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How Polymarket Made Fake Bets Go Viral
22 minutes Posted Jul 6, 2026 at 9:00 pm.
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Hundreds of social media videos showed people hitting it big on Polymarket. But it turns out, none of it was real. WSJ’s Caitlin Ostroff and Katherine Long report on their investigation into a fake viral marketing campaign. Ryan Knutson hosts.
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