About Knew The News, the online news prediction game

What exactly is Knew The News? What is its intend?

Site

Knew The News, the news prediction game site. Players trade virtual money on future events to compete with fellow players on several leadboards representing their individual expertise on topics as politics, sports, business, entertainment, science and technology. Founded 2010, the free online game is set to become self-organizing. Both the site contents as well as the game mechanisms and rules are part of the community efforts, making Knew The News an outstanding site in its area.

Game play

User create and publish questions asking for the outcome of future events. Members make predictions on the outcome of the event using virtual money, buying and selling positions on the options available in the question.

For more information please take the Tour and read the Rules.

Background

Neither software, website nor the operator of the website follow any commercial goals. None of the user generated content, nor personal information is shared with or sold to third parties. Knew The News is free to use.

The software running Knew The News is developed by a single software developer in his spare time.

In assistance to the developer, some members on the site take care of their associated categories as they will keep an eye on submitted questions and will settle them, additionally they will publish questions themselves regularly. To get to know them, please have a look at the Team.

Special credit goes to Mick Thompson for giving the site a great look. Thanks!

For more information about the usage of the site, please read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy pages, or contact Knew The News in one of the ways detailed on the Contact page. Please also note the Frequently Asked Questions.