The Drake curse strikes once more! The singer has, as soon as once more, misplaced $300,000 on a guess that didn’t fairly go his manner.
The bet was for Canada (Drake’s residence nation) to win in opposition to Argentina within the Copa America semifinals on Wednesday (July 10). As a substitute of the outcome he hoped for, it was a 2-0 outcome for the South American staff as Messi and Álvarez each scored.
If Drake’s guess would have come to fruition, he stood to realize an estimated payout of $2.88 million.
In a now-deleted Instagram story, the singer had shared his betting slip and captioned it with ‘This might get Messi @stake.’
Argentina are the reigning champions, following their win in opposition to Brazil within the remaining in 2021.
Drake’s patriotism can’t be disputed as he provides one other notch to his ‘losses.’ It was solely in Could, simply two months in the past, when he staked $565,000 on Tyson Fury beating Oleksander Usyk.
He has guess on boxing a number of instances. In February 2023, he guess in opposition to Tyson Fury’s youthful brother Tommy as he put $400,000 on social media star Jake Paul to beat him by knockout. Tommy Fury gained on the night time by determination.
One other $2 million Canadian {dollars} have been misplaced in November 2022 when Israel Adesanya confronted a knockout loss by Alex Pereira.
He has additionally guess on Argentina to win earlier than. He placed on $1 million for Argentina to win the 2020 FIFA World Cup however whereas they did win, the guess didn’t stand because the match was determined by penalties.
Drake’s betting partnership with playing firm Stake
Whereas the continual losses are certain to make a dent in even Drake’s pocket given what number of instances he has misplaced, the cash possible issues even much less resulting from his partnership with Stake.
Stake is a worldwide on-line on line casino and sports activities betting firm. The corporate and Drake shaped their partnership in March of 2022 in a marketing campaign that noticed $1 million donated to the LeBron James Basis.
Now, the singer will repeatedly share his betting makes an attempt with followers on Instagram. The bets are laden with Stake promoting.
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