Tag Archives: Niagara falls

BetFair is experimenting a phenomenal revenue growth with sports prediction markets, as I am typing this post. Maybe our good friend the “pragmatist” could look into that, and report his research findings to the CFTC. I’m sure he’ll do. The delicious sound of a red-hot cash register, with the dollars (or here, pounds) pouring in like the Niagara falls —that’s “pragmatism” in its purest form, to me.

Posted on May 9, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

BetFair’s bet matching process stopped for one full hour on May 7, 2008, and their P.R. people are over-apologizing for it. They are apologizing for the problem, and for their slow response to affected customers —good move. They are also … Continue reading →

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France: a Republican President is looming.

Posted on February 14, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

The Woman: Segolene Royal (Socialist): 41% The Man: Nicolas Sarokozy (Republican): 54% Technical Note: BetFair probabilities are not accessible thru the Web interface (the prediction market sub-window freezes before giving the data), so I went to BetFair Lite and took … Continue reading →

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