noumenon to World NewsEnglish · 4 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-square45linkfedilinkarrow-up1353arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]business
arrow-up1353arrow-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 to World NewsEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square45linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]business
minus-squareTankovayaDiviziyalinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-24 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-up2·4 months agoIs it though? 30k is nothing to these people
minus-squareTankovayaDiviziyalinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-24 months agoWe don’t know who made the bet. But it is not 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. Edit: a word
minus-squareTankovayaDiviziyalinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoI just realised my incorrect wording. I meant it is not uncommon for ordinary folks to bet their entire life savings and even home.
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 not 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.
Edit: a word
That’s kind of my point
I just realised my incorrect wording. I meant it is not uncommon for ordinary folks to bet their entire life savings and even home.