InTrade Shutting Down

Had been hounded by an American regulator

Reason Staff | 3.10.2013 9:17 PM

Well-known online betting site InTrade is completely shutting down trading, according to a memo posted to its site. It's unclear if it will ever open again, as the language is rather opaque.

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fish_remote 12 years ago

Is Shreeky on suicide watch?
1. Jeff 12 years ago
  
  No. Who would want to stop that?
Sevo 12 years ago

The full article isn't much more help.
Two alternatives:
1) Not enough revenue
2) Gov't regs.
Well, maybe a third:
3) Someone internal has cleaned out the till.
#1 is hard to believe.
Jerry on the boat 12 years ago

Didn't see this one coming. If only there were a website were people could come together to predict future events ... we would have known then!
1. Sevo 12 years ago
  
  Jerry on the boat| 3.10.13 @ 10:00PM |#
  "Didn't see this one coming. If only there were a website were people could come together to predict future events ... we would have known then!"
  Yep. Kinda like the psychic who closed for 'unexpected reasons'...
SIV 12 years ago

First prediction markets.Now I fear for 3D printing and food trucks.
Free Society 12 years ago

Regulators killed Intrade and they shot all their dogs.
TheZeitgeist 12 years ago

Intrade's statement seems to indicate clearly they want to get going again, and the issues involve 'financial irregularities' that need to be investigated by Irish(?) banking authorities:

We are committed to reporting faithfully the status of things as they are clarified and hope you will bear with us as we do all we can to resume operations as promptly as possible.
John Galt 12 years ago

"Last November, the site was sued by the U.S. regulator the CFTC, and the site blocked all U.S.-based users."

Thank you billions, Obama administration! I don't know what I'd do if you maggots weren't saving me from me! Most un-transparent fascist administration in U.S. history. Yayyyy!!
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It's unclear if it will ever open again, http://www.shoxinfr.com/ as the language is rather opaque.
JeremyR 12 years ago

I was hoping it was that stupid day trading company. But I guess that is E-trade?

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