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Nobel Peace Prize embroiled in betting scandal: Probe launched after outsider beat Trump [View all]
Nobel Peace Prize embroiled in betting scandal: Probe launched after outsider beat Trumphttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15182077/Nobel-Peace-Prize-betting-scandal-probe-launched-complete-unknown-beat-Trump.html
The Nobel Peace Prize has become mired in scandal after suspicious bets were placed before a longshot was announced as the winner.
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado was an obscure candidate just 12 hours before she was announced as winner on Friday.
Her victory stunned the world after Donald Trump secured a peace deal in Gaza, ending a two-year war that has killed more than 70,000 people.
Machado had just a 5 percent chance of claiming victory, according to prediction market Polymarket.
But then a buying spree, from a newly created account '6741', rocketed her chances to 70 percent. That trader made more than $50,000 in profit.
Another, 'GayPride,' also got in on the action, placing a series of bets after Machado's chances had shot up and earned more than $85,000, Polymarket data shows.
A third, 'dirtycup', wagered around $70,000 just hours before the prize was announced, earning $30,000.
'We take this very seriously,' Kristian Berg Harpviken, director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, told Bloomberg. 'It seems we have been prey to a criminal actor who wants to earn money on our information.'
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Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado was an obscure candidate just 12 hours before she was announced as winner on Friday.
Her victory stunned the world after Donald Trump secured a peace deal in Gaza, ending a two-year war that has killed more than 70,000 people.
Machado had just a 5 percent chance of claiming victory, according to prediction market Polymarket.
But then a buying spree, from a newly created account '6741', rocketed her chances to 70 percent. That trader made more than $50,000 in profit.
Another, 'GayPride,' also got in on the action, placing a series of bets after Machado's chances had shot up and earned more than $85,000, Polymarket data shows.
A third, 'dirtycup', wagered around $70,000 just hours before the prize was announced, earning $30,000.
'We take this very seriously,' Kristian Berg Harpviken, director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, told Bloomberg. 'It seems we have been prey to a criminal actor who wants to earn money on our information.'
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