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October 01, 2012, 05:15:55 AM
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http://www.intrade.com/v4/markets/contract/?contractId=743474

I think this has to do with that recent statistics company announcing their odds for Obama in the recent issue of Wired: 65 to 35.
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October 01, 2012, 07:45:45 AM
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only 65% at betsofbitco.in

now how to go about using arbitrage here?  Smiley

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October 02, 2012, 02:37:02 PM
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only 65% at betsofbitco.in

now how to go about using arbitrage here?  Smiley

You could bet 10 btc on Obama on betsofbitcoin and $125 on Romney on intrade. Then if Romney wins, you get $500 but lose the 10 btc, or if Obama wins you get 15 btc and lose the $125.

There is some currency risk. If the price of bitcoin goes up past $50 (say to $51) and Romney wins, then you will have lost $510 in bitcoins, so you lost money. But I doubt we will hit $50 by November and if we did, this bet wouldn't matter. On the other side, if the price went down to under 8.33 (say 8.22), then you will win $123.3, but lose $125. I also kind of think this is unlikely, but is in the realm of possibility.

One note, though, I'm not sure how the betsofbitcoin time value thing works, and since it's a book, the more you put into it, the more you will even the odds, so this plan isn't fully without risk.
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