The Age · Business / Companies

‘Hairdryer used to trick weather sensor’ to win $47,600 prediction market bet

· By James Titcomb
Story summary

French police are investigating suspicions that a hairdryer may have been used to tamper with official weather readings to make thousands of dollars in Polymarket bets.

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