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Malta Lotteries And Gaming Authority: the non-regulating regulator

Written by Caruso on July 4, 2008 — 23 Comments

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:
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The Authority may order the suspension or cancellation of a license if…the license holder has failed [...]

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

Written by Chris F. Masse on August 18, 2007 — 11 Comments

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- 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): hundreds of times.
- University of Iowa (the owner of the Iowa Electronic Markets), George Mason University (the working place of [...]

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Yes Virginia, Wikipedia is a warzone of vested interests.

Written by Chris F. Masse on August 14, 2007 — Leave a Comment

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 service.)
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UPDATE: BetFair, TradeSports-InTrade and the Hollywood Stock Exchange do control what you read on Wikipedia.
- BetFair [...]

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The Pursuit of Happyness – Movie

Written by Chris F. Masse on December 16, 2006 — Leave a Comment

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 [of] the biggest financial companies including Dean Witter and Bear Stearns, and became owner and partner [...]

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