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What InTrade CEO John Delaney told the CFTC about “event markets” (prediction markets)

Posted on July 16, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

John Delaney (CEO of InTrade) – (InTrade PDF file – CFTC PDF file): July 4th 2008 The Commodity Futures Trading Commission Three Lafayette Centre 1155 21st Street NW Washington, DC 20581 U.S.A. Attention: Office of the Secretariat RE: â€œConcept Release … Continue reading →

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The managing editor of CNBC.com asks readers whether they should report what the (play-money and real-money) prediction markets say. He is not that hot on the idea —to say the least. Which is why we should develop a blog network on prediction markets —to get rid of the journalists’ filter and report the prediction markets directly to people. Wanna in?

Posted on May 18, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

But the “gambling” nature puts some journalists off. Is it just providing information … or promoting betting action? – See, that‘s exactly why I want to develop my “Midas Oracle Project”. Classic journalists and classic bloggers will never treat prediction … Continue reading →

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