‘The Drake Curse’: Rapper loses R11 MILLION on Barcelona, Arsenal bet

Canadian rapper Drake lost R11 million after betting on Barcelona to beat Real Madrid and Arsenal to beat Leeds.

Oct 17, 2022 - 16:07
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‘The Drake Curse’: Rapper loses R11 MILLION on Barcelona, Arsenal bet

Canadian rapper Aubrey “Drake” Graham lost R11 million after betting on Barcelona to beat Real Madrid in their La Liga El Clasico clash on Sunday and Arsenal to beat Leeds in the Premier League.

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If all went as planned, Drake could’ve walked away with R51 million (£2.5 million).

However, while Arsenal did beat Leeds 1-0, Real Madrid picked up a 3-1 win at the Bernabeu over Barcelona.

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Tweeps believe Barcelona fell victim to the “Drake curse”.

This comes after Barcelona switched the usual Spotify logo on their shirts to Drake’s OVO owl logo for what was the 250th edition of El Clasico.

The decision came after the rapper became the first artist to surpass 50 billion streams on Spotify.

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Drake loses R11 million on Barcelona bet. Image via Instagram @champagnepapi.

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WHAT IS THE ‘DRAKE CURSE’?

According to The Mirror, the “Drake Curse” has become a meme in the last few years because of the immediate downfall of athletes and sports teams after having some interaction with the Find Your Love hitmaker.

The “interaction” sometimes involves the rapper posing for a photo with an athlete or donning the shirt of a sports team before their upcoming game and th- e person or team losing soon after.

This first started when Paul Pogba posed for a photo with the rapper in 2019.

Four days later, Manchester United were knocked out of the FA Cup by Wolves.

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