Comments on: Smarkets raises second round for launch of social betting service http://eu.techcrunch.com/2009/04/27/smarkets-raises-second-round-for-launch-of-social-betting-service/ Tracking European web and mobile start-ups Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:01:36 +0000 hourly 1 By: mercato http://eu.techcrunch.com/2009/04/27/smarkets-raises-second-round-for-launch-of-social-betting-service/comment-page-1/#comment-545830 mercato Tue, 21 Jun 2011 09:11:00 +0000 http://uk.techcrunch.com/?p=4636#comment-545830 It's also probably cash to cover the huge marketing cost in this business.... It’s also probably cash to cover the huge marketing cost in this business….

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]]> By: canal+ http://eu.techcrunch.com/2009/04/27/smarkets-raises-second-round-for-launch-of-social-betting-service/comment-page-1/#comment-418303 canal+ Wed, 11 Aug 2010 08:49:04 +0000 http://uk.techcrunch.com/?p=4636#comment-418303 I don't know very much about their service but it seems it is quite innovating into the betting industry. But i am not sure if their is an API at your disposal. I don’t know very much about their service but it seems it is quite innovating into the betting industry. But i am not sure if their is an API at your disposal.

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]]> By: canalwin http://eu.techcrunch.com/2009/04/27/smarkets-raises-second-round-for-launch-of-social-betting-service/comment-page-1/#comment-416824 canalwin Fri, 06 Aug 2010 07:19:04 +0000 http://uk.techcrunch.com/?p=4636#comment-416824 This isn't very much money but it can be enough for the beginning if it is managed properly. This isn’t very much money but it can be enough for the beginning if it is managed properly.

]]> By: Rüdiger http://eu.techcrunch.com/2009/04/27/smarkets-raises-second-round-for-launch-of-social-betting-service/comment-page-1/#comment-400853 Rüdiger Sun, 04 Jul 2010 15:41:30 +0000 http://uk.techcrunch.com/?p=4636#comment-400853 The claim that Erlang "enabl[es] Smarkets to process thousands of bets per second" hasn't really been tested in real life. Their 1000th user to deposit only came on May 4, 2010, more than a year after this article was published. So unless ALL of their users are betting EVERY second, they probably see less load on their servers... Good luck to them, though! http://blog.smarkets.com/2010/05/04/smarkets-1000th-user-to-deposit/ The claim that Erlang “enabl[es] Smarkets to process thousands of bets per second” hasn’t really been tested in real life.

Their 1000th user to deposit only came on May 4, 2010, more than a year after this article was published. So unless ALL of their users are betting EVERY second, they probably see less load on their servers… Good luck to them, though!

http://blog.smarkets.com/2010/05/04/smarkets-1000th-user-to-deposit/

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