noumenon@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days 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-square42linkfedilinkarrow-up1349arrow-down10
arrow-up1349arrow-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 · 10 days agomessage-square42linkfedilink
minus-squareTankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-210 days 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-up2·10 days agoIs it though? 30k is nothing to these people
minus-squareTankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-210 days 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-squareTankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 days 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.