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To: DogandPonyShow

You realize that these are people who are, essentially, gambling? These prediction markets follow the days news, not vice versa.


16 posted on 02/03/2008 12:14:01 AM PST by COgamer
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To: COgamer

You realize that these are people who are, essentially, gambling? These prediction markets follow the days news, not vice versa.


No, not true. they follow the overall trend and that is affected by daily happenings. McCain has the highest value in the history of this campaign season by a lot. People are putting their money on the line as to who they think is going to win based on their judgements of the current political scene.


24 posted on 02/03/2008 6:40:02 AM PST by DogandPonyShow (America, the Light of the World.)
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