Monday, Jun 7, 2010
The next Swedish general election is scheduled for 19 Sep 2010. Intrade has listed a market for who will become Prime Minister of Sweden in that election.
This market can be found under Politics > Swedish Politics.
This market is open for suggestions, so if you want someone added please send your suggestion to help@intrade.com.
Contract Rules:
A contract will settle (expire) at 100 ($10.00) if the individual named in the contract becomes Prime Minister of Sweden in the next general election.
The contract will settle (expire) at 0 ($0.00) if the individual named in the contract does not become Prime Minister of Sweden in the next general election.
Expiry will be based on who is sworn in as Prime Minister, as reported by three independent and reliable media sources.
This market is not linked to allow cross-margining of positions. You will be margined individually on each position, long or short.
In the event of the death of one of the candidates all contracts in the group will be paused and expired at the last closing price set for each contract. A new market will then be listed for the remaining candidates.
Due to the nature of this contract please also see Contract Rule 1.7 Unforeseen Circumstances.
The Exchange reserves the right to invoke Contract Rule 1.8 (Time Protection) if deemed
appropriate.
Any changes to the result after the contract has expired will not be taken into account - Exchange
Rule 1.4
Please contact the exchange by emailing help@intrade.com if you have any questions or
uncertainty regarding this contract or interpretation of these contract specific rules, related
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