Canadian rapper and avid sports activities fan Drake has been on a shedding streak as of late.
He put down a half 1,000,000 greenback wager on the Edmonton Oilers, hoping the franchise would win its sixth Stanley Cup.
Though the Oilers mounted a livid comeback to carry the sequence to a 3-3 tie, the Florida Panthers managed to carry off Edmonton and received Recreation 7 on Monday. Had the Oilers received the title, Drake would have been on the receiving finish of a $1.25 million payout.
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Rapper, songwriter and icon Drake attends a recreation between the Houston Rockets and the Cleveland Cavaliers at Toyota Middle on March 16, 2024 in Houston. (Carmen Mandato/Getty Pictures)
The 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs are nonetheless the one NHL crew to beat a 3-0 sequence deficit in a Stanley Cup Last.
Earlier this month, the Dallas Mavericks additionally price the musician some large bucks. Drake, whose full identify is Aubrey Drake Graham, positioned a $500,000 guess on the Mavs to win the NBA Finals.
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Nevertheless, the Boston Celtics wanted simply 5 video games to defeat Dallas and declare an NBA document 18th championship. Drake was in line for an additional sizable pay day — a whopping $1.375 million — had the Mavs received 4 video games within the sequence.
Drake attends the Billboard Awards. (Getty Pictures)
The pair of sports activities betting blunders served as the newest examples of what has jokingly been known as the “Drake Curse” through the years. The concept Drake is a nasty luck appeal stemmed from groups or particular person athletes struggling losses in some unspecified time in the future after Drake publicly expressed his assist or positioned a wager on them to win.
Drake, left, and Jayson Tatum, #0 of the Boston Celtics, speak after the sport towards the Toronto Raptors throughout the In-Season Event recreation on Nov. 17, 2023 on the Scotiabank Area in Toronto. (Vaughn Ridley/NBAE through Getty Pictures)
Drake additionally skilled some monetary misfortune after he positioned a wager on Tyson Fury in a heavyweight bout with Oleksandr Usyk. Fury was not capable of defeat Usyk in final month’s boxing match.
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Drake is outwardly conscious of the notion surrounding his assist of sports activities groups.
“You need me to speak concerning the curse otherwise you guys good?” he quipped at reporters in 2019 after his hometown Toronto Raptors received the NBA title.
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