{"id":18344,"date":"2024-11-05T17:11:35","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T15:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/polymarket-users-wager-millions-on-trump-and-harris-victories\/"},"modified":"2024-11-05T17:11:35","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T15:11:35","slug":"polymarket-users-wager-millions-on-trump-and-harris-victories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/polymarket-users-wager-millions-on-trump-and-harris-victories\/","title":{"rendered":"Polymarket Users Wager Millions on Trump and Harris Victories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the U.S. presidential election approaches, bets on the prediction platform Polymarket for various candidates have surged significantly.<\/p>\n<p>One user has wagered over $15 million on Donald Trump&#8217;s victory, with a potential payout of $24.7 million.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This guy bet $15 million on Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Will he come out ahead? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DlzTcnQ1kP\">pic.twitter.com\/DlzTcnQ1kP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Polymarket (@Polymarket) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Polymarket\/status\/1853548202664095803?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 4, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Another trader has placed a $5 million bet on Kamala Harris, with a potential return of $10.8 million.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This trader bet $5 million on Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n<p>What do they know? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/v6YEXPTrIL\">pic.twitter.com\/v6YEXPTrIL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Polymarket (@Polymarket) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Polymarket\/status\/1853576355402661985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 4, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Jim Cramer, the host of Mad Money known for his &#8220;contrarian&#8221; forecasts, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2024\/11\/04\/cramer-says-mondays-action-suggests-some-anticipate-a-harris-win.html?taid=67295c5e2ae0eb0001fc4a1d&#038;utm_campaign=trueanthem&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_source=twitter%7Cmain\">believes<\/a> Kamala Harris will win the election, &#8220;after analyzing the actions of Wall Street traders.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At the time of writing, 61.7% of Polymarket users <a href=\"https:\/\/polymarket.com\/event\/presidential-election-winner-2024\">are convinced<\/a> of a Trump victory, while Harris has 38.5% support.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the likelihood of the election results being announced tomorrow stands at just 23%.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There&#8217;s only a 23% chance the election will be called tomorrow. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cDNm3wDoFJ\">pic.twitter.com\/cDNm3wDoFJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Polymarket (@Polymarket) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Polymarket\/status\/1853583466811601403?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 4, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Previously, the CEO of Polymarket emphasized the platform&#8217;s nonpartisan stance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the U.S. presidential election approaches, bets on the prediction platform Polymarket for various candidates have surged significantly. One user has wagered over $15 million on Donald Trump&#8217;s victory, with a potential payout of $24.7 million. This guy bet $15 million on Trump. Will he come out ahead? pic.twitter.com\/DlzTcnQ1kP \u2014 Polymarket (@Polymarket) November 4, 2024 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18343,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[991,1280,1638,1148,1595,26],"class_list":["post-18344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-donald-trump","tag-elections","tag-kamala-harris","tag-polymarket","tag-prediction-markets","tag-usa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"21","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}