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Tag Archives: the Times
Tennis is not systematically nor institutionally corrupt. There is no evidence of a link to the Mafia.
Only 45 suspicious tennis matches out of the hundreds of thousands of matches played over the last five years. That’s peanuts. – Via Steve Roman Bloomberg New York Times The Times (of London) The Guardian – Previously: The Mark Davies … Continue reading
Has BetFair a little part of responsibility in the collapse of the Kieren Fallon trial (which cost British taxpayers £950,000)?
BetFair actively report betting that appears to them out of the ordinary. And, if any sport regulator has concerns, then BetFair provide them with additional information. BetFair, of course, has no say in whether a criminal offense has been committed, … Continue reading
Posted in Betting, Ethics, Exchanges & Markets, Regulations
Tagged Acting detective inspector, Australia, BBC, BetFair, British Police, chief, Crown Prosecution Service, Daily Mail, David O'Reilly, Fallon trial, GBP, horce racing, Kieren Fallon, lawyer, London, London Police, Mark Manning, media excerpts, Miles Rodgers, online betting exchanges, prediction markets, Ray Murrihy, senior detective, The Guardian, the Times, United Kingdom
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WORST THAN ELIOT SPITZER (if it were possible): Formula One boss, Max Mosley, had sado-masochist sex with 5 prostitutes, for 5 hours (!!), reenacting a concentration camp scene (!!) in which he played the role of both Nazi guard and inmate.
Here are the ugly photos. [UPDATE: Photos and videos have been taken down.] The associations representing the victims of the Nazi regime are all up in arms, as you may imagine. UPDATE #2: The Times of London says he should … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Exchanges & Markets, Market Liquidity, Market Prices & Probabilities
Tagged BetFair, Constructors Championship, Drivers Championship, Eliot Spitzer, Formula 1, Formula One, Germany, Kimi Raikkonen, Lewis Hamilton, London, Max Mosley, NASCAR, Nazi guard, Nazy, prediction markets, the Times, TradeSports
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TradeFair CEO’s career background
The Times (of London): An odd career move for Robin Osmond, who was head of JPMorgan’s corporate equity capital markets in Europe and has turned up as chief executive of Tradefair, Betfair’s spread-betting business. It might be taken as a … Continue reading
Amateur Journalists (Bloggers) Vs. Professional Journalists (Media) Vs. Wisdom Of Crowds & Collective Intelligence (Wikipedia)
And the wisdom of crowds won, of course. That’s the conclusion I draw from reading Rogers Cadenhead at WorkBench, who assessed what would be the settlement of the LongBets wager on: In a Google search of five keywords or phrases … Continue reading
Posted in All Best Posts Ever, Analysis (Accuracy & Precision), Betting, Collective Intelligence - Wisdom Of Crowds, Prediction Journalism
Tagged Amateur Journalists, Collective Intelligence, Dave Winer, Google, Iraq, Jason Kottke, LongBets, Martin Nisenholtz, media outlet ranks, New York Times, oil prices, Open Media, professional media, the New York Times, the Times, United States, USD, Virginia Tech, Vs. Wisdom Of Crowds & Collective Intelligence, Wikipedia, wisdom of crowds, Yahoo!
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Wikipedia edits by BetFair, TradeSports-InTrade and the Hollywood Stock Exchange
Wow, the Midas Oracle readers are fascinated by this story. It generated 105 pageviews (and 60 unique pageviews) since last Friday (we’re Tuesday morning) —in addition to our 800 daily readers. — — Actually, it is an incomplete story: #1. … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce, Resources - References
Tagged Adam, Adam Siegel, Central Intelligence Agency, David Perry, Emile Servan-Schreiber, Hollywood Stock Exchange, home-based Internet connection, media coverage, New York Times, prediction markets, the Times
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Australian farmers are chopping down thousands of trees every day in a dramatic protest against laws intended to curb Australia’s fast-rising greenhouse gas emissions.
Via the always well informed Max Keiser (the HSX co-founder), The Times of London: By the end of this week more than 128,000 trees could be lost in a single day. Ouch!…
Posted in The Global Economy
Tagged Australia, greenhouse-gas emissions, HSX co-founder, London, Max Keiser, the Times
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After EJSS’ France, George Tziralis’s Greece is under attack by the European Union for its monopoly on internet betting and gambling.
Niall O’Connor has it. The Times
Posted in Regulations
Tagged European Union, France, George Tziralis, Greece, Internet betting, Niall O'Connor, the Times
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