Drake shares how a lot he is misplaced on playing bets this month alone
Drake has shared how a lot cash he’s misplaced on playing bets this month alone.
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In a screenshot shared to his Instagram story on Wednesday evening (June 18), the rapper shared that he had positioned near $125million (£93million) in bets over the past month, dropping greater than $8million (6million) within the course of.
He additionally wagered over $75million (£56million) on Fortnite, which noticed him lose near $6million (£4million).
“Gotta share the opposite facet of playing…,” Drake wrote beneath the screenshot. “Losses are so fried proper now. I hope I can put up a giant win for you all quickly trigger I’m the one one which has by no means seen a max these guys max as soon as every week.”
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— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) June 19, 2025
It’s not the primary time the rapper has made headlines for his poor betting selections. He’s earned a fame for being one thing of a nasty luck allure for plenty of top-level sports activities groups and athletes in recent times, as individuals have observed that at any time when he associates with sportspeople or endorses sure groups, they nearly all the time find yourself struggling some kind of on-field misfortune quickly afterwards.
His dangerous document at inserting cash on sporting occasions additionally dates again a minimum of so far as 2019, and has even been dubbed the “Drake curse”.
Most just lately, in November, he misplaced an enormous guess on the Jake Paul-Mike Tyson struggle after inserting cash on Tyson to win when it was Paul who claimed the victory.
Earlier than that, final summer season he guess on Canada to beat Lionel Messi’s Argentina within the Copa America semi-final, costing him a possible win of $2.88million, inflicting the Argentine FA to put up a picture of them celebrating with a caption of ‘Not Like Us’, in reference to Kendrick Lamar’s diss monitor of the identical title.
That got here simply months after he misplaced $500,000 (£393,000) after betting that Tyson Fury would win his boxing match in opposition to Oleksandr Usyk. If Fury had gained, Drake would have had a payout of simply over $1million (£786,600) from the guess.
The yr earlier than, the rapper misplaced $250k (£195,198) after betting on UFC legend Nate Diaz throughout a boxing match between him and Jake Paul. Simply months earlier, he shared that he wagered almost $1million (£829,500) in “psychotic” bets for the 2023 Tremendous Bowl.
Again in 2022, the ‘Hotline Bling’ artist seemingly misplaced $1million on a World Cup guess after Argentina beat France. If he had made the correct name for the match, he would have gained roughly $2.75m (£2.26m).
That very same yr, it was reported that FC Barcelona fell sufferer to the infamous “Drake curse” after the rapper guess on them to win their sport in opposition to Actual Madrid.
In different information, Drake was just lately introduced as this yr’s Wi-fi Pageant headliner, which is able to see him take over the prime spot in any respect three nights of the annual London music bash. The occasion will return to London’s Finsbury Park from July 11 to 13 and to mark the event, Drake will turn out to be the primary artist to headline a competition for 3 nights with three totally different setlists.
The exhibits would be the rapper’s first UK performances in six years, and he might be joined throughout the weekend by artists together with Burna Boy, PartyNextDoor, Summer season Walker and Vybz Kartel. Tickets for the occasion are on sale here.
Elsewhere, earlier this month, he introduced tour dates for the UK and Europe with PARTYNEXTDOOR to have a good time the discharge of their collaborative album ‘$ome $exy $ongs 4 U’, which was shared on Valentine’s Day through OVO Sound.
Discover a full listing of exhibits right here and visit here for UK tickets and here for European tickets.