French police investigate hairdryer tampering of weather sensor linked to Polymarket betting scheme
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Summary
French police are investigating potential tampering with a weather sensor at Paris's Charles de Gaulle airport, where a hairdryer may have been used to artificially spike temperature readings. This manipulation allegedly allowed gamblers on Polymarket, a prediction market platform, to win large sums by betting on unlikely weather patterns. The temperature sensor readings, which Météo-France relies on, spiked unexpectedly twice in the past month, coinciding with suspicious betting activity.
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Temperature readings at Paris's Charles de Gaulle airport have unexpectedly spiked twice in the last month, reaching levels much higher than expected.
On both days, gamblers on Polymarket, the world's biggest prediction market, appear to have made huge sums by betting on unlikely weather patterns.
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