Since the U.S.
capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro,
it remains pretty hazy who the winners and losers of this whole situation are going to be.
But there was at least one person who definitely came out on top.
An anonymous gambler, just hours before the raid.
This person, or maybe people,
placed a hefty online bet that Maduro would be out of power by the end of January.
So after the news broke that Maduro had been taken,
this mystery gambler walked away with hundreds of thousands of dollars.
So now everyone wants to know, who placed this bet?
And did they know something that the rest of us didn't?
From the newsroom of the Washington Post, this is Post Reports.
I'm Martine Powers.
It's Wednesday, January 7th.
I cannot stop thinking about this strange side story to the news out of Venezuela.
Is this evidence of some kind of national security leak?
But also, how is it possible, or even legal,
that someone could bet on the capture of a world leader So today I'm talking with banking reporter Andrew Ackerman about the growing world of betting on real life events and what we know about this gambler's huge payday.
Andrew, thank you so much for being here.
You're welcome.