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An exciting day to launch a new prediction market, when Trump announces he's caught Covid and Betfair has to suspend their presidential election odds market....
by lacker 6y ago
An exciting day to launch a new prediction market, when Trump announces he's caught Covid and Betfair has to suspend their presidential election odds market....
- joosters 6y agoIt's odd, isn't it, many US posters here seem to think prediction markets are new and exciting, yet seem unaware of non-US sites like that Betfair, which has been hosting real-money betting markets on politics for well over a decade. Their 'next US president' market already has over £100 million matched. (And Mike Pence betting on a 999/1 -> 39/1 plunge, presumably an over-reaction to the COVID news prior to the market being suspended!)