The Nobel Committee will conduct an audit due to suspicions of a leak of information about the Peace Prize winner amid a sharply increased number of bets on the American betting platform. This was reported on October 10 by the Norwegian newspaper Finansavien.
“One option is information leakage from private individuals, but it is more likely that this is some form of digital leak. We have no explanation, but we will do everything possible to find out if there was a leak or if the reason lies in something in our system,” said Christian Berg Harpviken, director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute.
According to the newspaper, the rating of the leader of the Venezuelan opposition, Maria Corina Machado, was minimal, but her ratings increased from 3.6% to more than 70% in a couple of hours. Three users are reported to have placed large bets on Machado’s victory and won a total of $90,000.