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Did you enjoy or watch the stream?

Full Stream: https://youtu.be/7V8az7UdyY0

Seems the event not yet started, I tried to watch but on stationed. What could be the cause please get back I would love to stream live to know how it all went.

Is up now.

Forward it 25 seconds and watch it in full, so it is not stationed as you meant it, it is a full video.

I enjoy watching it and I never thought I’m gonna finish the video until the end. Drake bet is so huge but it’s not enough to beat Stake because of max bet and his limited bank roll. There was a time that he was already in profit above 20M but since he keeps betting same amount on each round, He lose over time because of the type of game he keeps betting has a low win rate probability. Glad to watch this video but maybe add the original source of the video as credits.

He was over 30 million at 1 point. He could have easily stopped and said thx Eddie GG.

It was a semi entertaining stream though, they did 3-4 shots of tequila on stream and stake did 5 bonus drops of 45-50$ to players who met wager requirements. Overall, players were likely happy and of course 30-40 players got 25k.

Is just a part of their marketing strategy, they pay millions to Drake for this kind of promotions, it doesn't matter if they lose all their balance if the job is to gamble and they get a payment for that job.

For anyone who thinks that was real i you recommend you to watch this video:

The Puppets of Online Gambling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObDAXqg9O3U

They were having so much fun and were so relaxed about it despite such high stakes. I wish I could bet a million, lose it and just be like "let's check that other girl at another table LOL".
Definitely a good stream to watch if you want to have a laugh and forget about the problems of the real world. A good promo for Stake too.



OK... so that's why they were so chill about losing money. I had fun watching them despite all that.

Drake is known for betting huge amount and still cool even before the partnership. But not that level on the video because that absurd amount of bet because his not worth is just around 250M while he is betting almost 1M per bet which is insane considering it’s just a roulette and some table games.

I believe most of his balance at that game is all sponsored including the giveaways because Drake is not a charity to giveaway that huge amount no string attached while losing big time at the same time.  :D

I skipped some part because I’m the one getting nervous on his bets especially on Blackjack which he keeps flooding the table with max bet and let it lose like nothing happened. It looks like that his contract with stake is to stop streaming when the balance was zero or hit a certain profit quota. Haha.

I was wondering what platform does he do livestream? I’m sure that the OP video is just reupload while I’m not a regular player at stake to get the real source for this giveaway. Just trying my luck next time participate on his next giveaway.

That video is of course partly exaggerating, some parts do not even make sense but hey, what can you expect when people who don't have a clue about the online gambling industry comment... all in all though, this is SUPER entertaining and.... also sharing some truth - hilarious, I have loved it!

Drake is living in Toronto right now but I do think it would be wise for him to know that certain countries do ban the celebs, influencers and also the sports people from advertising for a gambling company to reduce the influence it might have on the younger generation. Other than that, ofcourse if the guy is going to continue playing, he would loose it, he should have packed it all up when he won that much, it was already so lucky insted he kept playing but I do understand that the casino 'Stake' would have paid more than that amount to him or given him free spins or whatever so there is no way that he lost any money but it was still good to watch.

We will never know the exact details but you are correct I would assume. Drake has tons of followers, there were over 100k users on the stream last night. The casino likely paid him a certain amount of cash for this promotion and to them its worth as potentially 100000 users might sign up.

I knew people get a lot of money to advertise, because how would they get UFC fighters to promote them? These people are getting a lot of money even if they lose a fight, so their requirements are high.
What I didn't know is that they pay youtubers this much money too. Some guy getting 2 mill to play slots all day? Damn, that's as they say it "easy life, easy money" :D
Is it ethical? I passively promote a casino myself, so I'm not here to judge them. The stream was entertaining, that's for sure.

Business is business and nothing personal even to those streamers/advertisers do really know that it does have that non-ethical part but they do have in mind that they'll gain or earn that much so it wont really be

that hard to make a choice and its none of our business in talking about being ethical or not because if you are on his foot then you would definitely agree and make agreements without any hesitation. :D

Stake does really know on how to play the game on this industry.They dont mind if they would spend up millions if they do know that they could potentially
earn more if they did that but of course its not guaranteed but with those known personalities and celebs then its really on high chance.

Of course this has been agreed upon in the input and output. Apart from the affiliate program, bonuses, promotions that are already on paper, I think they are all quite reasonable and have indeed succeeded in attracting Drake's followers on all of his social media. A marketing strategy that has been planned from the start and of course not a few followers will make bets in the same place.

Wow! Over 1hour 10min+, nah! Can't spend that much time to watch the clip but from the little I viewed, you could tell his having fun at it. Even the casino agent isn't left out on the chills for drake. Talking about chocolate milk and shits, lol... Well, I must say what i like the most is the attitude he takes towards it as losing didn't matter much despite the huge stakes well, he has the money and his pattern of taking bets follows a repeated format and same amount in stakes everytime. Its cool and he got a 12 from the piece I watched. Sure this isn't som promotion, maybe not but drake and stakes are getting hopes up.

How does it feel? did you like the show?

It is Stake.com that can take us to a very massive era in the gambling industry. I think all gambling casinos will do the same if they have the right target Influencers. Drake is the one who managed to let everyone know more about Stake.com. We enjoyed it without question. Exhilarating the promotional industry for fun is shown tonight, the level of satisfaction it seeks and Drake gets it.

^ It is Drake's job to promote Stake nothing else.
That is definitely right, that is a business, and being a streamer that has a ton of followers should do something more fun and entertain as long as he has content to show for the sake of his followers. I don't even think Drake will gamble on Stake using his own money.
Nothing new here I think it is pure business, though the content of the video clip is good and well-entertained, that is only the purpose.

Stunna already said that Stake pays no dime to Drake to gamble. Its all his money, and he doesn't get paid a single dollar to gamble here. He likes it here, and even before the partnership he played here for years. So its not really a fair thing to lie about the partnership with absolutely zero proof. Its easy to say Drake gets paid with zero proof and get out, if I ask for one single proof, then you would have none and you still get to say whatever you want, thats a bit unfair and harsh.

Plus, dude makes like 50+ million a year, thats on the easy side, he could make upto 100+ million on certain years when he has new songs, and thats how he profits from the current situation and doesn't mind gambling and losing millions, because he has that kind of cash to lose.

Do we really believe that he isnt getting something from Stake? Dont know but im not really convinced on what Stunna said, we do have our own views and opinions though but reputation/popularity
alone is something that could be monetized by someone like Drake even he earns millions of dollars then he wont deny easily on getting more income out of advertisement since he know that
he's capable on bringing lots of people to be aware of Stake site existence which would probably bring profits on the platform itself.

If Stunna said that about that matter then its up to us whether we do believe it or not and i do agree on what most people been saying on here which its all about business.  8)

I think Captain Corporate doesn't believe a single word of what he is saying but he's just provocative to make some posts, the better thing to do is to ignore this kind of trolling IMO. @Captain Corporate read this post before spreading fake news please https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2072589.msg60554876#msg60554876

Drake's livestreams are broadcasted on Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/stakedrake but if you want to participate to his giveaways as you say, it seems to be better to belong to his country (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V8az7UdyY0&t=4210s)  :-\

One among the best promotion where the luckiest won big. Every users got access to claim bonus, but everyone isn't able to claim as it has got certain requirements to be fulfilled. Whenever a promotion is announced it is always good to have some wagering of atleast $5k as a preperation. Because 5 times $10 claim was available during the stream and every time it had the requirement of $2000 wagered in the last 7 days to claim the bonus.

It is truly entertaining to watch because he is a celebrity and he plays with a huge amount. It's hard to beat stake because this was a casino and they always has the advantage over the player.

Drake might have a limited bankroll that time but the guy was rich and he can be able to put more money if he wanted to and I think this guy is much richer than stake. He bets huge amounts on a low chance game but imagine if most of it hits? His wins are also going to be insane. What is more exciting than watching the live stream is the 1 million dollar giveaway. I wonder if there is a user on this forum that win something on the giveaway earlier?

It is just amazing to see that a celebrity actively endorses a cryptocurrency gambling website. It also shows you the reality of gambling- winning and losing big are the options that a gambler faces especially if they do not stop within a given time.

I wonder how much Stake paid Drake to participate in actively endorsing their website. Given his account, you can actually see his balance on the first few seconds on the video (~$21 million) and I do think that Stake gave at least a percentage of their winnings to Drake for this kind of sponsorship.

Drake looks like he is with stake when I noticed how he bet each round. To me, this looks like drake is gambling on stake to let people know that there is an online gambling site where you can gamble your money much like the same as going to the casino at your place. This act feels like it's a business deal between stake and drake where drake must gamble in stake and attract people since he is an influencer (being a celebrity and drake endorsing the site).

Everything is business, no doubt in it. Drake have got a big follower base. Already stake is popular among the entire cryptocurrency accepted gambling sites. So, Drake along with Stake has the ability to create a big market for gambling. It is not about the person involved, because Drake is one among the ambassador of Stake.

Exactly that’s a great promotional strategy, earlier these are used by protein and energy drink companies to hire athletes in their promotions and hence they attract users to use the products.
Similar strategy is done by Stake here, and I really appreciate that.
Drake might got fake balance to play and show off in the site, he might got a condition that he can’t withdraw that money, so for that reason he was betting so high bets without any fear or risk.
Really it was a entertaining stream to watch. It was really profitable for the ones, who won the giveaway during the livestream.
Nevertheless let’s wait for another event like this.

It is a indeed a similar strategy from different products like sports drinks you have mentioned and if I am a celebrity or an athlete then I would surely accept the deal to endorse or advertise their company/product that may attract people to use the same product or a gambling site if it is about gambling to earn extra money. What they said that a situation like this or an event like this is all about business which I agree that it is indeed a business.

Whilst it might be true that it's not 100% genuine, and so on - still, Stake pays winners, they don't scam winners on their site.

You got websites like 1XBit that don't pay winners, simply locking their accounts and blaming them for violating their T&C.

So yes - what this guy on Youtube says is in a way correct, nonetheless it's better to use a valid website that wants to make you its puppet - than use a scam website that will steal your money no matter what your bets yield, win or lose.

No Stake is not freely paying the winners without doing strange things I can currently testify about that unfortunately  :-\ And it seems to be one of the reasons why they are badly rated by several casino reviewers sites now (5.2/10 by Askgamblers, 3.7/5 by GamblingBro, B- by Peeps Place, etc)

Can you share your bad experience about Stake. I know that some members experience same scenario even on other trusted casino. They are just scared voice out there complains because they are promoting casinos or they get bonus on it. I honestly have bad experience in regards with this but same as you, I can’t comment about what really happened publicly since the issue already resolved internally.

Yeah, Drake is very effective on attracting viewers and players because he is really a regular gambler and watching him casually playing is very entertaining instead of random guy on twitch doing livestream. His giveaway too is very huge which is the highlight of his livestreams. Many viewers is wishing to get the lucky call to get huge reward prize.

I almost finished his stream because I’m entertained on his gambling vibes. Sipping and smoking while playing is very satisfying. The fact that he is betting almost 1M on a single round is very insane to watch.

Sorry to ask, is this for real?

I mean, I read before that Drake has partnered with stake.com, so I was thinking maybe it's just for a show just to attract gamblers for the sake of promotion. Am I right?

I wont swear to it but thought I read the deal was Stake is generous to charities that Drake supports, hence he receives nothing himself personally.   Makes some sense because obviously income tax is a thing and Drake pays alot already, smart if you have an org that handles benefits directly without it getting messy I'd do the same thing.   As said he already is a gambler so is happy to gain some positives for his good causes, what can you gift a rich man that he hasnt already got anyway.

I love this kind of videos, also seeing Drake competing against stake is something that is on another level, for me it is, unfortunately I couldn't see the live broadcast, but when I see it on a delayed basis I see why Drake is so loved in many aspects, I know that many people can cause feelings of envy, but seeing that Drake does so many charitable works and cares so much about others is something that causes a lot of emotion and more if he is a very influential person and who does so many things so well, I like that he uses all that fame to do good things, if the most famous people were or had a bit of Drake, they would make a difference.

Best case scenario: It's tragic that someone who has reached Drake's level of success finds any enjoyment from gambling on such a weird setup and it's clear by the tiny amount of views the stream had, not many followers are even interested in it either. Worst case scenario he is playing these games with the hopes of drawing his followers in and has a hidden agreement with Stake to advertise their site (beyond the official sponsorship he has picked up with them). It is very likely that none of his own money is at risk during this session, which is why he seems quite content and happy, because not only does he get paid to do this gambling, he is never losing anything like a regular player would.

-  I have been playing crypto gambling for a long time. But just now I saw that while you are playing on stakes.com, at the same time you can also see the live play of what you are playing.

It was also fun to watch his friend still with him. Also, is this one of the celebrities? he seems to be a famous person somehow, but despite this, he really lived while he was playing in the stakes. It seems like he is promoting gambling online with stakes.

I agree with that. Drake is indeed a genuine and lovable person for he has done a lot of good deeds.
He has also shown it in his songs. It's good to see Drake in the crypto community but there some allegations on his influence on stake.
People say that stake would have paid Drake to gamble on their site so that they can use it as a way of promotion.
This may be true because this is how many gambling sites get a lot of traffic on their sites these days.

I have not found this online so I can not rely on it as information. Most artist do gamble and drake is not the only one. If stake was used for his gambling as a bride or something close to that to hype the casino then we can also think that his winnings are manipulated also. Drake has been winning large amount of dollars running into millions of dollars, so can that be manipulative ?

Genuine and Loveable? You cracked me up. Do you have any idea as to how many controversies he has been part of so far? He is your typical celebrity basically.

He is definitely manipulating viewers along with Stake, but this is just a marketing tactic which is perfectly valid. Many sites do similar stuff with various celebrities in order to attract more gamblers over time.

Like what I previously mentioned, the fact that Stake can offer a percentage of their ownership or $$$ to Drake means that the gambling website is superbly profitable on their end. They could actually ask other artists/celebrities to partner with their gambling website in order to boost their reputation further and attract more people in the process.

As someone who has not attempted to gamble online, maybe this is the time to at least try gambling websites due to their prominence in the forum nowadays.

Drake is advertising Stake,he will get paid for it. I love the way he makes people see that gambling is entertainment and not for profit. Even when losing he is still happy and act as if nothing happened.
  Stake has a good business concept in bringing an influential person like Drake with 100k follower to lure people into gambling.
 
  He is used to gambling for long hours too that is why he can spend so much time gambling. I really enjoyed the video

Stunna had clarified about those doubts of partnership but its been said that Drake do spend out his own money..
Source: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2072589.msg60551656#msg60551656

So this do shows that even if they do have that partnership but Drake isnt really playing with money provided since he had lots or doesnt really need at all
but much sure about % that Stake is paying on him.

Oh well, I don't much about Drake's controversies because I just listen to his songs and that's all.
But after reading your post I just googled it and found a lot of controversies he has been into.
I guess he's not that lovable after all  ;D

He is definitely one of the best singers out there and he made some big achievements so far, but he isn't exactly a great human being due to all the controversies that he has been part of over time.

The recent one with Millie Bobby Brown was one of his worst controversies if you ask me.

Yep, It was clearly stated by Drake during his livestream that he is doing the giveaway by himself to all users that watching his stream that leaves on Brazil and Canada. All the winners is just thanking Drake for choosing them and not directly towards Stake which a clear aign that Drake is giving away money from his own pocket. He has a lot of viewers on his livestream which means he can easily recover those money from viewers support to his stream aside from the Stake payment for his partnership.

Drake is known as natural gambler and playing with huge amount. Having this kind of partnership is just extra money for him since he was gambling with or without promotion.

Well, should I say that I am kind of surprised you don't know that drake is an ambassador of stake, stake hired drake as it's ambassador and what ever drake does with stake, know it well that it is part of this duty in promoting stake.com.

I personally wont be surprised if he's winnings on stake during live streams are manipulated, it is highly possible.

Damn, I didn't even know about that. Is Drake into Millie ? who's just a teen right now by the way.
I never knew this side of Drake thanks to this post for bringing me this attention to him.
I wonder how come Stake partnered with Drake while he is having so many controversies already.
Did Stake didn't knew about it or is it taking a risk while putting his fame at stake.

IIRC, it's been said how much or the estimated amount that he's getting paid for it. At first, it became a controversy and many became curious if he's really advertising it or if it's just a coincidence that he's played there and won that much.
His influence is great and that's why he's got this sponsorship from them and we might see the same strategy from other casinos and exchanges that will hire celebrities for being their ambassadors.

gambling is truly enjoyable if you are using your own money without anything to worry about. just look at drake, for sure, he has no qualms spending thousands  of dollars in gambling. but if you are a person who is in tight budget, do you really think you will enjoy while you are seeing your bankroll continuously decline? but i can say, getting drake is indeed a good promotion for stake, even if we say, it is already deploying popular athletes as ambassadors. just look at how many instagram followers drake has.

You could really make out comparison in between numbers when it comes to followers which is something understandable.Its true that nothing beats out on getting the thrill and entertainment when you do make use of
your own money and its been clarified out that it was Drakes money which had been spent on stake despite of having those partnerships or what so called ties.Its been clarified already and its none of our business
if the money had been spent is on Drakes or on Stake.Its their business in between plus they do really mutually benefitted to each other.