Suspicious bets…a crisis "Possible leak" Chasing the Nobel Peace Prize

The odds of Machado winning the Nobel Prize jumped from 3.75% to about 73% on Thursday-Friday night on the betting platform. "Polymarket".

Suspicious bets

f"Polymarket" It is an American predictions platform based on cryptocurrencies, and its users can place bets on various future events, from elections to financial markets, weather, and prizes.

But what is striking is that there has been no indication from an expert or media outlet that Machado is among the most likely candidates to win the award that was announced a few hours later in Oslo.

Market Bookmaker

Reported by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation "NRK" Data expert Robert Nice said: "You don’t usually see this in the betting market. It’s very suspicious"

Jorgen Wattne Fredens, Chairman of the Nobel Committee, told the Norwegian News Agency: "I don’t think there has been any leak in the entire history of the award. I can’t imagine that being the case"

The name of the winner was leaked

However, the Nobel Foundation will conduct an investigation to reveal whether there was any leak, according to what its director Christian Berg Harfviken said.

Harfviken told the Aftenposten newspaper that: "It is too early to say whether there is a leak. But we will look at it now"

The Nobel Foundation did not respond to a request from Agence France-Presse for comment.

Nobel Peace Prize

Only a limited number of people know the name of the winner of the prize, which is chosen by the five members of the Nobel Committee in advance.

Unexpected names of Nobel Prize nominees have appeared in the Norwegian media in the past, sparking speculation about leaks. Possibly, but this has not been the case in recent years.

Machado said after announcing that she had won the award: "I am very grateful. On behalf of the people of Venezuela, we have not reached our goal yet"In a call that Nobel Committee Secretary Christian Berg Harpviken surprised her in the middle of the night.

She continued in a video clip of her receiving the news while she was sleeping: "We are working hard to achieve this, but I am confident that we will prevail".