Source: BroBible
Summary
Prediction markets have expanded to include bets on various events, including the weather. A recent incident in France involved a Polymarket user who may have manipulated a weather station’s temperature reading to win a bet. The user, with the handle “xX25Xx”, wagered $119 that the temperature would exceed 18°C and won $21,398 after a suspicious spike in temperature was recorded. An investigation is underway to determine if the user used a heat source, such as a hair dryer, to alter the reading.
Our Reading
The habit gets a new name.
Manipulating the weather, one bet at a time. Polymarket’s prediction markets have made it possible to wager on anything, including the temperature. And, apparently, some people are willing to take extreme measures to win. A hair dryer, a lighter, or some other heat source – the possibilities are endless. The question is, how far will people go to win a bet?
Weather manipulation: the new frontier in cheating.
Author: Evan Null
