India, Oct. 11 -- The Nobel Peace Prize organisers have launched a probe into a potential leak of information after online bets on the recipient of the prize this year, Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, surged overnight.

The bets in favour of Machado spiked a night before she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2025 surged on Polymarket, hours ahead of the prize announcement, according to the information available on its website, reported Bloomberg. Polymarket is the "world's largest prediction market," according to its website.

"We take this very seriously.It seems we have been prey to a criminal actor who wants to earn money on our information," Bloomberg quoted Kristian Berg Harpviken, director of the Norwegian Nobel I...