Stragellan BV announces Lebanon Prediction Market

Through a user-friendly online interface, the market provides an opportunity for even beginning traders to leverage their knowledge of Lebanon in a real-time market with real earning potential.

Stragellan BV gives every trader the point equivalent of €100 to invest in the Lebanon Prediction Market. Traders will be rewarded for profits at cash value, and losses never cost traders their own money. Put simply, the Stragellan Lebanon prediction market offers participants great potential for gain, with no risk of loss.

Current market categories include the 2009 general election, domestic security, external conflict, and economic indicators. New categories will be added as events or trader-driven interests provoke. Stragellan hopes to solicit from its trader participants ideas for additional issues of interest that may be traded in the market.

The market is also intended to serve as an inter-active web-space for constructive dialogue and debate over the issues being traded. Stragellan invites all traders to participate in comment forums connected to the individual contracts. Web space for posting relevant news and media commentary is also available to participants.

Stragellan invites those with an interest in the Lebanese socio-political and economic arenas to visit the market at http://lebanon.intrade.com and register to trade. Interested but non-participating parties may visit the site to view the latest market forecasts.