Canadian rapper Drake has been cheering on his residence crew within the Copa America collection and that included an enormous guess on the squad’s semifinal matchup with Argentina and Lionel Messi on Tuesday. He guess $300,000 on Canada to come back out on prime and would financial institution nearly $2.9 million if that occurred.
Canada shocked many with a deep run by the highest males’s soccer event for nationwide groups from North and South America, however Argentina was the favourite amongst bettors, getting into the event at -125.
By distinction, Canada sat at +2500 getting into the collection, however discovered a win over Peru, a draw in opposition to Chile, and a win on penalty kicks in opposition to Venezuela to advance to the semifinals. Ultimately, the Argentine squad proved to be an excessive amount of and moved on to the finals with a 2-0 win, which included a objective from Messi and Julian Alvarez.
That meant a six-figure loss for Drake.
Argentina was set to play the winner of Wednesday’s matchup between Uruguay and Colombia with the ultimate set for Sunday. But even with a looming match, the squad hit again a bit on the rapper by posting a message on Twitter referencing a diss monitor criticizing the rapper, which was launched by Kendrick Lamar in May.
Not like us, pic.twitter.com/Zoa4OTbgnK
— Selección Argentina in English (@AFASeleccionEN) July 10, 2024
Drake has been recognized for some large sports activities betting wagers by the years, together with betting $1 million on Argentina to win the World Cup in 2022, however he nonetheless got here out a loser on his wager because the match went to extra time and completed in penalty kicks. That was thought-about a draw based mostly on conventional soccer betting. He additionally misplaced $275,000 on the UFC’s Jorge Masvidal to beat Colby Covington.
In the previous, Drake gained $559,000 on Super Bowl wagers on the Rams to win and on Odell Beckham Jr. to attain a landing. A $159,000 guess on the Golden State Warriors to complete atop the NBA’s Western Conference additionally introduced a pleasant return of $650,000.
Drake is taking Canada over Messi and Argentina tomorrow pic.twitter.com/3lwyfPBo8I
— Drake Fan Page (@DrakeDirect_) July 9, 2024
