Tag Archives: London
The CFTC extends its regulatory arm to… the City of London.
A CFTC Commissioner in the Financial Times:
So what effects do the Durbin legislation and the CFTC regulatory action have? Are they the kind of “excessive” regulation contemplated by the Balls Clause? Given the circumstances of the trading activity and entities involved, and the tailored approach to a work-able regulatory solution, the answer would appear to [...]
Tiny API delay for non-UK customers of BetFair —since all international BetFair bettors, traders and gamblers are now served from Malta, not from London.
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BetFair Games, BetFair Poker, BetFair Casino, BetFair Multiples, and all non-UK BetFair customers (including those trading on BetFair’s prediction exchange), are under the radar of Malta’s Lotteries and Gaming Authority. (As you all know, Malta is a state that is a member of the European Union.) I told you I would have a short post [...]
IS IT SAFE TO LOCATE A PREDICTION EXCHANGE NEAR A RIVER???
BetFair HQ in Hammersmith, London, England, United Kingdom, European Union
At its feet, the river Thames…
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Previously: River rising. Power plant closed. Is the Iowa Electronic Markets at risk?
“This is an emergency such as we’ve never seen before, with unprecedented threats to our campus,” University of Iowa President Sally Mason said. “This is getting dangerous now.”
Wikipedia on [...]
Where to find advice on how to set up your enterprise prediction markets
Consultants
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Inkling – URL: Inkling Markets – (Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.)
Adam Siegel — Post Archives at Midas Oracle
Nathan Kontny
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NewsFutures – (Maryland, U.S.A. & Paris, France, E.U.)
Emile Servan-Schreiber — Post Archives at Midas Oracle
Maurice Balick
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Xpree – (U.S.A.)
Mat Fogarty — Post Archives at Midas Oracle
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HP Services – HP Labs – (U.S.A.)
Predicting the future –with games — Introductory article
Information Dynamics [...]
Is Malta’s Lotteries and Gaming Authority a serious governmental body?
Yes.
I did a quick research, and here are 2 points I got:
The European Union’s Commissioner for Internal Market and Services, Charlie McCreevy, praised Malta’s Lotteries and Gaming Authority for their professionalism.
Malta’s Lotteries and Gaming Authority are working on a “Remote Gaming Standard”. (PDF file) – Sounds good.
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As you remember, BetFair Games, BetFair Poker, BetFair Casino, [...]
Tennis is not systematically nor institutionally corrupt. There is no evidence of a link to the Mafia.
Only 45 suspicious tennis matches out of the hundreds of thousands of matches played over the last five years.
That’s peanuts.
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Via Steve Roman
Bloomberg
New York Times
The Times (of London)
The Guardian
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Previously: The Mark Davies speech on sports, corruption, sports betting, and BetFair
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Has BetFair a little part of responsibility in the collapse of the Kieren Fallon trial (which cost British taxpayers £950,000)?
BetFair actively report betting that appears to them out of the ordinary. And, if any sport regulator has concerns, then BetFair provide them with additional information. BetFair, of course, has no say in whether a criminal offense has been committed, and no input into the prosecution (the Crown Prosecution Service).
In the Fallon case (an Irish [...]
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