{"id":472277,"date":"2026-02-11T06:35:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T06:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/472277\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T06:35:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T06:35:15","slug":"lady-gaga-ricky-martin-appearances-nailed-by-suspicious-insider-polymarket-trader-raises-questions-on-super-bowl-halftime-show-bets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/472277\/","title":{"rendered":"Lady Gaga, Ricky Martin Appearances Nailed By &#8216;Suspicious&#8217; Insider? Polymarket Trader Raises Questions On Super Bowl Halftime Show Bets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">A Polymarket trader alleged on Sunday that there might be an &#8220;insider&#8221; in the Super Bowl halftime show betting market, consistently choosing the clear winners and losers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">Jeong Haeju posted on X about a \u201csuspicious wallet\u201d created a day ago and has been exclusively\u00a0betting on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/tech\/26\/02\/50471320\/mrbeast-says-first-person-to-crack-his-super-bowl-ad-puzzle-wins-1-million-heres-what-you-have-to-do?nid=50531862&amp;utm_campaign=partner_feed&amp;utm_content=site&amp;utm_medium=partner_feed&amp;utm_source=yahooFinance\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" data-i13n=\"elm:affiliate_link;elmt:premonetized\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Super Bowl\u00a0LX halftime show;elm:affiliate_link;elmt:premonetized;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Super Bowl\u00a0LX halftime show<\/a> at Levi&#8217;s Stadium in California.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">The bettor, known only by the alias &#8220;Anon,&#8221; won all but one wager they placed on Polymarket, including those predicting whether Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin would perform in the halftime show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">Don&#8217;t Miss:<\/p>\n<p>         Invest in Gold   <\/p>\n<p>   Powered by Money.com &#8211; Yahoo may earn commission from the links above. <\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">The trader was also the largest holder in\u00a0the Lady Gaga market with\u00a024,000 \u201cYes\u201d shares, winning $4,940, or 25%, on the bet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">Haeju mentioned there was something \u201ccontroversial\u201d about the Lady Gaga market \u2014 her odds were over 90% despite no official word that she&#8217;d be performing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1lvgyjz\">Update: he was an insider and won all of his bets lol<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C6b0sWNbAl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:https:\/\/t.co\/C6b0sWNbAl;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">https:\/\/t.co\/C6b0sWNbAl<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QFCixcKTx5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:https:\/\/t.co\/QFCixcKTx5;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">https:\/\/t.co\/QFCixcKTx5<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Pj9ATTVgfH\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:pic.twitter.com\/Pj9ATTVgfH;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">pic.twitter.com\/Pj9ATTVgfH<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">Trending:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/money\/masterworks-blue-chip?nid=50531862&amp;utm_campaign=partner_feed&amp;utm_content=site&amp;utm_medium=partner_feed&amp;utm_source=yahooFinance\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" data-i13n=\"elm:affiliate_link;elmt:premonetized\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Blue-chip art has historically outpaced the S&amp;P 500 since 1995, and fractional investing is now opening this institutional asset class to everyday investors.;elm:affiliate_link;elmt:premonetized;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Blue-chip art has historically outpaced the S&amp;P 500 since 1995, and fractional investing is now opening this institutional asset class to everyday investors.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">\u201cA suspicious wallet picking clear winners and losers. One to watch and potentially copy,\u201d Heaju said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">An X user, Courtland Sandover-Sly, countered allegations of insider trading, stating that it\u2019s \u201cimpossible\u201d to keep these things as secret.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">\u201cLighting, sound, wardrobe, choreography, transportation, security, accommodation, etc, are all planned out days in advance. That\u2019s a team of possibly thousands,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">Polymarket didn\u2019t immediately return Benzinga\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1lvgyjz\">As a former stagehand, this isn&#8217;t exactly &#8220;insider&#8221; information. It&#8217;s nearly impossible to keep stuff like this secret.<\/p>\n<p>Lighting, sound, wardrobe, choreography, transportation, security, accommodation, etc, are all planned out days in advance. That&#8217;s a team of possibly thousands<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">See Also:\u00a0Wall Street&#8217;s $12B Real Estate Manager Is Opening Its Doors to Individual Investors \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/money\/lightstone?nid=50531862&amp;utm_campaign=partner_feed&amp;utm_content=site&amp;utm_medium=partner_feed&amp;utm_source=yahooFinance\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" data-i13n=\"elm:affiliate_link;elmt:premonetized\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Without the Crowdfunding Middlemen;elm:affiliate_link;elmt:premonetized;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Without the Crowdfunding Middlemen<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">The development follows similar moves by a Polymarket trader\u00a0who turned a $33,000\u00a0bet on Venezuela-related developments into over $400,000. The account was created just before the U.S. launched a military operation to capture\u00a0Nicolas Maduro\u00a0and walked away with massive profits.<\/p>\n<p>  <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Polymarket trader alleged on Sunday that there might be an &#8220;insider&#8221; in the Super Bowl halftime show&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":472278,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[64,63,240906,134,124363,15952,136,59452,7508,240905],"class_list":{"0":"post-472277","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-courtland-sandover-sly","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-insider-trading","13":"tag-lady-gaga","14":"tag-music","15":"tag-ricky-martin","16":"tag-super-bowl","17":"tag-super-bowl-lx-halftime-show"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=472277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/472278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=472277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=472277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}