Intrade Initiative: Send them $100 and they'll list the Contract you want. Let's list Certifigate.

Intrade ^ | 5/2/09 | Intrade

[PuzzledInTX]

Anyone who's sane knows there's nothing to this certifigate nonesense. Only a tiny lunatic fringe would assign any value at all to it. I seriously doubt there's enough of them willing to risk capital to generate volume.

This statement, right there, tells me that this is a VERY good idea!

Methinks thou doth protest too much.

[curiosity]

This statement, right there, tells me that this is a VERY good idea!

Okay, then put your money where you mouth is, send intrade the $100 and start a contract. We'll see who's right.

[Kevmo]

Better than that... wait until I open the market and spend the $100 on whichever side you think will win you money.

[Kevmo]

I’m very disappointed. I sent in my $100 to have my contract listed and they declined to open it. They said that “We feel that such a market will not add value to the exchange.”

So I asked them... “I’m kinda surprised because the birth certificate issue is by far the item that brings the most web hits to your forum. I suppose there isn’t much I can do, though, since it is your exchange. Thanks.

What are the types of markets Intrade is looking for? What markets have y’all listed since this $100 thing was introduced? “

No response so far.

From: Kevin O’Malley
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 1:38 PM
To: press@intrade.com
Subject: Make a market

Hello Intrade:

I would like to fund $100 from my Intrade account to make a market around the Obama Birth Certificate issue.

Here’s how I’d like it worded:

The contract will expire 60 days from the date it starts. It will pay out at 100 if the website World Net Daily claims to have generated more than $149,999 in their “Where’s the Birth Certificate?” Billboard campaign, by that date given. Currently their claim is they’ve raised $50,000 in the first week, and money is not flowing in at the initial rate.

Media find eligibility billboard campaign irresistible
‘Where’s the birth certificate?’ effort covered by London Times
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=99301

best regards,

Kevin O’Malley

[Kevmo]

I think the reason why they never listed a CertifiGate contract and have declined to list it even now with a $100 deposit and the highest forum traffic over any other issue is simple self interest. They’re trying to kiss the rear end of the CFTC, which is now part of Obama’s Administration.

Per Andywend:
https://bb.intrade.com/intradeForum/posts/listByUser/1563.page;jsessionid=4A138491229D8A8F6D77B3C028EBAE57
I never said wagering at Intrade was 100% legal for U.S. residents. What I said is that Intrade has been trying to gain an exemption from the CFTC to gain 100% legal status and have been actively seeking this for quite some time.

Per Delphi:
https://bb.intrade.com/intradeForum/posts/listByUser/90/1598.page
General Discussions -> Tradesports is shutting down -> Go to message

I do hope that Intrade is on solid ground into the forseeable future. I have noted that the exchange has gotten increasingly regular mention in the American media as a gauge of likelihood for ongoing events. That can only help if they are again trying to get the CFTC to recognize them.

https://bb.intrade.com/intradeForum/posts/listByUser/90/1598.page

Mr. Delaney, it might inspire some confidence among users if you felt like divulging some of the projects you mentioned earlier that your staff is working on, that were put off till after the US Nov. election. Also, is there any move afoot to engage the incoming US government on a more solid legal recognition (and perhaps regulation by the CFTC)? When that 2006 law passed, both houses of Congress and the White House were controlled by conservatives and they are swept from power. I understand you have an ally in Rep. Barney Frank, and the religious right has lost a great deal of their previous leverage and (I hope) credibility. It’s been awhile since we’ve had an update on that front. Anything new?