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How Tim Geithner Can Guarantee a 43% Return on Your Money This Year

Keith Thomson | Posted 05.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Polls, Tom Delay, Jimmy the Greek, Money, Rick Wagoner, Al Franken, Ray Paulick, Minnesota, Barack Obama, Caroline Kennedy, Gambling, Andrew Cuomo, Gasoline Prices, Rod Blagojevich, Rahm Emanuel, Norm Coleman, Voter Turnout, Michael Steele, Internet Gambling, Kentucky, Hillary Clinton, Timothy Geithner, I Love You Man, Leon Panetta, Scooter Libby, Betfair, Intrade, Politics News
Keith Thomson

I asked one of America's foremost horse racing handicappers to take time out from the grandstand and bet on political outcomes. What's his line on Geithner?

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The Most Accurate Election Forecast? Hardcore Gamblers

Keith Thomson | Posted 12.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Polls, Internet Gambling, Gambling, 2008 Election, Voting, Election Forecast, Betfair, Election Gambling, Gamblers, Election Betting, Gambling Election, Election Results Forecast, Betting Election, Politics News
Keith Thomson

British bookmaking site Betfair had all 50 states right in 2004. As did rival site Intrade. As one gambler told me, "A pollster can still bill for an inaccurate poll. Bookmakers must make an accurate line or they lose -- period."

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Is The Media's Manipulation of Market News to Blame For The Current Market Meltdown?

Max Keiser | Posted 06.17.2008 | Business

Read More: Intrade, Iowa Electronic Market, Death of the Dollar, Peak Oil, Al Jazeera English, Market Manipulation, Rigged Markets, Hollywood Stock Exchange, Betfair, Business News
Max Keiser

Markets need transparency if benefits of the "invisible hand" are to be distributed to the widest section of the population. This interferes with the agenda of America's copyright, news monopolists and bankers who support them.

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