Trader Accused of “Milking Polymarket” with Insider Google Data

A post on X has kicked off a wave of speculation about a Polymarket trader who reportedly made a staggering $1 million in a single day by betting on Google search-related markets. 

“This Isn’t a Lucky Streak.”

The poster claims the trader, known on the platform as “AlphaRacoon,” isn’t just unusually accurate but may actually have inside access to Google data.

The thread lays out a series of screenshots and on-chain records, arguing that the user’s activity lines up a little too neatly with Google’s official announcements. 

“A Google insider has officially been exposed on Polymarket. This dude just profited $1,000,000 in a single day betting on the Google search markets.”, the X user’s post started.

“Google accidentally pushed the results early, then removed them, but not before it revealed he went 22/23 on his bets and ballooned to $3.9M in open positions. This isn’t a lucky streak. He previously made $150K+ predicting the early release of Gemini 3.0 before results were out.”, the post went on.

At this point it’s obvious: He’s a Google insider milking Polymarket for quick money. It’s one of the wildest things I’ve seen on the platform”.

22 of 23 Hits 

According to the post, Google briefly published its annual list of the year’s most searched names and topics on Wednesday, then took it down. 

That short window was long enough for people to notice that “AlphaRacoon” had already placed a series of bets that matched the unpublished information almost perfectly. The trader had $3.9 million in open positions and hit on 22 of 23 markets. 

One of the most profitable bets was a $10,000 position on d4vd being the most searched person on Google, which paid out at roughly 20 times the stake.

The situation raised even more eyebrows because this wasn’t the user’s first time making an unusually accurate call on a Google release. Just last month, the same account reportedly pulled in more than $150,000 by correctly guessing the early release of Gemini 3.0 before the company made any official announcement. 

The original thread points to that as another red flag, noting that the pattern looks less like luck and more like someone with advanced knowledge.

After the post on X started getting traction, the trader changed their username on Polymarket, apparently hoping to draw less attention. That didn’t impress the original poster, who wrote, “Update: he changed his username to hide but Polymarket is on chain so you can never hide.”

While it is now clear whether the user is actually a Google insider or just someone who knows how to read signals, it remains to be seen.