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It's not new that Drake is officially partner with stake casino, he has done a lot of posts and some PR for the casino but there is something off about this PR that is not adding up. He showed a screenshot amount worth $120m in only a month and with negative profit. How is that even possible? There is gambling addiction but this is beyond the type of addiction we all know and everyday he keeps doing some PR promotions for them to bring people to the casino.

https://i.ibb.co/9kxS0s6B/IMG-1998.jpg

Is this PR or it's real, how much is he worth to be losing this amount a month to gambling. Some people says this is a back end data and not real money.

It could be anything but I think it looks like he is playing on a virtual account. An account was created for him with virtual money sent to it so he plays and promotes this casino. One hundred twenty million is just a huge amount of money, it is hard to believe that he could really be playing for such money, being at a loss and not thinking about stopping or at least reducing his bets. I think this is just a PR for the casino.

Before I know about Stake, I know about Drake but I do not know Drake as a gambler. Stake was created in 2017,  Drake started to gamble with Stake some years later and suddenly I noticed he become a gambler. I can not let such a thing fool me when he become Stake's Ambassador. Just know that all these are for Stake promotion. I will not also be surprised if Drake is one of the Stake shareholders because he has been a rich person before there was Stake.

For real hahaha...

Drake has $100m annual deal to Stream for stake  (https://www.thisdaylive.com/2025/01/16/drakes-100m-deal-with-stake-crypto-and-casinos/). When it comes to drake and stake, I don't take his profit or losses seriously because as far as I know, drake is in business with stake, a partnership that is worth much millions to advertise the casino and all sorts of social media promotions.

 Another deal of $180m  (https://www.reddit.com/r/Drizzy/comments/1h4o8s5/apparently_drake_has_a_180m_deal_with_stake_thats/). So, there are lots of headline stories of stake and drake hobnobbing in business. Drake has alot of fan base and whatever he wishes to say will make news on social media to the popularity of stake while stake is also winning in all sides. So it is what it is, drake is a businessman, a musician, a social media influencer and if you like, a "gambler" with stake. I don't know if he gambles on other casinos, at least I searched and what I got is mostly with stake casino. Why ?  ;D

Drake is a partner with Stake casino, we have discussed the relationship between Drake and Stake so many times, left for me i would not take what he says or posts seriously, he is a partner, so it has got to be some promotion or the other. I believe as a partner with a huge followership, it is great for business when Drake posts stuffs like this, it could help to onboard new players or keep existing ones.

For a gambler who lost even just a few thousands to a casino, he would likely be moving to some other casino to try his luck somewhere. Sticking to Stake would be stupid of him.  But since the speculation that his isn't his real money, its making sense.

The behavior look more dubious if he kept playing on Stake still despite loosing a lot of money. Truth is that all these act is just a Stake promotion. Easier to promote a company using a person who is a lot popular.

Don't get surprised on that since Drake has been sponsored by Stake. So there's huge chance that the money he spent on his betting activities is not his own money that's why you better not get hype on the figures he show.

I believe that he won't waste such huge amount of money on gambling since if he's really unto that situation and consistently losing millions for sure that he's one step close to get broke in future.

But that all of stint is just pure marketing and he provably want Stake to get exposure on the post he made.

So chill and just enjoy the show what he present to his audiences.

Indeed. That negative profit means nothing to Drake, because he’s definitely getting more than that in return. It’s hard to believe he’d be so willing to lose that much in gambling without knowing what he’s doing. He’s a smart guy, there’s definitely more to it that we don’t see. Just like you said, he could be a shareholder or getting paid even more behind the scenes. He’s getting paid millions because they know he has the capability to bring in even more revenue for Stake. Stake knows that, and that’s why he’s still their partner up to now.

He is right that there is indeed another side to gambling. It is not all glitz and glamour but what he is showcasing is not normal and should not be tolerated as such. Gambling that much is not normal and no average citizen should think this is what they should be wagering.
If this is PR my question is why. How would this attract customers to the platform when he is losing in the platform? It is not the platform's fault but you would also have to factor that people consider the casino as part of their success or failure.

As a partner we should not take the figures too serious. Could be a virtual account or he gets compensated for the beta placed. What I consider odd is him posting his account showing a loss. While everyone knows you experience losses while gambling, it is uncommon for promoters to directly show their losses and to the amount in this case.

If it is PR showing he lost, it will still attract customers because it is DRAKE. Moreover, he will put stake in good light as a real casino not favouring drake who is their collaborator. Real gamblers expect to see loses in your gambling history but only that your winning should be more than losses and drake having both winning and losses will balance the public opinion to make positive argument and not just one sided view of fake hype. PR doesn't always have to be positive and for gambling casino, you have to have a feel of losses so that it doesn't look biase.

These suggest he could be wagering over a Billion $$$$ a year, guess this is the gambling for fun people talk about  :P


In the world of PR, good or bad marketing everything goes as it puts the brand out there...but looking at those numbers, that's f@#& scary as it suggests Drake is careless or probably even leaning towards gambling addiction as said  ::) but then again, those funds might not even be his, maybe that's a company account and his job is brand awareness..win or lose his getting paid.

If he loses that huge amount of money, he will likely turn away from Stake.com. There's a possibility that there is a promotional deal, and they pay through check or bank, or this is just data and not real money, you can't be losing a lot of money, and yet continue to be loyal to a casino.
Drake is a good promoter; he is one of the ambassadors who made Stake the number one casino in the industry. His example will give casinos a hint on what kind of ambassador they need to look for to promote their casino.

I remember a few years ago there was a controversy about Neymar losing a lot of money playing poker and it was quite striking that he didn't even have a negative reaction
https://www.reddit.com/r/psg/comments/12612fk/just_neymar_filmed_after_losing_1_million_euros/

But they found out later that it was the bookmaker's money, that it was for this very purpose, just to promote the company
It's common for them to do advertisements with this "virtual money"
It's probably the case with Drake too

Probably that is the case, although as per this article,

https://www.imdb.com/news/ni65295140/


So how can he be losing $120 million in a month when that is half of his money already? So it could be just a PR stunt and what others might have been speculating before with all this high end entertaining playing with huge money like Drake, that is the money is not real.

And just image for him, losing that or any big gamblers for that matter, they could have a mental breakdown already. So this story might not be believable for most of us.

looking at my account statistics:

https://www.talkimg.com/images/2025/06/19/UuAei9.png

You may ask me: I deposited $113 in the casino? My answer is that no, maybe not even $15. I didn't deposit. I remember only putting in $10 and then I started making my bets, where I would win and take the profit and play, lose and bet with the principal and win.

Then I had winning streaks and the value of the bankroll increased and consequently I increased the value of each bet. At the end of the month this statistic appears. By this I mean that the same thing could be happening to Drake. He didn't deposit $124 million. He probably deposited $5 million or less than $15 million and then he started playing. Every time he won, he used the profit to continue playing.

If it’s just a partnership with Stake, we really don’t know the details of the agreement behind it. As for him reportedly losing $8 million in a month.. I think he can afford that. I wouldn’t call him an addict, considering his net worth is around $250 million this year. That kind of loss is manageable for someone at that level.

Honestly, I don’t find this kind of news that interesting, especially since it’s already well known in the community that Drake is partnered with Stake.

Even if we do say that his networth is playing around $250M per year but basing up with that 8M loses in a month then that would be still a non good thing with those kind of loses but just like on what most people been saying on here about this partnership then it is that hard to believe whether these numbers are that right or just simply that trying out to make up some noise. In overall we do know that gambling do heavily rely with luck and even if on how rich you are or having those influence and popularity but still it wont be that making you that getting exempted in speaking about loses. Also, if we do speak about gambling spending then its none of our business if he would be making up some bet with those hundreds of millions on which its his money and we dont have the rights on how he should be that spending it out.

Take the positive side, even though it's money from influencers or paid for advertising on his account, just think of it as a reminder to all of us that gambling is not about how much money you have, if you're already in a bad way and unlucky to win, then you will lose more no matter how much your money on your balance it can be run out. So, let's not bother about whether it's influencer money or real, at least, Drake is not like other influencers who only post wins all the time. Take this posts as a reminder, so it can help you to remind your limit ^(maybe).

There’s a high possibility that this part of the PR since Drake is official ambassador of Stake. Streamers commonly get salary and balance on their casino account that they can play to experience the game.

I believe it’s same case with Drake but with higher number on his account as bankroll. He is active on betting ever since he became Stake partner so it’s part of the deal.

It’s up to Drake skills on sports betting if he will win or lose but the balance he use is from Stake deal.

Drake is benefiting from Stake. Likewise, Stake also benefits from Drake. I wouldn't believe that Drake does not gamble with huge amount of money in Stake because I have seen some of his bets before on the different events.

I believe that as an Ambassador of Stake, he patronizes them a lot and if Drake is an addict, you know what that means. Drake is a very wealthy man and Stake needs such people.

It is unclear whether the post is true or not, if it is the official post from Drake, I think it is not one negative reason if Drake makes a bet with spending $120 million in a month.

I judge the money was also given by stake.com.
Because I saw one of the posts on Instagram.
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instagram (https://www.instagram.com/p/DIgqdj3sjVx/?hl=en)

Well, if the post is true Drake part of stake.com is not a big problem Drake spends $ million in betting, Drake has reciprocity.

I believe this ties in with the phrase "there's no such thing as bad publicity" and this will be true for the followers of this mega celebrity. He might think it's being noble sharing that nobody is a winner, but stake.com love this because a fan will gloss over that fact and think "wow my favourite music star plays here, I want to play here too". I also believe that Drake is not paying this amount up front and will have his account loaded, within certain contractual agreements, so he does not actually deposit cash himself. Stake.com will love even the slightest bit of advertisement he can give and he might be contracted to post at least twice a month on bets that he's placed. Who knows what agreements these celebrities come up with, but they can ask for a lot.

If you are talking about the $121M wagered, it doesn't mean that he actually lost that amount in a month, it just means that it is the total bet he had made in a month, whether he won the bet or lost.

Yeah, a lot of people say the money he uses is given to him by Stake.com, but there is still no sufficient evidence that it is actually true. Until there is proper evidence is shown, it will remain a rumor or assumption.

Exactly. The monthly stats include the accumulated monthly bets, meaning Drake could have deposited $10 million to bet and only needed to bet 12x+ to reach $124 million. Most people here know that Drake and Stake have annual deals worth a lot of money, so $10 million is not a problem for Drake to bet in a month. It's not actually something that should be a problem because both parties benefit from the deal, so it's a win-win situation. I don't think Drake is addicted; it's just part of the job.

Not new. Regardless if this is just a promotion or real lose, Drake is deep pocket gambler he can afford everything even without Stake deal on him.

It’s useless to discuss other person gambling losses if he is enjoying doing it without harming his finances or other people life.

Instead on looking his losses maybe we should on how he gamble for fun no string attached on his bet because he is gambling what he can afford to lose.

Many are not aware of this, and just think $120 million is the amount of money he deposited to bet, so it could be that he only deposited $10 million and $120 million is only 12x the value of his deposit.

I see only a few casinos that work with artists and use marketing techniques like this to show how huge the bankroll of the casino is, so that it will attract more highrollers, maybe there will be other big casinos that follow the stake casino step.

thanks for sharing this. I have made too a post about his losses... that are something common since he is placing bets by posting on his social media.
however most of the losses could come just from bonus/salary he gets from stake. He is payed for doing this.
It seems (really) strange to me the fact that he is talking about heavy loss meanwhile he is still payed by them. If you think no one has ever highlighted this aspect...
New marketing? Something like "get real" on gambling?!

This happens in poker as well, known poker players, also influencers, who are backed by the houses for certain tournaments or high stakes tables. In the end, the big numbers are the most eye-catching and the ones that get the most exposure.

I have a suspicion about this, is he showing how addicted he is, or does he have a lot of money to spend on gambling, and he is ok with his losses we never know until he confessed but like all the others I assume that he's trying to project something and that is he is ok to wager huge amount of money in one casino because he has complete trust on Stake.com and he wants to do the same.
He is doing it subtly, the data could be manipulated, how is it that you are an ambassador and yet you lose a lot of money.

First thing i may say is that we cant compare our own self with Drake, because if he gambles and lose money, there is every high possibility that he is going to recover form it, because he has the money and also get the fame to fetch more of its kind he is using to gamble, so we shouldn't compare our own self with him.

Secondly, moreso, how sure are we that this is showing directly from Drake's account that is his official page, what prompted me to be asking on this is because of the name i see it bearing and i don't easily trust on online postings like that, knowing well on how impersonation could go far.

Drake is a bit confused now, he dont know if he should stick to sports betting or casino games. One thing I have come to realize about him is that he loves to gambling, seems he is having his fun but he dont know how to gamble at all (mostly losing in sports betting and in casino he gets unlucky), not even keeping to rules of gambling. Perhaps we could say he has more than enough money to cover up the loss, which is why he dont care about his losses

Same thing came to my mind when I saw the post. Organizations and influencers will only want to show the good side of their products without showing their potential clients that losses exist too. Here, Drake posted losses, which is quite unusual for a gambling business, and I just thought to myself, "they could be passing a message."

I don't even believe that is real money. Why would an influencer lose that much money for a brand he is promoting? He should be gaining instead from all the benefits that comes with being in partnership with Stake. No one should be fooled into taking this kind of risk because they might end up disappointed. I am convinced that Drake didn't incur any loss with Stake.

Even though he lost, Drake would not lose everything, because being a partner means that there is money flowing from the partner, whether the stakes are real money or not, it is clear that Drake always makes posts like this to attract attention, it is not strange. Because it is part of the business, behind them they make a good plan to make many people speculate about their bets.

Since you call this a PR promotion, someone who's into it, can do anything for people to buy the idea they share for the project they are marketing its project.

However, I have known Drake to be an ambassador to Stake. He can't be spending millions of dollars every month on gambling without the Stake board working in hand with him on promoting them. This may be what we don't know about, the terms involve in this form of marketing  between Drake and Stake. What we will get to know about is the amount Drake posted of his gambling bets on Stake. What plays out after, is what we don't know. Drake won't reveal it to us

this makes a lot of sense because in a world where a lot of the things on the media can be really deceptive, this can just be another publicity stunt that is all about promoting stake and like you have said, it is also very possible that he is in a way affiliated to stake. he is obviously rich can afford to lose an amount that is close to this. if this is true and it is just the case that he is an ambassador that has gotten addicted to gambling, then this is not to the best interest of stake because of her ambassador is this addicted, then it will only discourage others from ever associating with them.

True who knows these money are also from stake funds as captital for drake to play in its platform.  Anyway, isn't this normal?  This isn't a news, we all know that Drake often ends up losing a huge amount of money in his gambling activities, we have read some news about that and I think there is also a thread here that discuss one of his losses.
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It is obvious this kind of news is just a public stunt to make people who lost huge amount of money (maybe somewhere in hundreds of thousand to a million )thinks that their losses is nothing compared to what Drake lost in stake.  Probably a kind of article to pacify those who are in a losing streak.

I think it's a publicity stunt, it's a lot of money and for ordinary mortals that amount would be really difficult to reach in a lifetime.
Nothing is impossible though, but the fact of publishing something like that suggests a way to advertise the activity of which he is a partner and promoter.
Play consciously and with feeling, never let yourself be influenced by promoters.

Im not familiar with Drake he must be some kind of big influencer. I think if his a strong influencer then his loses is likely nothing to him plus maybe thr stake giving him off some funds as PR for supporting and marketing the project. But you could be right, it could also be a back end data and just showing off for some publicity and gain traction on stake. Who knows.

You better believe that drake is worth a lot of money, this is why they say gambling is for the rich only. Reason why you should believe that it's not falsified is because he's showing you what he lost not what he won from it. This tells you that gambling addiction really has a chokehold on a lot of people. No matter how much he losses there are multiple ways for him to get back those Monies he lost.

FR, Additionally Drake is doing live stream and posting most of his bets which means he literally gambling with his money. Even if it’s Stake part of the deal or not he is still spending on gambling on whatever he likes playing in the casino.


Drake is too rich for us to be bothered on his losses. This issue is not something we observer should be worried about.

It's a flaunt for Drake losing such amount, any celebrity not an ambassador wouldn't put those details out. No need to go further, for most of us promoting signature campaigns, getting paid from the company and at the end of the week decided to gamble from the same company casino that pays us, it really wouldn't matter if we lose or win because at the end we all get paid for marketing, this is similar to what Drake does, as an Ambassador of Stake, whatever he losses will one way return to him as agreed on contract.

That's true, wager amount isn't exactly same with deposit amount.

Someone can deposit $1K, split it to 10 bets which is stake $100 on heavy favorite teams, their wager might reach $50K because 99% they will win. Let's say drake lost $15 Million, there was a site said Drake's net worth worth $250 Million (https://www.imdb.com/news/ni65295140/), $15M from $250M is just 6% of his net worth.

Usually I see Drake lost many bets and he tend to pick wrong team where he avoid to be objective. But, if his wager amount is ten times than his deposit, he's actually not that bad.

If Drake is sponsoring Stake, is it good advertising if he loses so much money? And it doesn't matter if it is virtual money or not, because nobody wants to play and lose, and the one the OP mentioned shows a particularly bad streak of bad luck.

So we could think it's not good advertising, unless the act of giving something to talk about is intrinsically positive. If that was the plan, then we can say that it has been successful...

A gambler who gambles because it is easy for him to earn money is different from a gambler who gambles but finds it difficult to earn money.
If Drake with the amount of money worth $120 million for one month of gambling, although a lot but to affect the psychological impact is not so impactful and it may be easy for him to stop with awareness.
It is strange for gamblers who gamble not in the same class as Drake. It is difficult for needs, but still insists on gambling by force.

Many say like this where Drake's defeat will not be completely a loss for him because his ambassador gets paid quite a lot so this is part of the site's promotion to be known more widely and maybe many people believe in Drake's bet.

It's not strange for Drake because he is part of the casino as a partner, unless he doesn't have any cooperation, maybe it will be a hot topic because that much money they dare to bet in 1 month.

All these celebrities that spend infinite money on gambling are getting paid by these gambling agencies/companies in order to promote them. The fact that you opened a thread talking about this proves that this advertisement tactic is effective. They want to create viral clickbait news that contain the name of the casino or website and that's about it. Same happens with all these influencers and streamers. There are channels in YouTube that are profiting from gambling addicts, they get paid to spin on casinos all day and make more on ad revenue as well.

Needs to understand this point because just because of these celebrities their business had good transactions which also increase their profit, so I am sure these are usually their business tricks, and they never do this for real because they are also well aware about consequences of gambling like this.
Drake is well influencer which is having good support from his fans on different social media channels which always give him good feedback and this always work for these gambling sites because with this business took good profit and their members numbers also increased.
Even very small number of celebrities involved in things like these but still its good for few sites specially as mentioned Stake and Drake are having good engagement for long time just like these few other sites are doing tricks like these.

Honestly, that is not a good PR for stake in the end, showing even the biggest gambler with biggest pockets could still lose a ton. And while 8 million is probably nothing to him, it is still a big chunk of money he could have used to make more money. In the end, he is a gambler and he likes these type of stuff so there is nothing that we can do to prevent this, he is going to keep on gambling and he is going to keep on making money.

What we are seeing here is Drake just sharing the other side, because we have seen him make millions before as well, and it's a good responsible thing to show the other side as well, because gamblers should know, or at least potential gamblers should know that while you may win, overall losing is much more likely.

Drake could have signed a number of deals with them and if we compare our own self to him in gambling, we may get it completely wrong, just as you already said, there might have been a deal signed between them, moreover, if you look more closely, many of the gambling platform make use of these celebrities to advertise for gambling and this is done because they understand the influence they could give them towards drawing traffic.

For me, what Drake shows is of no great importance, because I understand that this is a marketing move. Even if he loses even more, in the end he will benefit more from signing a contract with a bookmaker. For me, it is not him that is important, but the search for profitable strategies and control of my emotions, and everything else is not very important. Although such news sometimes amuses me and of course I understand that this has some effect on many players, for example, such that he is the same player and also loses like the players who trust and respect Drake very much. But I do not really want to open their eyes, because everyone chooses what to do.

Drake has been very opened about his gambling and everything that pertains to it period when he wins we know and when he loses we also know.

I would not think that this is some public relations stunt. He's rich and losing that amount of money does not even make a drop in his wealth. He can afford to lose that amount because he has a constant stream of income from other sources.

What I would want him to do is to drive home the message to his followers that they should gamble responsibly and seek for help if they are struggling with quitting gambling.

As per the google result, his total networth is 250Mn, so 120mn is too big an amount for him to wager in a month but that's the wagering amount not the total lost, the amount he lost is 8mn which can be possible especially with someone who is associating himself with gambling for years. It can be negative advertisement too for the casino but I don't think why he want to share negativity for a casino he is partnered up with unless he is trying to bad some better deal from the platform by showing a scare to their reputation? ::)

i think Drake has a purpose for what he does. i dont know if the figure on the ticket is real or fake but whatever the case may be then Drake must be up to something. i somehow believe what _act_ said to be true, that Drake might be one of the major stakeholders, or might also be the owner of stake. i think he is just doing that to promote his gambling site as his reputation in the musical industry may increase the number of gamblers, because if he is not making money from what his doing then he would not be continuously gambling and losing and still be gambling every month. if he can lose the some of $124m in a month then what will be the outcome in a year? it will obviously be around $1.4b in a year or more. that means drake is the owner of that casino in disguise or a major shear holder in that company.

I'm sure they give him money to gamble with and he has some sort of a deal where he gets to keep any amount he wins over X amount or maybe they just hand him free money to gamble with and he has a separate payment he receives.  I guess that is probably more likely given his status.

Still, this goes to show that gambling isn't all money falling from the sky.  A lot of people have to lose a lot of money to keep those lights on in Vegas.  Don't fool yourself.  Gamble responsibly and have fun.

How is that PR for Stake?

I agree that he most likely had part or all of it reimbursed by the casino, but showing how much he had lost is bad for the business. Some people might appreciate honesty, but the majority of newcomers will not play there due to the massive loss that he had. Some will ignore it, some will go there because they see his name and won't care about the numbers, but most people will think twice.

IMO if he showed it, this was either not consulted with the casino, or he lost some of his own money there and wanted to show that.

Anyway, he's a degenerate gambler, but I sometimes watch him bet something like $200k all at once. Nobody does that.

I'm not surprised that drake lost such an amount, this shows how deeply addicted he is...this disproves the fact that rich people can't be addicted to gambling, the only difference between a rich and poor gambler is that someone that's rich can conveniently throw money away and get it back.. some ignorant people say why's he losing that much if he's an ambassador for stake, his contract has nothing to do with his personal gambling activities

I do not think that Drake is addicted. He's an influencer already which everyone knows about him, and he's also promoting the casino online. However, are we sure that those money is actually coming from Drake's account? Because the casino might be funding him since he's already promoting them. Even if it's his money, I believe he have more, all his social media pays him and he's a big celebrity, that money might not remove anything from his even when he loses them. Just like you know, a gambler that earn $10,000k and lose $1,000k in gamble per month will not be affected unless he's over stake.

You mean Drake not grade. Anyway, we don't know the real score between Drake and stake. And I don't think he will disclose his contract to stake being the Ambassador of this platform. But I do believe that he is using some part of his personal money here. But if there's cashback or any of that sort, we have no idea. And that's none of our business. It is his life and so whatever repercussions will be, he will take responsibility. So whatever amount he wants to post in his social media, that's his prerogative.

Drake can do all he can to promote the casino he is an ambassador to, he is paid for all this so he has to do the job efficiently for the deal to last. Celebrities can do anything for the money and left for me, I will not take it too seriously that he will spend such amount of money on gambling. I know he is rich and have money, but this behaviour is not adding up to believe totally that he is really using real money to make those bets.

Who knows if he’s also a part of the company and being paid for the profits the casino realizes at the end of the year and also being paid for the advertisement he does for them. Celebrities cannot be trusted fully on this basis, because I feel their is more to what we know than what they’re showing us about this big amounts he spends on gambling.

The money is huge I mean imagine someone like Drake betting this kind of amount without any promotion, at that point such person don’t know what to do with his/her money. I don’t take this personal because it’s all about advertisement definitely people will talk but it doesn’t matter besides this are part of the promotion for example op sharing this information for wider audience. If I’m not mistaking we’ve discussed this several time surprisingly other influencers and celebrity advertise gambling site but the fact Drake is popular and he’s known for betting using huge amount so this is nothing new.

I do not think there are any laws against making stuff up and lying about gambling losses/wins, unless it is connected to a profit making scheme or as a way to prop your business up by lying to investors or something.

So it is very likely fake PR.
Influencers and celebrities have absolutely no qualms about scheming and lying to get more attention.

I do not think that Drake with his 250 million USD net worth would spend almost half of it on gambling. In a single month, no less.

That's typing errors mate, I believe you already know what I I wanted to type, by the way error corrected.
I believe so, but I am still sure that stake also sponsor some of his bets. I have been on this forum for a while and I have seen other threads that talks about the amount that Drake have sent while gambling on stake, but no one have talked about the amount that he had won. I guess he don't post his winning in on social media.

I have known Drake as a gambler for some time now, but I'm not sure of how much of a true gambler he is based on his position and relationship with the platform that he promotes. There was even a video of him that I watched some months back, where a drone was used to capture him gambling. And I later learnt that the whole thing was staged (rumor), so I think we can't be too sure if what Drake actually showed us was true or not. Besides, he's an ambassador, as some users have said, so I don't think an ambassador with such fame might want to lose such an amount just to promote whatever service they represent.

At the end of the day, it is clearly business, and I believe every one of us here might also use impressive strategies to promote the service we represent.

The first question would be how much Drake makes from his profession. I know that he is a very rich celebrity who engages in different kinds of businesses. Drake makes money from music, fragrance  fashion, and so on. And his net worth is estimated at $250 million. So from my view, he can afford the amount he spends on gambling.  But sincerely,  I would not believe any information that these celebrities show on social media because some of them are doing it for advertising. I don't choose a service or product because it was endorsed or used by a celebrity. 

The only people who can determine if it is not real money are Stake Management and Drake. All we can do is to assume or speculate which can true or false.

I don't think if drake will post something that is not real beside what will be his gain if what he said was not true? I see no reason why we should be arguing about his Post, Drake is popularly known as a musician, and if we are ask about his source of income we would say that is through music as we don't know if drake is into other business or not. But I'm pretty sure that he would definitely have different source of getting money, so I think is possible for him to lose such amount of money. I know most people will find it very hard to believe this, but we should know that is celebrity we are talking about here. Maybe his monthly income is even 3x of that amount he lost or more than that.

This is right, it's about the wagered and he could have deposited lesser than what the wagered has shown. He would have won some huge amounts with his bets before and then used it still for wagering. Stake is partnered with him and it's normal to see him use it for the exposure. There could be clause that he's given free credit to gamble with it but being vocal about this could give everyone the idea that he's a real gambler nowadays and it doesn't matter to him how much losses he's been making as long as the stake is always posted by him.

I do not know the reason people are fooled by this kind of things, it is clear that Drake is only promoting Stake. He earned money than he is losing money on that gambling site but people will not see that.

Although Stake is a very good gambling and betting site which I like very well and I can recommend the site to anyone that like gambling and betting.

is this not literally false advertising? that’s illegal because a business should be honest with what they are offering

though they may not be explicitly saying that anyone who use their platform for sure will win a certain amount that’s why it’s not considered illegal
i mean you never know lol these rich people do unexplainable purchases all the time

Every one knows that Drake is a high staker when it comes o gambling so whether he gets compensated for promoting the brand stake.com or not it doesn't stop the fact that he has lost so much in a short period of time. I do not know the agreement between Drake and stake but it is obvious that he can't be posting his losses if he's doing promotions for the company with it and I doubt if promoters gets compensation for the losses they get while gambling because their wins are not shared between them and the company.

He is an ambassador of Stake and gets paid over 100 million a year just for that. Therefore, he can easily afford to lose 8 million a month and still not go into the minus. As for his fortune, I don’t know much about music, but it seems that he is in the top positions in rap, which means we can safely say that he earns hundreds of millions.
In general, it's high time to get used to the fact that 100 million is a fairly normal amount now; you won't buy Ronaldo for that, but only a mediocre player.

Whether it's real or not it's doing it's purpose. He has a deal with Stake to promote the site and threads like this help that out. I would say he enjoys betting big amounts, but he isn't very good at it lol. I think he is paid x amount per year/month and given an unlimited balance to bet with on whatever he wants to bet on. Slots, table games, spots, or whatever as long as he uses the content to promote the site in some way. The only real way to know his deal is to speak with Eddie or Drake.

Pretty much Drake could easily lost that amount of money and it would change anything in his life, so even though we don't know what kind of deal he has with Stake, this could literally all be real money he personally deposited and still he would be okey and running his life as if nothing happened, one of the advantages of being a famous artist and at the same time being an partner of such a huge casino as Stake is.

Still, I am not sure why he would lost something like this for everyone to see, my only guess is he wanting to bring some awareness to people that gambling is truly risky and one must gamble responsible, pointing out that even the famous and the rich can easily get in red numbers if they are not careful with what they do on crypto casinos and bookies.
The only thing missing there was him saying something about gambling responsibly, instead of referring to the opportunity or hope to see a big win soon.

I don't know the rationale behind Drake posting some of these things online but I see them as marketing strategy for Stake which he seems to be their ambassador. I know that Drake is rich but I don't know if he can actually bet $120m within a month. That is some big money to throw away like that by anyone. Maybe that is part of the money he gets from promoting the company. I try to shed myself from those post because they have a way of influencing someone to bet more than they should.

Exactly... I thought about it this way -- since he's in partnership with stakes, which is about him promoting the casino with his traffic, should he not be posting win receipts instead? It's weird that he's trying to promote the casino and possibly motivate people to join, but all he does is post them losses -- how much are we talking about here? $120 million monthly.

Well, I can't say for real what partnership he has with stakes casino, especially since the deal wasn't made public. I'm just as curious as every one of you out here, but whatever it is, that loss is overwhelming. Quite hard to believe he'll be losing that amount but somehow, his Pocket stays in shape all this whole time.

That’s just his loss from one sportsbook or casino. If he’s a real gambler, he probably has losses in other platforms too. But what makes you curious is why he’s even posting about it, there’s likely a reason behind it. Maybe it’s part of promoting Stake, in a subtle way.

Of course, that’s just speculation for now, but since he’s a celebrity, he knows how to get public attention. Whether the loss is real or not, I honestly don’t care. It’s his life, his responsibility.

It is likely a virtual account. It's already known strategy by online casinos when hiring famous personalities to promote their platform. Those virtual acount have enormous amount of money that will really make you think if someone is sane enough to deposit that big amount.

As I've researched, Drake's current net worth is $250m and the amount he wagered in a month is $120m, that's already half of it. There's no report of him being addicted to gambling so wagering that amount and still at a loss is really impossible to be true.

The popular opinion is that these Drake's huge stakes are promotions for Stake casino, and considering the type of unbelievable amounts that he is willing to loose is the more reason why they think that it is all pre arranged. Maybe it's real and Drake, can actually afford to loose $120m in a month we don't know but let other gamblers don't get fooled by Drake's huge stakes and try the same thing, Drake, can move on after losing huge amounts but maybe they cannot. Since Drake, is a brand ambassador for Stake casino I think that we shouldn't take his bet slips too seriously because it can be an arrangement between him and the casino.

OP, you have been posting about gambling for years, but still hasnt learned what wager is :D Open any casino that has any tournament. People there wager millions daily. Think they deposit such amounts every day? :D

Anyway, even if Drake really deposited millions and lost all of them, what the deal? Why count someone else money and bother about it? Bought a coffee today at gas station, should someone create topic about that and discuss my expenses? We dont know what kind of contract Drake has with Stake. We dont know if he gamble with his own money or casino provide him balance. Bets that he post on media tells us nothing.

Could drake be this stupid?

In my opinion yes. Big celebrities are sometimes propelled to this level of fame because the industry can take advantage of them very easily.
Take Britney Spears for instance. For yeeeears and years and years she was the top #1 female voice artist. We recently found out she had NO rights of her own and her father co-opting with her entire family and husband's side of the fam was taking advantage of her under conservatorship.

Everything we knew about britney was a lie we got to know through stories created by her managers and in cooperation with her dad. Not her. This may be a lie, albeit a very stupid one, but it's also likely that Drake has very little say in what's going on in terms of using his name for promotion. Stake is giving his managers big cash, so they take advantage of this.

The problem is not with the wagered amount, it's with the losses.
If he is losing close to 9 million a month, that's more than $100 million a year , and ignoring the deal he has with Stake, that's more than what he made from all his other income sources (which are audited) in 2022.
So it would mean he's losing more in gambling than he's earning if those amounts keep happening every month ,but I surely doubt it.

Now, if he were an American and not Canadian, we would have known the truth by now, 'cause the IRS just loves this type of deals.

I'm not sure how it works but I think sponsors or partner with gambling sites are not using real money, in my mind they were given a hefty bankroll and place bet on whatever bets they want (usually big events) and showcase their bet or winnings as it would encourage gamblers to play but in reality they won't be able to withdraw it, just like some local streamers that was hired by gambling site. They usually play for a long time until they win which would cause a hype but they can't withdraw it.

First Drake and Stake have become business partners. Second we also know Drake is a gambler. So I think that big bet is not only because Drake is addicted to gambling. Unless Drake gambles elsewhere that does not have a partner with him. And of course that would violate the contract agreement. Some people might think that showing the results of losing bets will make other people hesitate to open the stake site and create a negative image for Stake. But I think if Drake shows a big win or jackpot, people will think that it is a promotion from Stake because both are business partners. So this loss can show that Drake really gambles there like everyone else. And the large amount shows that Stake is a trusted gambling site where you can save money up to hundreds of millions of dollars to gamble there and your money will be safe.

Yea you're right he wouldn't be losing everything just as you said, for me he's indirectly making stake popular don't we think that this is a kind of publicity, I have seen some people say that may be drake doesn't know how to gamble but I don't agree with them because, the amount can not be used by someone who doesn't know much about either sports bet or normal casino games, i just feel that there's something to this, people may say ge falls to the category of people that gambles with fun, personally i don't think so, your view on this discussion is making sense to me, I concur to it in totality.

It's obvious, because he did carry the Stake name, so with him as their brand ambassador, it might have push Stake to the top. But there are a lot of competitions as well, so maybe the numbers or the next casino is not that far as we all know that this niche is very competitive as well. For the money that he lost, sure for us mere mortals is a huge amount. But for him with a lot of assets and then he is one of the most bankable music star, you can even call him mogul by now because of the reach and his music influence around the world. And he has been known a gambler, not just like base games, but sports betting as well. So probably if he lost that in a month, maybe in the next bet he can fully recover that money and continue his gambling spree.

Drake is on it again, and it's making headlines. Who is winning? A stake like this post is also another indirect promotion for the company.

What I see about all of this is that Drake knows how to position a picture, statement, slip, etc., just for it to make headlines, and his goal is achieved in the end.

I don't even care about the money Drake uses for gambling anymore; as long as he's also an ambassador, he's gaining from the casino. He's not just like any gambler whose casino they patronize is the only one gaining from them.

There is nothing to say here precisely because he has used $120 million worth of money, there is a positive gain as well as a negative gain. Moreover, he can show it as a negative gain for public relations, otherwise people will not believe him. However, if he has a lot of money, then using this amount of money from there is a huge cost for us, but perhaps it is not a huge cost for him. Because it is not a huge cost for him, he started using $120 million on the gambling platform. Just like we can carry $100 on the gambling platform, he can also carry $120 million.

Crazy idea came to my mind, what if Drake is partial owner of Stake or have a share in it? That might explain those enormous bets he was losing? Or Stake receives so much profit, that can allow themselves to repay Drake the money he is losing. No matter how rich he is, its hard to accept calmly such huge losses. I dont think he is so financially unexperienced that can allow himself to lose so much money without worrying. I dont think he is just a musician, he has some businessman characteristics as well.

Depends on the context, I think.

If he is gaining profit from that PR then yes, it probably is false advertising. But if there is no direct profit being made (selling products, investments,...) it is hard to tell.

A lot of stand-up comedians make up stories about their lives and even though the stories are fabricated under the label of "satire", they can benefit financially from this, as it brings them more attention and makes them more popular.

But since Drake was not advertising for anything, I think even if his winnings turn out to be fake, there is nothing that he can be held legally liable against. But then again, I am not a lawyer so maybe that is not true.

It’s almost guaranteed that he is gaining from that PR since Stake is paying him hard just to play and share it to his followers. The only question here is whether that lose is greater than his deal with Stake or not since his fee is not discounted to the public.

I don’t care much if he is advertising real bet or not since we all know that he can bet that same amount with or without Stake involvement.

He is a popular singer which means his net worth is so high to afford that high stake gambling.

That can happen if he spend big money in gambling without think about limiting his money. But I don't think that is his real money because the casino can give him that money to gambling. Maybe he is addicted to gambling and will spend more money while he can.

That is for promotions to attract more people to follow what he did. People really need to think about what they will do especially this is gambling which they can lose their money anytime.

Besides that, maybe that money is not real because we don't know the truth. So rather than think much about him, it is better we take care of ourselves in gambling so we don't get the same experience like him.

We can't cancel the reality that Drake has been in the negative in almost all his gambling results and a lot of those losses may noy have anything anything to do with his partnership with Stake in anyway. He's just one worse gambler that i can commonly think of when I wish to remember one. For this image I can't really say if it's real or something PR strategy but I do know people can lose such amount in a month.

Im just sure Drake is not gambling with his own money, or at least not 100% of the times. He was on stream with xQc, another notorious gambler, known for blowing up millions on stream. These streamers are obviously paid by the companies that host these casinos, so I wouldn't be surprised this is the case with Drake. Same goes with guys like Conor McGregor promoting DuelBits. There is a stream where he is "gambling" in some sort of demo mode, it is pretty hilarious because of how goofy the promo is.

Asides from the fact that he's a gambler he's also a public figure, these people have endorsement deals due to their value, it's all a business or you can say a marketing strategy..A common misconception most people usually have is that they say since he is an ambassador for stake everything he does on the platform is just to advertise,
That's funny and people say that out of ignorance... his wins and losses are real, the is reputable and transparent.

I read somewhere that famous people who collaborate with casinos and bookmakers do not use demo accounts but receive funds for their work on the gambling platform's account. The most interesting thing is that they have obligations to the gambling platform with wagering requirements similar to those used when receiving welcome bonuses. As I understand it, famous personalities can only receive the money they win in excess of the deposit provided by the gambling platform.

If this is the case, then the conditions for them are not as good as many people think at first glance.

Drake being paid by stake but still gambling there and participating in giveaways (weekly raffle where he has thousands of tickets -> higher chances to win compared to unpaid normal players) has always been a thing I didn't like at stake.
It's just unfair to the normal customer on the site. Who know if his losses are even real. Maybe his deal is like looses until amount  x are covered while wins will be paid, and he has to share it of course.
I mean he obviously is not streamer that plays with "fake money" but still it leaves a strange taste in the mouth, doesn't it.

In any lawsuit, the defense always is going to ask how is saying that he just lost 5 million in advertising in a week of advertising??!!
And that will be pretty much the end of the lawsuit if this post is one of their proof.

It's like suing one for advertising real estate when he is posting some like:
"Our beautiful 5 million dollar home we bought from Compass just got destroyed by a hurricane"  ;D


Neah, Stake went through a lot of regulations trying to get licenses in Europe, just hiding behind a company won't work in the process, so if he was indeed a sharholder that would have been discovered. Also, he would have to pay taxes on all that, again, the mass media would have caught wind of that.

Drake is wealthy, he must have spent enough funds in stake before he can benefit from them. He is in partnership with Stake doesn’t mean that he doesn't patronize the casino. He gambles with his funds and in return gains something back, since he is promoting Stake. Maybe, I would say that Drake is a lousy gambler that loves using his bet to show off. I believe there are some gamblers that loses more than Drake but kept their losses secret.

I don't believe this loss is right.
A smart person wouldn't gamble at the same place and lose. At least they would change the company they gamble with. 120 million dollars is not a small amount.
Many people can't earn this amount of money in their lifetime. Even if a person is very rich, they can't easily accept a loss of 120 million dollars.
I think it was a post for advertising purposes.

It's PR but at the same time passing out a message that gambling isn't something we should be depending upon as a means of making money because what I understand from his post is that, He's making money despite gambling not favouring him. He isn't doing it because he wants to make money but doing it as a fun way of enjoying the games he loves. He's making money from that post that he made because he's giving stake publicity and also getting paid through the social platforms that those post will be made on and the engagement they'll be getting. That amount that he posted might be too much for many of us but to him that isn't much. He can make more than that from his music on the streaming platforms with in that same period which he lost that amount. We all have to be gambling based on our resources that we have to avoid regrets.

Does he play real slots or does he play virtual slots? This is what I want to know about these streamers. If they play real slots, then it will be real money because when you play, slot providers also offer jackpot and different type of promotions for every players around the world who play the slots of this company. For example, when you play NetEnt and they have a $100K jackpot, anyone can win it at random times on any casino, this is shared. Btw I've heard rumors that these streamers play fake slots and devs create special conditions for them to make everything appear realistic.

Last time I see him playing virtual slots on his stream so provably he used to do this even since before and there's good chance that his funds used is sponsored by stake.

Also what you have heard on somewhere else have some bearing since somehow its hard to think that there's a celebrity like him is capable to lose that amount without getting broke.

I think the reason on why he's confident to bet huge is not because he is so rich and famous, but rather his sponsored fund him so that he can show to people that he's doing good and betting on the casinos they are promoting.

I'm not sure that's quite accurate, being an ambassador for a casino doesn't mean that your stakes are not going to be real money...drake is an ambassador for stake but he wins and losses real money...had an argument about this with a friend, drake has always been an addicted gambler way before he became an ambassador for stake... there are times he does promotions but his wins and losses are real

The truth of this is that you might be right or wrong but I actually think that this is true because so long as it's the money he lost and not what he won, it means that it's true. Drake have a lot of money that he can afford. However, many gamblers can't earn such huge amount of money, but Drake can, only the money he spent on clubbing might not be different from what he showed above.

From the topic i thought that this would be bad advertisement for the casino, but actually showing the other side of it (not winning) made me respect the man for talking about it. And imho this could be preplanned promotion, because people respond to honestly pretty well. Transparency will just make people trust them more.

And i think that's giving a good signal for people around there who think that they are doing something wrong when they lose. No, losing is just part of the deal and it doesn't matter how deep your pockets are, and how much you win, you will eventually experience losing streaks in gambling as well.

My question is, how was he able to deposit millions of dollars on Stake? As far as I know, after depositing 10K, you have to provide some proofs of your funds, do the KYC/AML checkup again and then you'll receive your deposit. I also think that withdrawals might be the same level of headache but I'm not 100% confident into these opinions.
Also, another question that I have, does Stake.us use fiat or cryptocurrencies? I saw the US crypto casino website for the first time on Bitcointalk and their deposit system was strange. It felt like the user was depositing money to buy coins to play the game, I think it's a gray zone.

It can't be a real money. Stake pays him to gamble on Stake. It's very stupid to say that he deposits stake's money + his money and gambles on Stake. I don't think he is on stake to lose his wealth, it's definitely a fake story.

Most rappers are gamblers but they feel too ashamed to take responsibility, Lilbaby use to gamble even before he started mainstream rapping but after wards people taught he had quite till a YouTuber exposed him in a video which he was obviously angry about.
I don't know Drake's past but I would say he probably has been gambling it could be street dice or casino but yea he gambles but in terms of those figures I don't believe that, drake and stake are obviously in partnership.

He's a public figure and people will know if those losses and wins were just fake. But I don't think that he's that kind of celebrity and ambassador because for me, all the figures that he's showing are owned by him.

But of course there is some contributions from stake with that amount. The contract he's signed for, there could be like an added credit to the monthly gamble that he does.

It's part of the promotion but I think that Drake is always serious with his bets and he's the kind of person that can afford to lose those Ms monthly. He can just take them back with the royalties that he's got with his songs.

If you must know Drake is Chronic gambler who doesn't care how much he loses or wins from gambling site, and from what I sense from him doesn't mind whether he lose or win but what he is mostly concerned is about his passion to gamble. Maybe who knows if those funds aren't coming from stake.com or maybe somewhere else, Because sincerely it's worth being surprised on the amount he uses to gamble and how much he do loses on a regular or monthly basis, the worst is that after he loses such huge amount of money you would think he wanna quit the next month instead he wouldn't mind even doubling his bet sized above the previous, maybe who know he is trying to practice the Martingale principle at his ends, so every month he bet usually moved from unusual to something else.

I agree with you, The amount he's losing isn't something that can be brushed aside at all, no matter the addiction. 120M is just too much. I believe his partnership with stake should  allow him an account for such marketing strategy. But from my end and understanding, he's just promoting the brand with his celebrity influence and not actually gambling.

It's funny that people tend to forget how drake has been gambling even before he became an ambassador for stake, no one is disputing the fact that he doesn't advertise for the casino but thinking that he cannot actually lose an amount is just letting people know that you don't really know him. He's a public figure and also very rich, losing those amounts of money wouldn't bring him down automatically

For sure Stake part come into play but knowing Drake is a gambler before Stake partnership or being an ambassador or what. He's a heavy gambler and we can say that he is spending up his money too.

I have made out some research about Drake and upcoming album.
In music news, Drake is rumored to be working on a new album, reportedly titled Iceman, which many fans expect to drop before the end of 2025. While the rap star hasn’t confirmed or denied any details about the project, fellow artist Smiley recently hinted that Drake has been putting in serious work on something new.

Source: https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/drake-reveals-sports-gambling-bet-losses-1236003372/

So, we cant blame him out if he do have tons of money to play on, knowing that the do have income source of course on which he can freely do on what he wants.
Loses could be on those numbers but it is hard to believe on how much % of part is his money.

I can't take Drake's words seriously, especially when it comes to betting. I guess the account he has is probably a test account anyway. This is a kind of marketing, many streamers do this anyway, content about the game to the viewers and a little entertainment, that's all there is to it. Whether he wins or not depends on Drake's gambling skills and now luck or his predictions.

Drake already has a partner stake and Drake has millions of followers he's just doing his job.

OP you said Drake is officially partner with stake casino, so it then means anything that Drake is posting online about stake is just to promote stake, is just a form of advert, a lot of celebrities are promoting one gambling company or the other so they come up with a lot of strategy to make sure they promote the gambling company very well, remember they have been paid heavy for that so don't allow those stuff get into you.
Drake has really promoted stake to a great height and the way he those his promotions are totally different for me when it comes to promoting gambling companies his one of the best.
Some people have been mislead by this kind of advert some people believes everything that a celebrity has to say especially if they love that celebrity so much, that is how a lot of celebrities has deceived a lot of people.
For me I don't believe Drake because if is true Drake would have gone broke, as of 2025 Drake is estimate net worth is $250 million so how is it possible that he is losing $124 million in gambling in just a month and still his not broke, if is true good for him but I still don't believe I just see what he posted as a promotion for stake.

Well, first of all, it shows that Stake is a casino of such a level, where you can keep such a large amount of money on deposit and not worry about its safety. Can every casino boast of this?
 If I had 120 million, I would be afraid to deposit even 1,000,000 on any casino. Therefore, this post by Drake definitely puts Stake in a good light.

Well, as for the loss - compared to his deposit, this is not a big loss. And it is possible that next month he will win this money back.

Somehow what Drake did for showing up the amount he lose from stake somehow give some exposure that they have that amount and they can handle huge gain made by their players. I somehow expect that since we could see that Stake is very successful casino for so long.

For sure that will be the next narrative that Drake is winning again since its bad marketing for both of them if he show again that he lose again on stake.

So maybe lets see if Drake would flex again either his losses or maybe winnings.

The thing is, why would Drake "show off" his losses, that is not what people usually do right. So there is definitely more to it. Maybe it's also a way to justify him winning in the weekly raffle week after week. They want to tell us "see, he deserves to win, look at his losses". Still, it is shady since he is an stake rep/employee. People like this should not be eligible to participate in contests like this, especially when you don't know if they play with actual "real" money, and not just some sponsored one. I could also wager millions and millions if i know it's sponsored and losses will get reimbursed or something.
Raffle tickets coming from these kind of deals should not be allowed to take part, plain and simple.

It was said that stake.com revenue in 2022 was already $2.6 billions, so a million or millions Drake or others kept there in deposit isnt that much or amount to worry about. I would not say that with posts Drake has made, stake.com boast with their money. I dont quite understand why Drake even post all his won and lost bets. I might say that showing off can create a negative effect, that stake.com casino is for wealthy gamblers only. People might feel uncomfortable with their little bets, when others bet hundred thousands and millions.

Some of these rich celebrities are secretly affiliated to some of these popular casinos and we might not know about it, if Drake is playing with real account or a fake account, we can not also be sure about it. It's possible that he can be playing with real account but win as much as he loses too. I don't follow up his gambling record since he usually post them online but I have not seen any member here posting a huge amount won by Drake, it's usually big losses that people keep posting about, that lead me to ask, does he (Drake) not normally post big wins too? Why is it only losses we keep seeing? I believe this guy win huge amount too that he might  not openly post them.

Gambling should be a personal adventure because it is your money that is involved. You don't need to be motivated by any celebrity on how to handle your gambling activities. Drake can post his gambling account on social media, but that's not my business. Maybe he can afford it, or as it has been said that he is affiliated with Stake. The assumption that we don't know if the account is fake should be enough to make gamblers avoid being moved by these shows. I will have to gamble based on my financial standings and not by what someone says or shows on the internet.

but no one has ever thought that this is pure marketing, that is, it is obvious, he goes there, puts the money and then loses, and punctually loses, systematically always loses the amount partly because he makes stupid bets and partly I think he also does it for a sort of publicity

Not everyone knows that he’s actually partnered with Stake, so most people won’t even think twice about it. For a celebrity to lose that much, it only makes Stake look more trustworthy .. good marketing move for the casino. And for sure, this will make them even more popular. Whatever the agreement is between them, it’s definitely worth it from a promotion standpoint.

It’s definitely marketing. Bad publicity is still publicity. Drake managed to promote the casino even this way. Some people might think negatively about it, like, if he can’t win with that amount, what more with their small bankroll? But still, his goal was achieved, and that’s to promote the casino and make it more popular, especially to those who haven’t played there yet. It’s an attention grabbing strategy because it involves a huge amount of money, and it surely reached the target audience.

To be frank, I dont really care about any amount both winning or losing if the story comes from influencers.
For me it is just a marketing, I do not even care whether the money played by the influencers is real or not.
I'd like to suggest for all users to take any gambling videos/live streams as enterntainment only so it should not be something that may trigger us to do something similar to what is done by the influencers/streamers.

Drake is also working at changing the narratives that influencers and streamers always win. This has been a major conversation in the gambling community and his recent post intends to remove that doubt and unveil to everyone that losing is for everyone. No immunity whatsoever. But this is marketing no doubt, it's just a strategic way to get people talking again since they're fed up with the news of Drake winning millions of dollars off a couple hands.

Here’s the logic, if he’s not benefiting from posting it, then he wouldn’t. I mean, what kind of gambler would proudly post his losses for the public to see, especially if he’s a well-known personality? That would just bring in negative comments. But since he’s clearly getting something out of it, he’s okay with it. Makes sense why he doesn’t mind sharing it.

That’s the question, just how much is Drake worth?
When I saw the amount in the screenshot, I quickly ran to the web to search on Drake’s net worth and it’s at a staggering $250m.

From what I could understand in that screenshot, he didn’t loss $124m rather, he wagered the said amount within the duration of a month and all weren’t lost and some of them was very much wins that got wagered again. So, it’s not like he was just sinking money into gambling, having to increase his bankroll after each loss. In fact, from the image posted, what he truly lost within the duration of a month is about $8.3m. Now that’s a lot of money really but, it’s again, it’s Drake and these could be promotions!

Everyone doubts the fact that he actually lost such an amount of money in the casino, even though that might be true we must remember that he has always been a gambler even before his deal with stake.... it's possible he lost but didn't think of trying out other casinos... There are times for promotions and times he's gambling because he has passion for it... let's face it this guy has a lot of million.

I could have sworn Drake was quite close to being a billionaire, but I suppose I was wrong in the end.
Still, losing almost nine million dollars being someone whose net worth is not even half billion is not neglectable, if that is what he actually lost I would not be surprised he actually felt the pitch and realized how much he could have done with all that cash, of course, that is in the case we assume that is money that come completely out his own pocket, which would make it more painful.

Ironically, Drake does not seem to be the kind of person who is specially lucky on casinos or betting on sports, I have already seen people here in the forum pointing out who he seems to be suffering from a curse or something like it, and how even his viewers on Kick make fun of him and his bad luck when he decides to bet on a team before a match.

Since he is very wealthy and has got some good amount of funds to spare at the casino, he has got other sources of income so this may not turn out a big deal for him because he will still recover it from another source of income. If it happens that all this amount are true,  I think there is an agreement that will be reached between him and stake because the amount is quite huge and not one who someone can just throw around. He may have a recovery strategy with which he can use to recover that which he is loosing.  I don't want to believe he is addicted or has got an addiction issue because he doesn't gamble all the time  and I believe he will have people around him who will provide him with advice and ideas on how to handle this.its even possible all of this is part of PR for stake.

Nah, this isn't PR. This is just Drake showing off his gambling addiction. I don't know why he does it. Is he bragging with the amount he spends on gambling? This doesn't make any sense. Anyway, Drake is rich enough to afford losing between 5 and 8 million USD every month. Maybe someday he will manage to win 200 million and cover all his loses from the past. ;D Or maybe Stake had found the biggest gambling "sugar daddy" in the history of online casinos and they are trying to milk him as much as possible. :(

Probably Drake is captured by his image. He can not allow himself to spend or lose less. If he buys something inexpensive, or places a low (regarding his fortune) bet, his fans would not understand that and would start thinking he is in troubles. Also it will harm his businesses. But, I have said it in the past, stop looking on Drake through the prism of his losses in gambling. Start looking more generally. He is not only loosing, but he is winning also. People only discuss his fails, ignoring his success.

I don't even feel a flinch by any celebrity's gambling lifestyles or the gambling patterns of someone's else, this is not the first time that this kind of thread about huge losses is coming up, what only surprises me is how he doesn't post about huge win or people chose not to post the huge win and decided to post just the losses, which practically could really be their own strategy of promotion.

I don't really care what Drake promotes and I never will. The fact that some people are trying to defend Drake for his actions and how hard is promoting gambling it's something that makes me sad.

Do you actually think that Drake lost from his own wallet ? because I think he has infinite balance end he can bet as much as he wants because the money will always return to the casino he promotes. Maybe , he did some bets from his own wallet and I'm sure he is a true addict by now but he is too comfy to realize it yet.  :-\

If that’s what gambling addiction looks like, then Drake should’ve gone bankrupt a long time ago. It’s hard to trust a celebrity flexing his gambling losses, it might not even be real. He’s not just some regular person; what he’s doing could easily be tied to business or promotion. If he were just a normal guy with no casino partnership, then maybe it would be more believable.

Drake has lots of source of income so I guess he will not gonna bankrupt with that losses even excluding Stake partnership salary.

I believe it’s both PR and being hooked on gambling that result to that gambling activity and losses. His gambling activity increased significantly after Stake partnership while he doesn’t need to focus on gambling just to promote Stake and earn money since he is still popular on music industry.

So I believe it’s more on his organically interested on gambling while using Stake funds as additional bankroll on his own.

If you look at the situation in fact, then all kinds of things are now discussing this, which means that even if this is promotion, it worked. They say that there is no such thing as anti-advertisement, well, maybe that's true. But I see that many people are responding negatively and directly condemning Drake and his screenshot with these huge numbers. Will there be someone who will say that this is cool? Yes, of course, everyone loves to look at what the rich do. Will anyone say that this is not cool? Yes, because there are those who sincerely love Drake for his work and they are sad to see that their idol is either addicted to gambling or is a cunning promoter.

sometimes people don't believe it when they see things that are too positive, “too good to be true”. i don't know if these statistics are real or not, but this post by drake about stake is definitely good marketing.

you've heard the saying that there's no such thing as bad publicity. no one is looking at how much drake won or lost. there's a huge amount of money and a celebrity is gambling with it in a casino. that's all there is to it. i'm sure there are a lot of people who saw this and tried their luck in this online casino. that's what sponsorship is all about.

Perhaps those of us who have been reading this type of news or rumors for a while understand that it's normal for a high roller. I've seen guys lose a million dollars or more in a single hand at cash games (poker). I think the record is over 1.5 million dollars, in a single play (hand).

It all depends on how you look at it. If you look at it, he lost 5 million in one week, and his monthly losses are 8 million. That week wasn't bad.   :D

It's understandable that you think that, I personally do believe that he spends his own money , it's because he has a lot of money and there are people in the world who have a lot of money and don't know what to spend it on, that's why I think that Drake, despite everything, does spend his own money, it's clear that sometimes he receives sponsorships from the company, but not all the time, one thing is to be a figure and another very different thing is to bet because he really wants to do it with his own money.

Maybe he can easily afford to spend such huge amounts of money on betting. I just checked how much his net worth is estimated at, and I see that Forbes values him at 1 billion dollars. But Drake likes to brag that he has several times more money than that. If that is true, then I can definitely believe that he can afford to make such bets, and not really regret them. People treat money differently, especially when they know they will keep earning more, and he already has everything he wants. Basically, this is a person who can afford anything. So maybe he does not need to play on some virtual account, I think people like Drake think in completely different terms.

Are there people who get influenced by this kind of news? Because it's not as if it's a huge win which I know that most people draw motivation from the winning amount of other gambler, but does big losses also perform such magic? Whether it's true or not, I just agree that we should learn to have our own rules and decisions, if we allow ourselves to be influenced by another person's gambling decisions, it might not have a positive effect.

People don't get motivated when they see stories were people lose in gambling but once they see winning slips they get motivated to keep staking high with the aim of having the same luck like the stories they came across.

Having your personal decision and opinion matters a lot on gambling and in other things it will help you not to be moved over the things you see in the Internet and save you from gambling above your financial budget.

it depends on the character of the gambler to be honest

some may see such losses and get discouraged but some may be too egotistical and they think that they can do better than other people either way people can definitely get influenced by such news even if it varies on how it affects them

Drake has more money, and he can actually spend it on whatever he wants, and what we don't understand is that most of these celebrities are ambassadors to these gambling sites, so the majority of them are just doing what they are paid for even when they don't win, but them using that platform to bet alone is another way of promoting them because people are always driving by them, so there is wisdom in all this, and most of these American musicians have enough money, and they know what they are doing, and aside from anything, a lot of them actually enjoy gambling because celebrities are always known for their gambling habits, aside from their investments. They always want to spend money on having fun, so you won't even blame them. They have a source of income, so there is nothing bad when it comes to betting as long as there is money for it.

i think people don't really care if there are bad or good results. the most effective way to get someone to gamble is to provide a trigger, which is what happens in drake's ad. usually we see videos of big winnings to get people to go to a particular betting site, but i think the real purpose here is to get people to remember to “gamble” when they see it.

What I understand in the gambling is that, negative things of gambling doesn't have much influence on people, especially when is losing, because many people out there knows that gambling is all about loosing, it's few people who have a good record of wining in the gambling big amounts, and if they spread the news of them wining in a particular gambling platforms, such news will influence people to gamble in such platforms, another thing that's important that can influence people or make a gambling platform to lose their customers, is when someone spread a news that a particular gambling is a scam platforms, such news will drag attention of people, but losing in gambling is like something that's is constant and almost every gamblers has record such thing

Or simply we can say that its none of our business on how he would be spending up his money yet if he do find out that gambling his that enjoyment pill then we dont have the rights on telling him on what to do even if it means that he do lose up multi millions then we shouldnt be caring at all or trying out to dictate on what he should gonna do on which just like been said that its his money and if he do likes to play then its up to him. In speaking about partnerships then we dont know on what are those agreements and the amounts involved but one things for sure that this isnt talking some mere amounts since both parties do make out some agreement then for sure it involves money. If Drake decided to make use of those money and lost it all back to Stake, then so what?

People are just that loving on wanting to get involved on someones money and telling this or on how they should be spending up his money. We cant be able to tell about Drake on being addicted or what.
Its been long time that we've seen those big wins and loses too along the way on which we can say that it is indeed enormous amounts on which we cant be able to see into those typical gamblers around.
It is just that it do make out some noise just because Drake is popular.

Drake showing his huge losses makes gambler easy to accept their own losses since it’s considerably small compared to Drake loss. I believe this is the target effect of his marketing for being bold on showing his losses because there’s no positive effect that come from that kind of ads rather than fear on the possible effect when you gamble frequently.

I believe he is mind conditioning gamblers that suffer losses and experience fear to man up and accept it easily since Drake is losing way higher than everyone else.

At least this is how I view it.

The thing is that any news that will report about a public figure, which is Drake, who is known all over the world, then after this the activity of ordinary players will simply increase. Players will sympathize with Drake and test their luck, or prove to themselves that they are winning players by making bets and there will be other reasons, but the essence is one, the news headlines did their job, namely reminded everyone that there is gambling once again. This will even be a trigger for those who have never played gambling and they will register on the platform on which Drake played, without understanding anything else.

Losing is for everyone you are right about that, no body is exempted from losing. Even though you are promoting the casino it doesn't make you to always win. Promoter always win show that something phishing is going on. However, this looks more true than the other ones that keeps winning without showing any signs of loss. I think this is a ways fo bring more big gamblers into the game of fun.

You're right about that, things with Drake are really like that when they talk bad about a celebrity I don't believe them at once because I know that every celebrity has haters and detractors, it's that without going too far each one of us has detractors and some are simply silent and others are not, so this happens in real life and more with celebrities, Drake is a blessed person who has a lot of money, and only he knows how to spend it and when to spend it and under what amounts to spend it, that's why we should be more passive when talking about any person.

Drake is a celebrity a big one for that matter that's made cool cash from the music industry with his talent so spending such figures is nor a big deal for him. People should emulate what he's doing and continue to gamble with their spare cash cause the figures Drake uses to gamble could be his spare cash. Everyone can't be on the same level financially so as we all live according to what he earn we should also channel such energy to gambling to which doing it with what we can afford to lose.

Do you remember that we have topic here, discussing that rich people have less chances to become gambling addicted. On Drakes example, his involvement in gambling industry and bets he made (he bets on every major event), have your opinion changed? Without Stake advertisement contract, I think he would be gambling similarly, same amounts and frequency of bets. Can we also consider that Drake is addicted to gambling?

You said it right, it’s public knowledge that Drake has a partnership with Stake, so the massive bets or losses he shows on the platform are still questionable.

Is it really his money? Or is it just part of the deal or for publicity? That’s something we should seriously consider, because we might be reacting to something that isn’t even happening in real life. for all we know, Drake might just be laughing at us while we debate over his “bets.”

I’m not one for regulation, but these fake gambling streams should probably be stopped at some point. There are people who probably believe these gambling streams use real money or that Drake is actually risking his funds instead of being paid to gamble with fake coins. It is a practice I think should be stopped.

Your thought is legitimate, but do you think that completely banning streaming reproduction would stop the phenomenon?
How would you think of stopping this type of phenomenon?
I have no idea, the only thing that comes to mind is to inform yourself, not to be influenced by these things, to play responsibly.

I remember Drake playing a lot, but I think he still does it, he surely does it for publicity reasons, he surely doesn't have any problems, the fact that he has so much visibility surely makes him a person who gets paid to make those crazy bets that he does, no one can get that out of my head