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Futuur’s prediction market makes forecasting into a game

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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  • 2 min

Futuur is announcing a prediction market that is equal parts a forecasting tool, a virtual wagering platform, and a game.

The Rio de Janeiro, Brazil-based company taps the “wisdom of crowds,” or using crowdsourcing to arrive at the best predictions. The company is launching an app and web site allowing anyone access to a forecasting platform and game built on the principles of prediction markets, which emphasize collective intelligence.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.