Wager platform Polymarket not paying out on bets on US invasion of Venezuela

Gamblers who placed bets totalling $10.5m angered after capture of Nicolas Maduro deemed not to qualify

The online wager platform Polymarket has angered some gamblers by declaring it will not pay out yet on millions of dollars' worth of bets on a US invasion of Venezuela, arguing that the capture of the then president, Nicolas Maduro, does not qualify.

Before Donald Trump's forces captured Maduro on Saturday morning, some traders appeared to have anticipated the shock move by placing bets on prediction markets".