Tag Archives: U.K.’s Casino Advisory Panel

2016 Summer Olympics in Chicago: Prediction Markets, anyone??

Posted on April 18, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Next: Chicago won’t have the Olympics in 2016. Next: The Chicago candidacy, which was favored by the prediction markets (and gullible bettors like Ben Shannon), is the one that fared the worst. Next: Why an analyst should assess each newly … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis (Accuracy & Precision), Analysis (Market Proposals), Analysis (Meta), Exchanges & Markets, Market Expiry, Market Prices & Probabilities | Tagged 2016 Summer Olympics, accuracy, Bet, bets, betting markets, Bill Barnhart, Chicago, Chicago Tribune, David Perry, event derivative markets, International Olympic Committee, InTrade, IOC, London, Manchester, Olympics, Paris, prediction markets, Russell Andersson, Thomas Rietz, U.K.'s Casino Advisory Panel, United Kingdom, University of Chicago Law School | 1 Comment

17 New British Casinos

Posted on January 30, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Via Betting Market, the U.K. government: After careful consideration of the proposals and all the relevant evidence against the remitted criteria, the Panel recommend that the area in which a regional casino should be licensed is the City of Manchester. … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis (Accuracy & Precision), Analysis (Meta), Exchanges & Markets, Market Expiry | Tagged 2012 Olympics, Bath, International Olympic Committee, Kingston, Leeds, London, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Paris, Scarborough, Solihull, Southampton, Stonehenge, Swansea, Torbay, U.K. government, U.K.'s Casino Advisory Panel, United Kingdom, Wolverhampton | 1 Comment