Polymarket Paid Creators to Stage Fake Winning Bets

A report says Polymarket paid content creators and influencers to produce simulated winning bets on temporary websites designed to look like evidence of large payouts. Creators were allegedly paid to publish mockups and share them on social channels.

The sites displayed false bet outcomes and were presented as records of actual users winning significant sums rather than showing on-platform account activity or blockchain transactions.

The report describes the activity as a coordinated marketing campaign that used outside creators and short-lived sites. It did not specify payment amounts or provide a complete list of participating creators.

The allegations concern off-platform promotional material and do not target the platform’s trading engine or on-chain records. The report draws a distinction between verified trades on the platform and the staged mockups hosted on the dummy sites.

The report did not link the staged content to any measurable increase in user registrations or trading volume, and it did not provide precise dates for the campaigns.

Polymarket runs a cryptocurrency-based prediction market where users buy and sell positions on event outcomes, including political races, economic indicators and entertainment events. The report includes descriptions of how the dummy sites were structured and how creators presented the staged outcomes to their followers.