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Tag Archives: mayor
Londoners (among them many faithful Midas Oracle readers) go voting today. Spot, in the first chart, that British political betting expert Mike Smithson serves some (IMPLIED) PROBABILITIES EXPRESSED IN PERCENTAGES to his readers —and not those fu***ng fractional odds, or those equally fu***ng digital / decimal odds.
- Boris Johnson, next mayor of London: – RELATED: BetFair’s “percentage vote share” prediction markets are illiquid, alas. – BetFair blog’s London page — Tabloid style. I don’t like it much. I think politics should be treated more seriously. Mike … Continue reading
Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Market Liquidity, Market Prices & Probabilities, Politics
Tagged Bath, BetFair, Boris Johnson, Bristol, decimal odds, digital odds, elections, event derivative markets, event derivatives, fractional odds, Google, Ken Livingstone, London, mayor, Mike Robb, Mike Smithson, New York Times, percentages, prediction markets, probabilities
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The best headline of the day –post Michigan
From the Los Angeles Times: Ron Paul, Dr. No-body, beats Rudy and Fred –again. Well, he’s hanging in there. Not only that, but Rep. Ron Paul thumped two reputed Republican heavyweights in the Michigan primary — former Sen. Fred Thompson … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged Caveat Bettor, Fred Thompson, free people and free markets, GOP, Los Angeles Times, mayor, Michigan, Mike Linksvayer, New York, Ron Paul, Rudy Giuliani, Tennessee
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InTrade-TradeSports are fucking up contracts, once again.
Once again. I have been inundated with complaints from InTrade traders, since Christmas. Here’s the problem. InTrade traders tell me that the expiration dates for the Bloomberg and Gore announcement contracts have been extended —at InTrade’s whim. The contract statements, … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis (Industry), Exchanges & Markets, Market Contract Statements, Market Expiry, Market Prices & Probabilities
Tagged 2008 US elections, 2008 US presidential elections, Al Gore, Bloomberg, Carl Wolfenden, Christmas, contracts, date, Dublin, Dublin's main street, exchange manager, independent candidate, InTrade, Manager
Intrade Exchange Operations, Market Expiry, mayor, media sources, Michael Bloomberg, New York, Politics, prediction markets, President, Trader, United States, US elections, US politics, USD, Wall Street Journal
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Michael Bloomberg, the New York City mayor, wants to shut down the city’s Off-Track Betting parlors.
The 60 OTB offices (aimed at US horse racing bettors) rake in $1 billion a year.
Michael Bloomberg for US President??
Michael Bloomberg to run as Independent in 2008 Previous: Under this hypothetical scenario, the money would support a targeted advertising campaign to sell an Electoral College strategy to voters. — The McLaughlin Group (MP4 file): MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Issue Four: Back … Continue reading
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Tagged 2008 US elections, 2008 US presidential elections, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, California, Democratic candidate, electoral college, Fred Thompson, good and successful administrator, head, Hillary Clinton, Iraq, Lawrence O'Donnell, mayor, McLaughlin Group, Michael Bloomberg, Mike Bloomberg, New Jersey, New York, Pat Buchanan, Perot, Politics, President, Ralph Nader, Republican Party, Ross Perot, Rudy Giuliani, targeted advertising campaign, United States, US elections, US politics, US President, US presidential elections, USD, vice president, Winchester
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The Michael Bloomberg Scenarios
Michael Bloomberg to run as Independent in 2008 Previous: Under this hypothetical scenario, the money would support a targeted advertising campaign to sell an Electoral College strategy to voters. — The McLaughlin Group – Issue Three: New York For Now. … Continue reading
Will Michael Bloomberg be the 44th President of the United States?
Tim Russert of NBC Nightly News said this Wednesday evening (June 19, 2007) that Michael Bloomberg is giving up his Republican Party membership and is preparing an Independent run for the White House in 2008. This seems in total contradiction … Continue reading
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Tagged 44th President, Associated Press, candidate for president, executive, Google, mayor, Michael Bloomberg, NBC, NBC Nightly News, New York, New York City, New York City Board of Elections, Office of Mayor Bloomberg, Paul Sakuma, Republican Party, the New York Sun, The Wall Street Journal, Tim Russert, United States, US political elections, US President, US presidential elections, Wall Street Journal, White House
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