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Testing the new HubDub chart widgets

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Democratic and Republican caucuses in Nevada + Republican primary in South Carolina

— Democratic and Republican caucuses in Nevada — Democratic caucus in Nevada (Hillary Clinton = 57.4%): BetFair Democratic prediction markets — Democratic caucus in Nevada (Barack Obama = 42%): BetFair Democratic prediction markets — Republican caucus in Nevada (Mitt Romney … Continue reading

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The New Hampshire Hypothesis

Finally, the BetFair blog publishes one interesting post. It was about time. From our usual British suspect, professor Leighton Vaughan-Williams (who was on ABC News lately) —who else. How did everyone get New Hampshire so horribly wrong? These are the … Continue reading

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2008′s Hillary Clinton = 2004′s Howard Dean

2008 US presidential elections Source: Dynamic, compound prediction market charts from InTrade — – Yahoo! News US Political Dashboard – Prediction Market Dashboard

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Iowa Caucus: British blogger Mike Smithson is selling Hillary Clinton short.

Mike Smithson in the Financial Times today: [...] Feeding the development of political gambling is in his own interest. Mr Smithson estimates that there are as few as 1,500 regular political gamblers [*] in the UK, although the number swells … Continue reading

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