Convicted fraudster and right-hand man of Nigel Farage, George Cottrell bet $644k on the Clacton by-election.
This comes amid a parliamentary standards probe into Farage over undeclared financial support from Cottrell, and a Met investigation into Reform donations.
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I'm interested to see what comes of this. Will @Polymarket investigate this account? Probably not. Can this result in prosecution for Posh George? Probably not. Will anyone care? He ended up losing after all. 🤷♂️
The Financial Times just posted an article stating that Cottrell owned 2 Polymarket accounts that earned $15m on the 2024 US presidential election, including the GCottrell93 account.
Check it out.
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An international advisory body suspects match manipulation in the World Cup and has flagged suspicious Polymarket bets on the Cape Verde Vs Spain match in which a user turned $4.2m into $13.3m . This article doesn't paint the full picture and I'll break it down for you. 👇
NEW: An independent advisory group to FIFA's Integrity Task Force raised 7 notices relating to possible match manipulation from potential betting irregularities in World Cup. Estimated $240bn placed in bets, double that of 2022. More on @TheAthleticFC
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