In today’s entertainment business, the video game market is a multi-billion dollar industry. With over 75% of American households owning video games, the call to make a bigger and better video game is growing rapidly.
This November, Microsoft revealed its ‘Xbox 360′, the first of the next generation consoles to hit the market. The demand was so high that all units were sold out by Nov. 23, the day after launch. With no more units to ship until March of 2006, Sony is in a very good position to release it’s next generation console, the ‘Playstation 3′ early next year.
This prediction states that Sony will beat out its top competitor, Microsoft, in total profit on console sales (of PS3 compared to Xbox 360) in 2006. The arbitration date may be changed to accommodate accurate market reports.
100 shares of this prediction [symbol: PS3-XBOX-102] are available for purchase on the PublicGyan exchange at an initial price of 50 moolers each, following Dutch rules.
Shivraj Patil will not be the Union Home Minister, at the end of March 2006. He will either be moved to another portfolio, or will resign from Cabinet, or be sacked altogether.
The prediction will return false if Mr. Patil is the Home Minister on April 1, 2006. The decision will be based on reports appearing in the Indian Express.
If the event occurs before the arbitration date, if can be closed earlier, if brough to the notice of the moderators.
100 shares of this prediction [symbol: PATIL-100] are available for purchase on the PublicGyan exchange at an initial price of 40 moolers each, following Dutch rules.
Pramod Mahajan, the suave & moderate second generation leader of BJP, is currently a general secretary of India’s right-wing Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party. As L K Advani steps down as President of the party at the end of 2005, he along with other BJP leaders such as Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj, Bal Apte etc. are in the running for the President’s post.
The prediction would come true if Pramod Mahajan becomes the President of BJP before the end of December 31st, 2006. The prediction comes true even if he is appointed “Executive President”, “Working President” etc., but not if he is “Vice-President”.
The prediction also comes true if there is a split in the party and the faction he heads is called BJP or BJP(A), BJP (C) etc. but not if he is a leader of a faction which does not get the parent party’s name.
This prediction can be closed earlier if the news is bought to the attention of the moderators.
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The Financial Express reports that India’s GDP registered a growth of 8% for the period July-September 2005 and as a result, the IN-GDP-805 prediction is judged as TRUE and returns 100 moolers per share.
The prediction started with an IPO of 50 moolers per share and just before arbitration, it was trading at 90 moolers per share.
This prediction states that John Edwards, the former Senator from North Carolina and running mate of John Kerry will win the nomination of the Democratic Party to run for President of United States.
The prediction will return false if he is not nominated. The decision will be based on reports appearing in The New York Times.
In case the nomination process takes more time to yield a result, the arbitration date will be extended as needed. If the event occurs before the arbitration date, if can be closed earlier, if brough to the notice of the moderators.
100 shares of this prediction [symbol: EDWARDS-92] are available for purchase on the PublicGyan exchange at an initial price of 50 moolers each, following Dutch rules.
This prediction states that before the arbitration date either a simple majority of the US House of Representatives will vote to impeach Mr. George W. Bush or he will resign from office. Note that it is not necessary for the Senate to convict Mr. Bush for this claim to be true. Online reports carried by CNN and BBC websites will be used as the basis for judging the claim.
Background: George W. Bush is the 43rd President of the United States. He was sworn into office on January 20, 2001, re-elected on November 2, 2004, and sworn in for a second term on January 20, 2005. However his approval ratings have been nose-diving for some time now. Questions are being asked about the conduct of several of his administration\’s key officials. The war on Iraq, Supreme Court nomination debacle etc. have added to the problems facing George W. Bush.
A slightly old, but still relevant article explaning the impeachment procedure can be found at the BBC website.
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