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– NYT
– WSJ
– AP
– CNBC
– AFP
BREAKING: The CFTC approves MDEXs real-money prediction markets on movie box office.
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John Stossel – Gambling in America – [VIDEO]
Part 4 is about prediction markets and InTrade.
Part 4 is about InTrade’-s prediction markets:
CFTC: 3-2 in favor of approval of movie contracts -SO FAR.
Hollywood clashed with Wall Street on Wednesday at a government hearing about the potential sale of futures contracts linked to box office receipts of major motion pictures.
ZateTrade Prediction Market
The CFTC plans to hold a public hearing next week to examine the growing controversy surrounding a plan by two firms to offer futures contracts tied to box-office receipts.
Every investment in film is gambling.
A Case for Movie Futures –- by Buzz Potamkin, former studio executive and producer, in the biz for 40+ years, now a consultant
Felix Salmons hastily written NYT Op-Ed about the Cantor Exchange and MDEX
Watch the US House video instead. You will have more facts and more arguments.
Max Keiser: Cantor Exchange and Media Derivatives Exchange would be an insiders/traderss paradise.
Max Keiser –- 12:00 into (17,000 views already):
I disagree with Max that a prediction market quote can change perceptions that much.