A player exploited the time difference in eSports competitions to make a huge profit—earning $230,000 on Polymarket in March. This tactic may seem simple, but it targets the pain point of the live streaming ecosystem. The core idea is to leverage the latency window of streaming platforms. When a match is happening in real-time, major live streams experience transmission delays, so viewers see the footage with a delay of a few seconds or even ten seconds. This time gap creates an arbitrage opportunity—placing bets on the prediction market for results that have already occurred, and once delayed viewers flood in and cause price fluctuations, the difference can be exploited for profit. For eSports enthusiasts, this tests both the speed of information acquisition and a keen judgment of market liquidity.

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faded_wojak.ethvip
· 5h ago
Damn, this is the information gap. No wonder some people get rich off this... Those few seconds of live stream delay really are money.
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RiddleMastervip
· 6h ago
Wow, this is the power of information asymmetry. A delay of just ten seconds can still allow a 230,000 profit. Truly impressive.
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SerumSqueezervip
· 6h ago
Wow, this move is incredible. Live stream delay has become an arbitrage gold mine. 230,000 just came in like that? How did I not think of this?
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tokenomics_truthervip
· 6h ago
Wow, this is information gap arbitrage. Did 230,000 just disappear like that? With such obvious latency in the live stream, how has no one taken advantage of it earlier?
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AirdropF5Brovip
· 6h ago
Wow, isn't this just information gap arbitrage? Someone should have been doing this a long time ago.
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BlockchainRetirementHomevip
· 6h ago
Wow, this is the legendary information gap arbitrage. Just a few seconds to make 230,000... After all these years of live stream delays, no one has figured it out, and instead people are using it to fleece others.
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TopBuyerBottomSellervip
· 6h ago
Damn, this is a blatant information gap arbitrage. The live stream delay is so obvious, and no one has fixed it? 230,000 just came in like that.
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