[Future Useless Eater]

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[Just mythoughts]

Interesting! Maybe Hillry's been reading the Wall Street Journal again....

[VisualizeSmallerGovernment]

does anyone know if what they did is illegal?

Yes. McCain-Feingold is adamant about protecting the integrity of online gambling.

[CzarNicky]

Soros is now going completely insane he is making money for us!

[COEXERJ145]

We were discussing the market's moves last night.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1204463/posts

[dangus]

No, President George W. Bush made the largest screw-up in convention history when he appeared to announce that the war is unwinnable. That news will overshadow the entire convention, blowing the chance for a bounce to put us ahead. Folks, it just got a LOT tougher to win this race. Our guy just made Dukakis' death penalty quote look like the "city on a hill" speech.

[IMRight]

Billionaires can't "game" the IEM system. At least not more than any other guy willing to lose a buck.


The Iowa Elections markets limit total investment to $500 per user. So no amount of millions Soros may be willing to sacrifice can rig the system.

Now, anyone who's willing to lose a buck and sell a "Bush" contract for well below market value WILL record a sale. Obviously if I currently have to pay .55 for a Bush share and you offer it to me for .50, I'm going to buy it and make a quick profit. But any fool can do that if he's willing to throw a couple buck away. As you noted, it doesn't affect the overall numbers.

[delapaz]

relax, here are the last prices showing a 8 point spread in favor of Bush. The graph shows the closing price as of yesterday. yesterdays average price for Bush was much higher. And since today's average price is higher, Bush's stock is not crashing.

Symbol Bid Ask Last Low High Average
DEM04 0.455 0.463 0.460 0.453 0.500 0.464
REP04 0.542 0.546 0.546 0.540 0.548 0.542

[tpaine]

Wouldn't the $500 max betting limit on each account make it hard to manipulate the whole market?

[snooker]

Yes, Soros is gaming the system ... cheaper than TV ads which aren't working anymore.

[Petronski]

Meanwhile, here's the "04PresidentBush" contract from tradesports.com:

[Grampa Dave]

I'm sure that $orea$$'s gnomes are trying to rig any market sensitive data to make GW look bad or Putin on the otherside of the ponds.

One of these days Putin will tire of $oreA$$ and take care of the $oreA$$ problem.

[HamiltonJay]

In the real market this is called Pumping up the stock... it means nothing, but it does happen. Dems can try all they want to play with things like this, but the writing is on the wall... Kerry's toast.

[Paul_B]

Wow, it's based on the pop. vote. Will have to think twice before I get in.

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

Freepers know everything.

[familyop]

Yes, it's possible that a group or groups on the left did it en masse. If that was the case, it's doubtful that they'll get enough support with money to continue much of an anomaly, though. ...interesting.

[AFPhys]

use extreme caution with any type of trading instrument.

the smaller the number of trades and traders, the more susceptible it is to being scammed. the shorter the trading horizon, the more susceptible.

use caution if you have decided to place a bet in these.
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