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CFTC Requests Public Input on Possible Regulation of “Event Contracts” —a.k.a. event derivative markets, event futures markets, betting markets, bet markets, prediction markets

Via professor Eric Zitzewitz of Dartmouth (one of the top 5 economists studying prediction markets), the CFTC: Release: 5493-08 For Release: May 1, 2008 CFTC Requests Public Input on Possible Regulation of “Event Contracts” Washington, DC – The Commodity Futures … Continue reading

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