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Leighton Vaughan Williams

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Professor Leighton Vaughan Williams is Professor of Economics and Finance, Director of the Betting Research Unit and Director of the Political Forecasting Unit at Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University. His key research interests include sports and political betting and forecasting and the uses of prediction markets for corporate, political, election and other event forecasting. He specializes in the business and economics of gambling and in political and election analysis.

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Romney and Ryan: Can They Turn Things Around?

(0) Comments | Posted 17 September 2012 | (01:09)

With less than eight weeks until election day, is it too late for Romney and Ryan to recover? It is a question which Republican sympathisers are starting to ask openly.

What is the evidence? First port of call is the betting markets, which show the President a handy favourite,...

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The Culture, Media and Sport Committee's Report: a Bet Worth Taking?

(0) Comments | Posted 31 July 2012 | (17:23)

The cross-party Commons Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee has now published its much anticipated report examining the way in which gambling is and should be regulated in the UK, under the title, The Gambling Act 2005: A Bet Worth Taking?

In short, the Committee recommends that any local authority...

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