French police are investigating possible tampering with a weather monitoring device at Paris’s Charles de Gaulle airport, after a Polymarket trader made thousands of dollars due to unusual temperature rises.
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<\/p>\n Riccardo Milani\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n A hair dryer? a lighter? A lucky coincidence?<\/p>\n Authorities in France are investigating possible tampering with weather monitoring equipment at Paris’ Charles de Gaulle airport after an unusual rise in temperatures was recorded around the same time a Polymarket trader lost money.<\/p>\n An anonymous trader with the username \u201cxX25Xx\u201d has vetted analysts and fellow traders on Polymarket, where people can bet on things like city peak temperatures and other real-world events.<\/p>\n The trader bet $119 that the weather in Paris would reach as high as 64 degrees Fahrenheit on April 15, and weather enthusiasts noticed a sudden increase in temperatures that day. Due to the sudden increase in temperature, the trader made a profit of $21,398.<\/p>\n Polymarket trader’s bets before deleting your account. Accessed via Wayback Machine. Polymarket\/Screenshot by NPR<\/p>\n <\/b> toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n <\/div>\n <\/p>\n Polymarket\/Screenshot by NPR<\/p>\n <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n![\"Polymarket](\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/1162x529+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/50\/format\/png\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd5%2F66%2Fb53c04604585968c1c2c6bd60c46%2Ffrench-weather-poly.png\")
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