Sunday, Irish betting site InTrade announced on its website that all trading was being halted. The language is very ominous. It's unclear if there will ever be trading again. The site was ...

The popular however inevitably controversial online betting site InTrade shut down abruptly on Sunday, citing an ongoing investigation and casting skepticism on Irish law in a vaguely worded statement ...

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WASHINGTON U.S. regulators on Monday sued Intrade, the online prediction market that gained popularity as an informal oddsmaker for the presidential election, saying it illegally let customers bet on ...

Economists love prediction markets like Intrade. But the U.S. government has long been skeptical of such sites. Is it time for that change? That question popped up again this week after federal ...

Can the power of markets help us predict the balance of power? Yes - if the federal government does not forbid it. Just as people wanted to know where Hurricane Sandy would hit, or how flu vaccines ...

UPDATE: Intrade announced Monday evening that it would be closing its site to U.S. bettors due to "legal and regulatory pressures." Current customers have until Dec. 23 to close out existing ...

Intrade.com is no more. At least for the foreseeable future. Although, given what’s happened during the last few months, it seems unlikely that the site will ever reclaim its former position as the ...