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Drake’s $1.3M Super Bowl bitcoin bet may have been illegal
Drake’s $1.3 million Super Bowl bet that he placed using bitcoin may have been illegal, according to Canadian gambling regulation experts. The Toronto-based hip hop star pocketed $300,000 in profit on Super Bowl Sunday after putting down $1.3 million worth of bitcoin using Stake, an offshore-based betting app. Drake correctly bet that the Los Angeles Rams would defeat the Cincinnati Bengals and that his friend, Rams wideout Odell Beckham Jr, would score a touchdown. The rapper likely would have won more money if Beckham had not suffered a knee injury early in the game. Drake had bet some $393,000 that Beckham would ... (full story)
