The Drake Curse strikes again: Rapper's $800K bet on Thunder goes bust in NBA Finals Game 6
The rapper posted on Instagram the day before the game that he had placed $800,000 in bets on the Thunder: $600,000 on them to win outright and $200,000 on them to win by between six and 10 points. Had both bets paid off for Drake, he would have received payouts totaling $1.734 million.
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His comment to his fellow Canadian Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: "Check that box @shai."
Of course, OKC didn't win by 6-10 points. They lost, by a lot more than that. Despite concerns around an injury for star Tyrese Haliburton entering the game, the Pacers jumped on the Thunder and led by as many as 31 points in front of a raucous Gainbridge Fieldhouse crowd.
Drake bet big money on his fellow Canadian. (Photo by)
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Drake is no stranger to losing bets. The Drake Curse, in which teams he's bet on regularly underperform, has been a known phenomenon in the world of sports for years. Drake also shared "the other side of gambling" on IG on Wednesday, showing a net loss of more than $8 million on nearly $125 million in bets over the past month.
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Those numbers likely won't be better after OKC's loss.
Funnily enough, Drake hasn't even lost the most of any rapper betting on the Thunder this series. Jay-Z dropped $1 million on the Thunder, who were overwhelming favorites to win the title, to beat the Pacers in five games. That bet went bust after three games.
Now we wait and see if either man is willing to put up any more money for Game 7, which is bound to be chaotic given how this series has gone so far.
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