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Drake thought Francis Ngannou would win but Anthony Joshua knocked out Ngannou in the second round of the match of the heavyweight showdown in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Drake lost $615000.

https://www.thecable.ng/drake-loses-615k-bet-on-joshua-ngannous-bout/amp?/drake-loses-615k-bet-on-joshua-ngannous-bout

Too bad, I think everyone here as well thought that Francis Ngannou will pull an upset win against the Brit. But Joshua didn't want to happen and as if this is a tailor fight for him to win in that dominant fashion. Not the first time that he have heard Drake bet on a fight or sports and losses big money,

• Jake Paul vs. Tommy Fury fight: Drake loses $400,000 after betting on Paul to knock out Fury. (https://www.cbssports.com/boxing/news/jake-paul-vs-tommy-fury-fight-drake-loses-400000-after-betting-on-paul-to-knock-out-fury/)
• Drake LOSES another $250,000 after betting on Nate Diaz to beat Jake Paul (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/boxing/article-12377697/Drake-Nate-Diaz-Jake-Paul-Problem-Child-Tommy-Fury.html)

So the Drake curse continues...

Drake has been known to make large bets on single matches, and most of the time he loses and some times he wins. He won't be the only person who loses money in this fight, as a lot of people were convinced that Francis Ngannou was going to win this match as the odds were against Antony Joshua. 
 
The fight took the fans by surprise, as the result was not what they all expected. Both fighters have made history in the past, and no matter how strong they both appear to be, one must submit to the other. 
 
Some news and fan feeds are already carrying the news that the Drake curse is back again, and this could be the reason why he lost $615,000, which, if the fight was as he predicted, could have gone home with $1,900,000. It's not his first big loss; we get over it.

It's the infamous drake again and am not shocked as he's very known for a history of serial gambling losses, although I feel sad for his loss. However, am sure despite how much huge the amount he stakes with was big for some of us, to him Drake it's an amount he can afford to lose going by his financial status and record.

Ngannou was a classical disappointment as many fans had lots of faith in him to pull some strings but he could even go pass a two round and got knocked down by a single punch from Anthony Joshua in the second round that got him glue to the ground.

Drake could easily shoulder this loss. That man is worth hundreds of millions, and there is a high possibility that that bet is sponsored by Stake to invite other sports bettors to bet on the bout. Drake betting on something is already a good publicity to Stake regardless of whether they pay him to bet or not. Just another day in the office, I'd say. He can get that $600k in a few shows and gigs so he can count that as his 'leisure expenses' any day.

Wow, that's just a surprising thing to happen, a lot of people have been talking about the punching power of Ngannou and it seems that it's not enough for a veteran fighter like Anthony Joshua, I'm sure that Drake's fine with that money lost, it's probably a small amount of money compared to what he's net worth so we don't have to be too sad about him losing that amount of money but still, it seems that Joshua isn't a showman because he quickly finished the match and it's such a performance too albeit a short one. Props to Ngannou for fighting even though it's a KO, he'll definitely be picking up after himself but will definitely move on and improve, his instincts in boxing are ever sharpening after all.

He is just one of us. I can't believe it from the start, I was trying to enjoy the fight so after round 1 I sat in front of the TV hoping for Ngannou's win. Its a good thing that the error Maximum Limit pops every time I bet bigger than usual.

Ohno. I feel like more of those from Dana's side are going to troll Ngannou this time. I can see how this is going to make the memes flood.

Drake is known to play more than $1 million in one spin in a roulette games for those who didn't know. So just imagine him having a losing streak with that huge bet of him. Stake has to make a special arrangement for him as the max bet for a bet in roulette is $350,000.

So in this bet, this is just a "Chump change" for him. However, since he is a will known personality, everyone will magnify this lost for Drake and maybe make some internet meme again.
For regular gamblers like the majority of us, we can only dream of putting that bet.

sounds like it was a bad day for him but seeing his previous losses that have been reported, I am not surprised he bet this much money and I am sure it won't be the last.

regarding his losses, the most famous one I know is when he lost $1 million in Argentia vs France FIFA World Cup Finals. it was wild the first time I heard about it, that guy is crazy.

perhaps he needs to start using his alter ego Anita Max Wynn every time he is betting. joking aside, I wonder if people started being superstitious about it, what I mean is people betting on the opponent of the team Drake put his bet on.

You can not compare Anthony Joshua to Francis Ngannou because Francis Ngannou has just started boxing starting with Fury. Because of his performance with Fury was the reason people thought Anthony Joshua would lose to him, but you people forgot that Anthony Joshua has been a boxer since many years ago while Francis Ngannou was not. Anthony Joshua has more boxing experience.

He's not the only one so many people take the risk of betting on Ngannou, I just found out through a friend that my office mate lost his two months' salary for betting Ngannou that he would knock out Joshua, now he has to take a loan to cover his bills and expenses at home.

Drake has a run of huge losses in main events it seems he is not lucky in gambling but this is nothing for Drake he can always get that amount with endorsement and concerts.
Drake is one example that there is no guarantee in gambling and if you bet be sure to bet what you can afford to lose.

Drake is not surprised that losing again this large amount is often in the media because it will attract bettors, while Drake is a casino ambassador so he will definitely get paid back for losing the money.

I saw some footage of this fight on Twitter Anthony Joshua knocked Ngannou down so badly that he was completely defenseless to the punches.

back on Drake's bet he will be very bold with the big amount bet he will never even stress with losing so much money in the casino. :D

If you checked the records of these two boxers before the match yesterday you will agree that Joshua wasn't someone we should expect would loose that match he's has got very good record over ngannou so I don't know what ever it was the reason why drake prefer to place his bet on ngannou rather than Joshua, I've known before now that Joshua has got more chances than ngannou had but then maybe he was just been fanatic about it and that aswell affected his choice upon which he did placed his bet.

Drake is wealthy and has got the money of which I would say he actually gambled for fun so it will not really be a problem to him loosing such money at once but the such amount actually is really huge, but compared to his worth it may not really have much effect on him, he may recover it sooner.

so much for trusting Ngaannou to deliver. i am disappointed too since i was betting for Franc to win. but $615k is just a huge amount of money. i wouldn't want to replay to watch again because it hurts. i and banking for Francis to make it in boxing and be a champ.  it would be a good story of his life. anyway, hope he will fight again.

at least thinking about Drake's loss compared to mine makes me think i'm not the worst gambler.

$600k+ is nothing if we do speak about loses.
Lets check this one out;

Total Wins: CA$106.3 million ($79.1 million)
Total Losses: CA$46.1 million ($34.2 million)
Source (https://www.casino.org/blog/drakes-latest-bets/#:~:text=Excluding%20an%20eight%2Dfigure%20casino,wins%20since%20joining%20Stake.com.)

Those numbers are really that could make you drool up on how much have won and lost and based up on those numbers then it do clearly shows
that he's still that on positive. So these kind of puny loses wont really be affecting him in the end of the day.
This is why its called gambling or betting and there would really be no assurance that you would really be able to have that sure win thing.
Whether he's been funded (unlikely) on the time that he do made out some bets or coming from his own personal money then no one really knows
but in general on which we do know that Drake is a heavy gambler.

Anthony sure has alot of boxing experience because he knocked out Francis with a wonderful right hand punch that sent him down gasping for Oxygen.
I would have placed my bet on Francis because he has more current wins as compared to his counter part who has lost more than once on separate occasions.
It was a really interesting match and we await who Anthony gets to fight next. I hope it's a knockout too.

Lol... But drake isn't a worst gambler himself, he is probably in an outing for the weekend and enjoying himself with friends because he is worth the money that he is using to bet and betting as he can afford as fun. That is the difference with the wealthy betting and probably those who gamble only for the profit and when they don't succeed, they either begin to ask for crowdfunding to replace the money that they have used to bet. However, Ngannou disappointed many of his supporters but I never thought Joshua would give in that easy, alas he won.

Haha, so what do you do when you lose? ;D

Well everyone have high hopes that Ngannou will really win because he gives a solid fight against Tyson Fury which is the top of their division.

This is the difference between training with Tyson and not since he is facing an experienced boxer which is not his original sports. I believe he becomes over confident that he can dominate anyone with sheer strength due to his successful debut with gypsy king.

Regarding Drake, Obviously this is just a minimal loss since I watch him losing million dollar on a single round bet on his roulette live games before.

There are also many gamblers who lost some amount of money betting on Francis to win the fight because the Bookmakers considered him the underdog in the fight and give him more odds to win, and he looked like the best choice to win the fight going into the fights judging from his very fierce look.
Until the day he bets with like $20 million, and then loses, I will not see all this amount of money he is losing now as something he cannot afford to lose.
 

After all Drake is not dumb, because when you look at his position as an artist and how many sources gaining money he has, his biggest bets won’t even effect his daily spendings, $615k loss is nothing to him compared to us as simple gamblers. It’s important to not follow anyone’s bettings choices or the amount of money you put on a bet just because you saw drake or any famous gambler sharing his bet with a large amount.

If you see drake over all bets a month or two before, we surely going to see huge wins as well. Talking about the fight between Joshua and Ngannou which was a different experience and a chance for gamblers to take a part and prove their knowledge by gambling on their favorite fighter, however this is a different experience when the fighter changed his sport and style of fighting, personally I wouldn’t risk that much of money on something not certain of.

We all know on how Drake is notoriously famous with these kinds of high roll bets. Well with that amount of money that he earns through his music, businesses and other ventures, I am pretty sure that $615,000 is nothing to him or at least a relatively low amount of money for him.

Despite the situation, I do feel bad that he has lost so much money on several bets that he made on sports. For example:

• Drake made a bet of $400,000 when he betted that Jake Paul would knock Tommy Fury on their match- he lost that bet;
• During the world cup final, Drake betted $1,000,000 hoping that Argentina would beat France- he lost that bet again;
• On the UFC, Drake also betted $275,000 hoping that Masvidal would beat Covington- he again lost that bet;¹

..... and so on.

Though that may be the case, there were also some instances were he also won his bets and he almost wagered every game on Stake. It just sucks to lose this amount of money in a short amount of time. Makes you think that people are willing to stake this hundreds to millions of dollars on sports betting.

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1 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-11807629/Drakes-mad-betting-habit-rapper-won-lost.html

That's gamble for you, as a gambler you should be expecting two things either you lose or you win, though none of these things I mentioned is guaranteed but either if them is bound to happen, though no matter how rich drake is, if a bettor loses in his or her bet it is not an easy thing, but I know for sure that this is not his first time of losing bet but this may be the first time his lost is being announced, gamblers absolved shock more than anyone so shit happens.
Drake has been winning so that's gambling for you, you don't expect fortunes all the time sometimes you lose too so that you will understand that it is gambling not an investment.

Many people  thought that Francis would be the one to win the game because of his appearance and the confidence he showed to people concerning the game. Before the game looking at Anthony Joshua it was as if he looks nervous and even the last game he lost to the Mexican guy made many people to look less of him . Anthony Joshua was so quiet about the fight  but it was a huge surprise to see that Anthony Joshua was able to defeat Francis ngannou without any stress. For those who bet the game on Anthony Joshua to win the game are so lucky to win, that means they so much believe in Anthony Joshua.

He loves betting on the underdog and probably fine with losing a lot of money (maybe fore us).

Based on what I read... (https://www.investopedia.com/drake-net-worth-8364246#:~:text=Drake%20has%20a%20net%20worth,with%20major%20brands%20like%20Nike.)


So I would say that there's nothing so alarming with his bets as surely he can afford to lose what he bet so far. Also, it's just his losses were publicized, how about his wins? Drake continues to make money and probably gambling is just his way of spending money, as long as he has no gambling addiction, everything should be considered as normal.

Drake offers a million dollars for a spin of roulette? I thought some professional players would have to accept a maximum of $350,000. Surely for Drake, this is just a "mosquito"!

It's easy to understand, with someone as famous as Drake, winning and losing can be very confusing, it's mostly fun. A huge bet like this is like "playing for fun", playing with luck with the whole world to see. Who knows, if it gets broadcast all over social networks, it will be even "cooler", right?

But "it's easy to fall when you're tall". If you win, it's explosive, if you lose, it becomes a meme, a show that makes people laugh. Maintaining an "undefeated" image in front of people is also a lot of pressure!

The match really created an impression of "All hype" towards Ngannou. Many people had high hopes from him in this match but it seems that boxing is too much for him especially to face an experienced and dominant fighter which is Joshua. But regarding with Drake's loss, it is somewhat a 'normal' day on his end and to his fans. He have lost multiple times,if not close to this amount, even higher. It is indeed a huge amount to majority of people especially average salary earners but if we would look at his case deeply, he can simply afford it. He's earning tha much that this loss of him won't hurt him financially as much as it should be on our perspective. Also, this is how gambling works. He won't also bet an amount that would crash his bank, assuming that he won't.

And if we would elaborate this, his $615k might be a $500 loss on my end, that it would be hurting for a month but eventually you'd get over it, but still this doesn't promote certainty. He might have a larger risk appetite but that's on his end and I have nothing to do with it. I will just focus on my betting behavior to not engage an amount that will leave me with nothing.

Wow, the truth is that it is a very high amount of money, I don't know how someone can bet so much, if I bet only 5 usd or 10 usd and if I lose it I feel bad, now I bet money like Drake would already have a heart attack, although let's see, Drake is practically an influencer, from what I understand, a person like this earns a lot of money, of course I am not discrediting the fact that what he lost was a small thing, but in reality it is a lot, this is another reason to verify that Predictions in Sports do not Often turn out They are favorable to the fact that they may be what we think , the technical part sometimes fails, it could be that the boxer went something wrong, we don't know what happened, but the truth is that these things happen in boxing, you can have all the preparation possible, the best The hardest but extraordinary training can happen, rarely , but it happens and the result is disastrous for Drake.

I think this money is a lot for anyone, but as they Said before, Drake has many sponsors, he is an influencer and moves masses, this for him is a big but acceptable loss for the Pace of life he leads, this is how the time goes by with Adesanya had a loss that I would call millionaire , but he still recovers and continues betting.

Drake is a perfect example of a rich gambler and some would say that's he is addicted but for him I think this thought can be excused because even that money  is not close to his earning as ten percent and that's why you can't call him gambling addict and one thing, he doesn't gambler on a steady if not it I know losing that kind of funds will definitely affect him even if he is mega super star. Some of these artist just feel the need to gamble and lose out their plenty just for the purpose of fun.

Drake can loss this amount without any doubt... this practically does not affect his net worth in any way.
and much probably there are also some agreements with stake....

However, I find these "heavy" bets something un-educational/sad to show.
Watching a wealthy person spending so much money that would change a person's life isn't the best to see.

obviously drake is not a lover or likes to watch boxing matches. because obviously antony joshua is more favored to win this match. and place a crazy bet of more than 600k dollars. surely a wealthy person throws away that much money so easily. but unfortunately before placing a bet he did not first analyze the strength of the two boxers so that he lost easily 600k dollars just disappeared.

$615k is an outrageous amount to spend on a bet. We also have to consider the networth of the gambler, Drake is extremely rich and can afford to risk that much money. I always hear Drake’s name come up when there are big matches like these, whether it’s the World Cup, UFC fights, or Boxing, the rapper seems to be interested in placing large bets on these events. I can’t tell if he’s doing it for the publicity and lifestyle of being a rich and famous rap star or if he’s really into these sports.

Why is Drake always having the fever of loss? With this recent loss, I have come to a conclusion that anytime Drake bet on anything, I will do the opposite of what he played because he always loss. Somebody should advice him with the way he's playing, he seems addicted and the addiction is not yielding any good results publicly except if u had other games he bets and don't show them to the public but who knows if that one's has been losses too.

However, can we take some minutes to review how this game ended? That game looks stage, the knockout was too obvious and Ngannou wasn't protecting his face from most of the KO tackles that was coming from AJ, what does he get from this if he couldn't win Anthony Joshua and and Tyson Fury, I'm not seeing the use of his body huge, maybe he should try another career. :(

Wonder how the rich waste such money on gambling and at the end of the day, they're not affected, unlike the average gambler that would gamble with small amount and end up losing, which will drained his accounts. Making such losses doesn't affect him because there's more he's capable of placing, trust me he's not giving because he's a crucial gambler that always shoot higher on achieving his targets. The Canadian rap musician is popularly known for gambling substantial amount on matches and he's acquainted with all the significant sectors of sports.

Drake 8s gradually losing too much as he recently lose another huge amount and now this one again  any ways he is a Canadian musicians with alot of influencing jobs for various brands whose among them are casinos and sport bookies like stake which may be the major sourch of his gambling funding, so he can bet in any wrong direction he wishnsince he can easily choose Frances over Anthony Joshua who is multiple time title holder, what was he thinking in Nghe first place, because even me who is not an addicted follower of those matches know the capacity of Anthony Jousha so how much more drake who is a streamer with high experience and interest in the game.

Well, he must have been convinced because of the result between Ngannou vs Tyson Fury. That fight made Ngannou so sensational that he convinced anyone to root for him even if he fight against a pro boxer. I couldn't say his boxing career is over but he might be fighting again after his PFL fight.

It was said that he made $20M in this fight alone. That is way more than a win for him than remaining in MMA. 

I don't know why people are underestimating the power of Anthony Joshua and we need to look into it very closely. Francis is a good boxer but his problem is that he talks too much. He had been taking since and trying to convince people that he is going to beat and win Anthony Joshua in the fight but I was very surprised that he couldn't even reach the third round. I watched the match and I laughed because upon all his boosting and trying to convince people that he his better than fury then comparing Anthony Joshua with Fury is something we need to look closely because he deserves another punch on his face.

Give me a better reason why Francis Ngannou lost the fight. Don’t tell me he talks too much. For crying out loud, the man is a fighter. Trash talking is part of the business. I didn’t see one interview where Francis Ngannou was disrespectful to Anthony Joshua, it’s normal for boxers to talk about how they are going to knock out their opponent, it’s their own way of playing mind games and gaining media attention to the match. Ngannou lost the fight because Anthony Joshua is a better boxer, he had more to lose, not everyone believed in Joshua and he needed to make a point. And he did.

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So Drake ended up losing this game. I saw this slip on the internet yesterday where people were debating how sure the game was and how Drake made the right bet on the right player judging from the last match with both where Francis won. 
 
This is just one of those games, and it has made the page and headlines; that's just one thing about gambling: the result will keep on surprising you; they can't be the way you predicted it to be always. There was a lot involved here; Anthony is superior to him when it comes to boxing, and Francis Ngannou is an MMA fighter. They both need to know their place.

A big lose for Drake, the bet was huge, anyways he's supper rich and I guess it's an amount that he can afford to loose, if not then he'll nurse the lose for quite a while and definitely move on. I'm sure that many people will bet against Joshua, winning that fight because they'll believe that Ngannou, will enter the fight to destroy Joshua, to redeem his image after losing to Tyson Fury, in his debut fight. Unfortunately he came short of glory and fell harder this time to a more experienced Anthony Joshua, I felt quite sad when the fight ended, I was hoping that he'd make a name for himself by winning Anthony Joshua.

Just like a normal day for Drake and seriously, this is still a small amount of money for him.
Well, we can’t blame Drake because many anticipate that Francis will be the one to win here unfortunately the result turns out different and a loss via knocked out. This could be the problem if you have that much money, you don’t analyze the match anymore and you are just following the hype or someone’s advice.

he is a rich person so even if he loses that amount of money, with the business he has, he can easily recover that money he lost, there are also days when he manages to win, so in my opinion he is not losing much, He is probably making more money than losing money, rich people like him have access to brilliant minds, by which I mean that rich people like him have intelligent employees managing his assets and who constantly give him financial advice. probably before he makes a sports bet, he looks at his assets and how much profit he will have this month and based on that he makes calculations of how much money he can risk betting, for example if he makes calculations of what his profits will be this month will exceed 5 million dollars

so he can risk making a bet of 600 million dollars, if he loses the bet, then it will only reduce his monthly profit to something like 4 and a half million dollars, and this does not reduce his assets in any way or reduce his money that he has in his bank accounts, so this is the difference between the rich person playing and losing and the poor person who only depends on his salary when he plays and loses at the game, I had already talked about this here on the forum, that the person who depends on his salary does not At the end of the month to take out a little money to play and have fun, he will be harming himself, while the person who has a lot of business and plays will not harm himself because the money he lost gambling will be recovered with the business he has

Obviously, knockouts is very much a part of the game. It doesn’t really matter what the opponents wins by so long as gambling is concerned, it’s a matter of who wins in the end, I might not be very familiar with the boxing markets but, isn’t knockout an option?

Meanwhile, it’s almost a tradition for Drake to often make these huge bets and loss then, it goes public. It’s nothing to him and doesn’t change anything about his gambling habits. His going to have his go at it yet again. Let’s just give it a little time. His shows, deals and investment makes sure his not the loser in the end.

First off, congratulations to Joshua for putting up a great fight and disappointing the lot of us. The match made Joshua look like the underdog because of his pass losses. Now that Francis lost, where is he going to draw his motivation from to fight Fury. Or maybe he is going to ask for a rematch with Joshua.

As for Drake, I don't care if he lost a billion dollars. His loss, his business.

The fights comes interesting before our very own eyes, with both fighter giving their best. AJ is unstoppable, he knocked out Francis Ngannou in the second round with a KO finish which is a fierce move coming from the fighter. The Drake's curse followed Francis Ngannou because there's this pure fact about the Canadian artist, he tends to lose money easily when it comes to gambling. He's very unlucky with these games but he has been adamant and refused to quit, rather he's aiming to placing more bets on earning quite important points in the system.

Fights are not favorable to him, as he is always betting on the loser, because he does not have the luck of betting on the fighter that do win the fights. He is very wealthy, and I don't think that those losses matter a lot to him, if not maybe he would ha e stopped betting on fights.

A lot of gamblers must have lost yesterday because they will think that Ngannou will be the winner, because of the way he won Tyson Fury in his last fight. But he becamw weak when he was fighting with AJ, and accepted defeat in the second round without difficulties. Gamble is a game of luck, and it is after the outcome that a gambler will know if he made the right decision or not.

That's what he deserves... Immediately when I saw his tickets from Twitter, I knew that was gonna turn out bad..

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what's normally the reasons why he shows off his tickets after betting if I may ask? To create some sort of shades?.. lol, now the whole world knows he's lost the game and he has remained quiet ever since then... Isn't that enough shame for the day?

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I won't dare to wager on the same option as his - inspite having way lesser budget for the game (assuming I normally wager games).. why bet on Francis over Joshua? The former is just an overhyped piece of shit.

Sandra 🧑‍🦰

Knockout is option with in recent years we have too many options in boxing as well which are giving good response to punters for their bets like how to win when to win and many more options available.
I have feeling Drake is doing this all for few casinos as well because after his ticket and bet many peoples try to follow him, and mostly he posts his tickets as well which create good influence and also good hype about the player where he is investing in this boxing match as things were going for me there was no chance for the Ngannou because few months back he lost against Fury, and now he is having second defeat with things are going to be troubled due to his quick knockout.

We have seen those loses and there's no way that we could really be able to stop on how he would really be doing his gambling ways. We've seen those huge numbers but
also we've seen on how he had been able to make huge money too. This is why it would really better that let him be on the things that he would really be doing
because its his money and if ever he would really be that losing up then of course he is aware on how he would really be losing and it would really be just that
normal that he would be frustrated but it would really be that impossible that he wont be able to recover those loses considering on how much this man worth.

It is intriguing when a known celebrity like Drake losses with his bets. But these money of his can be recovered easily by him knowing that he's got some sponsorships and deals with his label.

While this is like a life savings to the most of us, this how the rich people gamble. It's like nothing on them but I am sure that there's a point of his moment that he's terribly feeling bad about such losses, everytime he's into this situation.

As that's easy money to recover for him, I also have some losses that can easily be recovered but too far to compare to him.  :D

This is not the first loss of Drake when it comes to high stake betting. If you follow his instagram, you will understand that he's really one of the high rollers in sportsbetting at stake. Do remember, we don't know how much he is being paid at stake being the Ambassador of this bookie. And actually, even if he was on the losing side here, he's also getting something from it. Publishing his losing bet alone has some kind of money deal with stake. Though when he posted it, the results were not yet out.

I know someone already posted that bet but I want to share the perspective that Drake has 146 millions of followers and so the impact is quite a big deal here. And you know, people talk. Thus, a very good campaign for stake as well even if he lost this bet.

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I wonder whether Drake actually bets with his own money or whether the whole idea is to do some great marketing for Stake. His marketing effect is huge and I guess most of his bets are paid for by Stake.com. And I guess losing bets are probably better marketing than winning bets as nobody would really be talking about Drake winning a million in sports betting. But losing 615k sounds like a good story that people would rather be inclined to share and talk about.

The bet size is a bit weird I think because if someone bets hundreds of thousands of dollars, why would he go with 615k instead of just round 600k? Like, he is sitting there and comes to the conclusion and that 600k is not enough, so he tops it up by another 15k :D

Peanuts compared to what he usually lose when he makes bets like this. Last time he lost something major it was around 2 mill if I'm not mistaken, and I'm not here to defend his actions cause if I'm not mistaken he's a chronic gambler teetering towards to gambling addiction. Only difference is that he makes the money he lost soon as he loses it, so it doesn't really matter as much as it does to us when he lose millions, or if he's that addicted cause at the end of the day, he only loses the equivalent of a couple big macs to us.

Plus it's not like he's misusing the money, no virtue signaling here or whatever since he whatever he got, he earned fair and square. So in that regard we really don't have a say on where he spends his shit. I personally take it as an inspiration, not to become a gambling addict like him (like fuck I've been in that boat and it's not the most amazing thing) but be as rich as him that it doesn't even matter if you get addicted to gambling (although of course, it's an analogy, not really looking to become addicted to gambling when I finally get rich) cause earning the money back is not going to be your problem anymore, it's spending it fulfillingly.

Game-wise, I don't even know why I still trust Ngannou at this point. It's great that he's a powerhouse that hits like a fucking boulder but if you got a glass jaw that doesn't really matter anymore, especially if you don't even develop strategies/techniques or improvement programs to better your defenses or at the very least improve. It's just so complacent at this point and I'm slowly losing my trust and confidence in him as a fighter.

You win some, you lose some. You can’t win it all. This would be added to his growing list of losses he has made during the years he has had gambling.
This loss like others and despite the amount, will probably not have any effect on him or his finances and it’ll probably be just like any other loss he has had before.

$615,00 is no small amount to lose but I guess with his history, he’s not a stranger to losses like this.

And you think this amount really affects him?
Now what was his total winning I mean if that his bet on this fight win what amount was he supposed to win, $615k quiet large enough for someone to lose at this dying economy because of trying to make more money where it could lead to losing more. Well I won't picture this because it always affects mind even though he bets with he can afford to lose but at least this could have gone a way for the helpless people out there than to just lost it in gamble.

Drake is been known to be a heavy gambling on which it would be something that the community would really be able to tell or assume out that this amount is really nothing. We've seen on how
huge he do make out bets and how much he do win or lose. This is something that really great to see win hitting up those huge wins and same goes when losing money on which regret is there.
We do know that Drake is usually hanging out on Stake and showing those bet sizes and those winning on losing which could make you that drooled.
When it comes to bet then for sure there are tons who hadnt been able to expect for Joshua to win. You do know on what im saying.

Of course, no, he lost more than that, the post is just letting us know how broke most people are in compare to a high bettor that even lossing thousands of $, his life is not affected to it.

It's his money, no need to tell him that, let the man enjoy what he earned for. He is not obliged to give those who are broke, your money your rules.

But, do you know that he has too many philanthropic activity^[1] already before saying this?

[1] https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/drake-philanthropy-timeline-8098822/

We know anything is possible and no one can predicts how he could win this match although from the physical out look nobody could have tell the truth Joshua will win but fortunately he won the match against his opponent it's a thing of shock and surprising.
Although I have came across some post over here in the forum about his gambling lifestyle so the money lost was amount he can be able to lose without the need to attach any emotional feelings towards it, only those who used what they can't afford to lose to gamble are the one who makes noise over every little lost just as me.

For example, when a gambler loses an amount he can afford to lose there is no need complaining about it openly because it is something they are used to and have prepared for mentally before it happened. It is people who are usually aware of their gambling choices and the amounts they have used in gambling that usually worry about it, and sing it out that these people lost this kind of amount of money. Had Drake not made public his bet slip, we never would have known of his losses, and the amount he has lost to this betting on boxing.

I just can not risk such huge amount for only one game that am not even sure will what the end result will become. Some gamblers are just full of hard risk and surprises. For the records, Drake have always been known as a big gambler that usually stake huge amount and he also ends up to lose a huge amount most of time. In the history of gambling, there are other serious gamblers who have lost large amount in their bankroll. Even if I become very rich, I will not gamble off a huge amount just on one game.

I don't know why Drake became so popular for gambling and sharing his predictions online, many of which have eventually gone against him and he lost. He plays his games on the Stake.com platform, so i am just thinking if some of these bets is just a form of promotion for the betting company more than him actually trying to make money from the games. However, do not make the decision of staking more than you can afford to lose because of this, Drake is very rich and the amount staked might not be anything to him, and this could also be nothing more than promotion.

It was too bad because everyone, including Drake, thought Francis Ngannou would win. Gambling is always about luck, if luck was good he might have won more than the 615k dollar he had not lost. Actually this win was not in his luck which is why he lost this bet. But he participated because he could control himself by losing the amount he had bet.

Well I am not trying to question his action and decision towards the lost in his bet but as I feels that could help lots of people around the world but however is his choice and I can't question his decision, you know most times when those that doesn't have sufficient money or are not wealth are spending money they spend according to how they could be able to lose or to what they can afford to lose and when someone lose higher amount than what expected it affects their hearts.

Someone could be doing good and to whatever but when it turns out like this they would say why don't you do it this way just because someone risk that money to gamble then regret follows immediately, but if winning comes they follows and rejoice with him that he tried to have made this winning maybe they could also encouraged him to increased his bet next time to enable him win higher amount than this.

And it means absolutely nothing to him at all. That's the thing I love about money and find so fascinating, this money would be enough for me to live off forever, it would be an amount that I do not even need to make any money further.

I do not mean any investments, savings account interest, gold, crypto, nothing. Give me 615k and I will not be able to finish that off until I die, it would be impossible unless dollar has like 1000% value loss. This dude can afford to lose it on a single bet and nothing in his life ever changes. That's the gap between the rich and the poor, that has to be something so important in discussions of politics, but this is not the place. Overall, I have seen him gamble a million per bet, so he should be fine.

It has nothing to do with shame or beef, I don’t think Drake has any beef with Anthony Joshua. I think he just enjoys betting on the underdog. Also Drake has a partnership deal with Stake. That’s why he is always posting his gambling slips online, it’s another way of subtly promoting the casino.

https://www.casino.org/blog/drakes-latest-bets/


Why call Francis an overhyped piece of shit? You may not like him as a boxer but his story is inspiring to many Africans and people all around the world. I don’t see you touching lives the way he has done so next time before you spilling negativity on the internet, think about what you’re doing.

I knew it.

I knew that he's one roller and if we're talking about a real gambler, he's the one. He stakes a lot of money that he can afford to lose.

But of course for a pleb like me, that's already a lot and a lifesavings for me that I can't even attain to gamble that with one bet whether in a dice or any sports bet.

          -   So, does that mean that it didn't just happen to him once, but rather that he has lost large bet amounts in the casino many times? Is that right? That person is terrible; if you throw money, it's that easy for him.

Maybe that gambler has also experienced winning millions; that's why he has the courage to bet a large amount. Think about the amount he loses; it will be several decades before they earn it, and maybe the others, even if they work until old age, are not enough to get that amount.

First of all, I am not surprised that Drake has lost a bet. I cant remember that he has won anything anyway. All he does is boasting that he has bet a large amount and later post that he has lost. Secondly I am not surprised that Stake casino is the place where he has placed a bet and lost. It is already obvious that there is an agreement between him and Stake and that is the way he promotes it.

But what surprises me, and surprises always - the amounts celebrities bet. Not $500k, not $600k, not $1 million. But $615k or other not round amounts. Who can explain this thing?

No one can explain about this because mostly peoples love to place bets as much they can, or sometimes they are having as you already mentioned contracts with sites or casinos give them bonuses which are also added to their bet slip which is shown for the publicity.

I am also feeling most chances Stake is having contract just because of this they are also showing him on their site for the publicity, and he is also always post his slips which are placed on their site so this all is publicity stunt for them as many loves to follow these celebrities, and they use their influence for promotion and have good benefit.

Again and again and again, he keeps on losing money. I once wanted to reference the time he lost about a million dollars during the World Cup, and I was amazed that he has been losing really huge amount of money. Different tickets with up to $500,000 that he lost are posted on the internet. It is his money anyways, he knows best how he wants to spend it, and maybe he makes more from the tickets that he wins.

Well here he goes again, why is it that whenever he posted his betting slips he kept losing, first when he bet Adesanya was going to beat Strickland, and then when he bet Strickland was going to beat Duplesis, these are three in a row its over 2 million dollars, I'd like to think Drake is not good in analysis when it comes to combat sports.  :D

I don't think this is going to be the last we'll see Drake betting, but somebody should advise him to just post his winning tickets after the fight if he wants to bet, not before the fight, to save him from embarrassment in case he loses again.

Drake is still in demand he can still recover those losses through endorsements and concerts and he will continue to bet as long as he can find a way to make money.

He is wrong again, and his losses have gotten bigger. I hope it's not a big deal for him since he is making a lot of money through his career, but if he is a compulsive gambler, the time will come when he will be living on the street. What's the reason for publicizing this kind of loss? Is he promoting another gambling site aside from Stake?

Anyway, regardless, for the majority of us, it's still a huge amount of money, so it's normal that we will buy into this news, and we will feel that he is wasting his money. No one has infinite money, although he has more than $100 million in net worth, but it's not that big compared to his bets, which are close to a million dollars.

You should check the bet slip the is shared in the article. It was a stake betting slip so it's more likely just a promotion or a sponsored bet. Though we can't confirm since it's his money, but for normal bettors especially those who are betting huge money will just keep it as a secret. Here, Drake loves to published his betslips and with stake on it, then I assume it's just for the promotion as people will be convince that stake are willing to accept big bets like that range, or even bigger.


If that was only a sponsored bet then his money will not be affected, in fact it might be his networth that will increase from the earnings of that kind of promotion he is making.

He plays like a compulsive gambler if you watch all his gambling stream but we all know that it’s part of his partnership with Stake.com probably including this one that’s why I don’t really convinced that he think about this loss as important to him.

Afaik he is only promoting Stake and he was being paid 38M per year for just promoting Stake probably like this bet. https://blockworks.co/news/crypto-casino-stake-revenue#


Agree especially those users that doesn’t knew Drake partnership with Stake. This news is surely a hit for all the gamblers.

This is proof that Drake is a real risk-taker, Ngannou is the underdog here yet he picked Ngannou to be the winner, I wonder with all the losses he's been getting lately, is he not getting advice to take it easy betting that huge amount and showing it off to the public.
People may think that it is ok to bet that huge amount of money or he wants to prove to people that he can bet that amount and it is ok with him.
Anyway it's his money he is now 3 straight losses with his bets, let's see what he'll bet in the coming Fury - Usyk fight, I'm sure he will bet here, he can't resist the temptation not to.

I also thought that Francis Ngannou would have won that match but all of a sudden a punch from the cloud was launched from the hand of Anthony Joshua and finally finally Francis Ngannou fell on the ground. However everyone thought that Francis Ngannou would have won the fight but it wasn't so because luck wasn't among him, lately Drake have the money to bet on any kind of games he likes and he is not an addict yet but I think addictions starts gradually process.

He has won millions in the past, but that's not the only thing that's sponsoring his gambling habit; he is a celebrity and a millionaire, for that matter, whose net worth is above $200 million, so that amount is nothing to him, and he is also making money from other sources as he appears to also be a businessman. 
 
He has won big too from gambling before, and he has been known to put a large amount of money into big games like this. He is just trying his luck, or probably he is getting bored with the things of life, and he decided to spend a few hours at the casino.

Are you kidding me? Ngannou has been knock down 2 times before the knock out punch delivered on the second round. He was knock down on the first round and the beginning of the 2nd round. The knock out punch is not surprising since Ngannou has been heavily damaged and outbox by Joshua, Unlike Tyson Fury. Joshua prepared for him since they already knew that Ngannou can box.

Ngannou is just a favorite during prematch but those expectations easily erased after the first round knock down. He is using his face to shield against Joshua straight punch thou. He didn’t expect that Joshua punch is very fast and brutal.

Good, these celebrities - drake being a prime example - are throwing away vast amounts of money by gambling and just prove that they don't have any special skills over anyone else. He got rich from music and now has moved heavily into partnerships with gambling companies. However he has so much money floating in, that he will probably place a similar size bet next weekend and win a similar amount back. Ultimately he is doing what all sports betting players are doing, just on a much bigger scale. I do sometimes wonder whether he is working some deals behind the scenes to indirectly advertise certain gambling sites to get their name in the news.

As a responsible gambler, you shouldn't paste this kind of news without any warnings or disclaimers, because as you could see on his Instagram post it's obviously an advertisement. https://www.instagram.com/p/C4QEGdbO5HW/
Celebrities rarely leak their bets and their gambling habits. Here he posted his betslip without hidding the name of the sportsbook he used to place his bet. Unsurprisingly we know he's tied with this casino, so it's obviously a fake/sponsored bet he did with fun money for advertising this casino.

Woah, I don't have a merit available, but will keep you in mind for sharing this information. I haven't searched for any summaries like this, but no joke this is probably the best promotion Stake can get from a superstar like Drake with almost 150,000,000 followers on Instagram! If someone wagers "Over $1 Billion In 2 Months", I think it is pretty clear that people are more inclined to trust this casino over other casinos. If someone goes so crazy and wagers 10-figures!!! in 2 months! :D, it seems that that someone has no issues with trusting the casino with ridiculous amounts of money. Those are the headlines that spread like wildfire. I would say that 7-figures would be crazy already, but 10-figures without a doubt catches peoples' attention. There is really no way around it.

This means nothing else but around $17 million wagered per day for 60 days straight from a guy with close to 150 million followers on Instagram. Good story! ;)

You are correct before anyone goes into gambling they should be prepared about gambling like the lost and how much they could be able to lose to reduce much worrying whenever the games didn't go as they planned, let say for instance drake has already been used to losing money and as well winning money more often than someone who can't lose huge money and whenever it happens they go out complaining about what they have lost without knowing that while gambling they will only gamble with what they can afford to lose.

With such regularity of loosing large bets on big sports events, I might even think of placing the opposite bet Drake does. This looks like a pattern already. Look what Drakes bets on and do different.

I was serious when I have asked if someone remember that Drake has ever won big in gambling. It is either he is very unlucky, or media only stress attention his losses, because people love to see when rich and famous people fail.

You can do that if he will post his betslip before the game or the fight.
Here I think the stake betslip was shared after the fight, so you have no chance to follow. And this coming from stake, Drake was an endorser IIRC, so we can question if it was really his money that was at stake on that bet, or just a mere promotion.

maybe if he could show other betslip not stake, then I might think that he was really into serious gambling.


LOL! Not everyone I think.. it might get the attention since they already are successful, so losing a signficant amount of money in gambling might be quit new, and their we are, making an speculation, sometimes baseless.

And should I pity Drake for losing such an exorbitant amount of money? Of course no, Drake is a multi-billionaire, $615k dollars is probably like $65 dollars to him, so it's absolutely nothing.

But all the same, he should have done his home work and analysis well and know that there is no way Joshua-Ngannou bout was going to beat Anthony joshua, his lose of this money is all part of the game, and I trust that he won't regret it much if at all, knowing fully well that he's an ambassador to Stake.com and it won't take long before he makes this money back, if actually he hasn't made it back already.

But honestly, this is a really big amount of money and I wonder how someone will be comfortable betting such a large amount of money on one game, I never would dare even if I am why world's richest man.

So on how you would really be able to follow Drakes bet? Usually those big bets would really be the ones be considered or would be news out or would really be that broadcasted but to those smaller ones then it would be
hard to follow on. Making counter bets on what Drake is betting on? Well this is something that good to consider out.  ;D

We've seen his big loses which had been posted into this forum or on media on which it is really something that we do thought too that it was a sure win.
If we do tend to follow his bets then i dont really know if it would be that possible.Unless if has some streams and make or give those kind of tips
on where he would really be putting up his bets.

Do you have any article to back proving that he is a multi-billionaire?

Because what i read is that he is not a billionaire yet, and his networth is only $260 million, far from becoming a bilionaire. So talking about $615k is already a significant amount of money, unless he is actively gambling and has been winning sometimes.

https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/drake-net-worth/

Lol, only dump people believe what acticle writers say or write about the networth of people they probably have never seen or meet in real life, I don't believe all this bullshit acticles about networth of people, for we all know what it's practically impossible to completely know how much a person is worth except the person on his or her own decided to tell the world, and even at that, we still have to worry about how truthful they are, that is, if what they say about their networth is truth of lie.

Drake is a billionaire, I don't need an article to know this, someone who is only worth $260 million dollars won't risk $615 thousand dollars on a single game except the person is a very reckless gambler.

Drake is not just a world popular musician, one of the world's finest actually, he's also an ambassador to stake, and I believe it's not just stake, but many other big and large companies as well, he's also a crypto currency investor.
Now, this is speculation but imagine for yourself, how many bitcoin a personality like Drake owns, did the article you shared also considered his crypto currency network.

If you are going to bet, don't bet based on emotions or certain attachments!

Something I have noticed about drake is the tendency to back his friends or people he relates to...saw this trend with the style bender and if he continues on this path then his likely to lose even more money than his already done!

Piece of advice, don't use emotions in this industry...If you feel your buddy isn't good enough for the match do bet against them just don't tell them about the wager as you might lose a friend...

I would believe you if you are a brother or sister of Drake. Sorry, but it seems like your information will be baseless without its support. At least mine, I have an article to back my statement. But if your argument will only end up with what you believe, then I would be quit, and just believe what you believe but you can't convince me or people without any support of your statement that he is a billionaire.

He is a public figure, information about his networth should be available online, and that is more realiable than personal assumption.

If I say Elon Musk is a billioniare and someone would question my statemetn, I would easily tell that person to do some google search. here, about Drake, can't find a billion with his name doing google search.

For any well-known fight that should happen, you would hear of news on how Drake has chosen to stake on them with huge money. I don't know whether he chooses to bet on big fights for fun or he just wants to make headlines on how he draws his support on a particular fighter to win.

The funniest part of this is that whoever his stake on to win, does lose. Only a few bets have he won too.

For the upcoming big fight that will happen between Tyson Fury and Usyk, don't be surprised if you hear of Drake betting on it and he will bet hugely for it.

Drake is a compulsive gambling based on the reports I've read. Just like this one.

Drake’s Stakes: The Canadian Rapper Who Wagered Over $1 Billion In 2 Months
 (https://www.casino.org/blog/drakes-latest-bets/)
$1 billion in 2 months, so that $615k is just a small pie of the cake. It says wagered but we never know if he is up or down, but to wager a total of billions, that simply tells his betting habits and $500 or $1 million is just a normal bet for him. This guy could be too rich, so we should not be worried if he lose since he knows what he is doing.

Well, sorry too bud, you believe what you choose to believe and I believe what I choose to believe, it's the way the world was designed after all, we mustn't always agree with each other that part of what makes life and living more interesting.

I never said what I said in a bid to try or convince you or make you believe me, you are always entitled to your opinions and believe while I am entitled to my own believe and opinions as well.

And you are right,  I am not the brother or sister to Drake, and neither do I have any evidence to back up my claim, and this is the more reason why I never said what I said for you to believe me, we are just having a healthy argument.
And besides, I would also love to ask you if the article you read and believe was written by Drake's brother or sister?, or if at all, a member of his family? ;D

   One thing we don't get is that Drake is not seeing him self like someone who's staking too high because he has the money and has more that me and you can ever imagined.
   Again, checking his network you will know that the money he is spending on games are not even up to half of the amount he has on his account.
   Secondly people on his range don't also think that Drake is spending a lot of money on games because they know what they have and what he have.
   That figure is just a thousand dollars and it's not up to a million dollars, think about it, he already has lot of money and investments everywhere.

There is a famous Drake's Curse thing online. Every athlete that gets Drake's support, is guaranteed to lose :D It's really a good idea to check Drake's bet at first and then make an opposite bet.
Pre match odds were 1.36 on Joshua A. and 3.89 on Ngannou F. | Pre match odds on Fury vs Ngannou were 1.09 VS 9.00. They lowered it a lot on Ngannou in Joshua's match but to be honest, when we compare the first and second matches, Fury's win was rarely a win but Joshua easily beat him, it was probably one of the easiest and fastest 36% ROI that I have seen recently.

It is just like knowing who will win or lose by looking at Drake's betslip. I know this is a consipiracy theory but because he is so loud about it, and the multiple occurrences people think it is real. There were so many celebrities who would have bet on the match but didn't say a word about it. On a light note, someone should try this out and see if it truly works.

If you watched Drake's "God's Plan" video, you'll know that musical artists have a ton of money and they don't just get it through one means. They have multiple means of getting money. Whatever amount of money Drake spends on betting is way minimal compared to the one he earn when he losses.

In my opinion, it could be a mixture of both the media giving more attention to Drake's losses than his victories and also he may be more unlucky than the average super start music producer/musician out there.
I personally do not have anything against Drake or his fans, but seeing someone like him to lose money in this way is kind of like a reminder than within the wall of the casino, we all are equality subjected to the randomness of the luck and the entropy of the game, you know.
Dices, do not care about your social status, neither do the Plinko ball.

Drake losses could actually play in his favor, people are more likely to feel empathy for someone to lose money than someone who wins and brags about it non stop in their faces. If somehow, he manages to act humble enough while facing those losses, he may end up catching the attention of more people who were previously unaware of his music and projects. Just my two satoshis.

losing is one of the things we need to expect in gambling, and we don't have to be surprised about it. There are many loses and winnings coming so all we have to keep doing to to bet and try as much to keep making money. We don't have to be disappointed or change our mindset because of such lose because I know he always win bets that is why he would end up staying away from gambling. Gambling is fun if we know how to find our way to getting luck to win bets. Everything we do is to predict the outcome and we can be very lucky to keep winning based on our predictions and the kind of outcome we expected.

I don't know why we are discussing about this things,  because we already know who Drake is and his amount of wealth and how influencing he person have been,  so for such a person,  losing such an amount is not a big deal for him and at that he should be fine,  since many times,  he have won higher amount than what he lost without the news carrying it,  so good luck to him in his next bets because surely there will be more.

But then also I believe that Drake have followed the odds if not how can he bet anything against the great Anthony Joshua who is a title holder in the industry.

Remember that placing bet only comes with two opposite side in which any of the one we take will determine whether we are going to win or loose, he made his own choice, that would have been the same he could have made and win, but the fate made him loose the bet because it wasn't his time yet for the luck, we either win or loose and someone like Drake have the money to recover from the loss and get over it.


You're right, most times, the media emphasizes on the lost and the reason being a celebrity will draw more attention to his incident, its then becomes the talk of the town and every other media news take it up as well as their trending news for discussions, people loss big amount and we don't hear about them except if a certain crucial condition is being attached to their experience in winning or loosing big

There is no point feeling bad for Drake because he is rich and can afford to lose this amount without feeming any form of agitation. I might not know his worth but I do believe that the amount he lost is something he will not cry over.

Many people were actually thinking Anthony Joshua will lose the match for reasons that are not too clear to me.. However, Joshua have proven to them that he is still the champion that he is. He proved it in the match as he was fierce, direct and ruthless. It was an interesting match anyway.

For someone who do able to beat up Fury then it would be normal that they would be assuming that beating up Joshua wouldnt really be that hard but we've seen the different outcome on here.  :D

As for loses of Drake then this $600k is nothing.We've seen several bets he made which is more than with this. He wont really be making up such huge bets if he cant be able to afford.
It is really just that too amazing to see that someone could make up that huge bet but considering on Drake net worth and all the money that he do earns on different sources
then these are just mere amounts. He could be able to patch it up without any hardship.

Its his money then no matter how big he would be spending out then its none of our business. lol

You might as well be lucky to win when you get on the opposite team that he placed his bet on, or you might also be unlucky if that very match turns out to be his lucky game too. 
 
There are also a few matches that he has been able to win out of when he places a big amount on them, but it seems like the media seems to use his big name and personality to make the once's he loses a trend; bad news seems to spread faster than the good ones that they are supposed to join him and celebrate.
 
I remember his last big win, which was publicised, and the title was Drake, which seems to have been lifted as a title of such nature to draw people's attention to the post.

That’s just kind of massive, but am not shocked by the news, we know how drake have been losing huge amount of money on gambling, so this is another one, I don’t think the most lost is going to have any serious effect on him, because am sure he will have won some huge amount of money which nobody will know about, people only talk whenever he loses huge amounts of money, and we know drake is having multiple sources of income where he is making good amounts of money, don’t be surprise that when their is another fight, the amount he will gamble with will be more than the one which he lost recently, so when people like this lose, it doesn’t have much impact on them.

I'm not sure if someone in the thread commented like this, but for me that bet might be part of paid partnership negotiations with Stake and Drake. It could be free bet and in addition to that Stake.com will give another payment for advertising. This is how most casinos work when it comes to advertising. And I consider that bet as decoy so that some bettors will tail that bet. These are just my thoughts. How about you?

I haven't commented on the thread, but when I read through the whole conversation and knew that Drake is partnered with the casino where the bet was placed, it then built up that mixed feeling in me about whether or not the bet was actually a paid by a player bet or just part of his influencing allocation that he can bet with and with this amount in lose, indeed Drake and stake already made headlines which is part of the marketing deal between the two, because no sports bettor in their right sense will stake 615,000 dollars bet on a fighter he knows have no records of consistent winnings compared to the opponent records.

I have heard the news that since Drake has an affiliation with Stake, this news might just be a publicity strategy. It is a promotional tool where Drake uses his publicity to attract customers to Stake. But this loss is small compared to the worth of the musician. I think he can afford to lose such an amount that is what he comfortably staked it. This is not the first time Drake is engaging in such a bet, there are also times that he wins. The moral of this story is to always gamble according to our size. We should compare ourselves with Drake. I have heard people say that it is not bad to stake with large funds after all Drake lost a fortune. The question should be 'Are you as wealthy as these celebrities?'

It might not be a bad marketing strategy, but I see it as deceptive. Many people see Drake as a role model, which might propel them to gamble recklessly. Advertisements should be built on truth and not blue lies.

You win some, you lose some ;)


Yes, he probably got some of the money back, but I don't think we'll ever know because it brings more attention when someone wins or loses big. If he happened to lose the casino's money many people would feel like it was all fake.
Let's imagine for a moment that I borrow your bitcoin and sell it to you, then I tell everything how much money I made and to prove it sign a message with your address, but in reality I just give it back to you. How is that different from what Drake and Stake are doing?

Peanuts to Drake.  He is a known high rolling gambler.  I was shocked too how well Joshua fought considering Ngannou's first professional boxing match went.  Don't kmwo if he had an off night or Joshua had a great night.  Either way that's like noelrmal people losing $100 on the match lol.

One day Drake will accidentally stumble into a winning long shot bet and earn his money back. Actually, I don’t think he is really losing this much money. He is paid to endorse the casino and might not be playing with his own money. Unless he has a severe gambling addiction, it’s no big deal to make these kind of bets because what he makes for promoting the casino is enough to cover his losses even if they were out of pocket.

This was more like an accidental idea to do, but did not he post in his social media his large bets to show off? We get it from the news because he lose and media wants to get attention with that. But I think if we follow his instagram, we might get some pictures of where he is, who are around him and etc. That might be little hints of what kind of bet he has made. Or he might even post a betslip himself. I mean it is not like he post a picture after the event with idea «look how much I have lost».

it's actually funny how he got carried away with Frances Ngannou's cheap talks on social media against AJs furious calmness that needs to be studied. Well, it's just an unlucky day for the legend and in the past he has made stakes like this which he has won some and lost out in others and I feels it wouldn't be a big deal for him.

This should send a strong message to those that concluded that Anthony Joshua was afraid of Frances due to his calm and reserved nature prior to the fight that boxing isn't done with mouth. After your rants and talking and showoffs, you will get to the ring to prove those bunch of shots you've been thrashing out and it's just sad he couldn't take it up to the third round. Like, I knew AJ was going to thrust him big time in the fight but kicking his ass within such space of time was a totally definaion of "we are damn not on the same level, bro.

Drake is known for this kind of attitude in gambling as he have been betting huge amount if he likes the fight/game .

But this is one sudden loss because Ngannou is the favorite in this bout to be beating Anthony Joshua but the opposite thing happened .

But I'm sure that Drake will get this amount and even more in the next coming bet he will be having so this is not that big thing for this super famous celebrity .

They have been partners for years already and it could be true that maybe it is Stake money for promotion. Or Drake getting a cut if ever he won, so there's a lot of speculation from behind as Drake is known to be a big bettor. It's not that Drake cannot afford to bet with that kind of money, but he has been doing this for years when he got under the Stake banner and it's hard to think that a big whale was able to sustain this kind of bet. He also stream roullette with huge bet as well like every week and then give some around $20k as a raffle for his fans. Just bad if someone fall for the curse of Drake and follow his bet because you are going to lost big money already.

He can get that easily with his one tweet. I don't know how much he is charging for each post or tweet but that's basically a normal rate for personalities like him.

The more famous celebrities are even charging a million dollar for just one tweet of advertisement and that's why if it's just about getting the amount back.

This is easy money for him and he won't gamble that much if he knows he can't take it back with whatever he's had for his sources.

‘God’s Plan’ apparently was not destined to come true. I honestly don’t understand why super stars of this level would make these bets. Is it really all for the sake of adrenaline, I almost don’t believe it. It probably all comes down to an advertisement for the bookmaker where he made this stunning bet. In addition, they began to publish about him more often in news feeds. He probably knew about this, that they would talk and write about it in any case, regardless of loss or win. Because any headline will ring loudly. And the rest of the bookmakers began to wonder why they didn’t offer him to do this earlier in their establishment to get such advertising.

Still, this is a lot of money, ordinary players can’t wrap their heads around it, and while they think or laugh at Drake, he will earn this amount by performing at a private party, spending one evening on it.

He will also earn from betting, if that was sponsored by a specific casino, they might have an agreement and that betslip might not be true. Drake has partnered with stake, so that means he is not betting to beat stake but betting to gain the attention of the people to sign up on the casino. It's just probably a marketing strategy, we should not take it seriously like he really loss that big amount of money.

Well, this is normal for Drake to bet such huge amounts. He will get it back in no time.
I think the hype about Francis Ngannou was too much after his fight against Tyson Fury. Yes he defended well against Fury and he even knocked him down but the game was too much on the safety because Fury is also being careful. Now, it's different when it's Joshua, he will definitely attack.

Dana White has something to say about the Ngannou fight.
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10112422-dana-white-rips-ex-ufc-star-francis-ngannou-after-knockout-in-anthony-joshua-fight

I don't think Francis will just give it up after that KO. But that will give him a good idea of how the heavyweights are fighting and how strong their punches are so he must keep his guard up. He may need to strengthen his chin too.
I never made a bet for this crossover match, it's all entertainment so it's not the match that I am looking for to be excited about.

In a networth situation where he worths 250 million, that basically means that's his daily change. One day he could wake up being a million dollars richer by getting some payment from some of the deal that he did. This could could make that from a single concert as well, he is capable of holding a huge event at some big place, like maybe Las Vegas, make a deal with a casino, or any other place really, and have thousands of people there, or better yet these people make the most money when they do a whole tour.

Look at Taylor Swift, she did a whole tour with like 150+ places which resulted with over a billion dollars in income, not saying Drake would make the same, but imagine doing 150+ concerts, even Drake would be able to make tens of millions easily, just pure profit, revenue wise he could make hundreds of millions.

You might be right on this, that Drake is only marketing for stake with his huge bets. From my own point of view, I don't see it like that, because we have seen several fights that Drake bets on, and I will say that assuming Drake won the bet, you will not sound like this. Gambling is in Drake and he loves Gambling.

The amount that to many of us is a big amount, might just be an amount that Drake can afford to lose, since we know that he is a billionaire, and he gats investments and skills that pays him constantly. If I was Drake, I will always bet against my instinct in a fight because he is always betting on the losers most time, and I don't know what confidence he have in them

There are many other celebrities apart from drake that are known for staking huge bets. But my question is that did he flaunt his bet online before the match between Anthony Joshua and Ngannou because i know that if he did announce his bet publicly, then certainly a lot of people must have also ran into losses as well, you know some persons like following Celebrities and influential people so in a situation like this you see so many people also trying to take same risk he took without knowing that these celebrities has several sources that generates income for them and even if they lose bets like this they wouldn't feel it at all unlike some folks that will follow him and end up losing their money when they don't have many source of income.

Drake isn't the only one that lost that bet.  I think most of us did.  It was more wishful thinking than anything else for me personally, as I really like Ngannou and wanted to see him crossover to a different sport and beat the best of the best.  After the Fury fight I thought he'd be able to give Joshua a run for his money, but it seems like maybe more boxing training left him as a less dangerous fighter.  I can't lie, he looked really bad in this last fight.  It somewhat makes Fury look like a worse fighter as well that he got knocked down by Ngannou and probably should have lost their fight.

This is a very huge amount of money that not everyone can place a bet with it. Drake is known for putting some of money when betting because of the high returns he stands to get if the bet go well for him. I am not a fan of boxing that much but for many people to have placed this bet on Ngannou to win, then it must have been a big win for Joshua to eliminate him from the second round of the fight. Drake is a risk taker and he is a celebrity that has much on him, so he won't feel the loss he has encountered in this fight.

Personally I think most people who lost in the bet failed to understand that Francis and AJ is not in the same level, like how would they expect Francis to become a champion in a fight that he's just getting the experience of  maybe they thought that MMA is UFC not knowing that it's a different fight all together, as for drake who lost such huge amount, it's unfortunate that he saw AJ as the underdog because of Francis performance in the last fight but its all good for him that he lost as AJ used his experience to drop Francis in the second round. For your loss, neither you nor drake is the worst gambler because you didn't gamble with everything you have did you. Francis won the fight with his mouth because before the game he was making a lot of noise that was why a lot of people believed that he could win but after watching the fight I think Francis has a long way to go in his training.

That is what I mean when you should bet money on a game, on a sport, it is always good to know a lot about the sport, because I can think that someone who is just gaining experience has a better chance of winning because it is more young, and that is something that can influence. but things in this sport are different, apparently experience outweighs the audacity of any boxer who has many possibilities of being better, either because he is young or because he is an athlete who has all his senses much newer, less used. .

I would have bet on the one that Drake lost, and I would have lost, only that Drake bet a lot more money and that money is something that can make the difference for any bettor, I cannot bet an amount like that, because I have never had an amount like that, It is far outside my expectations.

Drake has lots of money and these loses are just nothing to him, the guy  stakes really high and loses really well, looks like gambling isn't actually his calling or he's unlucky with the stakes, most times he bets on the wrong selection and loses big. It doesn't affect him in any way cos he makes much more than those in hours. In my country currency, $615k its approximately #981 million, this.

Drake really loses serious funds in gambling and the consistency makes me wonder if stake.com casted a spell on him to be enriching themselves at intervals. Sometimes I think its better for him to stop gambling if I was him since its clearly not working out for him. but its entirely his decision to take.

Drake does have tons of money and we do all know that. It is really just that people cant really be that able to fathom on how much Drake could really be that willingly to lose with those bets.
Some say about Drake curse and make out those counterbets if they do have the chance but well i cant blame them on having that kind of approach on which we do consider out that
whenever he do make out some bets then it would be having those notable loses but well we dont know on what bets he had won up big but pretty sure it would really be broadcasted whenever
he do make out huge loses or wins and this is always just for some exposure and we do know on whom would be able to benefit it out. lol.

We cant really be able to deny that when it comes to these wins/loses then it would really be by means of marketing. Even if he lost then he might be that doing its job
to market something.If this one is really just his own real bet from his own money then these would really be just peanuts.

I still remember that time drake spent $1m to orphanages and he was praise for the music he sang as God plan, one of the best music I love back then but today it's sad to see that the guy has turned to a gambler to waste money like he is the only person gambling. He does this many times especially when it's an event that is very popular, the same thing he did when France played against Argentina in the last world cup and he lost.

Boxing doesn't have credibility like before again, things are now stage and the organizers do it in the best way it can attract money. If AJ should have lose that match, a lot of then will lose money that day but the elite bets on who they want to and arrange it the way they want. Don't be surprised if you see another fight of Ngannou and Anthony next time and Ngannou will be allowed to win.

This loses cant be nothing for him, because if half a million is nothing, he can throw that amount out of the window weekly and that would create even more hype around him, but he did not act like that. Google says that his net worth is 260 millions. Right now he has lost roughly 1/500 of all his money. That is actually a hit on his balance. If we take into account that few times a year he losses large amount, roughly a million per year as a minimum, and the fact that music royalties does not bring him hundred millions and still has to perform or make ads, then this $615k loss is something for him.

In short, no matter how big his net worth is, if he keeps on losing that kind of money in gambling, then he will come to an end wherein there will be no left in his money. Remember, money is finite. Imagine if Drake keeps on losing even just a month with that amount of money; after a few years, he will be dried up. The worst is if he is losing that kind of money frequently. 

We can't understand many popular people; instead of focusing on investment, they will choose to throw and waste their money on gambling, which will result in their downfall. I'm not saying that Drake will lose his fortune, but the thing is, if he keeps on doing what he does, then there will be a point in his life where he will not notice that he doesn't have anything else; the money is such a waste. If I were him, I would make my money grow in investment.

The kiss of death when it comes to Drake placing bets on Stake is real. I feel like Suga Sean is the only bet he’s ever won. Next big fight I might have to just bet against whatever Drake posts regardless of however I feel about the event. That seems to be a winning strategy looking back historically.

We can't confirm if it's a free bet but the fact that they are partners, that simply imply that both will benefit, no one will lose money. And also, since Drake has some losing streak, if the bets were free, then I think Stake are gains from the bettors who followed him, given he is a popular personality.

They hyped it too much like concluding it was really Drake's money was at stake, and the credibility can't be question since he is a multi millionaire, or billionaire as one poster stated.

Someone like me cannot compare myself to Drake, he is a celebrity and not only that, his family are rich and the dude can never be broke in his life, even when he chose to live a miserable one, all that surround him are full of wealth, when he gambles, it's because he think he already have enough and want to catch cruise in gambling for him to have made bet with such amount, though his case was not the highest but as we can see, he never consider such as a loss on himself.

First when I heard about this News it was like a nightmare, although I know the lose is not going to bring any negative effect on him reason is because he can still afford that exact amount he lose from that bet.just imagine putting myself in drake's shoes for example, I think this world will not be conducive for me either.

For us shrimps or planktons when it comparing into Drakes amount kind of betting amount then we would really be telling to ourselves that we wont really be betting on such big amount but just like on what
you've said that if you are in his shoes then for sure you would really be that not be affected too much with these loses since he could really be able to generate these amounts with ease.
You wont really be having on your right mind on making up this big bet without having those considerations or simply speaking on getting all in with your money.

Just like into those links been posted above which it does really shows on how many notable loses did Drake do able to experience out but still here we are now on where
he do still make out those kind of loses on which some people had already been thinking that they would really be making those counter picks. lol
Actually no one really that anticipate for that thing to happen on this match up. It is really just that a total humiliation.