Drake’s betting blunders: Another $1 million in sports bets down the drain

Drake’s losses keep coming.

The Canadian rapper lost a staggering $1 million in Bitcoin in the last two weeks after losing two professional sports bets.

On June 6, the “Family Matters” rapper posted his $500,000 betting stub for the Stanley Cup on Instagram. The Toronto native placed this bet on the Edmonton Oilers, who lost the hockey championship to the Florida Panthers on Monday, losing out on a $1.25 million payout.

Drake, 37, whose legal name is Aubrey Graham, also lost another $500,000 after betting on the Dallas Mavericks winning the NBA finals, which the Boston Celtics ended up taking home on June 17. The “Rich Baby Daddy” singer would’ve received a $1.37 million payout had the odds been in his favor.

The Dallas Nation X (Twitter) account – the official page that covers Dallas’ professional sports teams – reacted to Drake’s big losses in a tweet, calling him “the biggest loser out of the NBA and NHL Playoffs.”

“The ‘Drake Curse’ is real,” Dallas Nation added, referring to the longtime theory that Drake is bad luck for any team he supports.

The “Nice For What” rapper addressed the “curse” in his Toronto Raptors won the NBA Finals in 2019.

“You want me to talk about the curse or you guys good?” he quipped at reporters.

But recently, Drake hasn’t been such a good luck charm. He also suffered a big loss after betting on Tyson Fury to beat Oleksandr Usyk in a heavyweight boxing fight on May 18. But Usyk reigning victorious meant Drizzy lost out on a $1 million payout.

His financial losses came right before his rap rival Kendrick Lamar, 37, performed the Drake diss track “Not Like Us” five times at a Juneteenth concert at The Kia Forum in California.

The two rappers, who were friends and collaborators circa 2011, had been trading diss tracks for weeks. Lamar even addresses Drake’s betting as an addiction on his song “Meet the Grahams.”

“Thirty-seven, but you showin’ up as a seven-year-old,” Lamar raps. “You got gamblin’ problems, drinkin’ problems, pill-poppin’ and spendin’ problems. Bad with money…”

The rap beef started when Drake and J. Cole released their song “First Person Shooter” last year, claiming they, along with Lamar, were “the big three” in hip hop.”

Lamar didn’t approve of that message, clapping back in “Like That” with Future and Metro Boomin,”F—k the big three, it’s just big me,” and a rap battle ensued.

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