{"id":310342,"date":"2024-02-11T16:49:32","date_gmt":"2024-02-11T22:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=310342"},"modified":"2024-05-08T22:06:46","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T03:06:46","slug":"drakes-1m-super-bowl-bet-has-chiefs-fans-fearing-drake-curse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/drakes-1m-super-bowl-bet-has-chiefs-fans-fearing-drake-curse\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Bowl $1M Bet Has Chiefs Fans Fearing ‘Drake Curse’"},"content":{"rendered":"

A $1.15 million bet on the Kansas City Chiefs to beat the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII has worried Chiefs fans heading into Sunday\u2019s big game.<\/p>\n

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Drake chats with Taylor Swift at the 2013 MTV Music Awards. (Image: thenews.com.pk)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It’s not that the bet is astronomically large, but that it was placed by someone plagued with notoriously bad luck as a sports prognosticator: Drake.<\/p>\n

Beneath the betting slip Drake posted<\/a> on Instagram on February 9, the Canadian rapper wrote: \u201cI can\u2019t bet against the swifties.\u201d<\/p>\n

Drake\u2019s Curse<\/h2>\n

“Drake Curse” has become a popular belief that any athlete or team receiving his support will lose the sporting event in which they’re participating. This curse, which was invented because Drake makes a public display of all his large sports bets, is now even believed to afflict athletes if Drake is only seen in a photo wearing their jersey.<\/p>\n

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Drake posted this betting slip to his Instagram account on Feb. 9. (Image: Instagram)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On January 20, believers of the curse point out that Drake placed $700,000 on middleweight UFC champ Sean Strickland, who then proceeded to lose his middleweight title to Dricus du Plessis. Drake also lost betting against<\/em> Strickland. On September 9, he lost $500,000\u00a0 wagering that Israel Adesanya would beat Strickland in UFC 293.<\/p>\n

Among other multiple losses last year, the Canadian rapper lost a $1.3 million payout by betting on boxer Logan Paul to beat Dillon Danis with a knockout. (Danis was disqualified.)<\/strong><\/p>\n

In 2022, Drake\u2019s losses on sports bets amounted to a reported $4 million.<\/a> This includes losing $1 million on Argentina\u2019s victory over France in the 2022 World Cup final. Some reports claim he wagered more than $2 billion in two months<\/a> of the same year.<\/p>\n

Drake News<\/h2>\n

While it’s clear that Drake is much better at making music than he is at knowing who to place sports wagers on, there is, of course, no such thing as a curse. And as with all baseless superstitions, the dark cloud around Drake ignores all facts that fly in its face.<\/p>\n

In last year’s Super Bowl, for example, Drake bet $700,00 on the Chiefs to win outright over the Eagles, which netted him $777,000. Also last year, he correctly picked the Denver Nuggets to win the 2023 NBA title, earning $830,000.<\/p>\n

But have you ever tried talking someone out of a baseless superstition? Some people, for instance, are thoroughly convinced that Super Bowl LVIII is rigged in favor of the Kansas City Chiefs. The game is viewed as part of a covert operation to sway the 2024 presidential election.<\/p>\n

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The last time the Chiefs and 49ers faced off in the Super Bowl in 2020, Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes fired two touchdown passes to take the lead with 2:44 remaining. A late touchdown run by Damien Williams, as well as a Kendall Fuller interception, sealed the Chiefs\u2019 victory and ended their 50-year championship drought.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

If the 49ers get their revenge and win\u00a0this<\/em> Super Bowl, Chiefs fans will have someone they can blame, even though it most certainly won\u2019t be Drake\u2019s fault.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A $1.15 million bet on the Kansas City Chiefs to beat the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII has worried Chiefs fans heading into Sunday\u2019s big game. It’s not that the bet is astronomically large, but that it was placed by someone plagued with notoriously bad luck as a sports prognosticator: Drake. 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