
Polymarket paid students for videos showing fake betting wins
- —1,105 videos reviewed; 70% showed bets on cloned Polymarket sites
- —Creators were paid $2,000–3,000 a month and told to keep the deal quiet
- —Claimed winnings of nearly $900,000 were fake; real result would be a $166,000 loss
- —Polymarket pledged a full review of its active ad content
Why it matters: The report damages the reputation of the largest prediction-market platform as rival Kalshi prepares for a 2027–2028 IPO.
Source: Cryptocurrency.tech