Anonymous writes
Could someone, perhaps a furriner, perhaps talk to the folks at casino.org and see if they would be willing to open a book on presidential election outcomes. Or perhaps organize something with an enterprising London/Moscow gambling house, preferably with fast IP feed, and constantly updated odds on the web.
None of this is necessary. The University of Iowa's Business School already has this sort of thing. They run a real-money futures market which currently has the following three markets: 1996 Presidential Election 1996 Republican Convention Nomination 1996 Colin Powell Nomination The URL is <URL:http://www.biz.uiowa.edu/iem/index.html> Just as an aside, the Republicans have been steadily losing ground over the last three months. The difference between the Republican coupon and the Clinton reelection coupon is about 1/2 cent, down from 10 cents or so a few months ago.