[Whale Watch] $17K YES on Will Graham Platner Be the Democratic Nominee for the Senate in Maine? at 76c (11:44:26 AM ET)

Someone just bet $17K on Graham Platner winning the Maine Democratic Senate nomination at 76 cents. The trade placed 22,176 YES contracts at 76c each, totaling $16,854. The market absorbed the position with zero price movement, leaving the spread tight at 75c bid / 76c ask. The market currently sits at 76c, implying a 76% probability of Platner securing the nomination. Across the last 200 trades spanning 9 days, YES volume totals $62,725 against $4,388 NO — an 82/18 split favoring YES.

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