noumenon@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoA new Polymarket account bet $30K on Maduro's capture just hours before Trump's announcement, renewing questions on insider information in prediction marketswww.axios.comexternal-linkmessage-square44linkfedilinkarrow-up1162arrow-down10
arrow-up1162arrow-down1external-linkA new Polymarket account bet $30K on Maduro's capture just hours before Trump's announcement, renewing questions on insider information in prediction marketswww.axios.comnoumenon@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square44linkfedilink
minus-squareTankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-25 months agoThat’s a bold bet if Maduro escaped capture. But the fact that this bet got media attention after Maduro was captured means this is more like a brag.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoIs it though? 30k is nothing to these people
minus-squareTankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoWe don’t know who made the bet. But it is uncommon for ordinary people to make that huge of a bet. I heard of someone who lost his house after using it as collateral for stock trading.
That’s a bold bet if Maduro escaped capture. But the fact that this bet got media attention after Maduro was captured means this is more like a brag.
Is it though? 30k is nothing to these people
We don’t know who made the bet. But it is uncommon for ordinary people to make that huge of a bet. I heard of someone who lost his house after using it as collateral for stock trading.
That’s kind of my point