Last night, a field goal kick with three seconds left in the AFC Championship Game broke the “Drake Curse.” Besides putting the Kansas City Chiefs into the Super Bowl, the team’s victory also represents success for the rapper who seems to always bet on the losing horse.
On Saturday night, Drake posted a picture to her Instagram story of the bet on the Kansas City Chiefs win against the Cincinnati Bengals, much to the chagrin of many Chiefs fans. Spending $1.1 million on the Chiefs, he wrote: “Big week let’s buy something nice for mom.”
For once, Sandi Graham (Drake’s mother) was able to cash in on her son’s proclivity for sports betting; Drake received a payout of over $2 million.
A multi-millionaire celebrity partaking in some sports betting is not unusual; many have even been known to buy or invest in sports teams to build wealth, after all. Drake has created multiple streams of income beyond the recording studio, through partnerships with Apple Music, brand endorsements for big names like Burger King and Sprite, and investments in real estate and products like plant-based chicken. Winning a big bet is just a gamble from a business strategy, another way for him to continue to rise as one of the richest rappers in the world.
But there are mild superstitions (which some take seriously) all around Hotline Bling rapper’s bet. Simply put: Drake’s Curse means that when he often bets on his team, he tends to lose.
Last year alone, he wagered that the Duke Blue Devils would win against the North Carolina Tar Heels in the Final Four, that FC Barcelona would beat Real Madrid, and that Israel Adesanya would come out victorious against Alex Pereira in the UFC middleweight title fight. His bad luck continued in the World Cup-even though he bet $1 million on Argentina, who ended up winning, he still lost all his money in two minutes because he had placed a bet on the 1×2 market, which did not exist. for extra time.
But Drake’s betting history isn’t pure accident—or maybe it was his bet against the Bengals where he got lucky. The former Degrassi star took home $1.4 million after betting that the Rams would win the Super Bowl against the Bengals last February.
Nearly a year later, he had lifted the curse again. And while Rihanna (whom Drake is constantly holding fire for in public) is the real star of the Super Bowl, Drake will also have a stake in the game.
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