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Building Exits into CFTC Regulation

Much of my draft paper, Private Prediction Markets and the Law, focuses on nuts-and-bolts fixes for the legal uncertainty that currently afflicts private prediction markets under U.S. law. I’ll say more about those in later posts to Agoraphilia and Midas … Continue reading

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Iowa Electronic Markets: only 3,000 speculators

Alan Boyle: Neumann estimates that 3,000 people or so [COULD BE LESS] use their online accounts for the presidential contract-trading. Pitiful. Ludicrous minute numbers for a prediction exchange that is on the scene since day one (1988). Laughable numbers. Ridiculous … Continue reading

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