“I’m here because I love the concept of this,” said a 20-something D.C. resident who said he works in risk consulting and wouldn’t provide his name because of the risk of being associated with Polymarket. “But I think the company is predatory. This is all going to go up in flames.”
Asked about the bar’s technical failures, Polymarket directed NBC News on Saturday morning to a post on X stating, in part, that “the situation monitors are now on and ready to be monitored,” without addressing the power issue.
Speaking to NBC News before the bar’s doors opened, Georgetown student EJ Jazzar said he makes money predicting more mundane things on Polymarket. “Last week, I bet on the weather just because I knew it was gonna be cold,” Jazzar said. “I don’t bet crazy money.”
He was right: It was cold the next day, and he won $50.
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