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Malta Lotteries And Gaming Authority: the non-regulating regulator

Posted on July 4, 2008 by Caruso

The Malta Lotteries And Gaming Authority is the governmental body whose job it is to oversee and regulate all gambling operations located in Malta. The 2004 Remote Gaming Regulations represents the governing legislation, and it includes the following encouraging clause: … Continue reading →

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BetFair, TradeSports-InTrade and the Hollywood Stock Exchange do control what you read on Wikipedia.

Posted on August 18, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

— — – BetFair has been editing Wikipedia 6 times. – TradeSports-InTrade has been editing Wikipedia 33 times. – Cantor (the owner of the HSX): 134 times. – Google (of Bo Cowgill) and Yahoo! (of David Pennock and Daniel Reeves): … Continue reading →

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Yes Virginia, Wikipedia is a warzone of vested interests.

Posted on August 14, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Wiki Scanner: Search the Wikipedia edits to spot the organizations that edited it. It would be interesting to investigate who edited the Wikipedia pages on prediction markets and betting exchanges. (At the time of writing, Wiki Scanner was out of … Continue reading →

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The Pursuit of Happyness – Movie

Posted on December 16, 2006 by Chris F. Masse

HSX: The Pursuit of Happyness stars Will Smith in the real-life story of Chris Gardner. Despite being homeless at the age of 30, Gardner pursued his goal of becoming an investment banker. He eventually rose through the ranks of some … Continue reading →

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