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Reverse engineering of a nasty BetFair rumor that made rounds on Midas Oracle and elsewhere

- The Sporting Exchange (BetFair-TradeFair) is a gaming company that operates on many countries. It would happen, occasionally, that one country’s laws would allow fixed-odds bookmakers —but not betting exchanges. BetFair would still want to operate in that country –as … Continue reading

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2006 North Korea Missile prediction market: a scandal signed TradeSports-InTrade

Did BetFair mess the expiry of the 2006 US Senate prediction markets?… UK blogger Mike Smithson thinks so. Anybody who had money on last November’s US MidTerms Senate market with Betfair will know what happens when the rules are not … Continue reading

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From: Intrade Help — Subject: Sportsbook Contracts

From: Intrade Help — Subject: Sportsbook Contracts Dear Sir, Thank you for trading contracts we have listed on which major sportsbook will be next to leave the US market. As you know these contracts were brought over to Intrade after … Continue reading

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Please cash out the sportsbook contracts

… pleads one TradeSports-InTrader trader. Bet cris stopped taking USD customers so it is the winner. Another tricky contract expiry issue. See my own assesment: InTrade-TradeSports – Next Major Sportsbook to Withdraw from US

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InTrade-TradeSports – Next Major Sportsbook to Withdraw from US

Another contract expiry debate. InTrade-TradeSports – Next Major Sportsbook to Withdraw from US: These contracts will be expired based on who of the listed Sportsbooks will be next to stop accepting US customers (before 11:59:59pm ET on December 31st 2007. … Continue reading

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