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New site has users wager on news stories
- mattmaroon 19y ago"Eccles figures most people who like to bet on events are more interested in the bragging rights of being right than in actually winning money." Eccles must not know any gamblers. Without money there are no bragging rights. You can bet on the news for actual money on Intrade, which already has trouble resolving some wagers properly.
- bayareaguy 19y agoI'm sure http://www.longbets.org/2 http://www.longbets.org/2 seemed reasonable when it was made but not that it's 2008 it's not so clear. Who gets to choose the keywords?
- bayareaguy 19y agoHeh. Looks like they finally got around to making a decision. The blogs won. http://blog.longnow.org/2008/02/01/decision-blogs-vs-new-york-times http://blog.longnow.org/2008/02/01/decision-blogs-vs-new-yor...