Well, Kendrick Lamar did accuse Drake of having a gambling addiction on “Meet The Grahams.”

Drake doubled down, betting $565,000 on Tyson Fury ahead of his Undisputed Heavyweight Championship bout with Oleksandr Usyk.

 

Usyk won the fight, a split-decision thriller which included a near stoppage of Fury in Round 9, costing Drake $565K.
Drake lost $565,000 betting on Tyson Fury.AP

Drake has had other high-profile bets he’s lost, including losing $400,000 on Jake Paul’s fight against Tommy Fury, betting Paul — who lost by decision — to win by knockout.

Drake also bet $1 million on Argentina to win the 2022 FIFA World Cup, and while they did, he lost the bet because the match was decided by penalty kicks.

 

He also lost $2 million Canadian dollars on Israel Adesanya in his November 2022 shocking knockout loss to Alex Pereira.
Oleksandr Usyk defeated Tyson Fury for the Undisputed Heavyweight Champion on Saturday.Getty Images

There are a slew of others as well, but it hasn’t stopped him from placing lofty sums of money on major sporting events.

Usyk’s win over Fury bumps him to 22-0 for his career.

A former Undisputed Cruiserweight Champion, Usyk becomes just the third boxer in the “four-belt era” to gain Undisputed Championship status in multiple weight classes after Terence Crawford and Naoya Inoue, with whom he shares the consensus top three spots on boxing’s pound-for-pound list.