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Will the USA legalize real-money gambling and betting over the Internet? — CNBC video

Posted on November 21, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Odds Favoring Online Gambling? – CNBC – Andrew Parmentire, Height Analytics – David Katz, Oppenheimer gaming analyst Download this post to watch the CNBC video –if your feed reader doesn’t show it to you: Via Alexander Ainslie et al. Addendum: … Continue reading →

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Pushing for the legalization of the real-money prediction markets in America

Posted on November 4, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Forbes: Still, Robin Hanson, an economics professor at George Mason University who has studied prediction markets, hopes [that prediction markets] grow. “Stock markets, insurance markets, commodity markets–they used to be prohibited by gambling laws but were thought to be useful … Continue reading →

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In the for-profit vs not-for-profit debate, our prediction market luminaries, doctored by Bob, are on the wrong side of the issue.

Posted on June 20, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

In the American Enterprise Instituteâ€™s proposals to legalize the real-money prediction markets in the United States of America, they advise the CFTC not to allow for-profit prediction market companies (like InTrade, TradeSports and BetFair) to operate socially valuable prediction markets … Continue reading →

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CFTC’s Concept Release on the Appropriate Regulatory Treatment of Event Contracts

Posted on June 17, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

CFTC – (PDF file): CFTC’s Concept Release on the Appropriate Regulatory Treatment of Event Contracts – SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission or CFTC) is soliciting comment on the appropriate regulatory treatment of financial agreements offered by markets commonly … Continue reading →

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Our prediction market luminaries signed Bob’s petition —and the losers are InTrade, TradeSports and BetFair.

Posted on June 17, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

I have re-read the American Enterprise Instituteâ€™s proposals to legalize real-money prediction markets in the United States of America. – AEI advise the CFTC not to allow for-profit companies (like InTrade, TradeSports and BetFair) to operate socially valuable prediction markets … Continue reading →

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The American Enterprise Institute’s proposals to legalize real-money prediction markets in the United States of America

Posted on June 17, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

The Promise of Prediction Markets – by Kenneth J. Arrow, Robert Forsythe, Michael Gorham, Robert Hahn, Robin Hanson, John O. Ledyard, Saul Levmore, Robert Litan, Paul Milgrom, Forrest D. Nelson, George R. Neumann, Marco Ottaviani, Thomas C. Schelling, Robert J. … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: legalization

Will the USA legalize real-money gambling and betting over the Internet? — CNBC video

Pushing for the legalization of the real-money prediction markets in America

In the for-profit vs not-for-profit debate, our prediction market luminaries, doctored by Bob, are on the wrong side of the issue.

CFTC’s Concept Release on the Appropriate Regulatory Treatment of Event Contracts

Our prediction market luminaries signed Bob’s petition —and the losers are InTrade, TradeSports and BetFair.

The American Enterprise Institute’s proposals to legalize real-money prediction markets in the United States of America

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