Quote from: madnessteat on Today at 06:47:26 AM

Quote from: baeva on July 09, 2025, 11:38:13 PM

Quote from: madnessteat on July 09, 2025, 10:34:03 AM

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Yes, I've heard of it, but I took it all as some kind of meme, I didn't think the man was that baffled by it, but you can see from him that it's his lifestyle. He's not the only public figure out there, there's a lot of them. Among the popular ones, Drake, for example, and there were rumours that he really likes betting and is sick of it and he is a prime example of a person who has lost a lot on it, because there are amounts of several hundred million.

To be honest, I think Drake's gambling is fake in the sense that he doesn't gamble with his own money, but with the casino's money, which he receives from advertising activities. For example, the scheme might look like this: the casino sends him money for advertising campaigns to his casino account. Drake cannot simply withdraw it — he has to play it back with a wager (for example, x30-40). As we all understand, the more a gambler plays, the more he loses. Thus, he has advertising campaigns, real activity in the casino, and real losses. In my opinion, this scheme is beneficial for both the casino and Drake himself. This is just my assumption, and everything may be different.

Hmm, I didn't think he could have contracts, he's generally rich enough that such sums look realistic, but if it's an attempt to win back a deposit, he's clearly not succeeding, because they rarely give you a guaranteed amount outside of that deposit, saying that your earnings will be the net profit from that deposit. So even if he is given a balance for advertising, he is still at a disadvantage because he gets nothing for the advertising