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The Alderney Gambling Control Commission: you follow the rules but you still don’t get paid. Why bother with regulation at all?

Posted on July 31, 2008 by Caruso

Online gambling regulation by accountable governmental bodies is a good thing for one reason and one reason alone: it offers protection to the player. There are many reasons why it’s good for the industry in terms of profit and image, … Continue reading →

Posted in All Guest Authors's Posts, Betting, Ethics, Gambling, Regulations | Tagged actual law prohibiting such terms, Alderney, Alderney Commission, Alderney Gambling Control Commission, bank, Channel Islands, Ethics, European Union, Gambling, GBP, Guernsey, Guernsey government, laws, Leicester, Malta Lotteries And Gaming Authority, online casinos, online gambling, online gambling operations, PKR, PKR Limited, Player, Regulations, State Office of Alderney, United Kingdom, USD | 15 Comments

In a blow to the French, BetFair choose Bastille Day to premiere the revised version of the bet-matching logic of their prediction markets. — IMPROVEMENT MEANS BETTER LIQUIDITY FOR THEIR EVENT DERIVATIVE TRADERS.

Posted on July 14, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

- BetFair: Improvements to Betfairâ€™s bet matching logic today, Monday 14th July: Whatâ€™s changing? Weâ€™ve improved the code that matches bets. As well as matching backs against lays as weâ€™ve always done, weâ€™ll also try to match your bet against … Continue reading →

Posted in All Best Posts Ever, Exchange & Market Designs, Exchanges & Markets, Explainers, Market Liquidity, Mechanism Designs | Tagged basketball, Bastille Day, bet matching, bet matching logic, bet-matching engine, bet-matching process, bet-matching system, BetFair, boxing, cricket, football, Germany, horse racing, ice hockey, manager, market designs, Market Liquidity, matching bets, matching trades, Mechanism Designs, Oxford, Player, prediction markets, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, RugBY League, Rugby Union, Sheffield, snooker, soccer, Spain, tennis, trading engine, Volleyball | 3 Comments

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 →

Posted in All Best Posts Ever, All Guest Authors's Posts, Betting, Ethics, Gambling, Regulations | Tagged bank loan, Barcelona, Bell Med, BellMed, BetChance, Betting, Bill Dozer, Bookmakers Review, Caribbean, CEO, Congress, European Union, Gambling, GBP, Independent Online, laws, London, Lotteries and Gaming Authority, Malta, Malta Lotteries And Gaming Authority, Malta's Lotteries and Gaming Authority, Mario Galea, online gambling operations, owner, Player, Regulations, software error, spokesperson, The Lotteries and Gaming Authority of Malta | 23 Comments

He asks questions; you’ll provide answers.

Posted on May 29, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

I would like to ask the U.S. contributors to Midas Oracle what they would make of a prediction market for the 2012 Democratic nomination where one contender was backed heavily, at any price, despite losing every single primary heavily for … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis (Meta), Exchanges & Markets | Tagged Democratic candidate, event derivative markets, event derivatives, GBP, Hillary Clinton, Maria Sharapova, Monica Seles, Player, prediction markets, soccer, sports prediction market, tennis, tennis player, United Kingdom, United States, USD | 22 Comments

BetFair’s message to the UK’s Gambling Commission on betting and the integrity of sports

Posted on May 10, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Via Medemi (109 comments on their thread, and still growing), BetFair (PDF file): 3 August 2007 Integrity in Sports Betting Issues Paper Consultation Co-ordinator Gambling Commission Victoria Square House Victoria Square Birmingham B2 4BP Dear Sir/Madam, INTEGRITY IN SPORTS BETTING … Continue reading →

Posted in Betting, Ethics, Exchanges & Markets, Regulations | Tagged advocate, Analysis (Data) - Sports / Politics Corruption, BetFair, Betting, Birmingham, David O'Reilly, Ethics, Gambling Commission, Gambling Commission. sports, GBP, Great Britain, integrity, legal counsel, Player, prediction markets, sports governing bodies, sports results, UK's Gambling Commission, United Kingdom | Leave a comment

If the British legal betting companies offer bets on the sport, it is because there is demand for bets on the sport —and if that demand were not offered in a regulated environment, it would be filled in an unregulated one (like what we see with TradeSports-InTrade and MatchBook in the US market).

Posted on April 28, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Mark Davies of BetFair (PDF file): International Leaders in Sport conference, Auckland, New Zealand. April 3-4th 2008. Keynote speech, April 4th. Mark Davies, Betfair. “New Understandings in Sports Betting” Minister, ladies and gentlemen… Thank you very much for your kind … Continue reading →

Posted in All Best Posts Ever, Analysis (Industry), Betting, Business, Ethics, Exchanges & Markets, Explainers, Regulations | Tagged Analysis (Data) - Sports / Politics Corruption, Athens Olympic, Auckland, Australia, Australian Football League, author, Beijing, Belgium, bet exchanges, Bet Monitor technology, Bet Monitor, BetFair Radio, Betting, betting exchanges, Britain, Bundesliga, Cancer, Cheltenham Festival, Chicago Board Of Trade, Chicago White Sox, coach, commentator, cricket, Cyprus, director of corporate affairs, EUR, event derivative markets, event derivatives, event futures markets, Finance, Football League, Germany, Greece, High Street pharmacy, India, insider trading, Internet betting, Internet-based sports betting, IOC, irritation, Jacques Rogge, Jean-Paul Sartre, journalist, JPMorgan, Jumps Racing festival, ladies and gentlemen.., lawyer, Leigh Matthews, Lions, Liverpool, Madrid, Managing Director, Managing Director of Corporate Affairs, Mark Davies, Martin Arguello-Vasallo, messenger, minister, New Zealand, Nikolai Davydenko, Olympic, Olympics, Player, Poland Open, prediction markets, premiership coach, President, real time, Regulations, Reinhard Rauball, rugby, Singapore, Sports, sports administrators, sports betting, sports betting exchange, sports betting market, sports betting market saying, sports betting world, sports bodies, sports corruption, sports industry, sports punters, sports regulation, sports regulatory body, Sportsman, Swiss Futures and Options Association, tennis, The Guardian, United Kingdom, United States, United States Congress, USD, Victoria, Was Jacques Rogge, William Hill, Winston Churchill | 195 Comments

Only bloggers do link to the prediction markets —mainstream media, like ABC News, never do.

Posted on April 2, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Can NewsFutures Really Predict the Future? … asks ABC News (4 pages): [...] NewsFutures creator Emile Servan-Schreiber believes that prediction markets like his are the “future of journalism.” [*] “It gives people the news of today and lets them give … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis (Meta), Exchanges & Markets, Market Liquidity, Market Prices & Probabilities, Prediction Journalism | Tagged ABC, average player, basketball, Bet 2 Give, Bet2Give, Emile Servan-Schreiber, event derivative markets, event derivatives, Florida, golf, Hockey, Journalism, mainstream media, Microsoft, Mike Linksvayer, NewsFutures, Player, prediction market journalism, prediction markets, soccer, sports prediction markets, tennis, Yahoo! | 4 Comments

Independent production company seeks deep throats to spill beans on online poker industry and BetFair Poker.

Posted on April 1, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Betting Market: I am a researcher employed by a leading award winning UK based independent production company, that specialises in factual programmes. We are currently researching the online poker industry, for a forthcoming documentary that will look at the broader … Continue reading →

Posted in Betting, Gambling | Tagged BetFair, BetFair Poker, online gambling industry, online poker, online poker industry, Player, poker, prediction markets, researcher, United Kingdom, web.de | 2 Comments

BetFairâ€™s new bet-matching logic + BetFair Malta’s trading on the multiples

Posted on March 19, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

BetFair: Bet Matching Forum Q&A Session 19/03/08 Betfair Customer Services 17 Mar 11:50 As announced last week weâ€™ll be hosting a Q&A session on the forum this Wednesday evening (19th March) between 6pm and 7pm (UK Time). The purpose of … Continue reading →

Posted in All Best Posts Ever, Exchange & Market Designs, Exchanges & Markets, Market Makers (Automated), Market Makers (Human), Market Trading, Mechanism Designs | Tagged Andy Fuller, Andy Murray, arbitrator, back player, bet matching, bet matching algorithm, bet matching logic, BetFair, BetFair Malta, BetFair multiples, chairman, combo market maker, exchange software, execution algorithm, football, Gambling Commission, GBP, Hobart, horse, horse racing, human market makers, Ireland, job candidate, John McCririck, magician, Malta, Mark Davies, market designs, Market Trading, matching algorithm, material change to your product, Mathias Entenmann, Midas Oracle Advisory Board, multiples betting, multiples product, non runner, P2P, Player, prediction markets, Robin Ewe, Roger Federer, runner, S&P, soccer, sports betting, sports markets, Tasmania, tennis, tennis player, the Times, traders, United Kingdom | 5 Comments

One trader’s view on BetFair’s new bet-matching logic

Posted on March 17, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

He/She LOVES it!!!!! POLL: should betfair keep the new bet matching logic WITH BEST EXECUTION ? – K J J – 17 Mar 17:48 I say YES. Such a system has been long overdue. Say for example, in a market … Continue reading →

Posted in Exchange & Market Designs, Exchanges & Markets, Market Trading, Mechanism Designs | Tagged bet matching, bet matching logic, BetFair, GBP, market designs, Market Trading, Player, prediction markets, runner, Trader, traders | 2 Comments

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