Comments on: Betting on tomorrow's news http://www.ojr.org/betting-on-tomorrows-news/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=betting-on-tomorrows-news Focusing on the future of digital journalism Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:43:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Noah Barron http://www.ojr.org/betting-on-tomorrows-news/#comment-749 Noah Barron Tue, 20 Mar 2007 00:24:13 +0000 http://www.ojr.org/?p=1292#comment-749 Likewise, one wonders if the predictions get better or worse, wilder or more conservative, if the players played with real money.

Got any cash riding on an NCAA basketball pool, Ryan?

]]> By: Ryan Rivera http://www.ojr.org/betting-on-tomorrows-news/#comment-748 Ryan Rivera Tue, 13 Mar 2007 02:41:58 +0000 http://www.ojr.org/?p=1292#comment-748 I wonder how successful the site would be if it only focused on “hard” news.

A look at the most popular topics (as of this moment) shows that only two of the ten most popular topics are trading on the “news” exchange. Five topics trade on the “sports” exchange, while three are trading on the “money” exchange.

As innovative as the site may claim to be, people are still most interested in the classic gambling arenas of sports and the financial markets.

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