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JusTrade: real-money prediction markets in South Africa

JusTrade JusTrade Blog – The key facts: JusTrade is a real-money prediction exchange. FYI, South Africa’s currency is the South African Rands (ZAR). At this stage, they list financial contracts, only. CDA. They welcome customers from anywhere —just be over … Continue reading

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ProTrade vs. Sports Derivative Exchange

I asked Chris Hibbert whether they are “exchanges”. Chris Hibbert: It looks like it from a cursory glance. In both cases, you can buy and sell, and the prices appear to be set by market interactions rather than institutional fiat. … Continue reading

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Meet Jeffrey Ma (at right on the photo), the ProTrade co-founder, and whose gambling life is the basis of the upcoming movie, 21.

ProTrade (Justin Wolfers was a ProTrade adviser at inception, but his name was later removed from their website.) Previously: The Jock Exchange: Wall Street is about to launch a new way to trade professional athletes the way you trade stocks.

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The Jock Exchange: Wall Street is about to launch a new way to trade professional athletes the way you trade stocks.

This Portfolio magazine piece has been linked to by Marginal Revolution, Freakonomics, and Andrew Sullivan at The Atlantic… on top of being brought to the public by the print edition of this new business magazine… … and there’s only 2 … Continue reading

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ProTrade co-founder Jeff Ma gives inklings.

ProTrade’s Jeff Ma: [...] The book Moneyball was a great inspiration for starting PROTRADE. Mike Kerns (who is the real brains behind the PROTRADE idea) and I both read Moneyball and felt it changed our lives. Conceptually PROTRADE began as … Continue reading

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ProTrade = The Jock Exchange, the first public stock market that trades in professional athletes??

Dominique Basulto, the extraordinary blogger who writes for Endless Innovation, sends me a couple of intriguing links. — New York Post (about Portfolio, the new business magazine I told you about on Sunday): [...] One of the more riveting pieces … Continue reading

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