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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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CFTC: 3-2 in favor of approval of movie contracts -SO FAR.
John Stossel – Gambling in America – [VIDEO]
Part 4 is about prediction markets and InTrade.
Part 4 is about InTrade’-s prediction markets:
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.
Iowa Electronic Marketss George Neumann on InTrade prediction markets for Lloyd Blankfein resignation: it’s in bad taste.
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.