{"id":2458,"date":"2026-06-21T14:27:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T14:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=2458"},"modified":"2026-06-21T14:27:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T14:27:19","slug":"polymarket-fake-viral-video-bets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=2458","title":{"rendered":"Polymarket paid creators to post fake videos of themselves placing and winning bets."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/business\/media\/polymarket-social-media-bets-prediction-market-441cdeb5\"><em>Wall Street Journal<\/em><\/a> investigation, Polymarket has been paying people to film themselves placing fake bets and celebrating fake wins on social media. <em>WSJ<\/em> identified over 1,100 deceptive clips and talked to creators who, despite not stating as such in their videos, confirmed the company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/policy\/943986\/polymarkets-cmo-sent-thousands-to-influencers-like-nick-shirley-and-riley-gaines\">paid them to create the clips<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The videos posted on social media look legit at first, but there are subtle clues that betray them as fraudulent. For instance, when examined closely, one clip shows someone visiting \u201cpoiymarket.com\u201d rather than polymarket.com. According to the <em>Journal\u2019s<\/em> investigation, none of the bets placed in the over 1,100 videos it reviewed were real. In 118 videos, the creators were shown reacting to winning bets totaling almost $900,000. But in reality, those bets would have lost $166,000.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Since the <em>Journal<\/em> started asking questions, many creators have scrubbed the videos from their accounts, and Polymarket has taken down sites like \u201cpoiymarket\u201d which were used as part of the ploy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/953285\/polymarket-fake-viral-video-bets\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a Wall Street Journal investigation, Polymarket has been paying people to film themselves placing fake bets and celebrating fake wins on social media. WSJ identified over 1,100 deceptive clips and talked to creators who, despite not stating as such in their videos, confirmed the company paid them to create the clips. 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