{"id":9380,"date":"2025-06-03T06:05:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T06:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=9380"},"modified":"2025-06-03T06:05:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T06:05:17","slug":"drake-expands-sports-gambling-with-750000-bet-on-cricket-through-stake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=9380","title":{"rendered":"Drake expands sports gambling with $750,000 bet on cricket through Stake"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Drake has taken his high-stakes gambling habits to an unexpected arena\u2014cricket.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the Canadian artist revealed via Instagram that he placed a $750,000 bet on the Indian Premier League\u00a0team, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) to beat the Punjab Kings in today&#8217;s final match.<\/p>\n<p>The post featured a screenshot of his betting slip, captioned with \u201cEe sala cup namde,\u201d a phrase meaning \u201cthis year the cup is ours,\u201d commonly used by RCB fans. He also tagged his long-standing partner, Stake.<\/p>\n<p>Photo: Instagram<\/p>\n<p>Drake has frequently shared his betting activity through Stake, with past wagers covering major events like the Super Bowl, UFC, and boxing.<\/p>\n<p>Drake also recently recalled his biggest gambling win, claiming a $40 million victory while playing roulette at Dave &amp; Buster\u2019s in January 2024. \u201cThe craziest night ever gambling, for sure,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Drake\u2019s move into cricket has sparked global conversation and broadened the visibility of the sport among his audience.<\/p>\n<p>With the match yet to be played, all eyes are on whether his $750,000 gamble will pay off.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drake has taken his high-stakes gambling habits to an unexpected arena\u2014cricket. On Monday, the Canadian artist revealed via Instagram that he placed a $750,000 bet on the Indian Premier League\u00a0team, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) to beat the Punjab Kings in today&#8217;s final match. The post featured a screenshot of his betting slip, captioned with \u201cEe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9380\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}