker, bookmakers, Christmas, Great Britain, Ladbrokes, United Kingdom, weather, White Christmas bet, White Christmas bets
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Ladbrokes’ shareholders must call for Bell’s head.
In February 2008 the tame and compliant UK press were falling over themselves to announce the great news that the English billionaire Joe Lewis had taken a stake of 7% in Ladbrokes, worth about £133m. The Guardian’s Nils Pratley was … Continue reading
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Tagged Ladbrokes
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Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 — Prediction Accuracy
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for 2009 to Elinor Ostrom “for her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons” and Oliver E. Williamson … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis (Accuracy & Precision), Exchanges & Markets, Market Expiry, Market Prices & Probabilities
Tagged 2009 Nobel Prize for Economics, 2009 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences, accuracy, bookmakers, economic science, economic sciences, Economics, Elinor Ostrom, inkling markets, Ladbrokes, Nobel Prize for Economics, Oliver E. Williamson, Oliver Williamson, prediction accuracy, prediction market, prediction markets, Prediction Post-Mortem, Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences
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Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 Predictions
The 2009 Nobel prize for economics (2009 Sveriges Riksbank prize in economic sciences) will be awarded on Monday, October 12, 2009. 1. Bookmakers Ladbrokes’s probabilities (odds) for the 2009 Nobel prize in economics: Eugene Fama 2/1 Paul Romer 4/1 Ernst … Continue reading
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Tagged 2009 Nobel Prize for Economics, 2009 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences, bookmakers, economic science, economic sciences, Economics, Elinor Ostrom, inkling markets, Ladbrokes, Nobel Prize for Economics, Oliver E. Williamson, Oliver Williamson, prediction market, prediction markets, Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences
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Ladbrokes shares down 7% as company says Group net revenue from 1 July to 30 September 2009 was down 15 per cent.
Ladbrokes plc, one of the world’s largest bookmakers has announced results for the 3 months ended 30 September 2009. Group net revenue (1) (excluding High Rollers) from 1 July to 30 September 2009 was down 15 per cent in comparison … Continue reading
Britain’s biggest online bookmakers are drawing up plans for a mass exodus from the country to take advantage of lower tax rates in gambling-friendly tax havens such as Gibraltar, Malta and the Isle of Man.
“Industry insiders said the 2001 pact had been killed at a stroke by William Hill‘s confirmation today that it is relocating its fast-growing internet sports betting operation to Gibraltar. Ladbrokes is expected to follow shortly and will face a barrage … Continue reading
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Tagged BetFair, Coral, gambling taxes, Gibraltar, Great Britain, Isle of Man, Ladbrokes, Malta, taxes, United Kingdom, William Hill
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British bookmaker Ladbrokes offers bets on the next World Bank president.
The odds mean nothing. It’s pure speculation. Nobody knows what the White House will do. UPDATE: InTrade – Next President of World Bank