Over at MidasOracle.org the word is that Chicago won’t have the Olympics in 2016, despite the predictions of a number of well known prediction markets.
"The Chicago candidacy, which was favored by the prediction markets ...is the one that fared the worst."
"The prediction markets are not able to forecast which country will get the Olympics. The IOC is a close aristocratic group that does not leak information. Hence, it is not possible to aggregate information." (emphasis in original)
I guess President Obama also thought that Chicago had a good chance.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
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Felix links to a Sabernoics post that refutes MO's story. The fact that Chicago was eliminated first is a red herring.
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