Tag Archives: The Hollywood Stock Exchange

HISTORY: Prediction Markets Timeline

For an updated version of this document, see the “paged” Prediction Markets Timeline. – CHRONOLOGY & HISTORY: Prediction Markets Timeline – Feel free to post a comment or contact me, and I’ll correct or add a factoid. Thanks. – #1. … Continue reading

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How the Hollywood Stock Exchange and the other betting exchanges encourage event derivative traders to continually check back and trade further

Prediction market consultant Jed Christiansen: [...] The Hollywood Stock Exchange has gone to the other side of the spectrum. They stake each trader with $2,000,000. A standard MovieStock is priced between $20 and $200, with default purchase options of 1000 … Continue reading

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Debunking HSX Alex Costakis’ conspiracy theory

#1. There’s a story covering Inkling Markets and (not extensively) the corporate prediction markets in the Chicago Tribune. Here’s an interesting excerpt: In the real world, the reason people use markets is to make money. If an outcome is accurately … Continue reading

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