Tag Archives: regulation

Online gambling regulation: players two, casinos nil. And about time, too.

Posted on April 2, 2010 by Caruso

Online gambling regulators are not usually much to write home about as far as player protection goes. For the most part, they do little more than lie down and wait for their collective tummies to be tickled by the operators … Continue reading →

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The CFTC takes a necessary step toward sorting out its role with respect to prediction markets.

Posted on May 10, 2008 by Michael Giberson

As noted here in multiple posts over the past few days, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is thinking about prediction markets. Last week it released a “Concept Release on the Appropriate Regulatory Treatment of Event Contracts” and invited public … Continue reading →

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Five Reasons the Prediction Market Critics Are Wrong.

Posted on January 10, 2008 by Steve Roman

1. It really was an upset – As it has been pointed out elsewhere, the Clinton victory was a surprise to everyone. Favorites can lose. But so what? Ordinarily, that’s not a market flaw or a reason to doubt the … Continue reading →

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