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John Delaney’s OB — [RANT]

When I die, I want the doctor Pennock to write my ob. Then, I am sure only the good things will be highlighted. On InTrade: All the economists blogging about their prediction markets never mentioned the numerous disputes about the … Continue reading

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Did the prediction market industry fail because of the lack of usability of the prediction markets? — [REBUTTAL]

David Pennock: I like an analogy of Playstation versus Wii. Just like Wii opened up video gaming to a mass audience including women, I think there’s room for simpler/friendlier sites like smarkets that can open up gambling to a much … Continue reading

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Smarkets better than BetFair and InTrade

Smarkets now allows you to set your own odds in the format of your choice — percentages, fractions, decimals, or American odds. External Link: Smarkets

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They wonder what happened to TradeSports, they question Google, and Google sends them to Midas Oracle (and not InTrade or Overcoming Whatever) —because only Midas Oracle will tell them *the truth* about prediction markets.

Since November 2008: And “tradesports” is only one keyword… among thousands.

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Scrutinizing InTrade’s financial statement for 2008 — Part II

Jesse Livermore (a pseudo): More Intrade Financials I paid 7.50 euros to see Intrade’s full filings from 2008 at www.cro.ie. I’m not going to post them publicly, because they contain the names and addresses of everyone who owns shares in … Continue reading

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InTrade CEO John Delaney: “Midas Oracle is welcome to publish our financials. I am glad that bombastic gadfly did it.”

- The InTrade documents: – - – I have obscured the personal addresses of these 2 persons:

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InTrade recorded a loss after taxation of $799,253 in 2007–2008.

What is the future of InTrade? Comments are open. – - – I have obscured the personal addresses of these 2 persons:

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InTrade’s financials: Where is the note #12?

Our commenter: We would need to see note 12 to understand what happened to the Share Premium account. It appears that the December 31, 2007 balance of the P & L Account was applied against the Share Premium account. However, … Continue reading

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InTrade’s Accounts and Balance Sheets — 2007 and 2008

This material is available on: http://www.cro.ie/ . . – 2007 – - – 2008 – There might be a slight discrepancy between the accounts and the balance sheet. If you, too, spot it, then publish a comment just below, and … Continue reading

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Prediction Markets in India

Eric Zitzewitz (in the November 2008 edition of The Analyst, an Indian publication for financial analysts): I think the CFTC is likely to define a set of limits which, if followed, will subject a prediction [exchange] to CFTC regulation which … Continue reading

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