Drake Loses $1 Million on Super Bowl Bet After Daring Fans to Wager Against Him
Drake’s high-profile sports betting streak took another hit Sunday night after the rapper lost a $1 million wager on the Super Bowl.
Ahead of the game, Drake shared a screenshot on Instagram showing a seven-figure bet placed through the Canadian crypto-betting platform Stake, backing the New England Patriots to win. “Bet against me if you dare,” he wrote in the caption. The prediction did not pan out: the Seattle Seahawks defeated the Patriots 29–13, handing Drake a seven-figure loss. Had the outcome gone the other way, the bet would have paid out more than $2.9 million.
The loss was swiftly logged by TheDrakeCurse.com, a website that tracks the artist’s public betting history and feeds ongoing speculation that teams and athletes endorsed by Drake are somehow doomed to lose. The site, which bills itself as “an independent investigation into Canadian musical artist Drake’s betting habits,” reports that Drake has wagered approximately $46.9 million across 84 documented bets, winning 30 and losing 54.
According to the site’s data, Drake has placed 20 bets related to the NFL alone. Despite losing 14 of those wagers, he has still turned a net profit of more than $680,000 on football bets overall, a reminder that while the losses are often headline-grabbing, his gambling activity has not been uniformly unsuccessful.
Even so, the so-called “Drake Curse” continues to loom large in the public imagination, particularly among sports fans wary of seeing the rapper align himself with their teams. The comments on Drake’s Patriots post quickly filled with skepticism, resignation, and dark humor. Several fans congratulated the Seahawks preemptively, while others pleaded with him to delete the post altogether. “Yup we know how this goes,” one commenter wrote, a remark that drew more than 11,000 likes.
Not everyone was concerned. Actor Mark Wahlberg chimed in with support, commenting, “SMART MAN 🙌❤️🙌,” despite the eventual outcome.
Drake himself has long treated the curse narrative with a mix of amusement and mild exasperation. In an Instagram video posted last year, he dismissed the idea that his bets meaningfully influence the outcome of games. “I feel like I don’t play sports,” he said. “Whether I picked the wrong team or not, if I could get out there and win for all your favorite teams, I would. The Drake Curse is funny to me, honestly.”
He also pointed to moments that complicate the mythology, including his bet on the Toronto Raptors’ 2019 NBA championship run, a wager that paid off as the team secured its first title. Still, Drake acknowledged that his betting record leaves room for believers. “I’m sure if you’re a Drake curse believer, there will be plenty more content in the future to confirm your theories,” he said. “Because for whatever reason, my slips do not cash out.”
Despite the latest loss, there is little indication that Drake plans to scale back his gambling activity or his habit of publicizing it. For now, the $1 million Super Bowl misfire serves as the latest entry in a long-running saga that blends celebrity bravado, sports superstition, and the internet’s enduring fascination with watching rich people lose money.
