There is a market for sites like this, just look at intrade (RIP). If the site is not profitable with only NZ traders maybe they should make it a bit easier for overseas traders to deposit and withdraw money (e.g. by Paypal). There is huge potential for this site if it can draw an international market.by maxb - New Stock Ideas
We're all cashed up now after new year, excellent time to launch new contracts.by maxb - New Stock Ideas
The last fix before 1 Jan was 31 Dec AM, which was 1199.25 (MID).by maxb - Closure requests
Yes, Greek election stocks for the various parties and a specific stock on Greece to leave the eurozone before 2016 would be good.by maxb - New Stock Ideas
... as should numerous other contracts when the admins get back to work.by maxb - Closure requests
Could have stocks on whether Porirua, Lower Hutt, Upper Hutt, Kapiti, Wairarapa will hold referendums, and whether they will join Wellington as part of a supercity before 2017.by maxb - New Stock Ideas
I wish the admins were more pro-active with the closures, they shouldn't really need prompting most of the time.by maxb - Closure requests
Any particular reason these haven't been closed yet?by maxb - Closure requests
Generally overseas markets like betfair will be a good indication of what stocks should be offered for Dem and Rep nominee.by maxb - New Stock Ideas
There used to be contracts paying out according to % on opinion polls... these are more attractive than long term contracts for the election day, given that the final payout is not hugely different than the price paid.by maxb - New Stock Ideas
I'm guessing the "dear leader" is more or less a monarch. Only way he can permanently depart from office is if he dies or is deposed.by maxb - Closure requests
I'm shorting this one. He should put his resources into community work, not hopeless court cases.by maxb - New Stock Ideas
Hone's asked for a recount, but nothing's going to shif the closing price of this stock more than a few hundredths of a cent.by maxb - Closure requests
Close at 0.7790 (not a very popular stock so nobody's going to care much about that 4th decimal place).by maxb - Closure requests
I think it's a bit odd that ipredict has started paying out on cabinet posts but not on the PM.by maxb - Closure requests
The intent of the contract is clear enough, so it should close at $1by maxb - Closure requests
ipredict can't run sports-related stocks (and yes, chess *is* a sport). Try betfair:by maxb - New Stock Ideas
ipredict, it would be good if someone could pay these out on Saturday when they are announced.by maxb - Closure requests
I guess the wording is going to be revised for future contracts of this type.by maxb - Closure requests
"The Market Provider's decision under clause 7.10 (including its interpretation of the Rules and its findings of fact in applying them) will be final. By accepting these terms and conditions you waive your right to seek other remedies (to the maximum extent permitted by law)."by maxb - Closure requests
"Permanent" is the operative word here. Cunliffe's resignation is not "widely understood to be permanent"; he is in fact seeking a fresh mandate from his party.by maxb - Closure requests
When the stock was launched it was considered highly unlikely that Shearer would be the next leader. "OTHMP" could be translated as "Shearer", "OTHER" as "Nash".by maxb - General
The admins understand that we're keen to cash in, but they're also very paranoid about getting things wrong with a premature settlement. There's still almost 300,000 special votes to process. By the way ES.2014.GREEN.0 is safe to close.by maxb - Closure requests