https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/polymarket-s-viral-videos-showed-people-winning-big-but-the-bets-were-fakeContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/polymarket-s-viral-videos-showed-people-winning-big-but-the-bets-were-fakehttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/polymarket-s-viral-videos-showed-people-winning-big-but-the-bets-were-fake#u21270Thu, 02 Jul 2026 10:41:34 +0000Polymarket faces a lawsuit and regulatory scrutiny following reports of staged bets in social media videos. Bipartisan senators are demanding a federal probe into the company's marketing practices. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is being urged to investigate the platform.What's confirmed:Bipartisan senators have called for a federal probe into Polymarket's deceptive marketing.Regulators are currently investigating the prediction market.Polymarket is facing a lawsuit regarding its social media advertisements.Still unconfirmed:The company used 1,100 or more videos to promote https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/polymarket-s-viral-videos-showed-people-winning-big-but-the-bets-were-fakehttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/polymarket-s-viral-videos-showed-people-winning-big-but-the-bets-were-fake#u15210Sat, 27 Jun 2026 03:32:30 +0000Polymarket has launched an internal probe after a Wall Street Journal investigation alleged the company paid creators to post deceptive videos. These videos featured fake trades on cloned websites to lure U.S. users with simulated big wins. Some content showed winnings of up to $100,000 on bets that would have actually lost money.What's confirmed:Polymarket paid content creators to produce videos of fake trades showing large financial gains.The deceptive videos were filmed on clone websites that were near-perfect copies of Polymarket.Polymarket launched a probe after the Wall Street Journal re