How much will Stand Up 2 Cancer Raise?
Between Ted Kennedy, Patrick Swayze, John McCain, and Christina Applegate, cancer has been in news a lot lately. Tonight, a telethon designed to turn the tide on cancer research will air across all the major networks. There are enough stars for an award show already lined up and more being announced daily. Past major telethons, such as the ones hosted after Katrina, have raised 30-40 million dollars whereas the past American Idol fundraiser garnered closer to 80 million. How much will this one raise? More
Settlement details:As reported by a major mainstream news source at least one week after the airing of the show to account for later donations.
| Less than 20 million |
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| 20 to 40 million |
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| 40 to 60 million |
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| 60 to 80 million |
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| 80 to 100 million |
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| More than 100 million |
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Comments: 3
Suspend date: Fri 5th Sep 2008 4pm PST
Settlement date: Thu 11th Sep 2008 3:46am PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Fri 5th Sep 2008 4pm PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled
Initial likelihoods: Less than 20 million: 5%, 20 to 40 million: 10%, 40 to 60 million: 20%, 60 to 80 million: 25%, 80 to 100 million: 20%, More than 100 million: 20%
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: LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A television celebrity fund-raiser aimed at accelerating research into the treatment of cancer has helped raise more than $100 million, organizers of the "Stand Up To Cancer" group said on Monday.
Cancer survivors Christina Applegate, Patrick Swayze, Sheryl Crowe, cyclist Lance Armstrong and dozens of other celebrities took part in the one-hour special shown simultaneously on three U.S. television networks on Friday.
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: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct=us/1-0&fp=48c9ba1bf9dfd8bb&ei=-gTJSLSJJKr6yASy4tnGBg&url=http%3A//www.suffolknewsherald.com/news/2008/sep/10/stand-cancer-success/&cid=0&sig2=lchtXz_QVv7Bl-8LckSELg&usg=AFQjCNHSVq5_x1Zsf4wBDQ1l69dlJpF95w 
Suspend date: Fri 5th Sep 2008 4pm PST
Settlement date: Thu 11th Sep 2008 3:46am PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Fri 5th Sep 2008 4pm PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled details 
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predicted 80 to 100 million (H$100 at 18%)
101airborne
predicted 20 to 40 million (H$20 at 14%)
bout3fitty
predicted 40 to 60 million (H$350 at 22%)
tomg
predicted 40 to 60 million (H$50 at 19%)Comments (3)
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