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Fallon “Betfair Trial” Collapses
Mr Justice Forbes said today that Australian horse race expert Mr Murrihy in his witness statement had been critical of the riding in 13 of the races and that there was a prima facie case against the jockeys. However, he added:
Remarkably, it was only in cross-examination that the very significant limitations and shortcomings in [...]
GUARDIAN BLOGGER: BETFAIR SPIN-DOCTOR DOES NOT SAY THE TRUTH ABOUT SPORTS CORRUPTION.
Lawrence Donegan:
Odds-on liquidity showing interest in Scottish youth
Can it really be more than a month since Betfair’s Mark Davies appeared in print to reject the suggestion that the gambling boom is in any way responsible for the apparent increase in corruption in sport, by pointing out that dodgy dealing has been around since the days [...]
While TradeSports-InTrade’s growth seems slow, BetFair-TradeFair is poised to experience a formidable expansion in the coming years.
The Independent of Ireland:
Betting exchange Betfair is to steal a march on its rivals with the introduction of a new service which will boost liquidity and offer punters the chance to make bets at starting prices. Up to now, betting exchanges, such as Betfair, operated by matching bets on either side. But it will now [...]
InTrade expired the Larry Craig prediction market too early.
Scroll down the whole story and judge by yourself, folks.
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New York Times:
“As he stated on Saturday, Senator Craig intends to resign on Sept. 30,” Mr. [Dan Whiting, a spokesman for Mr. Craig] said in a statement. “However, he is fighting these charges, and should he be cleared before then, he may, and I emphasize may, [...]
BetFair has an anti-fraud team whereas InTrade-TradeSports has none.
That’s the chunk of truth that no US journalist or blogger or prediction market scholar will dare telling you.
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Czarek Sokolowski / AP
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The Los Angeles Times has a two-page investigation into the alleged corruption of that tennis game.
[...] In the room, it turns out, toil 40 people with 40 unusual jobs. They’re the “fraud team” and [...]
GOOD NEWS OF THE DAY: The 2006 Wall Street Journal news article on internal prediction markets is still FREE FOR ALL.
BUSINESS SOLUTIONS: How to Decide? Create a Market. – (free access – subscription) – (this time via Emile Servan-Schreiber of NewsFutures) – [internal prediction markets used by organizations] – by Wall Street Journal’s Michael Totty – 2006-06-19
“We believe the technology has a lot of potential,” says Christina LaComb, a computer scientist in General Electric Co.’s [...]
Things got so bad that NATO was invited to provide technical assistance to help shore up Estonia’s defenses.
A NATO spokesman had it right when he said that in the 21st century, it’s not just going to be about tanks and planes.
CNET News on cyber war and cyber terrorism.
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