Bettors Lose Millions Predicting the New Pope as Polymarket Edge Fizzles Out

coindesk.com/markets/2025/05/09/bettors-lose-millions-predicting-the-new-pope-as-polymarket-edge-fizzles-out

Bettors on crypto prediction platform Polymarket have, in recent months, developed an enviable reputation for beating the bookies.
So it came as a surprise on Thursday when they got the outcome of the papal conclave very wrong indeed.
Winner Robert Francis Prevost wasn’t among the…

This story appeared on coindesk.com, 2025-05-09 14:06:25.
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