noumenon@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 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-square41fedilinkarrow-up1350arrow-down10
arrow-up1350arrow-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 · 3 days agomessage-square41fedilink
minus-squareTankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-23 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-up1·3 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.
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.