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How Todd Palin Can Make Millions. Now.

Keith Thomson | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Internet Gambling, Todd Palin, Konrad Zuse, Sarah Palin, Political Trading, Intrade, Political Betting, Politics News
Keith Thomson

Sarah Palin has the capability to manipulate the political betting markets and thus, is barred from betting on her future. If you are a member of Palin's family, however, you can play.

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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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Intrade: Geithner Odds Of Ouster Surging

Huffington Post | Julie Satow | Posted 04.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Geithner, Geithner Out, Timothy Geithner Treasury Secretary, Timothy Geithner, Intrade Geithner Odds, Geithner Odds, Tim Geithner, Geithner Ouster, Intrade, Business News

The odds-making firm Intrade has asked investors to bet on whether Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will leave his job before the end of this year....

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Who Could Have Predicted Hillary As Secretary Of State? Me.

James Boyce | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Intrade, Newsladder, Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State, Obama's Cabinet, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Eric Holder, Politics News
James Boyce

When the Secretary of State page went up on November 5th and the bets started to be laid down on Intrade, there was a large number, relatively, of initial bets placed on Hillary for Secretary of State.

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McCain Supporter Spends Hundreds Of Thousands To Distort Intrade Market

CQ Politics | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Intrade, Political Markets Intrade, Mccain Supporter Intrade, Mccain Obama Intrade, Intrade, Mccain Intrade, John McCain, John Mccain Intrade, Politics News

An internal investigation by the popular online market Intrade has revealed that a single investor's purchases prompted "unusual" price swings that si...

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Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Dow?

Max Keiser | Posted 11.06.2008 | Business

Read More: Obama, Intrade, 401k, Mccain, Palin, Prediction Markets, John McCain, Scare Tactics, Bill Ayers, Business News
Max Keiser

That's right, Americans are mad as hell and they aren't going to take it anymore.

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Market Says McCain is Bonkers, Not Bold

Max Keiser | Posted 10.27.2008 | Business

Read More: Mccain, Intrade, Prediction Markets, 2008 Presidential Race, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, George W. Bush, Henry Paulson, Congress, Ben Bernanke, Obama, Presidential Debates, David Letterman, Poll Numbers, Business News
Max Keiser

Is McCain experiencing a mere wave of panic selling? Can he rebound from 44? Time will tell, but so far traders don't seem to be buying McCain on this dip.

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October Surprise? How Are InTrade's Investors Positioning For an Osama Capture

Max Keiser | Posted 10.26.2008 | Business

Read More: October Surprise, Intrade, Prediction Markets, Terrorism, Osama Bin Laden, Business News
Max Keiser

Every time I turn on the news I see something going down at the Afghan-Pakistan border, so I'm thinking the October 2008 Surprise might just be a big one.

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Bull Market in Bailouts and President 08

Max Keiser | Posted 10.23.2008 | Business

Read More: Intrade, Mccain, Wall Street Crisis, 2008 Election, Economy, Barack Obama, Business News
Max Keiser

Changes of this velocity are unusual outside of the convention periods and the debates, especially in close elections.

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Why "Radio Silence" Can be a Good Thing in VP Selection

Steve Clemons | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Evan Bayh, Al Gore, Richard Gephardt, Veep, Joseph Biden, Michael Bloomberg, Christopher Dodd, Don't Ask Dont' Tell, Sam Nunn, Vice Presidential Selection, Kathleen Sebelius, Wesley Clark, Joe Biden, Intrade, Chuck Hagel, Barack Obama, William Cohen, Ed Rendell, Tom Daschle, Georgia, John Edwards, Russia, Vice President Nominee, Hillary Clinton, Tim Kaine, Barack Obama Running Mate, Barack Obama Vice President, Barack Obama VP, Obama Vice President, Obama Vp Pick, Obama VP, Biden Vice President, Joe Biden Vp, Obama Biden, Biden, Biden VP, Politics News
Steve Clemons

Be thankful for radio silence I guess when other candidates for VP like Daschle and Bayh are getting phone calls saying, "Sorry....but we look forward to working with you in many other ways in the coming years."

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'Prediction Markets' Indicate Chance of Iran Attack Rising

Max Keiser | Posted 07.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iran, Intrade, Bombs, Prediction Markets, Politics News
Max Keiser

Friday night in Paris, I was talking live to Tehran's Press TV about the betting-contract trading on InTrade.com; laying odds on if Bush, or someone else (Israel?) will Bomb Iran by December.

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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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