Polymarket Paid Creators to Film Fake $1.9M Bets on Dummy Sites, WSJ Finds

According to a Wall Street Journal investigation published Saturday, Polymarket paid social media creators to film fake bets on replica websites. The Journal reviewed 1,105 videos posted between December 2025 and mid-May, with roughly 70% featuring bets worth approximately $1.9 million in total. None of the wagers were real. In one instance, creators celebrated nearly $900,000 in fabricated winnings across 118 videos on dummy sites including the misspelled URL "poiymarket.com." Creators received $2,000 to $3,000 monthly and were instructed not to disclose the paid arrangement. The clips generated over 140 million views across TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram, primarily targeting U.S. users despite Polymarket's 2022 regulatory ban on serving Americans.
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