Terrorism Futures Trading (again)

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http://www.tradesports.com/

Sorry, I can't link to the specific page. When you get to page one, look at the column on the right. You can bet on:

Saddam Hussein's capture date

DARPA Admiral Poindexter to remain on payroll

U.S. Presidential Election Democratic Nominee (Kerry ahead)

Box in middle of page it Today's Favorites:
Columns are labeled: Symbol, Bid, Asked, Last, Volume, Change

Today's Highlights

FTSE.DAYAUG01.HIGHER Expired at 0 227 -35
DOW.DAYAUG01.HIGHER Expired at 0 1436 -51
[e-mail] 37 41 46 666 -14
[e-mail] 31 99 72 457 +12
[e-mail] 49 53 50 132 +1
RUGBY.WCUP.ENGLAND 26.9 28.6 27.8 2133 0
ACC.VIRGINIA 9.0 13.0 12.0 380 0
NCAA.OKLAHOMA 13.0 14.9 14.5 610 0
NFL.BUCCANEERS 11.0 11.5 11.0 42.0k 0
GOV.CA.DAVIS.SEP03 91 98 91 649 0
WMD.IRAQ.SEP03 22 27 27 2743 +7
DEM.2004.KERRY 31 33 33 22.3k 0

Note Gov. Gray Davis third from bottom in today's highlights.

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1. Same table in "betting screen" format:

Today's Highlights Bet Against Bet On
Click any symbol to bet $USD Odds Odds $USD

[e-mail] $1260 -170
+144 $820

[e-mail] $7 -223
-9900 $50

[e-mail] $3137 -104
-113 $3026

RUGBY.WCUP.ENGLAND $7310.0 -272
+250 $2860.0

ACC.VIRGINIA $910.0 -1011
+669 $364.0

NCAA.OKLAHOMA $4358.7 -669
+571 $149.0

NFL.BUCCANEERS $329.3 -809
+770 $2090.7

GOV.CA.DAVIS.SEP03 $90 +1011
-4900 $980

WMD.IRAQ.SEP03 $390 -355
+270 $43

DEM.2004.KERRY $2056 -223
+203 $20

Too messy to straighten out. Kerry indicates:
US$2,056 Bet Against, Odds are -223.
US$20 Bet On, Odds are +203

Go look at this website. Some are "terra" related, some are political, some are sports.

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2. DARPA contract:

DARPA Contract

Dublin, Jul. 30 (TradeSports) -- Tradesports has opened a new 0-100 proposition contract on Admiral Poindexter remaining on the Defense Advance Research Projects Agency(DARPA) payroll by August 31st 2003.

This contract can be found under Current Events>Pentagon.

The contract will expire at 100 if Admiral Pointexter is still officially on the DARPA payroll by 11:59pm ET on the specific date. The contract will expire at 0 if for any reason (eg retirement) Admiral Poindexter is not on the DARPA payroll at this time.

Tradesports will expire the contracts based on any official US Government/Pentagon announcement and crossed checked in 3 reliable independant media sources.

(Again, there is no direct link. You must click buttons on page one to get to these things.)

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3. Gray Davis contracts:

Gray Davis, CA. Gov

Dublin, Jul. 2 (TradeSports) -- Tradesports has listed new contracts on the current Governor of California, Gray Davis.

GOV.CA.DAVIS.SEP03 Gray Davis to be Governor of California on Sep 30 2003

GOV.CA.DAVIS.DEC03 Gray Davis to be Governor of California on Dec 31 2003

GOV.CA.DAVIS.MAR04 Gray Davis to be Governor of California on Mar 31 2004

Each contract will expire at 100 if Gray Davis is the governor of California on 11:59pm EST on the specific date. The contract will expire at 0 should Gray Davis (for any reason) not be the Governor of California at this time.

Tradesports will expire the contracts based on an official announcement and cross checked in 3 reliable independant media sources.

See Contract Rules 12.1 and 12.2 for further details.

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Among the top ten traded contracts are Kerry, Lieberman, and H. Clinton.

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4. Terra Alert Levels, Osama Bin Laden, WMD, etc.

Some of the "current events":

Homeland Security US
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Security Alert Level August 2003

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Security Alert Level September 2003

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Security Alert Level December 2003

Intl Events

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Osama Bin Laden Conclusion

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Iraq and Weapons of Mass Destruction

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Saddam Hussein Conclusion

Pentagon

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Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency