Jannik Sinner better hope the “Drake Curse” isn’t real, because the Canadian rapper is betting big on the No. 1-ranked men’s tennis player to win it all at this year’s U.S. Open.
Drake posted to Instagram a screenshot of a betting slip for a $300,000 wager on Sinner to win in Flushing Meadows with a payout of more than $500,000 if he repeats as U.S. Open champ.
But the confidence in the Italian tennis star may not be the best thing if history repeats itself, considering the running joke surrounding some of Drizzy’s biggest bets leading to the dubbing of the “Drake Curse.”
As the theory goes, whatever team the “God’s Plan” rapper cheers for or bets on ends up losing.
Drake put a $1 million bet on the Maple Leafs during their run in the Stanley Cup playoffs while they were facing the Panthers — a wager he ended up losing.
He also bet on American tennis star Taylor Fritz during last year’s U.S. Open final against Sinner, which ended up being a win for the Italian.
The website, thedrakecurse.com, which monitors the rapper’s bets, noted that he is down $115,000 on his tennis bets.
Drake did address the curse in an interview on Instagram earlier this year, and joked that “if I could get out there and win for all your favorite teams, I would.”
“The Drake Curse is funny to me, honestly. First of all, the Raptors won a championship, so nobody could ever talk to me about the Drake Curse,” he said. “The Toronto Raptors are NBA Champions. If there was a Drake Curse, Kawhi [Leonard] would’ve never hit that shot, we would’ve never beat the Warriors.
“There is no Drake curse, but it’s funny, though.”