Groupe Amaury said it was filing a complaint over suspected bets on the 26 October 2026 Ballon d’Or results, citing allegations of leaked results and potentially fraudulent betting. No prosecutor has publicly confirmed a complaint or investigation, and Polymarket has not publicly addressed the bets.
Upside identified 12 new Polymarket accounts that staked $264,000 on the exact order of the top five finishers. It traced about $500,000 withdrawn after the results, with the first withdrawal 19 minutes after the announcement. Upside could not tell whether one person or several controlled the accounts, and said correct bets alone do not prove a leak: all five placements were market favorites by ceremony day.
