Via Medemi (109 comments on their thread, and still growing), BetFair (PDF file): 3 August 2007 Integrity in Sports Betting Issues Paper Consultation Co-ordinator Gambling Commission Victoria Square House Victoria Square Birmingham B2 4BP Dear Sir/Madam, INTEGRITY IN SPORTS BETTING … Continue reading
The Sydney Morning Herald: However, observers suggest Mr Packer’-s expanding casino empire has presented issues difficult to reconcile with Scientologist beliefs. Scientology’-s founder, the science fiction author L. Ron Hubbard, denounced gambling. “-An obsessive gambler is a psychotic just like … Continue reading
– No good. Nicolas Sarkozy has become the most unpopular French president ever —-primarily due to his personal behavior. France’s public finances deteriorated in 2007, hovering close to the Maastricht 3% mark. Public spending (54% of gross domestic product) is … Continue reading
ABC 20/20 featuring InTrade on May 9, 2008 —- 10:00 pm ET Foretelling the Future: Online Prediction Markets —- (4 pages in all) Now Intrade is more than just a place where people win or lose money making bets. It … Continue reading
– Lawrence O’-Donnell (a leftist journalist –-but a good one, whom I appreciate): A senior campaign official and Clinton confidante has told me that there will be a Democratic nominee by June 15. […] Yes, Clinton spokespersons publicly seem to … Continue reading
George Tziralis should have refined a bit the statement he made in the first video below —-statement which I have slightly modified in the title above. We need inputs from the primary, advanced indicators, the experts, and the prediction markets. … Continue reading
Question. UPDATE: Rebuttal + More info on Ruby on Rails. – Previous blog posts by Chris F. Masse: Become “friend” with me on Google E-Mail so as to share feed items with me within Google Reader. Nigel Eccles’ flawed “vision” … Continue reading
– Cross-Linker by Jan Hvizdak Write the words InTrade or BetFair in your post, and the plugin will automatically add the appropriate web links. Of course, the plugin won’-t mess with your already, manually embedded links. Generally speaking, it won’-t … Continue reading
Considering that he is the #2 researcher in our field, that he issued bold statements on the use of market-generated predictions by journalists (”-2020″-), that the WSJ is the premier business publication, then that’-s bad omen for prediction market journalism … Continue reading
BetFair Corporate (PDF file): 21st April 2008 BETFAIR WINS SECOND QUEEN’S AWARD FOR ENTERPRISE Online betting company recognised for International Trade BETFAIR, the UK’s biggest online betting company, is proud to announce that it has won its second Queen’s Award … Continue reading
