Posted on 02/13/2026 3:33:51 PM PST by nickcarraway
After losing another massive Super Bowl bet, Drake has decided to stay away from sports gambling.
The Canadian rapper wrote on his Instagram that he's "off sports betting" and is instead "sticking to what" he knows, accompanied by a video of him playing online roulette.
Ahead of Sunday's Super Bowl, Drake revealed that he placed a $1 million bet on the New England Patriots to beat the Seattle Seahawks.
"Bet against me if you dare," he wrote on Instagram (h/t People's Clare Fisher), seemingly playing into the "Drake Curse."
Had the Patriots won, Drake would have taken home about $2.95 million, but he instead earned nothing as the Seahawks defeated New England.
The "Drake Curse" started out as just a joke amongst fans, but there is plenty of evidence to back it at this point. He bet on his hometown Toronto Maple Leafs to beat the Florida Panthers in last year's Stanley Cup, and they lost. He also picked the Kansas City Chiefs in last year's Super Bowl, and they ultimately fell to the Philadelphia Eagles.
Given his track record, it's probably best for Drake to stay away from sports gambling for a while.
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Gambling on sports is stupid
A fool and his money
soon go separate ways.
Canadian fool.
Brilliant. Gambling on-line. No way anyone could be cheated on that.
The New England CHEATERS cost him a million.
If there was an HONEST injury report in line with NFL rules, he might have went the other way.
Too bad, so sad.
Which injury?
The Pats weren’t going to win that game if Tom Brady went out there.
That’s why they call gambling an “idiot tax”.
Canadian rapper? That must be difficult. How many words rhyme with “eh”?
Gambling exploits a character flaw that exists in many weak souls.
I am a die hard Pats fan going back to the 70’s.
There was no way I was betting on them in the Super Bowl.
There is wishing your team wins. But there was no way the Pats were winning that game. I guess Drake didn’t get the message.
There is a cure for gambling. Ozempic.
Geez... I just lost a quarter in my couch... I hope I can find it.
He won’t. Gambling psychos can’t stop.
Maybe back out of it by gambling a little on trivial things.
I am skeptical of GLP-1s being used for weight loss, but for the worst compulsive gamblers.
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