Tag Archives: non-sports

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange is not a friend of the prediction markets. Nor is the ISDA.

Posted on July 2, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Will the Chicago Mercantile Exchange write to the CFTC? … asks Google’s Bo Cowgill. That could be… However, I’m not holding my breath. Here’s why. The CME (along side the CBOE and ISDA) represents forces that does not push for … Continue reading →

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Hansonâ€™s Market Scoring Rule Explained in Five Sentences, Why Betfair Gets So Little U.S. Press Coverage, and other Half-Baked Commentary by Michael Giberson

Posted on September 16, 2007 by Michael Giberson

[Chris Masse invited me to submit to an email interview. Iâ€™m responding here to Chrisâ€™s questions, rendered in italics below. I'm not sure that anyone other than Chris will be interested, and half-way through he may regret this idea himself. … Continue reading →

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Welcome to InTrade: THE Prediction Market

Posted on January 30, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

#1. Appears only on the “version 2″ homepage (to which we are redirected when we click on the non-sports TradeSports contracts), not on the regular frontpage. #2. It would be better, in my view, to call InTrade a betting exchange … Continue reading →

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TradeSports-InTrade website problems

Posted on January 28, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

#1. If you are on the TradeSports website, and click on any non-sports contract link, you are now transported (“redirected”) to the appropriate InTrade webpage. The problem is that, in the past years, bandits have used this tactics (“phishing“), and, … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis (Industry), Ethics, Exchanges & Markets, Information Technology | Tagged non-sports prediction exchange, non-sports, United States, United States Congress | 5 Comments

Reality Check on TradeSports-InTrade John Delaney’s Exil Statement

Posted on January 22, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Speaking via Skype from Ireland, E.U., where he is now in exile, TEN CEO John Delaney made a number of points. Let’s check. (Note: This is the second version of his statement, on another URL.) — We have become regarded … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis (Industry), Analysis (Meta), Ethics, Exchanges & Markets, Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce, Regulations, Software | Tagged analysis software, API, BetFair, CEO, David Pennock, eBay, Eric Zitzewitz, Exempt Board of Trade, Ireland, John Delaney, News Organisation, non-sports, non-sports prediction, non-sports prediction markets, North Korea, prediction markets, Prime Minister, sports prediction markets, sports betting markets, United States, Yahoo! U.K. | 3 Comments

Sports vs. Non-Sports Divestiture

Posted on December 29, 2006 by Caveat Bettor

Regarding the Trade Exchange Network’s announcement that it is divesting its sports related business, this is what I have cross-posted on CaveatBettor I don’t really like this development, because it appears to bifurcate capital and traders into separate, smaller universes … Continue reading →

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