Fake Winners, Real Money: How Polymarket’s Marketing Sold the Illusion of Easy Profit
TLDR The Polymarket marketing scandal sold an appealing fiction: ordinary people could turn a few confident predictions into easy money. The reported campaign used simulated bets, invented wins and paid distribution to make that story convincing. The ugliness is the unequal bargain: the promoter could perform success without the advertised risk, while anyone copying the…