Jeff Probst Blasts 90% Survivor Bets as Leak Risk on Kalshi, Polymarket

1 articles · Updated · The A.V. Club · May 23

Jeff Probst said heavily one-sided Survivor betting markets can signal leaks, arguing that if 90% of wagers back one contestant, "there's a leak."
Kalshi and Polymarket have intensified the problem because Survivor is filmed months before airing, creating a window for insiders or others to profit from advance information.
Probst, the show's host and executive producer, said the markets are "incentivizing people to lie, cheat and steal" and undermining the series' integrity.
Betting on Survivor is not new—the show faced a 2003 scandal after two CBS staffers were found to have wagered on Survivor: Marquesas—but larger, more accessible prediction markets have raised the stakes.

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