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Polymarket paid creators to stage fake winning bets on dummy sites: WSJ

The Block Published 21.06.2026 22:42

The Journal reviewed more than 1,100 videos and found none of the roughly $1.9 million in bets shown in influencer-produced hype videos were real.

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