Zim Now Writer
Canadian rapper Drake seems to be living the script of Raj Perumal, who wrote the book How I Lost US$1 million. Perumal wrote the book after losing money to sports betting.
The contents of the book were part of real life for Drake after betting on Argentina to win the 2022 World Cup title within 90 minutes.
Drake placed wagers of US$1 million, predicting that the Lionel Messi-inspired Argentina will emerge victors against the 2018 World Cup champions, France.
Indeed, Argentina won against France but not in regular time. The match ended 4-2 on penalties after the nerve-wracking and scintillating game ended 3 all in extra time.
According to betting rules, Drake couldn’t win since he predicted that Argentina was to win in regular time.
Before the much-hyped game, Drake was recorded wearing a Napoli sweater, saying he would back Argentina to bag its third World Cup title in regular time.
In the video, he was heard saying:
“I’ll take Argentina; he’ll take France. That will be a vibe,” to someone off-screen, indicating that a wager has been struck ahead of the match.”
The God’s Plan singer even took to Instagram to flaunt the ticket with a massive payout of $2.75 million.
Lately, Drake has lost a couple of million dollars betting on various teams.
In October, the Canadian rapper placed a bet of £533 000 on Arsenal to win at Leeds United and Barcelona to defeat arch-rivals Real Madrid in the Premier League and La Liga, respectively.
As Drake predicted, English Premier League side Arsenal emerged victorious against Leeds United, defeating the latter 1-0 courtesy of Bukayo Saka’s first-half goal.
However, Drake was unfortunate when Barcelona lost 3-1 to Los Blancos away from home.
The rapper was supposed to win a whooping £2.5 million if Barcelona had defeated Real Madrid.
Besides losing the above bet, Drake also lost £368 000 after Leon Edwards knocked out Kamaru Usman.
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