How a mystery French trader won $49 million betting on Donald Trump
A French trader made $49 million after betting on the website Polymarket that Donald Trump would romp to victory in the US election. The trader, known only as ‘Theo’, bet that Trump would prevail in all the swing states and win the popular vote.
A French gambler’s $50m of bets inflated Trump’s odds - and is threatening democracy
Funded by billionaire Trump supporter Peter Thiel, Polymarket is forecasting a landslide for the Republican candidate. But some fear the massively inflated odds will be used by the Republican candidate as evidence that the election was stolen,
The 'whale' placing huge bets on a Trump win is a French national with extensive trading experience
Polymarket said it found no evidence of manipulation and that the trader was "taking a directional position based on personal views of the election."
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France's gambling regulator said on Thursday it was examining whether Polymarket, the platform where a French trader placed a successful multi-million dollar bet on Donald Trump winning the U.S. presidential election,
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