Tag Archives: Sports

Psychologist and economist George Loewenstein, Carnegie Mellon University, was an avid mountain climber “until I had kids and couldn’t tolerate the risk.” — [TAKEAWAYS]

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

- Mountainous Memoirs (PDF file): “[] in 1986, [] I almost killed my wife, Donna, on Mt. Assiniboine in the Canadian Rockies.” – George Loewenstein has extensively written about the motivation of mountain climbers and their appreciation of risk. – … Continue reading →

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Italian soccer story shows why over-focusing on betting is the wrong way to address potential corruption in sport. — [LINK]

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

Ex-BetFair Mark Davies.

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BetTornado is the first sports trading app for the iPad. –> It connects to BetFair though their API. — [SCREENSHOTS]

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

The iPad app is completely free and has no advertising. The app is available in the following countries: Australia, Bulgaria, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Malta, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden and … Continue reading →

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Ex-BetFair Mark Davies does not wear a tie anymore. – [VIDEO]

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

Ethics in sports: Mark Davies – ‘Good Governance in Sport’ from European Journalism Centre on Vimeo. orts

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Soccer match fixing in Turkey – [AUDIO]

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

Ex-BetFair Mark Davies‘s opinion is 4 minutes into the sound file.

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John Stossel on banned sport betting – [VIDEO]

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Chris F. Masse
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Jeremy Levine’s StarStreet on CNN – [VIDEO]

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

http://www.starstreetsports.com/ – “It is a game of skills, and not chance.” @JerLevine Best of luck to Jeremy Levine. StarStreet Trading Walk Through from Jeremy Levine on Vimeo.

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Cliff Lee’s shocking choice to take less money and join the Philadelphia Phillies surprised the InTrade traders, too.

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

- USA Today. – InTrade on Cliff Lee. – Here’s the InTrade chart for “other teams” (other than the Yankees, Rangers, Mets and Nationals): Via Jason Ruspini

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SportsRiskIndex to provide sports-based risk management products to sports-related businesses

Posted on November 20, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

White Paper

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Sports Risk Index would allow you to hedge risks on sport prediction markets.

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

The patent. The latest developments. (audio) I am skeptical, since the US Congress has just outlawed movie prediction markets, but I wish good luck to Chris Rabelais et al. Maybe the political scene will be different next year, who knows. … Continue reading →

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