So as to get participants to take a more diligent attitude to these "trades," the founders had to jump through bureaucratic hoops to get authorization for players to use real money (with the amount that any one player can invest restricted to a range of US $ 5-500). Playing with real money, it was thought, would get people to throw themselves more diligently into this new activity.
為了促使參與者以更認真的心態看待「交易」，他們還排除萬難，向州政府申請通過讓玩家得以使用現金買賣（每人「投資」金額限制在 5 ~ 500 美元內），投入這個全新型態的預測市場。