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Socially valuable betting (based on accountable predictions) has long been legal in America, professor Hanson. — [AWARENESS]

Robin Hanson: A track record tech must be combined with a social equilibrium that punishes those with poor records, and thus encourages rivals and victims to collect and report records. The lesson I take for forecast accuracy is that it … Continue reading

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There is an apetite for socially valuable predictions and forecasts, out there.

That post had no original content. Just the republication of the HubDub prediction market charts. (I will update that post with new links to InTrade and IEM.) P.S.: I will show you the InTrade charts, later on. But as you … Continue reading

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I did drop BetFair from the Midas Oracle coverage of the prediction markets. They should re-establish the direct links, from their 2 frontpages, to the prediction markets on politics, finance, and the other socially valuable issues.

- – So, I won’t blog anymore on BetFair (other than re-publishing up this post) till they fix their 2 frontpages and put back the direct links to the prediction markets on politics, finance, and the other socially valuable issues. … Continue reading

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I dropped BetFair from the Midas Oracle coverage of the prediction markets. They should re-establish the direct links, from their 2 frontpages, to the prediction markets on politics, finance, and the other socially valuable issues.

- – So, I won’t blog anymore on BetFair (other than re-publishing up this post) till they fix their 2 frontpages and put back the direct links to the prediction markets on politics, finance, and the other socially valuable issues. … Continue reading

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I am dropping BetFair from the Midas Oracle coverage of the prediction markets —until they re-establish the direct links, from their 2 frontpages, to the prediction markets on politics, finance, and the other socially valuable issues.

- – So, this is my last post on BetFair till they fix their 2 frontpages and put back the direct links to the prediction markets on politics, finance, and the other socially valuable issues. – APPENDIX: Here’s my July … Continue reading

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Chris Masse’s pragmatism

Supporting the development of big, for-profit, generalist prediction exchanges (which get most of their revenues from sports prediction markets); Asking the biggest prediction exchanges to organize socially valuable prediction markets. – Don’t you rate me as a “pragmatist”, doc? -

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CFTC Oversight May Not be a Boon.

I want to quibble with one of Dave Pennock’s comments on the CFTC request. Pennock wrote “It’s not often that an industry in its infancy cries out for more government oversight.” It’s actually quite common. The term in the economics … Continue reading

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