 InTrade, the Ireland-based betting site that allowed users to wager on everything from U.S. elections to the weather, suddenly ceased its operation on Sunday, citing (in a statement on its homepage) "circumstances recently discovered," that "may include financial irregularities."
– InTrade, the Ireland-based betting site on which you could wager on the presidential election and other non-sports events, abruptly shut down yesterday, AllThingsD reports. An official statement on the website cites possible "financial irregularities" that require it to cease operations, but does not give any details. The move, which may or may not be permanent, comes after InTrade already gave US-based users the boot, the Daily Intelligencer notes. They were kicked off after the Commodity Futures Trading Commission sued InTrade for securities and commodity trading violations last year.