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Should the Hollywood Stock Exchange become a real-money betting exchange?

Written by Chris F. Masse on October 4, 2007 — 9 Comments

Via Max Keiser, Trader Daily ($$$):
Hollywood Ending – Trader Daily – October 4, 2007 – by Robert LaFranco
A decade ago, a Wall Street trader and an L.A. dealmaker united to remake the movie industry in the image of the markets. They had capital, ambition, securities-industry savvy and an American public captivated by money and celebrity. [...]

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Should a betting exchange be a content provider, too?

Written by Chris F. Masse on October 2, 2007 — Leave a Comment

Should BetFair have acquired TimeForm (the publisher of horseracing ratings, form guides and analysis)? Niall O’Connor (a betting market expert) thinks that there is a “strategic mismatch” between the two. I’m republishing his hatchet job, below. (I hope he won’t mind that I quote him in full, this time.)
At the end of November 2006 Betfair [...]