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News prediction game Hubdub launches widgets

Hubdub - the gaming website where you bet Hubdub dollars on the outcome of news events - has developed two widgets, according to the site’s official blog.

The market widget features a graph, which shows how different outcomes have been backed by users over time and what their changing probability is.

The prediction widget on the other hand lets users record their own predictions - and how much they bet - ‘for posterity’. To get this widget, users will be given a link as they post a question.

Earlier this year Journalism.co.uk interviewed Hubdub founder Nigel Eccles, who spoke of a revenue strategy that will involve partnerships with media organisations and publishers. Offering widgets is a great way to start this sharing of content and - with added trackbacks - of driving traffic back to the Hubdub site.

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