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2006 North Korea Missile prediction market: a scandal signed TradeSports-InTrade

Did BetFair mess the expiry of the 2006 US Senate prediction markets?… UK blogger Mike Smithson thinks so. Anybody who had money on last November’s US MidTerms Senate market with Betfair will know what happens when the rules are not … Continue reading

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BetFair: “Which of these parties will have more seats in the US Senate following the 2006 US Senate Elections?”

Republicans: 49% Democrats: 53.8% Ex-BBC News Mike Smithson (of the Political Betting blog) wonders whether BetFair will count the two Independent U.S. Senators (Liberman and Sanders) in the Democratic camp. Lieberman won re-election as the “Connecticut For Lieberman” party candidate … Continue reading

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