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So now that intrade and Nate Silver are gone... (Original Post) DanTex Feb 2014 OP
Nate's not gone Proud Public Servant Feb 2014 #1
I thought Nate Silver was going to do sports stuff instead of politics. DanTex Feb 2014 #2
NOPE ESPN is his sugar daddy, but... Adrahil Feb 2014 #6
My understanding Proud Public Servant Feb 2014 #7
what happened to Intrade? hlthe2b Feb 2014 #3
I think the CFTC finally got them for being an unregulated derivatives trading exchange. DanTex Feb 2014 #4
So if they made intradecoin, they'd be ok? bananas Feb 2014 #10
LOL. I think the real problem is that they weren't enough of a threat to the global economy. DanTex Feb 2014 #11
Dang it... responded to wrong post. NT Adrahil Feb 2014 #5
"The Fall Of Intrade And The Business Of Betting On Real Life" PoliticAverse Feb 2014 #12
The Iowa Electronic Markets PoliticAverse Feb 2014 #8
Cool, thanks. DanTex Feb 2014 #9

Proud Public Servant

(2,097 posts)
1. Nate's not gone
Mon Feb 24, 2014, 01:14 PM
Feb 2014

He's putting a new site together. I suspect it will be up well before November. Since that doesn't help you right now, though, I'd note that Pollster.com seems to be trying to do the aggregator thing, but I have no idea how solid their model is.

DanTex

(20,709 posts)
2. I thought Nate Silver was going to do sports stuff instead of politics.
Mon Feb 24, 2014, 01:19 PM
Feb 2014

Do you know if he changed is mind, or is he doing both, or was I just misinformed?

 

Adrahil

(13,340 posts)
6. NOPE ESPN is his sugar daddy, but...
Mon Feb 24, 2014, 01:28 PM
Feb 2014

... he's actually expanding to cover all kinds of stuff INCLUDING politics. C'mon, politics MADE him, he ain't leaving it.

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/

Proud Public Servant

(2,097 posts)
7. My understanding
Mon Feb 24, 2014, 01:32 PM
Feb 2014

Is that ESPN bought Nate and the Fivethirtyeight brand, but that his new site will do sports, politics, and other data-driven analyses. It'll be more a case of Nate expanding ESPN than ESPN constraining Nate.

DanTex

(20,709 posts)
4. I think the CFTC finally got them for being an unregulated derivatives trading exchange.
Mon Feb 24, 2014, 01:26 PM
Feb 2014

That forced them to not be able to have US customers, which sunk them.

DanTex

(20,709 posts)
11. LOL. I think the real problem is that they weren't enough of a threat to the global economy.
Mon Feb 24, 2014, 03:21 PM
Feb 2014

If some bank had decided to bet 80 billion dollars on intrade futures and then package those bets into AAA rated bonds so that some hedge fund could sell them short, intrade would be getting a government subsidy by now.

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)
8. The Iowa Electronic Markets
Mon Feb 24, 2014, 02:50 PM
Feb 2014

A research project of the university of Iowa...

http://tippie.uiowa.edu/iem/markets/

You can even 'put your money where your mouth is' as participation in the IEM is legal for US residents.

DanTex

(20,709 posts)
9. Cool, thanks.
Mon Feb 24, 2014, 02:57 PM
Feb 2014

I don't have too much interest in putting my money where my mouth is, though. It might spoil my illusion that I'm always right about everything...

Although I did make a little from Intrade by betting on Obama in 2008.

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