How Massive Pro-Donald Trump Wagers Are Tilting Polymarket the Site Elon Musk Touts as Proof He’ll Win

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>A betting market which is being touted by Donald Trump’s supporters as proof that he will win the election has been manipulated by multi-million dollar wagers to make him appear certain of victory, experts are warning.

>Polymarket has become a viral phenomenon for showing high “percentage chances” of Trump winning, leading to it being widely quoted on X and elsewhere to show that a race which polls suggest is deadlocked is in fact extremely likely to go his way.

>It currently says he has a 61.9 per cent chance of beating Vice President Kamala Harris.

>Among those talking it up is Elon Musk, who has claimed the online market is more accurate than political polls and boosted it on his X account. Another is Joe Kernen, the conservative-leaning CNBC Squawk Box co-host who has repeatedly referenced it on air and on X.

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