Forensic Weather Consultants

French Police are probing a Polymarket trader with username "xX25Xx" after a $119 bet netted them $21,398 the same day someone used a hair dryer to heat up a Paris Airport temperature sensor causing the high temperature to exceed the 64 degrees F threshold that day, triggering a huge payday. One has to wonder about the validation of other weather-related financial transactions that are based on weather observations, heating degree days, snowfall amounts, rainfall amounts, etc.

French police probe suspected weather device tampering after odd Polymarket bet The incident is the latest eyebrow-raising bet on Polymarket, as allegations of rigging and manipulation continue to haunt the popular prediction market site.