During the 2003-2004 National Football League season, the play-money predictions of NewsFutures were systematically compared to the real-money predictions of TradeSports (now Intrade) and found to be just as accurate.
In the 2003-2004 NFL season, the speculative projections made by NewsFutures were scrutinized against the real-money bets placed by TradeSports (now Intrade), revealing that both approaches yielded similar accuracy levels.