New Site, Hubdub Has Users Wager on News Stories
| January 28, 2008 |  View for printing |
Nigel Eccles, a news junkie and former online betting site employee, wanted to try pursuing both interests at once.
Thus was born Hubdub http://www.hubdub.com - a new Web site Eccles and three colleagues in Edinburgh, Scotland, assembled - where customers will bet for fun, not money, on the outcomes of real news stories.
The site launches Monday as an influential technology conference gets under way in Palm Desert, Calif. - where Eccles plans to try drumming up support from investors.
Here's how it will work. After signing up, you'll receive 1,000 "Hubdub dollars," play money that works only on the site. You can look at stories about, say, whether Gregg Williams will be named the next head coach of the Washington Redskins or who will win the Florida Republican primary.
By SETH SUTEL AP Business Writer
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