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It seems that the previous thread (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5385546.0) when Drake made huge bets on the Super Bowl at the Stake Casino has been continued:

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I received this information from Stake via email. It turns out that his previous cooperation with the casino gave a good conversion and they decided to continue it further. I wonder in what form the giveaway will take place, I would like to participate )

Good choice for a partner he is a consistent gambler and a concert artist two combinations of a good promoter, Stake is good at picking good promoters, they only want the top names in the industry, it will give Stake a much-needed exposure, I hope other casinos can keep, I only know Stakes who signed top celebrities as their ambassador and partners.

looks like stake.com has bagged another endorser to increase their popularity. drake has a huge fan base and I am pretty sure this partnership would influence his fans that gamble to try out stake.com.

I didn't really follow that thread and I might have missed some discussion. so, does this mean that the bet drake made on SuperBowl was really just a publicity stunt just like what the other members suspected?

No one has direct evidence of this (maybe only the tax office hehe) but I think everyone agrees that such celebrities if they do something publicly (like Drake who published his bets and most importantly where he did them) then they do it for money. And now, after this news, their cooperation is officially recognized, and it probably doesn’t really matter when it started - then or now.

At first I had my doubts about Drake partbering up with Stake, but it turns out that the speculations are indeed true. He's a known gambler and high roller, so I thought that his bets were mostly harmless and of his own volition. Well whatever the case is, his bets may have already urged some other people to bet on Stake, and when he published that post, he hasn't disclosed that he's affiliated with the platform. It's quite misleading but I guess there isn't anything that we can do right now about it.

He'll definitely have an influence on where people should play, he trusted Stake with his hundreds of thousands of bets so why not them, Drake is enjoying both worlds he is playing on a casino that he prefers and gets a commission from doing that, sao expect Drake to show more of his bets and his winnings, this is a big leap for Stake.com.

I couldn’t agree more with you. Celebrities getting themselves involved to an organization or any project could entail the assumption that it is done due to business endeavours. And I won’t be surprised if this is one of those moments. Regardless of that, the partnership is now official, and both parties will surely benefit from this apart from the contracted exchange of interests.

Unlikely, I guess. Drake is someone well known for being an avid fan of gambling, I reckon he can gamble away whatever he spent with his own money, and I guess that topic opened up (if it wasn't already) discussions to partner up with Drake himself. Plus I don't think he needs to stoop that low to nab a partnership with Stake, he's a big name himself, plus with his gambling tendencies, as long as he was noticed then I'm pretty sure he could have opened up discussions himself.

Glad for stake though, Drake should be a pretty good choice to promote their casino.

Ofc, no one will know unless drake's management or stake announce it. But after that insta post and this announcement then its good to assume that it just a public stunt or similar, we could be wrong, but anyway.

Having drake as an influencer for a gambling platform seems a good choice and grats to stake. 

It's for Stake advantage if they have Drake as their partners or promoters, if this is not true it's still a good promotion for Stake and they should pursue Stake.com, he is both a gambler and entertainment works both ways for Stake, it's very different if you have a celebrity as your partner because it adds up to the credibility of your casino, casinos should do the same, Stake is very active in getting celebrities to promote them.

Great news, always good to see when another celebrity joins the crypto world. Having such a prominent rapper as brand ambassador and for advertising is good news for the whole crypto community. The more high profile celebrities are willing to link their name to crypto casinos, the more mainstream has the gambling and crypto community become. The social media reach of Drake is huge, that should bring a lot of new business for stake. Personally, I find it better to have some celebrities to do advertising on twitter and Instagram, rather than showing some TV ads. The advertising business changed a lot in the last 20 years. With all these social media platforms it's a much closer interaction with the fans and consumers. I am looking forward to the twitch streams, should be some nice action there and hopefully some giveaways.

This is good news for stake.com, they'll become more popular with the help of Drake as he can endorse the online gambling site. Last time I read that Drake bet millions of dollars on stake, but now we already prove it's just a promotion as he is now officially a partner of the gambling platform.

I would say great choice.

This kind of news is always uplifting for casino sites and Stake would have an edge here because trust from a celebrity or any big personality is a huge way of advertising their site. It will surely attract more players, especially from the entertainment industry. Drake is also a huge gambler so it will surely have an amazing impact on Stake. I hope that more personalities would get into crypto casinos.

Your mention of tax office as a joke but they probably selected him inparticular because of that.
He is a Canadian rap artist and far as I know Canada's government doesn't collect taxes on lottery, sportsbetting and online casino winnings.
Not sure if crypto falls into this category but probably does since it is as of now completely done online.

They did remove the picture of him for a few days on the main splash screen but I guess for the redesign of their dedicated page to their partnership. Shows some clips from his instagram and twitter feed in succession now which wasn't there yesterday.

With a gambling with lots of users I bet their marketing plan aside from having signature campaign and forum ads is more like effective.

But seeing this page^[1], I feel like it is really a partnership between the two, beside drake is long time and VIP of stake player plus his influence and that's a really good choice of stake having him.

[1] https://stake.com/drake

Stake finally got a promotional partner who will also be a player at the same time while promoting. It's good for a crypto related casino to be able to associate with a mainstream rapper and a known face in western entertainment industry.

It's always great to see associations of crypto related businesses with mainstream popular faces  it certainly gives a boost to the crypto business as well as cryptocurrency in general. Beneficial for both!

I think we all saw this coming, the bet he made on the stake platform was huge and it took place in one of the most watched sport events around the world, so it makes sense that stake saw an opportunity there and it seems Drake was open to the idea of promoting a casino openly, personally I see this with good eyes, most of the time we think of bitcoin as an investment opportunity but the more people are actually using bitcoin for something tangible the better this is for the community and bitcoin itself.

It was a good news for the people who invested their money on gambling.Stake gambling was made as a promotion in the forum.Huge people made their investment in the gambling. Stake gambling was a trusted for a while.This partnership between this two was a great initiative by the stake and gonna rock the gambling market. Drake was also became a trusted one for now to invested your money.

Gambling was never an investment on the first place unless if you do have put up some investment on the house itself then you would really see this as a good news but for typical gamblers?
Nothing much difference imho. Its somewhat anticipated that Stake would be having this kind of actions if they do know that they could get benefit or get something from Drake.
Its business as usual though which they could get whom they want as long it do ads up exposure and overall profitability.

Well, that's explains everything!
I knew it, like everyone else knew it was part of the advertisement If Drake did really used his own pocket to place that massive amount, or It could be just pure advertisement as Stake sponsored his bet.
Nevertheless, this could be good for crypto adaption in the field of gambling, internationally of course.

this news automatically shows that the stake uses the services of drake to endorse their gambling site, stake is one of the best crypto gambling sites, I still respond to this neutrally. as long as the drake doesn't trick potential stake users then it's fine.

We got almost huge information about the Drake and Stake partnership. It gives positive feedback to the Drake.It leads to the international set of gambling all over the world.When people begins with the huge amount of dollars in gambling, it will make them to win with a period of 2 years. The beginning was made with the loses.Analysis of gambling was a needed one for the profit.Losses may occur without a knowledge.

This is a good move, I have been suspecting something when Drake has been gambling very well on Stake, this will reach many Drake fans on news and many fans will want to follow and make use of Stake to gamble.

Stake is a good gambling site, it is highly recommended, but there are still gambling sites we can regard as best on this forum, like Sportbet, Roobet, Duelbit and many others, the only among them that is not recommended is 1xbit.

Yeah indeed, he has around 40 million followers so definitely a huge promotion for stake casino. I am interested to see what kind of promotion they will do or maybe they can set up a stream with him. Enjoyed the small bonus sent via email earlier attached with the email of the partnership. It was surprising to see and know that Drake was already using stake platform prior and now the partnership just got official.

I mean it's usually not easy to find a partner who is also a long time player at your casino. I wasn't aware Drake was into crypto let alone gambling and now he's a partner of a crypto casino!

The casino obviously paid him to be the partner and to join, but I do think that it might be beneficial for both of the parties since Drake is known to Gamble since ages and therefore I think this would be a good idea, but at the same time they have to take care of the news on the social media platforms since he has many followers, the young one's as well therefore taking this responsibly would be one thing. I have seen casinos, making pact with teams and players with their logos on the ring and such but I think this is the first time am hearing of them having a big partner like Drake. But then again the news needs to be followed up responsibly to prevent the engagement of underage fans.

It's a move necessary for this era. Drake's partnership with stakes will bring out a class of branding unique to the crypto gambling not just stakes alone. One thing with celebrity endorsements and partnership it doesn't just ends that particular casino it cuts across the entire gambling sector be it directly or indirectly

Good for stake and yes I have seen some hype about him placing $275k or something like that on UFC main event, I think it was Masvidal and he lost. He even shared a video/clip type of post on Twitter about placing the bet and stake.com was clearly visible on there.

I personally to be brutally honest feel like this is just paid by stake to make such a bet and cause chaos among gamblers and the community. I don't think Drake would be placing such a bet normally and then even boasting about it lol. But either way, stake is making some really good progress by signing up more partners and brand ambassadors.

It's not surprising whatsoever.

Drake's endorsement has been covered by mainstream media and Stake is probably raking it in right now as a result. The sponsorship is probably worth millions per year for Drake.

I think it's a win win for both parties involved, although people do need to be careful with celebrity endorsements in general - not all are legitimate. In this case, it is one of the rare instances where a big name celebrity is actually endorsing a legitimate operation.  :)

^ That is what I am thinking of, they are both get a benefit for this. For Drake, there is a massive income that comes from the Stake and it could be Stake will get thousand of gamblers will transfer to the Stke.com site and gamble there because of the promotions.
Stake is very clever on the marketing promotions, that is why they are on that stage, a very popular gambling casino that everyone wanted to play, they have a lot of promos which are gamblers liked.

I think Drake has been a laid low partner of Stake casino before the official distribution of the Email you got. He's been staking bets on Stake and the previous bet on the super bowl game which he posted on his Instagram page proves that he's been with Stake long ago but, users or players were not told about it officially. Good to know that he's now officially with Stake. More wins!

Drake has made his association with stake.com worth a while from a regular visitor to placing a bet on stake and now this big partnership with stake, this is indeed a big plus to the stake family to have welcomed such a big artist into their forks. I know this co-operation will result in more publicity for the stake.

This is pretty disturbing news to be honest, as it is now totally clear that the whole superbowl stunt was rigged and a complete setup. He has clearly been in private communication with them for some time, this would not spring up out of nowhere and just goes to show he was open to working with them as a partner all along. Not that I'm surprised about anything that these celebrities will do for money these days, but nobody should have respect for Drake at this point. He's probably getting obscene amounts for this (at least a million, probably partially paid out of that "bet" he "won"). It's a shame that regulators don't crack down hard on these sort of sham advertisements. It's not like this guy ever needs to work again, but he continues to sell off his dignity for the right bidder.

We don't know the extent of their partnership when Drake posted those winning bet slips. But somehow, I am thinking that this future collaboration made him post those slips in his instagram. It is his privilege to do what he wants in his social media and no matter how much he is receiving from stake, it is none of our business. Just keep in mind, if you are a gambler, you should know your limits even with this very attractive feature up coming in stake. Regarding this advertisement, let them carry the burden of dealing with tax authorities.

That means that the exposure that has been with Drake about his win on the Superbowl could have been part of it already. But anyway, stake is growing larger every time they make an announcement of a partnership like this. So from the side of athletes, they're now moving to celebrities and who's next? Maybe Drake can influence a few from the industry that's close to him and can also be partnered with stake.  :D

So the huge bet and the leak of the betslip was planned by Stake or you approached him after seeing that he was able to create a lot of buzz once his betslip was public and as a favor the stake team accepted him as their business partner.

What i would like to hear is that, what are the perks Drake will be getting for being a partner and will he be getting better odds than before because the gambling habits of Drake is not a huge secret :D.

Drake and Stake are the perfect combinations, one of the top Crypto casinos and one of Canada's top entertainers both of them will make each other great, but Drake should also preach responsible gaming, not only posting and displaying the thousands of dollars he bet, it's different now that he is in partnership with Stake, Stake is very successful in getting celebrities as their partners I hope other casinos will do the same.

Yes, we have a lot of reputable and good casinos here but it's only Stake that goes the extra mile and hires celebrities like Drake, Adesanya, and Ngannou this only proves their capability, their standing, and their status in the Crypto casino industry, they are the leader when it comes to celebrity endorsement, and their reputation here is still intact, there maybe some complaints but these are resolved in time.

Stake has got a good partner in the very popular and influential Drake. This will definitely push Stake's popularity up the ladder.

On the other hand, this made me remember a controversial question raised here weeks ago whether the huge money he used to bet on the Los Angeles Rams and Odell Beckham Jr. was personally his or was Stake's. Now that Stake has already made the announcement that it has sealed a partnership with Drake, I am more inclined to think that it was more a promotional bet rather than a personal one.

Yep, it's more like planned. Its sure can make stake more popular but this time it's Drake's fellow celebrities and fans that will see. Another kind of promotion but same when they make athletes an ambassador of their brand. Crypto casinos are doing something like these already so it's not surprising anymore that Sportsbet may also try a musician or film actor as well.

Is it beneficial for celebrities to partner up or will it be more beneficial to just be an ambassador?

I think partner up is more beneficial than ambassador, because partner up both Drake and Stake will have a cooperation and collaboration. While ambassador you're only endorse and promote the brand, also you don't have any/less right with the company.

It's win win situations to be honest, Drake is high roller player and enjoyed to gamble. If they hired a celebrities who isn't a regular gambler, I don't think the partner up will be effective.

I agree with jawhead that partnering is more beneficial. Being an ambassador, there's more to it but they're just like the models of the company unlike becoming a partner, you're more than the ambassador and the deal that they're up to.

But even it's ambassador or a partner for Drake, both will definitely work for him out. Since he's also a user of stake, that's even making the deal better because he knows the drill when it comes to actual gambling.

If you own a casino and have trusted partners, especially celebrities, you will surely get a wide traffic. We have witnessed the success of sportsbet whose brand has become familiar to all gamblers by displaying the brand on English football pitches.
I believe a stake partnership with artist Drake will help the casino expand and grow.

With the  large amount of Money drake Has , with the popularity and with his passion in Gambling? i don't see any reason for this not to take place right?
we have already knew many gamblers before that turns to have partnership in gambling sites specially now that there is a crypto casino that many celebrities come to be investors and also as a Gamblers.

We have a lot of good casinos here but Stake is the only casino that goes the extra mile and expose the Cryptocasinos to the world by partnering and getting athletes as their ambassadors to promote their sports betting, other casinos should also step up celebrities can help maximize promotion, although it's expensive it's worth it in the long run.

This is more like drake being an ambassador for stake. Drake is becoming the face of rap celebrity that loves the gambling part of life. It is a nice combination as the two hobbies are not far different from each other. Now more customers are going to flow into stake because of drake. Stake is trusted and now with drake it is going to get more trust hype.

This is quite the amazing news, to be honest I did not see it coming. The amount of Stake newcomers just from the Drake fanbase will be quite the marketing marvel, I would think... However, the question which currently weighs on my mind is whether or not Drake is going into a true "partnership" with Stake as in Ambassador, or some other endorsement deals or whether this is just a overblown hype of Drake throwing Stake a bone?

Either way I think we will see good things in the near future for Stake.

yeah, true, I guess we'll never know unless they announced that the bet was a publicity stunt. and yeah, I guess there is really is no point talking about it now since the two parties have partnered up now. but then again, I am pretty there are people who will believe that the whole thing was just a publicity stunt.

Maybe they made it publicly now considering others already doubted about his viral video that he placed a single bet at a roulette on Stake as well that was just ain't normal for a single bet (https://www.gamblingnews.com/news/new-viral-video-confirms-drake-enjoys-playing-online-roulette). I think Drake was already indirectly an advertiser on them but they just made it publicly this time around. We may never know that but just an opinion.

Yes, it's on the Stake newsletter. Not really surprising to me since it should be obvious from the start that there's a partnership happening on the table. Since Drake is quite popular, it will give a boost to the already popular Stake platform. Not just that, it's the crypto-gambling that will be highlighted in this partnership.

Good to see that kind of involvement between a personality and a crypto-gambling platform. Not to shill because I'm wearing their sig (just in case there's another user again that will react again lol) but the partnership is another thing we can look at, that Stake is really serious in building and developing a much steady and reputable platform.

Drake is a match for stake, not only his name is rhymed to the company but he has the addiction to gambling. He is known for he's massive amount of bets, throwing money into it. I don't know if it just a rich kind of attitude, most of them are, throwing money like it is unlimited, while I am having goosebumps when betting more than a hundred dollars

Not surprising because drake has an addiction as well when it comes betting especially if its sports. :D so for me it's very normal that he will fell in a stake casino..And yes a good idea from the team to choose drake as partner because its a big help to get more attention around the internet as well..

As we all know about Drake's career, almost every person in the world knows him or at least have listened to his music. The fact that Stake was able to acquire Drake as their gambling ambassador says a lot about the authenticity and legitimacy of the gambling website. This will definitely help Stake boost its reputation more on the market along with all the well-known gambling websites present currently.

I do wonder, however, around how much did they offer Drake to be partners for their casino? The fact that he is considered as a 'partner' means that this gambling website will not go obsolete anytime sooner in the future.

That was a good rhyme about Stake and Drake  :D, i did not notice that rhyming and it is a public knowledge that Drake is an avid gambler and he will place bets above one hundred thousand to half a million bets and one of the bets that became public, he really won that bet and the loss was the UFC bet he made recently in the Jorge Masvidal v Colby Covington fight and he went with the underdog and he lost around quarter of a million.

Huge money if we based on our status, but Drake being a millionaire is probably just gambling based on the amount that he can afford to lose. The fact that he is a known gambler and until now he has not declared bankruptcy yet, then we can assume that he is making money in gambling or just gambling for fun.

Is there like some "ownership" involved with it? I mean it is looking like there is a good situation for both parties involved. But that doesn't mean that he can't own some of it neither. If he did purchased some percentage of stake, even a small amount, or maybe if the deal was not just paid to drake but ownership given, that could work too?

I would assume paying Drake 2.5% of the whole company, to be the companies ambassador and keep promoting it would definitely not only increase the customer base, but would also increase the valuation enough to cover the part where they gave him ownership. So, I am not sure if there is anything like that going on, but that would be awesome.

No one really knows on whats his financial status behind on which we could really make out some presumptions that he isnt really losing that much or only spending the money that he could afford to lose
DRake's networth is $180M so these amounts isnt really that much for him to be affected that much https://wealthygorilla.com/drake-net-worth/
Also, its his money and its none of our business on how he would really be spending it out. So its better not to bother out ourselves if they would really get involved
nor make out some partnerships or what.

Yeah it does have 180M but wagered about $1B already?

According to a post from OurGenerationMusic, Drake plays through online gambling company Stakes and his DeepPockets6 account has wagered over a billion dollars since joining the website on December 28, 2021
Source: https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.67876/title.deep-pockets-drake-has-bet-over-1b-in-virtual-gambling-since-december#

This man is truly a heavy gambler on having that kind of wager.

This is a win-win scenario for both parties involved, Drake is known as a big shot gambler and now by being endorsed by stake not only he gets some money but he can even make the news, which we know it is always important for a celebrity.

And for stake this is huge as well as now a great deal of people that may never had heard of them or the cryptocurrency gambling industry now are aware of their existence, and without a doubt this is going to bring a massive amount of money to them during the next years.

So many people speculated the same thing, they think drake already has a secret partnership with stake because he is famous, and it's not usual seeing someone like him betting on a crypto casino. With or without stake, drake is rich and can afford a bet like he showed before and he can even afford more than that but it can be a crazy thing already to bet it because this is only just a gambling and should be limited only for entertainment purposes.

Drake is a musician and is now part of a stake team. They have dendi too (the dota player) but I never saw a film actor or a personality in other fields. That would be interesting if they also make it possible.

So most probably his huge bet are part of their partnership and advertisement? Well, they have a good artist on board and most probably now, Drake is really working with stake. Yes he’s already rich but having a partner on crypto gambling site will surely make him more rich, so this can still be a win win situation for Drake. Let’s see more news about this one and what would be the possible effect of this partnership for stake.

Stake has a history of partnering with many sportsmen already and it was just a matter of time until a popular celebrity joined the party. It was a good marketing move for Stake, because the public of Drake is huge, what means he will bring a lot of recognization not only to gambling, but also to cryptocurrency environment among his fanbase.

Now I ask myself if another crypto casinos will go through the same path, launching a similar marketing campaign with celebrities.

I am sure it's all about how much money they are willing to spend on that kind of marketing!? Marketing costs money, more money better marketing can be!

In the meantime, Drake becomes very popular on this forum in the past month! He is making some crazy bets, sometimes he wins sometimes he loses:
In some things I am not sure, does he bet on Stake exclusively and in which currency?! I tried to search for some answers, but couldn't find anything concrete!

the advantage here is that drake was already a regular player of stake before he becomes the endorser or partner of stake. so the partnership doesn't come from thin air but they have basis of getting drake on board. maybe, he is also a huge bettor and it does happen that drake is a big name in the music industry. he can be an actor or any celebrity out there.
so for me this partnership, is win-win to both camps. drake will continue to play even without collaboration with stake. so why not get him as endorser and attract more players to the platform?

What's at Stake why can they do it while others cannot are they really this big that they can hire and pay them hundreds of thousands or millions, they set a very high standard in the Crypto casino industry, but even though they are hiring celebrities I consider the gap is not that wide, I still consider Betfury, Fortunejack, and other casinos still in the competition as the top casinos in the Cryptocurrency.

We don't know what the reasons are from the other sites. Maybe every casino has its own way of promoting its site, and they see what Stake is doing may not necessarily work on their site. So they choose to use another way to promote their site where maybe they can reduce the cost for promotion if they hire celebrities. In addition, the gambling sites must have thought about or have plans about what kind of promotional media or promotions they can use to attract more gamblers.

Drake as a partner is a good news for the whole industry and we have discussed about him also in this topic
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5385546.0
when he wagered "$1.3 million in super bowl bet using bitcoin"

Another casino that host celebrity is sportsbet.io
https://insidersport.com/2019/06/03/denilson-lands-role-as-sportsbet-io-brand-ambassador/

They have also their promoter from musical industry
https://sportsbet.io/promotions/tekno-miles-partnership
Maybe he is not famous as Drake but I agree with other posters that this kind of promoters will promote also crypto currencies and not only a casino/bookmaker

The competition is getting better, these two gambling sites are really popular in the crypto space, I read participated in a survey before and it was sportsbet and stake who are taking the lead though after the survey it was sportsbet who had the most vottes.

I just like stake, they are really very aggressive in terms of marketing, and at the same time they also ensure that they keep their good reputation.

Keeping the reputation clean is very important it's a form of marketing in itself, so far Stake is doing great in keeping their reputation clean, even if they are taking in celebrities I still like what other casinos here are doing, marketing their casino within the community, Duelbits, Fortunejack, and other casinos are doing great continuously marketing here and other Crypto platform and interacting here.

It takes too much financial resources for creating such a marketing campaign for other casinos. As I see half of the world are playing on stake and that's not a big problem for them.

The fact that more and more crypto casinos are investing heavily in their promotion can be seen even on this forum - I see that the payouts in campaigns are growing and there are more and more of them. Celebrities like Drake certainly have a big impact on their audience (I think it consists mainly of young people) and thanks to the collaboration with Stake, it can be said that the crypto adoption is accelerating.

I think the real winner is Drake, because he effectively found a way to gamble for free. Stake are paying a lot of other streamers too and they must be getting a ton of money to be able to pay Drake and Watford in the Premier league.  ::)

Their weekly "Giveaway" has almost 2 million tickets every week.... and each ticket represents $1000 wagered. The best strategy to wager $1000 ...will cost the gamblers about $50 per $1000 wagered. So based on the amount of tickets and their share at a minimum of $50 per ticket = $100 000 000 gross income per week.  ::)

The fact that Stake is continuously doing their best to become an affiliated partner of a big individual means the platform is growing more. Drake is a known big fish and gambling is one of his usual doings and activity. It will boost the awareness of the platform he will promote knowing his popularity especially being always in a sideline for the Toronto Raptors.

It will also give an awareness that people should try to switch into a crypto-gambling experience. Because of it, more users will now be involved in using crypto in gambling. It's also good that gamblers can directly used their fiat to buy crypto right directly at the Stake platform, less hassle at some point.

Wow😲, this is really a big news and also a big win for stake.io, I don't know what other people think but Drake is one hell of a rapper I respect so much, and he's also a top notch in the music industry, stake is really lucky to have him as a partner, it's a begining of something great and I wish them luck.

Maybe you should ask this in the stake.io thread, probably one of their customer support will be able to give you the right answer, I personally don't even have an account on stake, but this news makes me wanna sign up and see how playing with them feels like.

On having a business then you would really be minding on having your reputation clean which would really be that important no matter what and having that aggressive
stance when it comes to marketing since you do know that it could really benefit out your business for long term which it doesnt really matter much if a certain player
do wins big neither he's a celebrity or a casual player or whales because they could easily patch it up.They are for long term and they wouldnt just waste up those
chances as long they could able to handle it out.

We don't know effectively the terms of their cooperation but we can speculate about a solution for free bets ;)
I am not a fan of Drake, he was already a player ? or he start to bet "in public" only after this partnership?

About tickets... you can earn also playing on sporting bets without "fixed" house edge... however if you count betting from casino they are earning as "raw estimate" 1% from 1000$ wagered.

He was and old player as Stake mentioned on this link https://stake.com/drake
Journey from a Player to a Partner
So they do emphasize that thing which i couldnt blame out not only Drake is a whale player but also a celebrity which they could
really utilize up their company even more in terms of exposure and popularity.

Long back itself he is into gambling and making use of Stake. Being a popular face and having the potential to place big bets that make common people get astonished is the key factor of Drake to be more popular as a gambler. His presence with Stake as player to partner shows the mutual progress.

He really is he is living a dream of any gambler gambling while getting paid but this is too risky he may become a compulsive gambler although all the signs are already there, it's a big concern to his loved ones if he cannot control his gambling habit he has no control when he already has money what more if he is partnered with a popular casino, he could be out of control.

Win-win situation from Stake though which they could get more exposure plus having that HE revenue from Drake. :D

They are really that wise on utilizing everything as long it could be really benefited it out.A good kind of marketing and decided to become partners.
It is just good for them that Drake touched up the platform/site itself which i could say some sort of luck.

I think I have seen some casinos that also have a partnership with UFC players and soccer players, I am only not sure if those that they get are popular too just like drake because I am not really into soccer and UFC but the more the popular the person the more the money is I think it will demand, that could be the reason why they pick non popular person for a while but who knows, if their casino grow big like stake, they can try to get a more popular celebrity.

Popular celebs have a lot of fans and it can influence them to play on the same platform their idol is playing, the marketing spend by casino is going to be worth it. They can recover it and make more than it.

That's the expectation why he becomes an ambassador of Stake, without good result, it's a dead investment on the part of stake.com. So, this automatically means that stake is going globally as they hire a popular artist worldwide and you know what influence can do.

Whatever their motive is then by just using up your own common sense then you would really able to say that this is for marketing whether it would end up on negative or positive outcome or benefit then they are
the ones who do really able to know if it was effective or not worth but we know that they partnered up with a celebrity which it is really  that understandable that it is more effective
or worth of their expenses since they do know the possibilities on getting lots of players due to that huge exposure.

Has anyone already found out the details of the giveaway that is planned to be held?  :)
Of course, I am registered in the Stake Casino and on Twitch, but to register in the giveaway, as I understand it, you need to enter a phone number. Given the fact that I'm from Russia, and all Russian services are banned here and there, I assume that this can be a problematic moment.

They don't need to pay all of the world's celebrities to spread the word about stake casino. You see, celebrities have such a strong effect, fans are willing to do, say, or wear anything their favourite artists do, say, or wear. If you look at a celebrity's life, you'll see that the majority of the products they use are simply sponsors, they don't own them, they only use them to get their fans to use them as well. That's precisely what Drake is doing, and that is why the first game he played I never believed he actually did it for fun but for partnership between stake and Drake management.

On the other hand, I believe that Drake was an active player on stake already before stake noticed him as potential ambassador.
I think, he was already a big roller even before this collaboration. Though it doesn't matter now.
Stake got Drake on their camp, and as it shows right now, a lot are getting interested on stake because of him.
So yes, it seems that he will give good income to the casino for this partnership. Anyway, the casino is already one of the big ones in this industry.
Later on, we may see other casinos following their steps of hiring known celebrities or personalities to promote their site.

This a very big influence and I know with time Stake is going to go global with lots of Drake fans jumping in the platform. This is a big business strategy and I think is going to work well for them and the Stake community.

I don't really know maybe it's is formally announced by Drake himself on different social media. I think this is a real big partnership that will bring huge gamblers to the Stake platform.

We do not know the order in which things happened, it is possible that Drake gambled at the website just because he liked it, after all Drake has a reputation for being a big gambler, and then when stake saw the huge amount of new gamblers that got into their site because of the bet then they just decided to contact him and to try to create a partnership with him, however regardless of the order in which this happened I think stake made the right call and will become even more popular thanks to this move.

It's been working well with stake.

They've been partnered with other popular people.

And many of them are really athletes that are competing professionally and that's an edge for them since they are a big brand now already sponsoring a lot of them.

Whether it was announced by him or not, as long as it's announced by the brand, it's already a confirmation.

There are indeed possible scenarios;

1. They do make out partnership because he's playing on the site on big time spending
2. They do make out some partnership because this man is famous or influential
3. Getting some offers from Drake itself or they do make the first approach

No matter what it would be but still a win win situation for both.

This a nice move for Stake. Getting a good promoter for their casino can make a good impact. Drake is a well-known personality. He is known to be a consistent and big risk taker gambler that can risk thousands and even millions of dollar for a bet. In addition, Drake has a wide reach of audience as well. He has a lot of followers whom he can influence with with just few clicks. It is a smart move for Stake to invest for a good and reputable gambler because after all, their name is at 'stake'.

Perhaps this is the reason behind the build up of Drake for Stake before. Nonetheless, this is win-win situation for both Drake and Stake casino. They will both benefit from the partnership and the one behind who offered first would be nonsense because they'll find it useful and profit anyways.

Playing (his) money ?? !  ::) ::)




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Yes, it's a cool move for both sides. Stake gets obvious publicity among Drake's fans, and Drake, in addition to money, gets another informational reason to stay in the news and attract even more fans and just people who are interested in him for one reason or another. For public figures who receive a significant part of their income from the public, this is very important. And such a cool cooperation strengthens the reputation of the casino as it is trusted by such a star (and such a businessman who undoubtedly did some research before entering into this partnership).

Even though he's an actor but still he's pretty aware with his finances and of course he's aware on things in related  to business which means that such act or decision is just really that right.

Its actually a win-win situation for both sides and the only losing is the community who do play and do get hook up with Drakes publicity but well this is business as usual.
As a common player then you should really still know on how to handle your finances so that you wont get fucked up.

There are too many people who think that the whole gambling industry is unethical and may they don't like what drake does with his partnership, but as you said its a business and everyone has its own understanding of that.

Without a doubt this is a great move by stake, I am a NFL fan, just take a look at my personal text below my avatar, and when I saw that I immediately thought that if this was not orchestrated by stake from the beginning then they needed to try to sign Drake right away as the publicity they got out of it was enormous, and just some time after it they are now in an agreement and Drake will promote stake as their partner, however this not only helped stake it helped to promote the whole gambling industry in this market, and I would not be surprised to see other casinos doing something similar in the future.

We know that gambling does really have that kind of bad impression in most cases or most people views rather because of some religious or some common bad impressions towards gambling addiction thats why people

do really ending up on having that kind of perception about it.Whether Drake and Stake does have partnership or not but still business would continue as usual.
Businesses would really be finding up ways on making out some exposure neither a celebrity or some influencers which is typical.

I can't believe that there's negativity around Drake's partnership. Even he has lots of followers, he is no one to blame if those people got fucked up from gambling. There's no room for that because, in the first place, these people are already gambling even prior to that partnership. Can't see the big reason why Drake should be responsible for their bad experience in gambling.

Drake is also a gambler from back then, he doesn't give a shit if anyone will try to follow him. He is not even telling anyone to gamble.

Being disciplined and responsible should start with us. Not by anyone or a sort of popular individual.

Addiction is the bad impressions about  gambling and also the young people being lured to gamble and this is the bad thing that we hate to happen so lets do this on that matter.
But Drake being inside the circle of Stake.com would be bring them more popularity and this is what the intention about this News and thats it.

I fully agree with you, Drake should not be blamed if someone tries to copy his bets and then loses money. Drake has a huge follower base and for him to share his betting slips is a form of advertising not a tip to make some free money. When it comes to sports betting there is no guaranteed win, and even though Drake is famous it doesn't mean he has insider information. Everybody should make up his own mind before blindly following celebrities, it is on ourselves to act responsible when it comes to gambling. Like you said Drake is not telling anyone to use their own money and gamble. For him betting a few hundred thousand USD is not much, he has enough money. In my opinion it's still great to see such famous Rappers like Drake to be part of the crypto world. It shows how far crypto currencies and online casinos have come in the last few years. Even the top celebrities are not afraid to give their name for advertising campaign. I am sure in the future we will see even more celebrities to join the crypto and gambling community.

It is good to be a follower but not to follow sheepishly. We have to be in control of what we do and not the other way round that we now allow our emotion to get us down. Following drake and seeing his bet slip should not make us to do same amount of betting he did because he is rich and can afford to lose such amount of money without any feeling. We should bet what we can sustain if we lose.

I played before in stake but I don't receive any information that they made a partnership with Drake well if that so it's a good marketing to get a huge name joins to their platform for sure its large promotions and budget to become part of them for sure tons of new gambler comes with the stake because they start a partnership with them so it already build trust because of the star and of course drake doesn't want to break those trust of his followers and its good to courage more player to the stake.

When was the last time you played with stake.com?

This thread was last February 13, 2022, it talks about Drake putting a million-dollar bet on stake.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5385546.0

Then after that, it was announced that stake and Drake have a partnership, so that Million dollar bet was probably part of the promotion already.
Although I know Drake is capable though but because of the recent partnership news, you can't prevent people from speculating.

For someone like drake that bet probably meant nothing to him as he can easily afford it, and while the majority of the people are not going to be as dumb as to think they can emulate what drake did unfortunately there are too many impressionable and naive people out there which will try to do it and they will begin to bet money they do not really have thinking about all the money they can make, when we know that making any money in gambling is quite difficult, and if anything we should expect to lose money over the long term.

If he easily afforded that lose, he wouldn't be millionaire. I think every cent is very important for those who get the money in their bags. Just remember Mike Tyson and listen to his podcasts, the man who spent 600million and don't know where and why.

Where he do spend out his money?
Over the years, Tyson bought $7 million necklaces, lions and tigers, a $2 million bathtub, and numerous homes, among other items.
Tyson went on a spending spree that culminated in buying $4.5 million worth of cars and bikes in only 33 months.

Shopping spree in short.  :)
The main thing on these situations : "Its their money, so its their full rights on what they gonna do with it" its none of our business actually.

For sure.

The one thing that I'm concerned about for Stake is the fact that they will likely see increased regulatory scrutiny as a result of these high profile sponsorships.

I guess this is also one of the reasons why only Stake has been able to move towards this mainstream casino image and no one else. They are possibly one of the only casinos that have a large enough legal team and experience in the field to deal with this attention, which is kudos to them.

Its not in public before since many knows Drake always have a good bet until he deals with stake, so technically he’s part of Stake before and all his bets are just part of their marketing strategy. Drake is a big man, this is a good exposure for Stake to be able to get Drake on their marketing team. Stake is a good site for betting, Drake knows this one.

They are already regulated and is legal on different countries. Since regulation is all about the safety of its users (company insurance), prevent crimes (users from banned/restricted countries, fund from hacked address) and gambling problems. I guess these are already tackle on their tos.
What they need to do is to insure is it is implemented fully on the platform, that no one can go in from restricted countries, etc, fairness of the platform which is not a problem at all.

Drake is Canadian which makes it probably a perfect fit for them as they are ok in that country afaik.   This must be the biggest name I can think of for any casino promotion recently, such a big artist it has to be largely because he likes the site not like he requires any sponsor really.   Congrats to Stake for making the most of a famous customer then I guess, well played

You can never have too much money. Once you get something there's always new things that you find interesting. People who have a lot of money aren't happy with little things. They start chasing after satisfaction and find out even the most luxurious things can't give it if you don't know how to appreciate them.

When it comes to Tyson, he failed to understand that most things you buy are a liability that require your money and attention to function. A pet of any kind needs food and care, a car needs fuel, cleaning, maintenance, a garden needs to be tended to, when you buy a big house it means you buy a cleaning lady, a gardener, pay bills every month.
Buying these things can drain your account much faster than you think.

But you find some that seems very happy with their occupations of making (lot of)money ;)

I do not know what you mean by occupation here, if also you regard gambling as one, but seems like you are talking about real occupation and to never be dependent on gambling as a means of earning. If so, you are very correct. Even also as for bigwigs, it is still not good to use high amount of money to gambling, gambling should be fun and should be taken as fun. That is why some people will look for ways to use high amount of money to gamble in a way to earn more but later become the victim of gambling addict and lost great amount of money.

Stake will not stop with Drake more big or bigger names will come out to continue their tradition and quest to stay on top of the industry, so far there is no competition for celebrity endorsers in the Crypto casino I'm hoping those other top names will get their own celebrity to endorse they may not be big names, but just to give Stake a good competition in getting celebrity endorsement so let's see if this year we'll have another casino with a celebrity endorser.

I agree with this. In the future or maybe later on, there would be more celebrities in competition with endorsements in casino platforms. Celebrity endorsements are not totally necessary, but it could be of great use for the casino to have many potential players, if their chosen endorser is good enough to gauge people willing to shed money in betting. Drake is a good choice for Stake because he is a well-known gambler and at the same time, has a wide reach of following in his social media accounts.

If other casinos would have one too, these can be beneficial to their growth, only if they would stumble upon a useful one. However, this celebrity endorsement should not be a hindrance to the service development offered as well as to the other programs in the casino that the players are fond to.

If you are subscribed to their newsletter (wait, this is optional guys, right?) you should receive an email about Drake being a partner of Stake. Yes, I agree with you that involving Stake is good marketing knowing he is really popular, especially in NBA. He's always watching the Toronto Raptors game and is one of the popular figures in the NBA.

His gambling habit also makes things easy for the partnership. Of course, a gambling site should just make a partnership that knows what gambling is in general and is already played on the site.

We should expect Drake to mention or do some marketing for the Stake from now on. I'm just wondering if he will attempt to make sounds of Stake while watching the NBA like he's wearing a t-shirt of Stake etc.

We will know that in the playoffs, as we all know, he is in full support of the Toronto Raptors.
As of the current ranking, Raptors are in rank number 7, so they have a big chance to be in the playoffs again.
https://www.espn.com/nba/standings

It would be a big advertisement if Drake will wear a shirt of stake, I tell you, I would be happy with that because it promotes not only the gambling site but the crypto as a whole also.

Agree. Back in Toronto Raptors on 2019 Finals. Drake is always has a spotlight. In every home game in Air Canada Center, there's no moment where he will not have a special view by the camera. He's a big personality on that team.

Wearing a shirt of Stake is possible once the Raptors were able to get in the playoffs. It's a sure playoffs spot for them although advancing to 2nd round is a question.

And if that happened, I'm sure there will be a mention about it on the NBA thread, or maybe a separate thread will be created. :)

That partnership certainly comes with big money, so not only he will wear a t-shirt, he might mention stake in an interview because he is promoting them. If he can beat a $1 million in a game, for sure that contract between him and stake is also worth millions, and stake would ensure that they'll get the value of their money, if you know what I'm saying.

Maybe that should be included in the contract terms if there is anything of such. But I'm thinking if there is a public exposure that Drake have to do with stake, it should be mentioning them in his music, maybe a few lines in his rap song or in the video . If that is not included in the contract then Drake is not obligated to do such.

Yeah, looks like he wasn't playing with stake for a while now.

Drake has been in the headlines for a while that time for making such huge bets in crypto form on Super Bowl in Los Angeles last February using Stake and he was reportedly won over $1.4 Million. I guess from that time Drake and Stake have been in a kind of deal, I mean we know that Drake is a gambler but suddenly he posted his bet slip using Stake and few days after that event, it was also report that Stake and Drake became partners.

I doubt it.

There will likely be legal repercussions with promoting Stake, especially in the U.S. or to U.S. fans in my opinion. There is a reason why Stake bans signups within the U.S..

I don't think that it'll ever be something full blown like a marketing partner or a sponsor. He will just "casually" post Stake content, wear their merch, etc. but not actually become an affiliate as that would probably attract regulatory attention.

Well, it's for sure.
Partnership like this is like hiring a celebrity that has a lot of fans that they can use to advertise their casino. It's probably like half a million to more than a million for this contract.
But the return on this investment from them is going to be huge too, maybe not just a 50% return can even double or triple the payment that they've paid to Drake.

Since last year, this trend has started to develop strongly. The attraction to cryptocurrency services through the signing of advertising contracts with famous soccer clubs, sports federations, musicians and others. In any case, both for Stake Casino and for the whole development and popularization of cryptocurrencies, in general, such cooperation will have a positive effect, because these services will attract more and more new players who will join cryptocurrencies.

With Drake on board, I guess, stake got new players on their site.
I can say, this definitely got the interest from the community.
Even here in the forum, we have discussion about Drake's posting those instagram bets.
And stake was not even confirming about the partnership with drake at that time.
So yes, this partnership will definitely attract some new bettors via crypto casinos.
Sooner or later, we will see other famous endorser in one of the casinos here also.
Just a matter of time before we will see other big casinos to follow their move.

Speaking with marketing or exposure then it is indeed happening and not really just now.
https://ph.news.yahoo.com/these-are-the-celebrities-promoting-crypto-even-as-concerns-around-digital-scams-mount-142036509.html

Some do make out some partnerships and some do only promote out personally.So everything would be on that win-win situation.

This a big deal for Stake knowing that they are able to get big players and use them to advertise their site, so this is indeed a win win situation for both parties. I expect to see good updates on stake following this advertisement deal, also wondering if other sites are in work already to get celebrity endorser.

This isn't an issue with Stake and Drake because Stake is a known casino and has the reputation that their customers will be sure of. Although it's good to be aware of these potential scams that the celebrities might endorse.

It's mostly for those ICO projects that has used celebrities to promote their projects in the past. I'm not saying that they're fully gone but good thing you guys have brought it into attention because there could still be in existence.

While an example of it: https://coingeek.com/centra-tech-sohrab-sharma-sentenced-to-8-years-over-celeb-hyped-ico-scam/

OKAY. I understand everything. But is it possible to be so blind as to overlook the link between DRAKE's Super Bowl win and the entire advertising campaign? Do you believe that Drake really won ?? It's all fake!

Drake is more active watching the Toronto Raptors live obviously outside the USA. The homecourt of the Toronto Raptors is located at Scotiabank Arena in Canada. I think no issues if he will promote Stake on a live game even there's a US fan but I believe it's not necessary to do.

I do agree that he might end up wearing Stake merchandise as a form of marketing but won't directly ask viewers to try the platform.

Bringing the name of Stake on Drake's merchandises will add to the site's popularity.

It's a win-win situation for the both of them and having Drake to promote for them is really a good strategy for the Stake because Drake here has a lots of fans especially on the online platforms and the fact that he's an active gambler so surely he also have a huge circle of gambling friends that could really be a good exposure to the Stake.

First time I checked the Drake URL in the stake website. https://stake.com/drake
"My day" of Drake being shared. Honestly, I am not a fan of him and I even got annoyed when I saw him very active cheering with the Raptors against the Warriors championship game. I guess that's how fans of the Warriors reacted too with him on the sidelines and being loud.  :D
But now, we have a celebrity that appreciates online gambling and sharing it so I guess it's cool.

Indeed. Stake has established its name already even way before having a celebrity endorser. Which is really good because they have a good reputation to begin with. This only means that the clients won't have to worry so much regarding the services offered. Unlike other casinos that only relies with the publicity that their endorsers would give them.

Celebrity endorsers can be of great help, but it would be so much better if the casino already has made its contribution and its reputation on its own. Even without an endorser, surely, the players would be encouraged to invest and play with them. Although having an endorser would be a plus and a win-win situation too.

I only know him as a famous artist and huge fan of NBA but other like gambling is totally not maybe I just miss him as a gambler since I don't actually follow him, but we csn say that this partnership is totally good since Stake would surely get a huge benefit upon making Drake as a partner since this guy is influencial and might Stake will got the attention of Drake's fans to come and play with him on their  Casino.

They wouldn't make out some partnership if they wont really be seeing some benefit from Drake and thats for sure and as part of marketing then this do actually ends up a good decision.

It is actually a win situation yet we know on how popular Drake is and plus having that exposure towards crypto aside on focusing that much with gambling but much sure it would really be
creating that kind of curiosity which is actually good on means of exposure and awareness.

The main thing is that such partnerships do not lead to the growth of gambling addiction among young people because Drake's Twitter account has almost 40 million followers and as I understand most of this audience is under 18. I hope money doesn't come first for him and he understands what it can lead to.

Is Drake still a millionaire? Since the answer is yes then he can easily afford to lose that money, at the end of the day people are completely free to use their money in whatever they want, even if Drake used half of his fortune gambling, as long as he used the other half to grow his wealth no one could say anything to him about his gambling habit as he would still be incredibly rich, while generating passive income despite those theoretical losses he accumulated while gambling in our example.

I often wonder what's the catch on emailing my phone number and username to that email address? More like it's still put into lottery then whoever was lucky as well then they'll win on that giveaway. Not that bad. I think would just consider it as a mutual understanding between gamblers haha :D O0

Prior to getting the involvement of Drake, Stake is already a popular crypto-gambling platform. It means, even without the partnership, Stake will just continue to gain its popularity no matter what. It happened that Drake is playing at Stake and that's a good opportunity to make a collaboration.

Stake x Drake seems also a catchy term. The rhyme is really fit at gambling.

Drake is really fit to be their celebrity endorser. :D

There could really be a connection during that time and it's part of the strategy. But I don't think that it's a fake win, Drake is an actual stake player.

Also, it's a plus that Drake isn't just an endorser and celebrity to take note of. But he's an actual player of that casino so that's not a hard thing to attached to him and he has his own words to express about the service and platform itself.

Yes, Stake has been already popular and has been successful even before Drake arrived at the scene. But getting a celebrity endorser like Drake  is sure a good idea and additional in building their reputation thus he will bring more exposure.

Stake x Drake, yea that's really catchy 8)

So far, this is the only tweet that in is related with gambling
https://twitter.com/Drake/status/1499836331433730049?cxt=HHwWgoCpxc3MvtApAAAA

Showing off their partnership with Stake and i dont see anything which could really provoke out addiction specially on followers which are minors.
I dont see this as a serious issue though.

It's like the game of stake.

That's the way they advertise.

Through a celebrity, a known athlete, and other personalities that really has a following on exact the interest of the casino that they have.

I agree and I can say that it's a success partnership because it made a buzz.

Yeah, that could be the main point of their marketing, although the "X" is being used by many in any other industry to brand it as a collaboration or collab for short.

But the rhyme itself, as if it makes for a good song for Drake again, Lol.

Maybe when he releases his next album we will here Stake on that about their collab or something.

"Last night, the iHeartRadio Awards took place and Drizzy secured another win as the Hip-Hop Artist Of The Year. This is the fourth time in a row that Drake was honored with the award for Hip-Hop Artist Of The Year." - Source : https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/drake-wins-hip-hop-artist-of-the-year-at-iheartradio-awards-news.149515.html

“This is Drake, coming to you live on Sounds42 Sirus XM,“ said Drake on the show. “I’m excited to let all my people know that we’re working on something really special for you guys. Putting together two shows, one in New York and a few in Toronto. Source : https://thesource.com/2022/03/14/drake-announces-upcoming-shows-in-new-york-toronto/

Then he is also one of the executive producers of the Netflix British television crime drama series... "Top Boy" in it's forth season now.

So I do not know where he will get time to fit in a streaming session for Stake.com and also to function as a paid streamer for them.  ::)  I think he over committed himself for this and it is just a publicity stunt to fund his gambling entertainment.

There does need to be a proper investigation into the contacts Drake and Stake had before this big announcement happened on twitter, because it seems highly suspicious. They both had huge benefits from what happened, even if it was totally innocent andl external third party needs to establish the facts but knowing how toothless such regulators are in most countries it'll never happen. It actually makes me trust both of them even less, at the very least they could have left a bigger time gap in between - like one year, which would have removed more doubt.

This is the secret why crypto projects start to cooperate with popular artists or sports federations. These are ideal influxers, such people or organizations have huge fan base, moreover, the crypto industry itself has already started to actively intersect with sports and music, offering various services or tokens related to sports or music, such as NFT. In terms of promotion, these are quite logical moves, and naturally, cooperation with people like Drake will attract a large number of new users. This is also a kind of crypto-adoption.

Seems like a good partnership and something that aligns well with the general dynamics of the gambling industry and market. It is the moment to seek strategic partners that can bring something to the table that creates effective synergies and deliver a better customer value and experience to generate more traction on the prospective market and create a good playfield for all.

This is why casinos should invest on this since the returns they can get is very huge and imagine how wide it will reached for acquiring more famous celebrities to promote their casino. And what stake do in partnership with Drake is totally a good stuff for them since by now many talks about this partnership and this will open some good inputs to the fans of Drake and try what he promoted to them, this is really beneficial to crypto and to their business  since it will create more demands and other things.

Its not really a 'should' thing. Drake's partnership is just after Stake notices Drake is playing on their website, and not really Stake inviting Drake first. Yes, it was the best marketing so far done by any Crypto casinos, but it doesn't mean that everyone MUST and COULD pull such strategy off. There are still a lot of things to consider before doing that - one to note is the reputation of the artist/celebrity and the integrity of the casino. Stake was running for a lot of years compared to others that had just been started. Hence, such timeframe of existing and still having tons and growing players/community creates a huge advantage to Stake. Maybe soon after running for years, some of the notable casino platforms might take the same step. But still, it never was necessary if the platform have stable daily active players.

Actually, it's not crypto-projects should start cooperating with celebrities because if they will do it on their start-up, it's more like these popular celebrities are just shilling the project. I remember when Floyd Mayweather got involved in promoting a crypto-project (I forgot the name of the project) and look where it end up a failed project. It's not really necessary to hire a celebrity or make a partnership during the early days of the project.

The difference of what Stake did is, they are already a popular and well-established platform before making a partner with the popular Drake. It means even without that partnership, Stake will still become popular more. Now with Drake entering the platform, it boosts the popularity of the platform and I'm sure there are new users now testing the site thru Drake's way of gaining attention.

having a stable daily active players on long time pattern does always means that they would really be just contented on that one or would stay like that way.Yes, everything would be subject to change or would really be asking out for more in terms or revenue and this would be particular be putting more focus on marketing and since they are financially capable then they could really easily make out those add ups without any problems.
Its true that it did happen that Drake was playing or gambling heavily on this platform and Stake did notice that and they've decided to take advantage since we know on how popular Drake is and as a business
you would not just let it slip into your hands.

You have valid point on that. As they will just end up like shilling the project for nothing.
The strategy of stake is good as they are pretty established and popular casino already.
So Drake is just an additional endorser of their platform, to further attract more bettors.
But their foundation is already in place. So basically, they are just getting more players on board.

That small detail brings an impact. The Stake X Drake is really rhymed and it's not a coincidence. It was meant for the partnership lol.

Just wondering how Drake discover the Stake and consider placing a bet here at this platform knowing it's a crypto-gambling site and not the usual fiat online gambling sites where he used to place a bet.

I think there's already an event related to Stake X Drake. I will backread my email for a check.

In the case of Drake, they essentially targeted those who are wealthy or well-known, because drake put a large sum of money on the line, which is why he became more well-known. I agree that Stake is already well-known, but they still need to attract new customers in order to generate more revenue. To this end, most gambling sites are actively recruiting big-name endorsers because they have a large number of fans but i do still agree that some will fail though they do have big names behind their website.

What do you expect, it is normal, for celebrities to be endorsed. Stake is well known and yes that they need to attract new customers, but there will be a time there would be much customers to the extent more customers will make use of the site for gambling. The best that can be done is to also advertise on football predicting sites, lives scores sites and sponsoring a football club if they can afford that. But with how stake is doing it, it is growing.

If I understood it correctly, you are saying that such partnerships and collaborations could lead to growth of gambling addiction amongst the youth, since his wide reach of audience has the scope of age that is also below 18 years of age. However, I don't really think it will trigger addiction by that mere collab and influence since he isn't really outright campaigning and telling them to gamble irresponsibility.

In addition, this matter still lies on the free will of his followers. It's their choice if they would let him influence them or not. They still have the freedom to choose, and it's not as if anyone is controlling or insisting them to gamble. Self-restraint and discipline should still be come from within and inside the conversations among family, especially if they are still minors.

And not only casinos, but any other crypto services should use such a technique to expand and increase their user base. Music, movies, sports - these are the things that have widely entered our lives and have armies of millions of fans. For any casino, like Stake, it's a klondike where they can grow a lot in comparison to their competitors.

I see this kind of cooperation developing further, there is a chance that the names of crypto services we know will be integrated into movies, music, and other media products.

An average person trying to imitate the rich is as old as time itself, it is just that this is even more prominent in this age as people are more aware than ever of all the things that those that are rich and famous are doing, still as long as people gamble responsibly this is not a problem, the issue comes when people try to gamble more what they can afford to lose and then they try to blame the casinos for their losses when it was them the ones that were irresponsible in the management of their money.

Stake did not care anymore if people will doubt on them or not but why will someone doubt on it in the first place, I mean this is not a big issue at all in my opinion. It's not illegal or what. The world sees what drake did and the hype was still there so the stake casino took advantage with it. If they wait more time, it will not be as hyped as now although it can still make a good impact due to how famous drake was.

If let say drake have no connection before, the only one that get the benefit is stake because a famous personality is playing on their platform and it's a big profit for them if drake loses the amount he gambled but we don't know, maybe drake have lost some of his bets before. The casino still gains something anyway, win or lose.

i agree, they want to get more attention (boost) reason they pick a popular celebrity for partnership, wherein even no drake they still can succeed since they already popular and good casino platform for years now.

but of course there's a big difference and yes having popular celebrity partners is more effective and they can really gained more support immediately than doing it on their own way of advertising.. And perhaps even the partners didn't gamble like drake as long as they're popular surely there will be the same results afterwards IMO.

I have never heard of such a thing )) If average people imitate someone, then rather those who got the money in a relatively easy way. Even a cursory glance at Drake's biography is enough to understand that he is not "just a lucky guy" but one who has worked all his life and continues to do so even after he has achieved success.
I agree with you about shifting responsibility, this is really common for all people (not just gamblers). Few people are ready to say: it was my mistake, I am to blame. Usually they look for any other reason just to not admit own mistakes.

It seems to me that this is used by many people as a kind of defense mechanism that is designed to keep people from having repeated negative experiences, but it works so poorly that many people don't follow its warnings and keep stepping on the same rake over and over again. In addition, it is always possible to shift responsibility to someone else.

From my point of view, Stake's partnership with Drake is not intentional or he has been targeted. Maybe there's a point that Drake was vocal playing at Stake, the platform got his attention and from there the rest is history. Regardless of where it all started, there shouldn't be an issue.

Of course, getting new users on the site is continuous and never-ending progress. While adding good features, a partnership can be considered and that's what Stake is doing. Adesanya, Drake, etc. I'm sure there will be more personalities that will join the board while Stake is moving forward.

Establishing a partnership does mean that the Stake is getting bigger and stronger.

I guess the partnership just suddenly happen. Or perhaps this is all planned ahead. Either way, the collaboration of Drake and Stake exhibits a win-win scenario. Drake has been an active gambler ever since and he has a wide reach to influence. Having this kind of partnership can benefit both of them. Maybe in the future there would be more other personalities and celebrities joining the partnership with Stake which is a good thing as well because there would be more people to endorse. Although they should just assure that they would still give the same quality of service despite the endorsements.

Or maybe it was Drake's plan after all to get the attention of Stake, I mean why would Drake suddenly posts his huge bet slips using stake as a platform on the last Super Bowl in Los Angeles and luckily he won. That surely catches the attention of Stake management and later on we received a news that they're in a partnership now. Whichever it is, yes it is a win-win situation and we will see more famous personalities joining the Stake family soon.

It is a match made in heaven, Drake is not only already known as a gambler so he is the perfect celebrity to become the sponsor of a casino, but that is not all, as you state even the names of Drake and Stake match perfectly making the creation of a PR campaign something relatively easy, so I have no doubts this was the right move for Stake and I have no doubts that since then they have seen their traffic and their profits increase due to Drake becoming their sponsor not long ago.

It could be, or is it that they had some agreement beforehand or some kind of a test to prove that if Drake could become a good asset to them that is why Drake posted his bets out of the blue with the name of Stake involved. Lot of assumptions but we cannot confirm it because suddenly the two have already partnered and indeed it's win-win situation for the both party.

To be honest, I was also quite surprised to see Drake's bets.
Not only for the high volume, but also for having used a platform renowned for the crypto sector.

I believe that at certain levels nothing happens casually, and nobody does anything for nothing.
(It was a first piece of promotion if you think how much the bets was seen/discussed over the internet).
I would not be surprised to know that there was already an agreement between the parties (not publicly thanks to a NDA - Non disclosure agreement).

Obviously it's just speculation, we can't clearly know how the story went, but I agree too, it's a "win-win situation for both sides

Yes, right? I mean it that certain move he did would not be suspicious if he just posted that he bet on the LA Rams even if the amount was stated, or he blurred the name of the platform which was the Stake but he did the opposite and revealed it publicly, so it's quite relevant that were suspecting that both parties have some agreement before the event.

With those info that I've seen about him and stake, he's an active player of the platform.

But we're all in the guessing game and he won't verify if he's already partnered with them before he shown the slip or they've taken the attention after he has posted it.

No matter what it is, there's the truth that he's now a partner of them and celebrities like him really are catching the attention of everyone through this marketing.

It's obvious that prior to Drake's huge betting, there's already cooking a partnership with Drake. It's intentional while at the same time, Drake will really put a bet on it regardless if there's a partnership or not. That partnership might be in progress and formed for months I believed and not instant.

We don't know the real story behind but there's no need to really know some facts about it. Let the partnership just push through. We just have to wait for some Stake x Drake-related promotions and see if it will be catchy in our eyes.

I agree with that speculation, they make a headline first about the huge bet of Drake at stake, and later they announce that Drake has become their partner. It's like getting the attention of the masses and then telling them that they have celebrities who trusted their site with a million-dollar bet.

If we are talking about the money, or how much Drake is paid, we have no idea, but for sure that's more than the amount he bet when it first came into the news.

Big things are really happening in the world of crypto and as far as I can tell, this isn't just a win for stake it's a win for the crypto ecosystem which should pave way for other crypto based companies to join the real world in marketing these businesses and coins. I hope regulation won't become an issue in due course with these partnerships that keep puttingus on the map ::)

That's what I'm also thinking because I don't highly believe that their partnership was formed after Drake posted that certain bet slip and have won for over $1 Million, IIRC. The Stake has a really good set of eyes on finding it's celebrity/famous endorser and in this case, Drake is really a good choice as he can really give them that profit and attention they want so that those people will go to them.

Stake is lucky because a famous icon such as drake is the one that want's their attention. Who would not want to post that kind of bet? You are proud that you win. I can win an amount that to me is huge already but I know that it was still small to the rest but I don't care, I still share that bet to the public.

It's a win situation for stake but not really for drake because even without stake, drake can still earn huge and I think the pay for drake by other brands are much higher compared to what stake offered but it was still a money. Drake only accepts it because he love the platform, this is where he play. The money that stake pays to him can be a good addition to his money when he bets again.

How can you verify that claim that Drake only accepted that offer because he is using the Stake as his main platform?
And how did you know that there are other leading casinos/brands that have offered him a much higher pay than the Stake?

I'm sorry but I disagree about that because we cannot really know for sure and if it's really true that Drake have been offered by other online casinos with a higher fee then I don't think there's a Drake x Stake partnership happened. It's a win-win situation for the both parties because they need each other that's why Stake have reached out and Drake have accepted their offer.

However, I agree that Drake can still earn a huge money with or without the Stake's partnership.

Business as usual and we know that this is how business works on which they do really need to be that aggressive in terms of marketing which they do know that it could bring something or make more revenue.

They wont really be hesitating on spending or make out some partnerships and its indeed a win-win situation on both sides but well its not surprising because this is how business works.
It is really just great that crypto casinos is getting much attention since there are celebs does have millions of followers which do really end up on having good exposure towards crypto.

At the end of the day it does not really matter the order in which things happened, whether stake contacted drake first and then he made that bet or he made that bet and the he was contacted by stake, what matters is that they created a partnership, and for what I can see it is bound to be very prolific for a very long time, it would be interesting to see if this is the beginning of a very aggressive strategy and stake adds even more celebrities to promote them or if drake is the only one they will recruit for now.

Yeah right, let's just be happy for their new partnership and hope that it will be fruitful in the months and years to come. And the question what was the first happened or did the Stake approached Drake before he posted those bets or after it, doesn't really matter because we cannot answer those questions as they would not disclose that information publicly and it is kind of none of our business anymore.

Maybe, who knows right? We might see another an another additional celebrity endorser in the Stake Family this year.

If it was totally not part of the plan and Drake was simply just playing and turns out to be a heavy gambler then Stake would probably be noticing that but how Stake do able to know that a particular username is Drake?
Of course there might be some sort of making himself known on the platform/site itself which they had automatically recognized and  since he's one of the biggest players plus having that popularity
on outside world then it would not be surprising if Stake would really be getting that particular step in terms of exposure.

Well, you have to see that stake.com always knows what he is doing and chooses each of his workers with a magnifying glass because they are the best, plus a special feature is that Drake is not only a good rapper, but he is a person who has a great heart, when he was with Eddie in his live presentation and said that he would donate that $1M I think it touched every heart of many people in the world, here it is manifested that a successful company has its funds to help those who need it most, and This fact alone fills the entire stake.com team with many blessings.

I'm happy to hear that from Drake, the fact that he donated that huge amount tells us that he is not addicted to gambling although he is known to be a huge bettor with the bet slip he shared. Stake.com knows what they are doing, they are not new in the business and they are very successful as a business.

That is not indicate about his addiction since maybe he's go thru with that condition. He's a busy man so most provably he don't have time to spend on gambling and I guess he is just a casual gambler which spend his money on gambling if there's big sports event came what he likes and also maybe he's unto card games if he want to seek fun on his boring days.

With getting Drake on board will definitely have huge impact on the casino in positive way because he has huge influence over the audience.He is known gambler and giving out free gifts to fellow mates like bitcoin transfers.But this is one is surely great.Even if we call him addicted to gambling he can easily afford it with his enormous net worth and earning more each year.But this deal is going to boost the stake share in profits even more.

Stake wont make out partnerships if they dont see that they wont really be getting any benefit from it which its not actually surprising for their actions that had been made.
Drake does have lots of followers or fans which it is really a good exposure or boost up for Stake since this is where their idol is playing on and its true that
this is really also exposing bitcoin/crypto existence which is really a win-win situation.

I agree, it would be kind of stupid to partner with someone that is actually experiencing some of the problems that sometimes and for some people are associated to using gambling sites. It is also an interesting situation that people are unsure of what type of game is actually the guy into, it would play a much better effect if it was widely known and could be more promotional in that sense.

It's not just about Drake's followers but since he is famous and he plays with Stake even before, that results in the partnership.

The story was mentioned on Stake's website. They turned Drake into their partner since, after all, he knows already how to play with Stake and even got a bunch of videos playing on the site. I don't think those videos are intentional or even it might be, let's just leave it that way.

Did anyone try the instructions on the site on how to participate in Drake's giveaway? Though it needs a phone number.

It's worth noting. The partnership is not just about boosting their respective business and everything else that they will be benefited from. I'm not aware of that but since they extend their hands to the charity, that was a great action made by them.

It seems also that Stake isn't finished and more partnerships will be established soon.

With that, I'm expecting more people to be involved on Stake.

Definitely, more plans are on the way with this casino. As the saying goes, strike while the iron is hot. While they are attracting so much interest because of Drake in this period, they would want to expand more by planning more activities and possibly more endorsers or ambassadors, or even sports clubs/leagues to sponsor with. The competition among crypto casinos/bookies is getting tough because we are seeing new one everyday. So they need to get ahead to get a very good audience in this industry.

It may sound appropriate but how does Drake being addicted or not to gambling has to do with the donation he did? Not because he is addicted to gambling, it means he is a gambling addict or not. Also applied to everyone that even how addicted they are, there's no such thing as being responsible on their side.

Let's not put much negative context on that donation. Maybe we just don't know him behind the exposure and cameras. It's good that he is like that and we just have to be thankful for that.

Drake X Stake is a program that will give surprises to everyone.

Either being addicted or not , Drake can donate how much money he wanted because he is capable , knowing that he is one of the richest gambler of our time now.

so i don't think this has been an issue at  all, also considering that a Gambling addict win now with huge amount and find In his heart to donate ? then who can hinder Him? none because it is His money .

I think it makes no sense to talk about Drake's gambling addiction, because if he had any problems with gambling we would not only not see him as a partner of Stake.com, but we would also know about his bankruptcy.

If a person has a gambling addiction he is unable to control himself while gambling which cannot be said about Drake.

exactly , it is not our problem if He is addicted or not but what we must understand and be thankful is his thoughts , donating big amount is a thoughtful attitude that we should be look at and not the gambling activities he had.

and besides I will keep supporting the man because of his Deeds and not because of his position in gambling.

I have no confirmation of this, but it is rumored that Stake paid $100 000 000 for Drake's sponsorship. This might sound like a lot of money, but they have a $50 000 Giveaway every Saturday, where they have almost 2 million tickets in the draw. A person qualify for 1 ticket, once you have wagered $1000 at Stake. (Do your calculations if a person loose about $50 per $1000 wagered.... because that is close to $100 000 000 Gross income per week)  ::)

Do you think Drake will bring in more than $100 000 000 income during his sponsorship? I guess it is more about him bringing in respectability for the Brand.  ;)

It is good if he can balance work and income by donating large amounts. And if he gets addicted, I think he or the people around him will do their best to get him out. Besides that, while he is in the gambling business, the people around him always watch and pay attention to him. He can prevent himself from getting exposed to gambling or getting addicted to gambling because we know the effects can come without realizing it. Maybe if he had a gambling addiction, Stake would stop working with him.

I'm sure stake is not stupid to give that amount to Drake if they are not expecting a return from it. Drake is like an NBA star who wear shoes for sponsorships and receive millions of money, hopefully, that would bring success to stake as they have invested a lot of money from this deal.

Besides, the fact that he if ever a gambling addict didn't dictate him to whatever he will do with his money because either a person is a gambling addict or not this will not cover the fact that we as a human have this feeling of wanted to help so I commend Drake on what he has done with a portion of his money. I can say that even people are questioning his potential and his credibility because he is gambling addict he still did a good job in this situation.

I do not really know the answer to that question but assuming those numbers are correct then it is be assumed that stake knows what they are doing, after all drake is incredibly popular and his sponsorship can without a doubt bring them even more profits, the other possibility is that stake is looking at this as a long term investment, maybe drake will not be able to draw enough people to their casino to produce those profits immediately, but if it gives them and advantage over other cryptocurrency casinos then they may eventually recover that money in the future.

Obviously endorsement is not stupidity at all, Drake is a celebrity know in the world, endorsing him will help Stake to bring more customers which will help the gambling site to earn more money as well. It is win for win.

With what I have noticed about gambling, stake is not the first gambling site that make use of celebrity for promotion, gambling sites that had used celebrities in the past were able to get more customers registered and increase in gambling activities, the more people played the more the losers, the more the growth of the gambling site. Endorsing Stake will work for them.

Stake wont be spending $100M for nothing and they do really believe that Drake could really drag on lots of players which could really break even or make profits on a short span of time.

For sure they arent thinking about that since marketing is really part of business.They do really need to spend as a part of expense which is something normal but of course they do need to take risk
but as for Stake earning much revenue or profits before sponsorship then the said amount or contract price isnt really that much big for them.

Yeah, that's correct. For example, Stake is making at least $1 million a day, that $100 million is nothing to them because they can expect that their revenue will increase. They probably are trying to advertise on a worldwide scale, and if this rumor is true, we should expect something big from Stake that would result in increasing their revenue, what it is? We don't know for now, but hopefully, it will be a big surprise for the crypto gambling community.

The giveaway form Drake and stake has already kicked off, I think the last time Drake and Jack hallow where together giving giving out money to people to help them pursue there dreams, also stake and Drake also gave out $500,000 to LeBron James charity program.

The Union between Drake and stake has been a great one where even many people has benefited from it, I think it would be a long and successful partnership.

That is for sure because crypto gambling is now becoming a thing on this modern era. It will not be hard for the people to choose a crypto gambling site but they will visit the site they see on drake's page. I didn't know that stake is not the first gambling site to do this but can you name a few of them if you still remember them? I visit each gambling threads on the gambling section but I have not seen they sponsored a famous celebrity.

All I can see are that footballers and ufc players but the players are not totally popular, I think that's what can they afford for now. It shows that stake as a lot budget compare to those casino's because they always use famous icons.

Aside from Stake on making money then it would also be adding up the exposure of crypto existence which is one of the benefits or pros on having Drake into this business or market on which
it do really add up some curiousity on what is crypto is all about.If they do saw their Idol is playing on Stake and seen on whats bitcoin or crypto deposits then it will surely make out some
questions in mind which might result into having in depth research and basing off with real numbers of followers or fans then its impossible that they wont get anyone on playing into the platform.

I cant think of anyone so big being involved in a gambling promotion for crypto, its surely a big scoop to have someone that well known on your team.  Also he is just very rich, whatever percentage he chooses to gamble is all very reasonable to him and people go for large numbers.   I personally appreciate the really long shot multibet type odds that occur even if the amount put down is a small amount but the simple fact is people gambling large amounts will always appear a bigger deal

But stake somewhat got the attention of many here owed to Drake. Yes, they are not the first but in my opinion, they got good following when drake posted those insta bets from stake. A very subtle promotion as stake has not confirmed their collaboration yet when Drake posted those bets. I believe he has followers who are noncrypto users who also are now stake players. Just guessing here.  ;)

That was nice to hear. What about those who participate that need a phone number?

Do guys from here actually join? It was mentioned on the Drake X Stake page on the Stake website if anyone wants to see the instructions.

As you said in the last statement, I'm also seeing the partnership as long and successful. That's what a partnership should be in the first place.

This is true. His bets were into discussion for a long and recently his charity is being into discussion. He enjoys and he does good to the needy. This gives him more value as a brand ambassador than a celebrity who is popular. He's into crypto for a long and he has placed big wagers in the past and this time it was very big and caught the eyes of everyone. Surely this could've of landed more number of non crypto gamblers into Stake.

Still, that's a huge number for that partnership but what can we expect from celebrity deals? They won't just cost a few million or hundreds of thousands.

From stake's perspective, this is actually an investment to them and I guess they're raking the effect right now for that ad and partnership.

He can and as well as the other brand ambassadors that they've signed.

I think so too, but what I am also thinking is that Stake also accept fiat currencies, but I do not think because of that, gamblers on Stake will not be able to know that stake accepts Bitcoin and altcoins. Even Drake is using bitcoin to play on the betting platform and which was what people know. I too believe that people will know about cryptocurrencies because of this. The more people are making us of gambling sites that accepts cryptocurrencies, the more people will know about cryptocurrencies and the more people will adopt cryptocurrencies.

Indeed. Those collaborations and sponsorship really work wonders if used right and done by suitable personalities. The main goal of these celebrity endorsements is to garner more potential investors in which they can make new patronage to. Which happens whenever people are enticed or encouraged to play by certain factors such as by following their chosen and liked personalities.

Clearly, Drake has a wide reach of following that he could influence which is definitely a win for Stake. And of course, it woulf benefit him too given that partnerships come with perks and advantages that he can utilize.

AFAIK, Drake is known for promoting crypto not only on his twitter account but also to his co-artist in music industry. So even if he didn’t make this partnership with Stake. He is still promoting crypto in different way that he was good at. I will not be surprise if he will have his own NFT collection for all his albums since music is now being involved in NFT. This news about Drake partnership with Stake will gonna emphasize how convenient and safe to use Crypto Casino since even artist use this to bet huge amount so what’s more for small user to not trust it.

Now a lot of famous people are promoting different projects and it is a great trend that aims to popularize cryptocurrencies but the main thing is that they not only demonstrate that they use cryptocurrencies in their everyday life but also do not forget to tell about the risks that newcomers may face when using cryptocurrencies. It would also be nice if Drake would warn newbies against gambling addiction, which I think is very important.

It's out of his doings and actions. If he will give advice to newbies, it's like what's the purpose of marketing a gambling site.

Gambling-related addictions and issues should only be shouldered by Stake. There's a Responsible Gambling noticed on the website on most newbies won't bother to read. There's also a self-exclusion policy and anything else.

Drake will just focus on what's written on the terms.

It's impossible for me to think that new users who are used to placing bets on fiat won't be aware that Stake is a crypto-gambling site once they consider using the site. It's good that Stake not just limit the deposit options to crypto but also made it possible for fiat. While those users who aren't aware of crypto continue to gamble at Stake, there will be a time that they will also consider using other deposit methods for another gambling experience.

It needs a process though as marketing really takes time to see the result. By turning Drake from player to partner, it's good exposure for Stake as Drake is a well-known personality and gambling is one of his usual activities even before.

Indeed! That's what makes him a better brand ambassador from other famous brand ambassador who is just enjoying their life in a selfish manner and the Stake surely got the exact man for the job, congratulations to them again! Drake is more known for his music as it continues to hit the top charts, so we can say that most of his fans are not gambler and I won't be surprised that many have been started to gamble in Stake after they knew that Drake is now a partner of Stake.

Exactly, everyone wins when something like this happens, even other casinos that may want to get some of the user base from stake benefit from this move as people that were not aware that they could gamble with cryptocurrencies now they know this is an option, and once they come to this market and they compare how easy it is to gamble with cryptocurrencies compared to what they can find in fiat casinos then a great deal of them will not only keep gambling with cryptocurrencies but they will begin to use them for other things as well, increasing the volume and the usage of bitcoin as a currency in the process.

Yes, it will make a big difference for the adoption. We all sit on a crypto forum and think that all people already know about cryptocurrencies and how to use them, but in fact, if you take the wider society, this is far from the case. Such partnerships and the entry of cryptocurrencies into the next information flows for certain audiences will increase the number of people who are aware of cryptocurrencies and have a positive attitude towards them ("if Drake uses them, then I can").

Stake started with cryptos but they eventually add fiats so people will still recognize that stake is a crypto gambling site and aside from that, when they search stake on google, the word "cryptocurrency" is going to be highlighted most of the time and also when you visit the stake casino and when you press that currency tab or even the deposit button, only cryptos are the ones that will show so it is impossible if they won't figured it out that stake is mostly a crypto casino. Drake bet in Canadian currency I think, not bitcoin but I am not really sure though, maybe he made a recent bet and he was using bitcoin as a currency this time.

It's quite difficult to say and estimate why Stake insists on having the personal information of new customers on their site. I'm not sure, but it could have to do with the fact that the licensing commissions in Curacao have become quite strict and anonymous registrations are no longer allowed. We've seen this on multiple sites that you have to register your own leaving some personal information. The rules and procedures are getting stricter and stricter, unfortunately or perhaps good to see? Fraud becomes a lot more difficult that way.

I think I like the idea just like with the other ads for products like saying "drink moderately". There goes the warning from him that "gamble responsibly". Just sort of that.

However, it's true that it breaks the purpose of the expensive deal with him that he should take a lot of customers through him and then speak with them. IMO, there's nothing wrong with that as the gambling sites are also giving a tip like that to their customers just as you've said.

It makes sense so we can leave it that way. Verification is now slowly hitting most crypto-related services. But on the bright side, it's just Phone Numbers that needs on that promotion and not a Full Know-Your-Customer verification that includes ID submission or anything, which won't likely be followed by most people.

Anyhow, if the user is not comfortable giving such details, then they can just easily ignore and not participate in the event. After all, Stake is not forcing any people to join any Drake's related giveaway. The users are the ones to adjust and not the platform will adjust for them. In any case, there are other promotions too that people can join in the future.

I have to agree that Drake doesn't have a sole responsibility to give warnings to people about gambling addiction. It's not his role as a paid partner for a gambling site that he will market from now on. Although he can give warnings but not necessary. As always, the preventive measures to avoid the negative effect of gambling is thru ourselves.

The discipline has to start with the people as even though there are lots of advice and warnings, it still depends on the people if they will follow it. Every newbie should know and understand that prior entering the gambling scene.

Me, either! Drake's job as an endorser is to just advertise the Stake in any way that he can do and that is of course related in gambling activities. However, he can still do give an advice or warning to the gambler but it's already common sense that anyone who gamble is the one who is responsible and should only gamble what they can afford to lose.

Warnings are everywhere, but people tend to reject it as they already know it.

Do Drake personally post his bets or showing he is placing bets in Stake through his personal Instagram account or social media? It is really a good partnership with Stake and Drake not only the Stake will reach more niche but also a good for cryptocurrency it is like promoting 2 at the same time.

Yes, it's a very successful partnership between the Stake and Drake and just like what everyone have said in this forum. The Stake surely got the right man for the job as an endorser and it's a win-win situation for the both of them and the good thing is they are also advertising the cryptocurrency, that way it helps it more noticeable in the public.

I think the only time Drake posted his bet slip in the internet and his social media account showing the name of Stake was on the Superbowl, where he put his bets in cryptocurrency form in LA Rams. Not sure if he still posts his bets on a regular basis in any particular sports.

yep, drake doesn't always show the bets he places on stakes but the bets you mentioned above have made a big fuss and also attracted many people to bet with crypto today

collaboration between drake and stake will make cryptocurrency even more famous

In short, its a win win situation for both Stake,Drake and Crypto exposure in overall but the sad fact that gamblers who do involved on the activity will surely be losing up money but lets just accept the reality.

In partnerships then there would be always that mutual benefit which is something not surprising.Stake wont be spending up big on partnerships into someone without any gains or benefits to get.

and since Drake is a popular celeb then expect that exposure for the Casino would really getting high which means it would be having more revenue.

Well, Drake is the perfect endorser for any gambling website, especially in crypto because he has into sports mainly in the NBA who's always been rooting for Toronto Raptors and in foot ball. His appearance on this kind of sports will be enough to gather more bettors into a specific gambling website. Not to mention he's a famous rapper too.
I don't know how much Stake is paying for Drake to endorse them. That I'm quite sure a big amount.

Most gamblers will lose money and that is unavoidable in gambling, and that is why together with every advertisements related to betting, many countries enforce regulations to make sure casinos add a warning message telling people to bet moderately, to understand the risks before start playing, to only bet money they can afford to lose and so on...

Since the potential risks are sound and clear to everyone, I think in nothing the partnership with celebrities in gambling will be negative for the public.

We dont know on whats the deal between this partnership but pretty much sure it wont really be just involving small amount considering that Drake had wagered big already on the casino and now Stake had decided

to make out some partnerships but of course it would really be needing for them to spend out for marketing funds and expenses but much sure they do know that Drake could really be beneficial in terms of exposure.
They wont really be making out some partnerships if they wouldnt benefit something from him.

He really doesn't have and if stake would do that then that's good but if not, then that's usual business they have there.

It's hard to get the right take for this since there will always be those that goes against and the ones such as we that understands how deals could be and it's part of marketing.

Well, people should take responsibility if it's related to gamble whether they're influenced or not by Drake and the others.

I do not understand why you would be sad about gamblers losing money, anyone that takes five minutes to research a little bit about gambling will find out they can lose money when they gamble, as long as we are responsible with our capital gambling is no different than any other form of entertainment in which you need to pay some money to obtain some fun, now it is true there are people that cannot contain themselves and lose more than what they can afford to lose, but that is because of their own mistakes and their inability to control their gambling.

Also, they arent forced to play in the first place which means its their own free will to play gambling which means that they should be aware nor being ready for the consequence that they might faced on
and its true that there are no other to blame about losses but the player or gamblers itself and not the house since they  are just doing business and its up to someones decision whether they do play
or not and this is how this industry works.Some do win big and majority of them losses money and thats what you called business.It wont work out if people would just letting for them to win.
It isnt a charity but indeed a business for those owners.

That's not a sad fact but that's already a common situation that will happen in gambling regardless if there's a partnership or what. It's like the other sin activities and we should not point out that the partnership made by Stake and Drake will lead to more gamblers involved in gambling.

It's up to the people if they will allow themselves to be addicted to gambling. Stake nor Drake doesn't have anything to do about it. Like the famous cigarette ads, "Cigarette smoking is dangerous to your health" but still, lots of people smoked. The same goes for gambling.

The warning about the dangers of smoking has been around for a relatively short time. For a long period of time, the big tobacco companies were not obliged to report it and invested huge sums of money in official advertising, hidden ads in the movie industry and contracts with individual public representatives to create an image of a successful smoker, thereby attracting people to their products.

I agree that each of us chooses what we do, but it's impossible to rule out someone getting hurt by these kinds of campaigns.

Well, foremost, it's the gambler's responsibility to set a limit and boundary so that they won't get addicted in gambling. A player must establish a discipline from within before entering any kind of gambling habit because if not, they'll just end up losing instead of gaining something. In addition, instead of gambling being their source of their happiness and enjoyment, it could rather be a cause of their distress if they won't know self-restraint.

Partnerships are helpful for both parties especially if the influencer has a wide reach and the casino or gambling website is well-known already. After all, the purpose of having these collaborations is for them to gain.

I just remembered a one of a kind of gambling here in my country where our president don't have a plan to restrict the legal operation of the said gambling despite of many complaints of people getting addicted on these gambling activities, many went broke and losing all their properties because of this gambling. It's because its true that at the end of the day it is a gamblers responsibility to set limit and boundaries on their gambling activities, no one is in charge om their action other than themselves.

Would be much help for Stake if Drake would create a song about Stake or probably add it to his music video showing that he is playing a Stake but I think that would be really expensive to create a song just for Stake but I am sure that would be a really good investment in advertising Stake.com

Drake promotes the casino but it does not automatically mean that it magnets people to gamble on stake but there are gamblers that have their favorite gambling places and they will remain loyal to it and also people nowadays are now wiser and they know that gambling can steal their money so they won't gamble or they will play gambling but only with smaller amounts just to pass the time. Stake takes a huge risk there but only few can noticed it because they only focus on the bright side. anyway, stake have been there for quit some time and they already accumulated a good amount of money. It's okay if they don't get the results that they want.

I wonder if that really happened. Will people be so curious about Stake that it will make them visit Stake and gamble? What about the people from the government who listen to the song? What will be their thoughts? If that happens in a country where gambling is legal, that will be no problem but how if vice versa? But it will help Stake to get more members who will play on their site.

Now thats a nice smart move from Stake.com because Drake as we all know it has a huge fanbase.
Stake can use the huge fanbase of Drake as a leverage and increase their own userbase to a huge extent provided Drake is promoting Stake.com

But of course it do comes with a price but Stake knows that they could easily break even with that or even make huge revenue since or considering Drake does have huge fanbase.

You would not know on how many on precise but for much sure it would really be giving a good exposure on Stake which is really good for business.
They are somewhat already that too aggressive in terms of marketing which is really a good move for Stake and of course Drake do also benefits from that.

What are you thinking guys? That's already too much to ask for. There's a term about the partnership and Drake will just follow that, nothing else.

When we say partnership, it's not that Drake will do anything he likes like creating a song or what. There's a responsibility of Drake under the partnership terms and that's what he just needs to follow. There's a signed agreement of it in a simple explanation.

Let's just wait for their future promotions. We don't need to request something from Drake. :)

Yeah, that's actually the plan and it really did well. There's even a discussion during the Superbowl that's already part of Drake's partnership with them.
But still, some others can't say that it's part of it and the partnership has been built after it. Well, still all win for the both of them, stake and Drake. An actual player and advertiser of their casino that has a very wide reach for his fans.

That is surely a good idea but probably we will know about that soon if that's included from their agreement because from our knowledge, Drake was just hired to be an endorser and to do advertisement about Stake. Making songs for Stake is good for the company so that the people could know more about them and be curious about the platform but surely that price tag doesn't comes cheap especially if it's Drake himself making that song.

Yes ofcourse, Stake would benefit a lot from this partnership and may be Drake will receive additional benefits from Stake now that he has become a partner.
Also, we don't know if the Stake users will receive any kind of bonus from this new partnership or not.
May be there's something in store for the users as well but for Stake as well as Drake it's definitely a win-win situation.

Indeed, that was a great move and both of them is going to benefit from it for sure.

The internet was shocked when Drake suddenly posted his huge bets on the Superbowl with the name of the platform which was the Stake on his social media account and as expected many have been curious about it and many speculations have rose that are they already in a partnership or something like that. Few days after it was confirmed that Stake and Drake did have a deal where Drake is their new celebrity endorser, but the questions still aren't answered because they didn't disclose that information about if they had already an agreement before the Superbowl or after it.

It can happen if stake pays for it but for now, the payment that they made are i guess only for minor promotions. A song or a music video could be repeatedly played if it's catchy enough so yes it will stick to the listeners or to the viewers head. They won't notice it later on that they are now playing on stake casino.

To a country where gambling is illegal well they can simply ban the song or the music video but it's not a big deal since there are more countries that allowed gambling compare to the countries that bans it. If stake earns good on their current promotion then they may consider this in the hopes of getting more players or income.

They wont be spending something on things that they do see that they could not benefit out for long term whether it would be through some song or would be in form of simple suggestion would really be neither effective
or not as long exposure would really be there then thats what matter most because Drake does have big user base which Stake might really be after thats why they do really make out some partnership.
Yes, it is really that something a business would normally do on where they do really consider out on spending something then they are fully aware on things.

Stake as a new gambling site that has nearly spent 3 year here has always brought some excitement and this latest move to bring a superstar such as drake in as an Ambassador is a big one congratulations to the whole stake community.

I genuinely do not think that Drake will do anything out of the ordinary for Stake.

The absolute maximum that he will do is probably post about his wins/losses on twitter/instagram where he takes screenshots and posts them.

Anything further than that could have legal repercussions that he is definitely not willing to take up in my opinion.

They're no longer new if they've been 3 years operating already. And not just Drake that they've put on board but a lot of personalities that have signed a contract with them.
Like Israel Adesanya, a UFC fighter who is also part of their bookie. They've considered this way for their brand marketing as part of investment and they surely are doing a pretty well job just as expected by them.

A right timing indeed. It just happened that Drake is their customer and that's the start of the story. I just don't know how long Drake already using the Stake platform and how he encounter that site for his crypto-gambling experience.

More importantly, the partnership will bring good awareness and marketing to the name of the Stake. Added by lots of promotions related to their Stake X Drake program, expect more users will test the site.

Who's the next celebrity that Stake will have a partnership with? Stay tuned.

It's not shocking for the people that knows drake because the guy was a big earner since he is a celebrity but what shocks us is the fact that drake plays on stake, he plays on a crypto gambling site. Who would have thought that? Celebrities usually don't do that but when they do gamble they will likely go for a normal gambling places not related to cryptos.

By the time drake shows off stake, a lot us automatically say that drake has a connection with stake and it turns out to be true because a normal celebrity wouldn't flex a brand for no other reasons. Stake ignore the other question but it seems they are guilty and they don't want to get hated more for not telling it early.

Nowadays, many famous people are used to draw attention to a particular platform or service. We should see it as advertising and not expect Drake or another famous person to share the terms of their contracts and partnerships with us. It's their own business and they don't have to answer to anyone for their actions. That's my point.

You have a point there, so I think we can excuse the behavior of the people that lived decades ago, but now thanks to the Internet we have access to a great deal of all of the information and knowledge around the world, so researching the dangers of smoking or gambling is something that takes a few minutes at worst, if people decide to ignore those dangers and keep smoking a lot or gambling more than what they can afford to lose then they are completely responsible for the consequences those behaviors will bring to their lives.

He was playing on Stake anyway so its probably equally smart on his part in that he made a deal that a donation would made to charities he supports, so avoiding tax or whatever hitches might come and he doesnt alter much as it was already his preference apparently.

Stake has become one of the most reputable casinos as big players are constantly coming out to give a positive reviews about stake and drake is a big musician joining the stake community is a big win for the casino.

I have also no idea how long Drake has been playing with them. But the truth is perfect timing for them, whether the viral winning bet is part of the marketing or not.
One thing can be for sure and that is it really made people curious and they're successful doing it. Well, we might be surprised again if they're going to put another one on board if that personality is also like a celebrity.

^ For sure also Drake is one of the big players on Stake.com and that is why he has a wise decision of accepting the partnership with Stake.
That is why Stake now focuses on promoting because they know how they will have players when they will have partnerships with famous people like Drake. Kudos to Stake, they become now a popular gambling casino and as they said, an old casino but it is gold. Promotion + Bonuses = a successful gambling casino and probably this should other gambling casinos do, focus on the two, the RTP and the promotions.

What are those things that Stake will be hated for on not telling it early about the partnership? I don't see any hate towards it and what's the catch about it if they didn't tell early about the partnership during the time Drake flex his large bet.

But if ever there's a people who will hate or be mad at what Stake did, I don't understand the reason why they will become like that as I treat that issue as small and not that big deal to be concerned of.

I'm sure the way the partnership is formed, that's not the first time we see that kind of arrangement in terms of marketing.

Well, that debate has been hot and argument for most people have valid points. So whether they're already in that partnership or not during his post.
We can all agree that they did a great job for promoting stake at the right time during the Super bowl. And I guess take would do this thing again if there's a chance.

I think the RTP was provided by game providers and not the Casino themselves unless they owned those games. But regardless, RTPs might be attractive but promotions are really the mandatory thing that gamblers want.

Not checking yet each of Drake's related offers but I think there will be more promotions to offer while the partnership lasts.

Does anyone here already take advantage or participated in Drake's related promotions on the platform?

I don't think any of the Stake users have benefited "yet" from the partnership but they were offering a giveaway while the live stream on twitch.
May be things are in place and may be Stake users might get to see some kind of promotions rolling in the upcoming days since the partnership is relatively new.

Indeed, it was! And it's already none of our businer wether Drake and Stake have been in some agreement or signed a deal before or after the Superbowl, they would have inform the public about it if ever they wanted to. The only important thing is that their partnership is a very successful and really benefit the both of them. Maybe soon we can see another additional celebrity endorser in the Stake family.

Stake have partnered with dendi before, he is a dota player and I think many people knows this guy so this counts a celebrity right? But, drake is obviously ia much popular than him because drake is an artist and he is still relevant until now. There is a chance that stake will hire another celebrity in the future but it maybe a celebrity on another field, not on gaming and the music industry anymore. It's interesting how stake ventures every industry and give other celebrities a chance to be a part of a crypto casino. It's a wise move if they want more exposure. Soon their number of players are going to increase dramatically as well as their profit of course.

They are doing great I tell you (Stakes). Either they sponsored the said bet for drake or not or as it is of there platform, its just some bet placed on a probability outcome and won't be redeemed or honoured on both sides and that's a food for thought on the concerned. It could have been just for the partnership and its some cool strategy to lure more customers unto there fold. The promise of huge wins and the ability to pay is a strong and important one for the platform, having several casinos emerging by the day, stake has got to pull something unheard of and expand there customer spans to the world celebrated and its good for busines.

I wonder if the other gambling sites and competitors of Stake are thinking to endorse any celebrity or not.
Now that Drake is Stake's partner it might make Stake a step ahead in the game than any of it's competitors.

As I check the website, it shows that Drake was a long-time member of Stake and maybe they come up with their idea to hype the website and make partner with the celebrity. It's a win-win scenario both for them since a lot of player will come and play on casino site since they will think it's trusted website. As for now, I didn't sign up an account on the website maybe later and navigate it.

Yes, it's hard not to know Dendi if you're a Dota player from 1 until 2. I might say he's really a legend and Stake did the right thing on selecting him as an additional endorser. But that partnership was last 2019 or early 202, IIRC. Is their partnership still active until now?

Seems like it, there will some news about that sooner or later this year. I'm also curious about who will be the next additional endorser or what industry will he/she come from.

Oh well with that thing we can say that it is a win-win situation for both parties because they will benefit on the success of these partnership. They serve a common goal which is to highlight Stake Casino and attract more gamblers and players so that the more players and gamblers a Stake Casino have the more income they will earn. So, having Drake as a partner not just to promote the website or company and a long-time member os stake casino but also because of his status socially it will give both parties a win-win situation.

There has been some discussion about whether drake and stake were already in a partnership when he made that famous bet, but personally I do not think it should matter at all, what matters is that cryptocurrency casinos as a whole are going mainstream and the same is true for exchanges, and the more something like this happens the more familiar people will become with bitcoin, and this familiarity will make them to eventually buy bitcoin and then use it to buy what they need, raising the adoption, awareness and the usage of bitcoin as a currency.

Drake, being a casino fan, people will not be surprised if he keeps gambling at the stake casino because he is certainly a big gambler that is used on betting a huge amount, and create huge wins too in some of that. And maybe stake has found him as a usual gambler in their website and decided to make him as a partner and now he becomes the cover of their gambling website. This is a perfect way using a big celebrity to promote the stake casino as its now very popular and made a lot of customers after seeing Drake partners with the stake.

Drake hadnt been forced to play on Stake until he was discovered that he's behind on a certain account which do spends big time on the platform which it would really be understandable
that Stake would grab out the opportunity on making him as a partner considering his fan base then that would really be giving out some good exposure on the site even more.
Aside on getting some good revenue or income from Drake they are also benefiting out when it comes to marketing specially now that they do have made out some partnership.

Yes, that sound seems not a big deal. Regardless, there's no harm about it. It might be obvious that it's part of the marketing so we just have to keep it that way.

Furthermore, what the community should wait for are the future promotions that the Stake X Drake program will release.

I'm sure there are lots of plans on the table that are just waiting to be executed.

With the success the Drake and Stake partnership that we are witnessing I would not be surprised that at the near future some other casinos try to do something similar, after all we know that “imitation is the sincerest form of flattery”, so if other casinos want to obtain a similar success for them as well then it makes sense they try to obtain the support from celebrities to support their brand and make them reach a population that was not accessible for them before.

Yes, it's inevitable. If you look at the trend, the exchanges have already reached the highest level of advertising that they can afford - they sponsor top football teams, entire championships, etc. The same will happen (already happens) with casinos - this is a profitable business, so such stellar partnerships in the future will not surprise anyone.

Exchange platforms and casino businesses are both one of the most profitable or high revenue making type of businesses on this industry which it is no surprise that they would really be touching up this area in terms or

marketing where they would be using up their common sense on finding huge user base type of influencers even though the pay would be not that cheap but it would really be worth it for sure.

It might not be a guaranteed positive outcome but at least they do really make out some big exposure which would really help out the business.

this was something that was going to happen lol we just needed to wait

Expect about it because that would surely happen in the near future and it's kind of normal nowadays to see some other brands trying to imitate what the other brand did which was really a success like the Stake did when they got Drake to endorse for them. But the challenge for them is to have the right man or woman for the job who's also a big gambler that the public knows and of course got a huge fan base to make the brand more expose.

I think it isn't the first time a casino did this kind of marketing, we've seen this in the past and we will see such scenarios in the future as well. The thing is, it shouldn't just the exposure or that people knows it, they should have been the voice of the community as well, so in order to do that I think regular live stream playing on what casino they promotes is needed. It needs more execution rather than just pure display.

It depends on how big the business is. The most famous casinos and exchanges are undoubtedly making huge profits, the rest are fighting for the rest of the pie. It is clear that monsters like Stake spend millions of dollars on celebrities like Drake in return to gain recognition and tolerance from his fans, which ultimately gives them even more profit.

Yes, it isn't and time after time things like this will always bound to happen as these casino's are competing to increase their popularity and clients. For Drake's case, he don't need to do some livestreams just to promote the Stake as he is already known enough to the public through his chosen industry which is music and he's also a big gambler that everyone on the internet are already much aware of.

As the demand for the services of celebrities such partnerships bring enormous profits, but in my humble opinion it would be better if these funds were spent on various bonus programs already existing customers since by and large this partnership is paid for by them and it would be fairer if the casino would increase the payout ratio and the chances of winning in the casino.

Its not his line of career but having some streams as a side habit or something like that then its really his choice but actually its true that he wont really be needing if he does really intend to expose or give out some plugs
on certain sites or services that he might involved into and having that huge fan base then it would really be just easily to be shown and make people aware about on things that you are involved.
Any business would really love to make use of this advantage but of course it would come by a price.

But even once a month is a huge strike to know that he's still with them, people tend to forgot if something isn't done seldomly. Or, maybe when there's some big event happening like what he did during the NFL. Maybe livestream is far-fetched, something like tweets is enough I guess.

Exactly, I cannot just really imagine that Drake would do some regular livestreams to promote the Stake and I highly doubt that it's included on the agreement. Maybe there will be some times that Drake would mention Stake if ever he goes live in the mainstream media even if he don't have to do it.
If the Stake management want someone to expose them regularly in the livestreams then they should hire another one that suits for that specific field.

Without a doubt this is something that is coming, after exchanges casinos are without a doubt the most profitable businesses in this market, since there are many whales out there gambling huge amounts of money at the different reputable casinos we have in the market, one thing to consider is if governments will try to hinder this kind of advertising as they are taking hard measures against fiat casinos and I would think they will try to be even harsher against cryptocurrency casinos due to the privacy they allow to their customers.

Drake was certainly the perfect fit for stake casino and has been an active fan of it so definitely, their partnership will create a good exposure on the part of stake that will open doors for more players and users that will bring high advantage for stake. The two will end up having good collaboration that will bring new experiences on the platform's users.

Without a doubt it seems it was the perfect move for both parties, stake was already a popular casino before but it seems that now people that were not aware that you could gamble with cryptocurrencies and that considered them only an investment have decided to begin to try their luck thanks to their partnership with Drake, and without a doubt Drake is benefiting out of this as he is being paid and this is reducing the costs he incurred while he gambled, so this is an scenario in which everyone is winning with that partnership.

They are indeed having some mutual benefit into each other but i would be saying that Stake would benefit out the most considering that Drake isnt really just promoting the site or the company but also

he's playing on the platform for itself by his own money which means that it would be more profits or revenue for Stake side although Drake would really able to get some good amounts from stake
with this partnership neither he would play all ofthose money or would simply make use some part of it but well its a personal choice.

First, we don't know how dependent Drake is on gambling to draw such conclusions. Secondly, since he still has money, then he is doing well with self-control and he will not lose "everything he earns." Well, in fact, it is strange to evaluate the voluntary cooperation of the parties as an unequal agreement (where one party receives more profit than the other).

Knowing each party revenue or profits is a personal thing and that should'nt be shared up or known by someone.Its true that we dont know about his spending whether those amounts used in gambling
do came from his hard earned money or do came from sponsorships or partnerships which is hard to tell.He's been involved with gambling for a while now but it seems he wasn't till be bust up.

I think that in order to get a serious partnership or sponsorship you have to work very hard and stubbornly, so I would not separate the money "earned" and received in that way. Theoretically, he should declare any income and the tax office will know how much he earned from this partnership, but I do not know whether this data is public in the country where he pays taxes or not.

Agree. It's definitely a win-win situation for both Stake and Drake. And you got a point as well regarding Stake having the greater benefit in this partnership because like what you said, Drake is promoting them based on their contract. Certainly, Drake having many followers because he has a wide reach will garner many potential gamblers to play on Stake.com. At the same time, Drake is known to be a 'passionate' gambler, while he is promoting Stake, he will definitely play in it using his own money. After all, that's what he's known for - betting and risking big amounts.

So it's really a win on the side of Stake. Although I'm sure Drake would also enjoy some perks of being collaborated with them.

Speaking of taxes then we do know on how government do seriously take about it which it is understandable that there would really be a tax into it and the data or any information would be just personal.
Dont see for it to be exposed or just letting off or know the public on how much he do paid up. Does it really matter? It isnt really that right on boggling up our minds on how he do earn
or on how he do spend up his funds or money on various things.

They are right, really the success of Stake.com is not only because they have Drake, it is known that Drake is an influencer by nature, and nothing else with the number of followers he has just by saying stake.com and his fans will seek to enter the platform, to bet, to know, is not a bad strategy, in fact it is one of the master moves that the casino has.

It is a fact that the other casino platforms see what Stake.com does, at some point they will too, and that is correct, it is like that healthy competition that must exist, more so in this crowded field and that every day there are more platforms resurfacing and they are looking for ways to be more viewed than others, for now we have to enjoy what stake.com is offering us.

It is personal. We cant only help but predict. Stake is big gambling site based on their players and on their promotions so stake prolly earns truckloads of money. Drake on the other hand is a successful artist so by this alone we can assume that drake earns decent money and that money can be more than what stake gambling site accumulated over the years.

We can stalk drake's social media accounts to know if he is been a regular gambler or look out for the news. If yes then it's possible that the money used that we saw last time, came from his own pocket and not from stake. During the partnership between the two, drake can still continue gambling using his own money.

Yeah, that's a good partnership for both of them. A celebrity and player of their casino is an ideal partnership that they've built up. The model on this partnership is that other casinos will have the idea to look upon those celebs that are really into their casino and actually plays.
Or, understands the platform itself so that there's product knowledge for his followers to catch up what he's up to.

If I remember correctly, in Norway (or Finland) any citizen can go to the website of the tax office and study the tax return of any other citizen (but not anonymously - you will find out who looked at your declaration). Such information is evaluated differently everywhere - somewhere as private, and somewhere as socially significant, that is, it is made public.
The very details of the cooperation between the casino and Drake do not really matter, but human curiosity is pushing to find out.

When someone around is curios then they would really be finding up ways on how for it to be known or justified their doubt that they do have in mind.I dont know that it could be possibly be happening on where someone could checked out someones declaration in private? If its neither on Norway or Finland then it might be only available into those places but you cant really see this in most countries.So its still hard to find the information that you are tending to seek or find on.

Seriously? That is something already private and I think it's already violating our privacy. Even an employee of tax agencies can't easily access any information without permission. I'm not aware that it's possible in Norway or Finland etc.

Regardless, I don't understand what's the big deal on that part related to Drake's partnership with Stake.

I know it doesn't really matter to know what's behind the cooperation between Drake and Stake but I don't see why should be curious about that.

Sadly there can be those times like that especially when people got so curious about your personal information or even your tax declaration, actually I'm seeing that they are just envy that's why they would take such steps to answer their curiosity when infact they already knew that it is illegal to invade someone's privacy especially for sensitive informations like that.

Since both parties are winning with this arrangement I think it is best to not look at things in that way, after all it is almost impossible to arrange things in such a way that both parties will benefit in the same exact proportion than the other, there will always be a party that wins more, and even if we were to agree with the assumption that stake is benefiting more than drake with this arrangement then we should applaud stake by being able to get such a good deal for themselves while benefiting drake in the process as well.

I found this information, as I understand it is common in the Scandinavian countries:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-panama-tax-nordics-idUSKCN0X91QE

Yes, I also think that this is too personal information, but as I mentioned in some countries this information is considered to be of public importance, so it becomes available to everyone.
Regarding Drake, this is interesting because he is a tier 1 celebrity and everyone (or many people) would be interested in how much he is paid for any promotion.

Well I believe getting too much information is bad for one's privacy, I mean would they also want that their private information will be revealed publicly? I don't wonder why they even have a national envy day or even call it that way. That's just too absurd! Breaching one's privacy is already considered illegal and I'm curious what's the root or cause why they started to make that laws.

I doubt that the US Senators would agree on that law, it would never be passed because US citizens really cares their own privacy.

You are very optimistic. Remember how literally 20-30 years ago there was such a thing as a "secret bank deposit" when your relationship with the bank was kept secret and did not concern anyone. What is with this concept now? It just doesn't exist. The same will happen with other areas of life that are now private - officials will only say that this is done for your benefit and against terrorists and will take away your privacy.

Yeah.

If they're making more than Drake and benefiting from this partnership, they did a good job on their end and they're able to maximize their investment through him.

They're not new to this so they know what's the drill and how to make it known in the market to get more gamblers inside their platform.

I still can't believe how bad website performance that sponsors Drake, UfC. This partnership will be win-with for both parties and new user flow is main goal of Stake marketing team. Let's see what will happen after first stream since Drake stream has been delayed for 5 weeks. He keep placing million dollars worth roulette bets on live roulette tables and keep promoting website on Instagram stories. The upcoming streams will cause more traffic on platform but I doubt Stake will be to handle that much server loading since today was big fiasco during weekly raffle.

They had chosen and accepts Drake as one of their partner for they know that this could help them in the long run. I'm not going to question their market sharing as in the first place, they already agreed on it before the partnership starts. I don't like to draw a conclusion that fast as there is certainly a time for both parties to develop. But as of now, it was very clear that both of them are benefiting from this and believe that their partnership really works.

In the win-win statement, it is not that someone will win more and someone else will win less, but that no one is losing out on it. At least not Stake.com or Drake.
However, I think that with such a large marketing expense, Stake.com may try to raise its house edge to cover the costs. So if someone loses out on it, it's probably players.

Your personal information/data are mostly visited when you become a public figure or you contesting an election your opponents may try to look for data to use against you as a political attack and if you are found wanting in your tax returns that information can be used to disqualify you from an election that is what is happening in my region so the government makes it compulsory for public office holders and political leaders to declare their asset. and make their task information public and published on the revenue office website, but this does not apply to all the citizens but only to government officeholders.

Well as said by the others, two of them are winning on this. The expense for things like this is well budgeted by them. They have it cover and if there's a change to their house, we'll know about it.
In marketing or having a deal with a celebrity, there's always the cost ready and they've got a huge budget on this so if you're thinking about it. They don't even discuss it in the public.

I understand that but not to the extent that people have to know Drake's tax or whatever just because of this partnership with Stake. And besides, he is not an election candidate that's why I can't apply that statement of yours here.

Anyways, let's stick with the Drake X Stake program.

Who else here submit some info here:

Any feedback about if there's someone here who actually got lucky to win here?

It seems that cryptocurrency casinos are already entering a completely different level. Not only are they no longer anonymous, but they are also starting to play with data harvesting. I realize the prize is very high, but in my opinion the chances of winning it are too small to give them phone number. In my opinion, this is already too much.

Yes it is private on most countries but not on those countries he listed. I think people there doesn't really care about their privacy or we can say that it was not a strict country because they allow such things. The partnership between stake and drake is not really a big deal to us but there are still people that is not contented on what they see but they need to dig for more information.

In our place, so many people are like this, they don't focus on their selves if what is wrong with them but they focus too much on other people. They badly want to get updates if what's going on with other people's lives. Stake already confirmed that drake is with them, that should already end there.

Yes, but that is not what we are discussing here because it is already expected that those people who chose to run for public seat should declare every penny in their bank and their asset, others call it Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN) .. What we are discussing is that it is normal for other country to find your private information even if you are just a regular citizen and that it's just a one phone call away, by the way that's legal for them as well.

It was kept secret because that is a confidential information and actually there's a law where it states neither anyone should know any deposits by one's person on his/her bank accounts or investments and even the concerned agencies or departments are prohibited to take a peak such accounts. If someone is suspicious and having some illegal activities then someone should file a concern first before you can look into that person's accounts.

I think this law still passes throughout the next generation. Correct me if I'm wrong on this one.

Well, he's an icon and celebrity.

That's going to be an assurance that there will be a lot of his fans registering on stake after seeing those stories that he makes and after posting it on his socials.

Maybe, they're already preparing for the possible flood of those new users on their platform soon.

In case you forget, there are still casinos that don't require you to do a KYC so don't say that all casinos are no longer anonymous.

They are entering a different level, that's true because some casinos are adding new features like they integrate NFT and metaverse on their platform but not because of that one above (the contest) that's a common thing already along with promotions but for that one above, I don't think it was legit and in fact someone already discussed it before, they also don't believe that it came from drake so be careful inputting your details there. It could be a scammer that wants to steal your details and then they will sell it for profits.

Well, the truth is yes, there is no denying it, but the movements that have been made in stake.com knowing how to choose the best influencers, although not influencers but people who actually represent and move the masses, not only to give a good vision to stake.com , but Drake represents that it moves fibers in many people, the mere fact that he is a person who is in the middle of casinos and bets, makes many who did not believe in BTC believe in the economy, this not only helps the industry of games, I think things go much further, touching on adoption and the fact that stake.com is one of the platforms that are gallant in the adoption of BTC is a very great privilege that it brings to the world.

No matter what form or method or ways on which exposure had been  done or been showed off as long it do share up on the same motive or intent in terms of adoption and exposure then its always been a good thing

Between partnerships with these celebs or influencers with crypto companies and casinos it do really shows off mutual benefits to each other plus of course it do really add up in overall adoption.
Some been saying that they had make it him as a partner just because he was a whale gambler on the site but we know that personal decisions couldnt be something that we do have right
to oppose.

Yes it is quite normal nowadays to see that casinos are trying to upgrade from these new trend as they're also trying to catch up with time so that people will choose them over other brands/casinos.

We should still be careful on every casino's we enter because we might be the lucky one to be scammed as any of these casino's usually requires some information, so we can't really tell for sure if it is legit or not. Nonetheless, it's still best to visit casinos that are already known just to be safe.