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Greg Casar: “16 [accounts] made $100,000 [betting on the Iran war].”

Featuring: Greg Casar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 35

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Congressman Greg Casar discusses The CPC's New Affordability Agenda at CFA's Consumer Assembly

Published | Video Starts at 07:25

On the day before the Iran war, 150 accounts placed highly unusual bets on polymarket, saying that the war was going to start the next day. Over 100 of these accounts made $10,000 betting on the war. 16 [accounts] made $100,000 [betting on the Iran war]. One person made about half a million dollars. And it's not just the war. From the super bowl to the Oscars, people place huge bets on stuff that a small number of people know about in advance. (07:25–07:27)

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Asserts that 16 accounts made $100,000 each from betting on the Iran war.

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