Drake Loses $2 Million In A Flash Betting

It was an expensive weekend for Drake because 2 million dollars went down the drain after he made a wrong bet on a UFC fight last Saturday night.

It is no secret that Drake has a memorable love affair with gambling, and last Saturday, he placed a $2 million bet on Israel Adesanya, a middleweight champion. Unfortunately, it was not a night for Drake and Adesanya because he lost to Alex Pereira during the UFC 281 held at the Madison Square Garden in New York.

And this is not the first time that Pereira won against Adesanya because he already defeated Drake’s bet twice in previous kickboxing tournaments.

That night, Adesanya was the crowd favorite, with many fans assuming his sure victory. Drake thought so, too, and would have enjoyed his earnings amounting to $2.9 million if Adesanya won. And IF was a big speculation because Drake was counting such a considerable loss by the end of the night.

Pereira won against Adesanya by technical knockout, as the entire fight was in his favor. Pereira threw significant punches, and after his win, he commented through a translator that he proved everyone who thought he couldn’t do five rounds wrong. He emphasized that he could, and he just did.

Aside from UFC, Drake is also a notorious gambler with other sports and events like the NFL Draft, Super Bowl, and the Spanish Grand Prix.

And the previous week proved that Drake would need to be more careful regarding his betting because Condé Nast has also prosecuted him and 21 Savage for $4M. The duo had marketed counterfeit Vogue magazines as authentic to their social media followers.

Combined, Drake and 21 Savage’s followers account for almost 281 million. And when they posted a teaser of their supposed Vogue front page feature last October 30, everyone thought it was true.

The 25-year-old Canadian artist shared the photoshopped image of them being on the front page and even thanked Vogue‘s Anna Wintour for her support. The artists used it as a publicity stunt for their joint studio album, Her Loss, which they conveniently dropped and made available last Friday.

Furthermore, the renowned editor-in-chief of Vogue, Anna Wintour, has never recognized Her Loss, and the magazine has requested that the fake covers be taken down. 

And if the social media post was not enough, Drake, who was born Aubrey Graham, and 21 Savage, born Sheyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, also reportedly did an email blast of their fraud Vogue cover.

Much worse, they also tapped different street teams to distribute physical copies of the magazine and have the covers plastered in some areas of the city.

For November, the legit Vogue front cover features Michaela Coel, an Emmy-winning writer, while Jennifer Lopez is currently on the December 2022 cover. And despite the chaos that Drake and 21 Savage caused for their outlandish promotional stunt, the R&B singer doesn’t understand why they were sued, claiming that even the big companies benefited and had fun with the idea.