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A Wall Street Journal investigation found Polymarket paid dozens of creators over $2,000 and up to $3,000 monthly to post videos showing fake profitable bets on its platform. College student George Makihara appeared in content claiming wins totaling nearly $410,000 between January and mid-May 2026 while public blockchain data showed no such trades occurred. The company built password-protected copies of its website under domains like poiymarket.com to simulate markets for filming staged wagers that never existed on the live platform.
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