Tag Archives: North America

Bet America = Web-based betting on US horse racing

Via Simon Skinner’s comment, here… Bet America: BetAmerica.com is an online race wagering service of Lien Games Racing LLC, in association with Horse Race North Dakota, the licensed operator of North Dakota Horse Park. Licensed, based and regulated in the … Continue reading

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The London School of Economics chose InTrade-TradeSports over BetFair-TradeFair for floating event derivatives on global warming.

The London School of Economics’ Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), located at the center of London (nearby the Waterloo Bridge), chose not to partner with BetFair-TradeFair, the world’s #1 prediction exchange (betting exchange), located west of London (near the Hammersmith … Continue reading

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NETELLER, after the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006

NETELLER is doing quite well. Third Quarter NETELLER Trading Update Shows Continued Solid Progress Tuesday, 6 November 2007 – NETELLER Plc (LSE: NLR), the world’s leading independent global online payments business, today announces its trading update for the three months … Continue reading

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Ariadne Capital = Global Investment and Advisory Firm

Ariadne Capital: Ariadne Capital is an Investment and Advisory Firm focused on Software and Services, New Media, Communications and Life Services. We are backed by 40 Entrepreneurs who founded the firm in 2000 in order to build the market leading … Continue reading

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The prediction market world should be flat.

Thomars Friedman’s book, The World Is Flat. — This blog entry by innovation blogger Dominic Basulto (about Indian outsourcing giant Infosys touting a new Think Flat website) makes me think of something. We are in an industry that is compartmented … Continue reading

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The PopSci PPX prediction exchange organizes many socially valuable play-money prediction markets.

Popular Science – PopSci’s PPX: Consumer Tech and Entertainment SYMBOL NAME PRICE CHANGE % CHANGE APPLEPC iPhone Increases Apple’s Computer Market Share 52.00 1.00 1.96 BLUBY09 Blu-ray vs. HD-DVD Format War 73.75 -0.75 -1.01 DRMRIP Major Record Labels Drop DRM … Continue reading

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Addendum on… The ranking of the providers of software for internal prediction markets

Hello Midas Oracle readers, As you have seen, I have published a ranking of the prediction market solution providers to the Fortune-500 firms. It is a ranking based on what I know about their true client list —not what is … Continue reading

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The ranking of the providers of software for internal prediction markets

Ranking of the prediction market solution providers to the Fortune-500 firms. North America #1. NewsFutures #2. Inkling Markets – growing very fast #3. HSX Virtual Markets Europe #1. NewsFutures

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Emile Servan-Schreiber on learning on Midas Oracle that NewsFutures is no longer the market leader in North America as a software provider for internal prediction markets.

Although I maintain my statement, this blog post is filed in the “humor” post category —and I know that EJSS likes humor. More serious info on this topic soon…

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Let’s hope that, one day, …

- BetFair, InTradeSports, MicroSoft and Google let Fortune-500 firms use their software for prediction markets. – Accenture and IBM enter the prediction market industry. – Yahoo!’s Yootopia becomes a success. – Betting exchanges are legal in North America and Continental … Continue reading

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