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Why don't you just pay $1 betting the movie will make more than $1M, and if the movie makes $150M you make $149?

Am I reading this article wrong?]]>Mar 12th 2010 8:43AMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/03/11/cantor-exchange-lets-movie-buffs-bet-on-box-office-success/http://www.switched.com/2010/03/11/cantor-exchange-lets-movie-buffs-bet-on-box-office-success/
If you get $100 worth of shares and the movie does 50% better than what you bought your shares for, (as in the example above) you just made $50.

If you follow the same formula with only $1, of course you would only make 50 cents.]]>Mar 13th 2010 2:50PM