Earlier this week, Suzanne Cosgrove wrote about the Commodity Futures Trading
Commission's decision to prohibit Congressional Control
Contracts, which it described as "cash-settled, binary
(yes/no) contracts based on the question: “Will
Some especially mnemonistic readers will recall this blog post from a decade ago discussing the overlap among wagering, insurance, bucketing and the securities laws.
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