Fake Polymarket winnings

If you’re in the right pocket demographic of a short-form video algorithm, you might have seen someone place a large bet on Polymarket that looked like a big payout. The problem: it might have just been a staged marketing campaign by Polymarket to boost numbers. The Wall Street Journal investigated the practice through publicly available videos and data.

They found a staging website created by Polymarket, “winnings” that would’ve been losses if they happened in real-time, and a familiar format across thousands of videos.

Put the fake videos on top of most people losing money, your best bet is probably to avoid Polymarket entirely.