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BetFair news — [LINKS]
- BetFair’s LMAX is a failure. – BetFair moves to Gibraltar. – CEO’s health.
Posted in Betting, Exchanges & Markets, Finance, Financial Markets, Regulations
Tagged BetFair, Betting, betting exchanges, David Yu, Gambling, laws, LMAX, prediction exchanges, Regulations
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PREDICTALOT IS THE LARGEST PREDICTION EXCHANGE CREATED BY NUMBER OF OUTCOMES (9.2 QUINTILLION). — [LINK]
http://predictalot.yahoo.com/ Predictalot on FaceBook. David Pennock: I believe it’s the largest prediction market created by number of outcomes (9.2 quintillion). We’re approximating a #P-hard problem to get the odds. More here. I believe v0.3 is faster and easier to use … Continue reading
Posted in Exchange & Market Designs, Exchange Genesis, Exchanges & Markets, Mechanism Designs
Tagged bets, Betting, betting exchanges, betting markets, David Pennock, derivative exchanges, event derivative exchanges, event derivative markets, event derivatives, exchanges, FaceBook, futures exchanges, March Madness, play-money betting markets, play-money prediction markets, Predictalot, prediction exchanges, prediction markets, Yahoo!
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BetFair’s David Yu speaks. – [VIDEO]
Download his post to watch the embedded video if your feed reader does not show it to you.
Posted in Betting, Exchanges & Markets, Gambling, Regulations
Tagged BetFair, bets, Betting, betting exchanges, betting markets, David Yu, event derivative exchanges, event derivative markets, event derivatives, Gambling, horse racing, prediction exchanges, prediction markets, sport betting, The Sporting Exchange
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Predict X = Play-money prediction markets
Predict X http://www.predictx.org/ FAQ Best wishes to Sebastian and Alexander.
Jason Trost on BetFair: They haven’t innovated much, and they’re too pricey.
Jason Trost: Slow innovation: Aside from a few cosmetic tweaks, reliability improvements and the Starting Price feature, Betfair hasn’t innovated much over the last few years. For a company that boasts several hundred developers, it should be able to release … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis (Industry), Exchange & Market Management, Exchanges & Markets, Inventions & Innovations
Tagged BetFair, BetFair IPO, betting exchanges, betting markets, criticism, event derivative markets, exchanges, management, markets, prediction exchanges, prediction markets, The Sporting Exchange
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Opponents of real-money prediction markets are strong and powerful.
Via Mike Giberson, Hollywood tries to block the Cantor Exchange. Previously.
Posted in Exchange Genesis, Exchanges & Markets, Hedging & Insurance, Regulations
Tagged betting exchanges, betting markets, Business, Cantor Exchange, event derivative exchanges, event derivative markets, event derivatives, Hedging, Hollywood Stock Exchange, HSX, movie box office, movie business, movies, prediction exchanges, prediction markets
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Prediction Markets APIs
Are our betting exchanges’ APIs programmable? Fred Wilson insists on read/write APIs (#5). Any comments?
Posted in Information Technology, Internet Usability, Inventions & Innovations, Software
Tagged API, APIs, betting exchanges, betting markets, event derivative exchanges, event derivative markets, prediction exchanges, Prediction Market Software, prediction markets, Software, software for prediction markets
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Cantor Exchange in the New York Times
Richard Jaycobs uses the adjective “tremendous”. But here’s what the journalo says: But buyers beware: if “Avatar†is any indication, the public isn’t always so wise about Hollywood fortunes. Most users of HSX.com predicted a flop, and if those users … Continue reading
Posted in Betting, Business, Exchange Genesis, Exchanges & Markets, Finance, Financial Markets, Hedging & Insurance, Regulations
Tagged betting exchanges, betting markets, Business, Cantor Exchange, event derivative exchanges, event derivative markets, event derivatives, Hedging, Hollywood Stock Exchange, HSX, movie box office, movie business, movies, prediction exchanges, prediction markets
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Predictalot = combinatorial prediction markets (a la Robin Hanson)
Predictalot David Pennock explains Predictalot.
Posted in Exchange & Market Designs, Exchange Genesis, Exchanges & Markets, Market Makers (Automated), Mechanism Designs
Tagged betting exchanges, betting markets, combinatorial prediction markets, event derivative exchanges, event derivative markets, Predictalot, prediction exchanges, prediction markets
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