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Drake probably won't crack open a bottle of beer after his latest sports gamble. Champagne Papi bet on Tyson Fury to win his boxing match against Oleksandr Usyk on Saturday (May 18), ultimately defeating his opponent to become the sport's undisputed heavyweight champion. It was proven that he had lost a total of $565,000.
Usyk's win comes after Drake posted a screenshot of a gambling slip on his Instagram Stories last week, in which the rapper put more than $500,000 into Fury's name through Stake, an online casino where the rapper has long placed bets. This was done immediately after proving that. partnership. If Fury had won instead of Usyk, Drizzy's payout would have been just over $1 million.
To Drake's credit, it was a close call. One judge initially ruled in Fury's favor 114-113 at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, but two other judges ruled in favor of Usyk, 114-113 and 115-112, respectively. , the judgment was overturned.
The news comes amid an unresolved feud between Kendrick Lamar and Canadian musician Kendrick Lamar, who ironically criticized his opponent's gambling hobby in the diss track “Meet the Grahams.” Announced. Throughout April and May, K. Dot also released “Euphoria,” “6:16 in LA,” and the Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hit “Not Like Us,” taking on Drake. He also released a song for this purpose. “Push Up,'' “TaylorMade Freestyle,'' “Family Matters,'' and “The Heart Point 6'' targeted Lamar.
Fury vs. Usyk aside, Drake has had far more luck with his gambles thus far. In February, he bet $1.15 million on the Kansas City Chiefs winning the 2024 Super Bowl, which turned out to be in favor of Patrick Mahomes' team defeating the San Francisco 49ers.
“I can't bet on the Swifties,” Drake wrote on his Instagram Stories at the time, poking fun at Taylor Swift's relationship with Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.
