Canadian rapper Drake made an unsuccessful bet on the Dallas Mavericks NBA club owned by Mark Cuban in bitcoins in the amount of $500,000 through the Stake platform.
The performer posted a screenshot of the ticket on Instagram on June 6. If the Texas team won the championship final over the Boston Celtics, Drake would receive $1.375 million in cryptocurrency.
Data: Instagram.However, the opponents of the Mavericks won the series 4-1 on June 18, defeating the opponent in the fifth match on home court — 106:88.
"Mavericks, because I'm a Texas Oilman," Drake wrote under the screenshot, hinting at another bet on June 6.
The rapper risked the same amount of $500,000, predicting the victory of the Edmonton Oilers in the NHL finals against the Florida Panthers. Drake's potential winnings amount to $1.025 million.
Data: Instagram.On June 19, at 03:00 (Moscow time, Kiev), the fifth game of the series will begin at the arena of the American team. The Canadian club, whose name translates to "Oilmen from Edmonton", is 1:3 behind in it. The Panthers are one step away from the title, and Drake is from a total loss of $1 million in bitcoin.
Recall that in September 2023, Stake was subjected to a hacker attack, the damage from which amounted to about $ 41 million.
According to the conclusions of FBI experts, the North Korean hacker group Lazarus Group is behind the hacking of the betting platform.