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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Maira Butt

Police investigate after claims ‘hair dryer used to manipulate weather sensor to win $34k bet’

A weather censor was reportedly tampered with at Charles de Gaulle airport - (AFP/Getty)

French officials are investigating after $34,000 (£25,100) was won on a weather bet, following claims that a temperature sensor at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris was tampered with.

Readings at the airport spiked twice in April at the same time as bets with large winnings were placed on Polymarket, the world’s largest prediction market.

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