Polymarket refuses to pay bettors who wagered US would ‘invade’ Venezuela
Polymarket, the world’s largest online prediction market, ruled that last weekend’s US military operation did not count as an “invasion."
Last updated: 2026-01-07 18:45:28 ET
Polymarket, the world’s largest online prediction market, ruled that last weekend’s US military operation did not count as an “invasion."
Just hours before news broke of the operation to capture Nicolás Maduro, an anonymous user placed a bet that Maduro would be out of power in Venezuel...
A Polymarket bettor won a huge online bet placed hours before Nicolás Maduro was captured in Venezuela. CBS News' Jo Ling Kent reports.
The ousting of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro yielded some speculators a big payday on prediction markets, with one bettor winning a whopping $400,000 as a result of the dictator’s capture and removal. One newly created account on the predict...