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Deep Throat on the idle Prediction Market Industry Association (PMIA)

I agree that the Prediction Market Industry Association (PMIA) (in its present form) is highly suspicious.
The purpose of the PMIA was to provide resume and marketing fodder for Jed, Emile and John. It’s like being president of a high school club: You don’t have to accomplish anything, but you can list your “officer” status on [...]

Justice, Washington State Gambling Commission Style

If the Washington State Gambling Commission wanted to show more contempt for the court system or the constitutional rights of Washington citizens, I’m having a hard time imagining what that would look like.
Some background: on July 6, Betcha.com filed a declaratory relief action against the Commission — we’re asking a court to rule on the [...]

Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink + James Surowiecki’s The Wisdom Of Crowds


What Do We Mean When We Talk About Intuition? – by James Surowiecki
[...] This suggests that the real challenge is figuring out which problems can be solved by rapid cognition and which are better solved by a calculating, rational approach. [...]
Challenging the Standard Model of Decision-Making – by Malcolm Gladwell
[...] The war game that I [...]

INTERNET GAMBLING AND BETTING: BODOG’S CALVIN AYRE IS NOT A GENTLEMAN.

Via “Europe’s foremost betting industry analyst” (or so he thinks he is), The Globe And Mail.
[...] He’s relaxed here, lounging in shorts and flip-flops, occasionally leaning over to his computer to check incoming e-mail, although he chooses his words with great caution, smiles infrequently and limits his eye contact. [...]
page 6:
[...] The first would have [...]

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