Their CTO (Hunter Morris) is the first to present in the video. Watch out for his slide on casual and social betting.
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External Link: Smarkets
The French government will ask internet gambling operators accessing the French market to turn over:
…- unless they fork over “-in between 52,000 euros and 215,000 euros”- for a 5-year period.
Is that regulation or extortion? 
Can I choose my style of odds?
We show percentage odds by default, but you can select the odds display of your choice from the top of every page. We offer American, fractional, decimal and percentage odds. Because we allow fans to set their own odds you may see some strange looking fractional or American odds, we recommend percentage odds as we think they are the most flexible and readable choice.
Does anybody (in Great Britain or elsewhere) disagree with that? Explain your view in the comments.
I do agree with Smarkets.
I have been browsing thru the excellent Smarkets prediction markets on soccer (a.k.a. association football). You have 3 possibilities for betting:
– the home team wins-
– the home team loses-
– there is a draw.
The soccer rules (which allow for a draw) make me uncomfortable for betting on the outcome of a match. How can you assess the probability of a draw? I don’-t get it. The Soccer Federation (FIFA) should get rid of “-draws”- in soccer. As for forecasting and betting, it is annoying.
I am told that vedrete.it is similar to nostradamical.com, with a stricter method, though: