Place your bets: Futures market on Dean dropping out before Super Tue.

[ShaneGR]

I thought people would enjoy this site:

http://us.newsfutures.com/market/market.html?symbol=PSTDEANY

[Bertha Venation]

1. Jesus Christ.... do these people bet on

whether the third pitch to the first batter in bottom of the fourth inning of the April 23, 2009 game between the Red Sox & the Yankees will be a ball or a strike?!

[ShaneGR]

2. Actually, it's all a simulation

You get 2000 to buy stock in future outcomes. For example, I bought shares of "Bush will lose in 2004" for 51 a share today. So, if Bush keeps plummetting I can sell them and make a profit.

All of the share prices are based on recent polling. So if someone had bought up a bunch of Kerry stocks 6 weeks ago, well, you know.

[Bertha Venation]

3. Simulation?

Like playing gin rummy for matchsticks instead of cash?

I am clueless.... please enlighten me if you care to. Thanks.

[aldian159]

4. Probably.

I was waiting for my buffalo wings at Hooters for the super bowl and the guy in front of me bet like 8 people whether the coin toss would be heads or tails. He said heads and lost.