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Cantor Gaming

Posted on December 26, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

Cantor Gaming @ NYT.

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YooPick = an innovation in spread betting markets

Posted on October 1, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

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Justin Wolfers et al. showed us evidence last year that NBA referees tend to call less fouls on players of their own ethnicity –and that this could influence the outcome of games. They have now turned their attention to the ability of the betting markets to exploit this inefficiency.

Posted on May 1, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

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Not enough profit opportunities in prediction markets?

Posted on January 6, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Robin “High IQ” Hanson: (Don’t bother to complain such a market might pay terrorists to do it – they could make far far more money from such an act trading in existing financial markets.) Coming from one of the co-inventors … Continue reading →

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Binary Betting + Spread Betting

Posted on December 7, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Here are two short Financial Times articles, for our British readers: Binary Betting Spread Betting I am not sure you, guys/gals, are able to access these articles for free. If that’s not the case, let me know.

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