As former President Donald Trump prepares to be arraigned in Georgia following his fourth criminal indictment, crypto gamblers on the betting site Polymarket are ponying up to predict whether he will crack a smile during a potential mugshot.
The Republican frontrunner for 2024 and 18 of his allies were indicted in Georgia’s Fulton County on Tuesday, faced with racketeering charges in connection with trying to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state, per the Associated Press.
On Polymarket, a contest created on August 2 has garnered nearly $25,000 in bets. As of this writing, a 76% chance that Trump remains stoic in his front-facing mugshot is penciled in. It will resolve “no” if a mugshot is not released by the end of September.
A possibility that the contest could be resolved before its deadline emerged late on Tuesday when Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat signaled to WSB-TV that Trump should come prepared to face the camera at his upcoming arraignment.
“Unless somebody tells me differently, we are following our normal practices, and so it doesn’t matter your status, we’ll have a mugshot ready for you,” he said
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