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Author: PucksFool 🐝  😊 😞
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Subject: Polymarket fraud
Date: 04/23/26 7:07 PM
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Oh surely not.

https://www.npr.org/2026/04/23/nx-s1-5797876/polym...

A hair dryer? A lighter? A lucky coincidence?

Authorities in France are investigating possible tampering with a weather monitoring device at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris after an unusual temperature spike was recorded around the same time a Polymarket trader cashed in.

An anonymous trader with the username "xX25Xx" has drawn scrutiny from analysts and fellow traders on Polymarket, where people can bet on things like a city's top temperature and other real-world events.

The trader bet $119 that the weather in Paris on April 15 would jump past the equivalent of 64 degrees Fahrenheit, and weather enthusiasts online noticed a sudden spike in temperature on that day. Thanks to the sudden rise in temperature, the trader netted $21,398 in profit.

When local meteorologists ruled out that the temperature anomaly had happened naturally, the Polymarket trader deleted their account.

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