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InTrade’s sudden and puzzled interest in… alchemy…!!!

Dr Arata’s experiment on cold fusion to be replicated in peer-reviewed scientific journal on/before 31 Dec 2009 This contract will settle (expire) at 100 ($10.00) if Dr Yoshiaki Arata’s Cold Fusion experiment is replicated in a peer-reviewed scientifc journal on/before … Continue reading

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Self-Serving Prediction Market Of The Day — Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006

InTrade: New Market: Amendment to UIGEA Monday, Apr 14, 2008 We have listed a contract on an amendment to the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act being passed before the end of 2010, and that Rep. Barney Frank will be a … Continue reading

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“I’m very concerned with the international situation and what’s happening in Tibet.”

- International Olympic Committee head Jacques Rogge – Olympics @ Wikipedia – - – Contract Rules – This contract will settle (expire) at 100 ($10.00) if there is an official boycott of the 2008 Olympic games in Beijing announced before … Continue reading

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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

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InTrade’s global warming prediction markets are more socially interesting than BetFair’s ones.

InTrade has just opened (and not publicized yet on their site feed) a set of global warming prediction markets —more exactly, event derivative markets on whether the world’s biggest national governments will soon agree to reduce CO2 emissions under the … Continue reading

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The event futures contract on both Bin Laden and Musharraf at InTrade-TradeSports

InTrade-TradeSports: This contract will settle (expire) at 100 ($10.00) if BOTH of the following events occur before 11:59:59pm ET on the date specified in the contract: 1. Osama Bin Laden is captured or neutralised 2. President Pervez Musharraf departs as … Continue reading

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InTrade-TradeSports should have expired the Larry Craig event derivative today, on October 4, 2007, and not on September 5, 2007.

InTrade-TradeSports should have expired the Larry Craig event derivative today, on October 4, 2007, and not on September 5, 2007. That’s their main error. Last September, they expired this event derivative on the basis on Larry Craig stating his “intent … Continue reading

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INTRADE-TRADESPORTS OPENS A FIVE-YEAR LONG, SOCIALLY VALUABLE PREDICTION MARKET.

The Google Lunar X Prize to be won on/before 31 December 2012 @ InTrade This contract will settle (expire) at 100 ($10.00) if the Google Lunar X Prize is won before 11:59:59pm ET on December 31st, 2012. The contract will … Continue reading

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InTrade expired the Larry Craig prediction market too early.

Scroll down the whole story and judge by yourself, folks. — New York Times: “As he stated on Saturday, Senator Craig intends to resign on Sept. 30,” Mr. [Dan Whiting, a spokesman for Mr. Craig] said in a statement. “However, … Continue reading

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Plenty of new socially valuable prediction markets at InTrade.

InTrade seems to take its role as market leader for US political prediction markets very seriously. Since its official splitting with TradeSports, InTrade has opened many interesting prediction markets on legal, political and geo-political issues. — National Leader Departure Markets: … Continue reading

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