Drake Wins Around $241,000 Betting on Canada’s National Team

Canadian rapper Drake is back at the centre of a sports-betting story, but this time without the usual jokes about the “curse.” His bet on Canada’s national team came through: the team advanced to the World Cup Round of 16, and the artist received a payout of more than $1 million.

According to the source, Drake wagered $770,000 on Canada reaching the tournament’s knockout stage. His net profit came to around $241,000 — not a record for an artist who has long been known for making large public bets, but still one of his most notable wins in recent memory.

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A meme has long grown around the rapper’s betting history. In the sports community, he is often treated as a symbol of unlucky picks: Drake’s high-profile wagers have frequently ended in losses, and the teams and fighters he backed would then get an extra dose of scepticism from fans.

This time, everything went the other way. Canada moved on, the bet hit, and Drake got not just a handsome payout but a rare news moment in which his betting reputation did not work against him. Still, given the size of the stake, this is not exactly a story about easy money — it is a story about risk on a level available to very few players.