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US elections: Polls test mettle of prediction-trading sites

By Huw Richards

Published: December 11 2008 16:48 | Last updated: December 11 2008 16:48

Just how exciting was the 2008 US presidential election?

Excitement is hard to quantify, but Dublin-based prediction-trading website Intrade can demonstrate with numbers the intensity of worldwide interest as the contest came to its climax.

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