For the community it's a game (with either real or fake money), but the predictions tend to be surprisingly accurate, given a few conditions are met. It can al

For the community it's a game (with either real or fake money), but the predictions tend to be surprisingly accurate, given a few conditions are met. It can also be used by large organisations in the decision making process (which is how I presume this could be funded), but I haven't heard of this actually happening in the wild. More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wisdom_of_Crowds http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wisdom_of_Crowds edit, better link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prediction_market http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prediction_market