A Taiwanese person is playing on Polymarket's nine-in-one election betting market! A 22-year-old male college student was arrested, claiming "just curious."

Although the 2026 Nine-in-One Elections have not yet taken place, betting markets have already appeared on Polymarket. Homicide detectives from Hsinchu District Prosecutors Office and police arrested a university student surnamed He who placed bets, and the case is being investigated for gambling crimes and violations of the Election and Recall Law.

The 2026 Nine-in-One Local Elections will be held on November 28. Candidates nominated by various parties have not yet been finalized, yet decentralized prediction platform Polymarket has already launched betting markets and opened for bets. After being informed, Hsinchu District Prosecutors Office directed the Banqiao branch to form a special task force for in-depth investigation. On April 15, they traced the case to arrest a betting suspect surnamed He in Taipei City, and the case is under expanded investigation.

Following Yunlin District Prosecutors Office’s discovery of two bettors on Polymarket’s Nine-in-One Election betting market earlier this month, Hsinchu District Prosecutors Office also received election intelligence from Banqiao Police Station of New Taipei City Government. They found that a person was placing bets on the Polymarket betting market titled “2026 Taiwanese Local Elections: Party Winner (2026 Taiwan Local Elections: Party Winner).”

Image source: Polymarket

According to reports from Liberty Times, after police confirmed the flow of cryptocurrency and gathered concrete evidence, they went directly to the residence of Mr. He on Section 5 of Roosevelt Road, Taipei City, and detained him. The 22-year-old university student surnamed He stated that he was purely curious and only predicted election results and placed bets through Polymarket. After questioning, he was transferred for legal action on charges of gambling and violating the Public Officials Election and Recall Law.

Hsinchu District Prosecutors Office stated that, according to Article 103-1 of the Public Officials Election and Recall Law, “those who use telecommunications equipment, electronic communications, the internet, or other similar methods to wager on election or recall results” are illegal and may face up to six months imprisonment, detention, or a fine of up to NT$100k.

Blockchain is inherently a public ledger; all transaction data are visible to the public. It is not impossible for law enforcement to trace illegal actors back to their real identities. Here, Blockchain readers are reminded to refrain from participating in any form of election betting markets to avoid legal violations.

• This article is reprinted with permission from: 《BlockTalk》
• Original title: “Betting on Polymarket’s ‘Nine-in-One Election’ Betting Market! 22-Year-Old Student Arrested by Police”
• Original author: Block Sister MEL