{"id":8350,"date":"2025-10-29T10:28:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T10:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/drake-faces-lawsuit-for-promoting-unlawful-gambling-platform-stake\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T10:28:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T10:28:26","slug":"drake-faces-lawsuit-for-promoting-unlawful-gambling-platform-stake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/drake-faces-lawsuit-for-promoting-unlawful-gambling-platform-stake\/","title":{"rendered":"Drake Faces Lawsuit for Promoting ‘Unlawful’ Gambling Platform Stake"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\tDrake and online streamer Adin Ross are facing a class action lawsuit accusing them of promoting illegal gambling by endorsing the online sweepstake casino Stake.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn a case filed Monday (Oct. 27), lawyers for a Missouri man say Drake, Ross and Stake engaged in \u201cdeceptive, fraudulent and unfair\u201d practices in the state \u2014 and that Champagne Papi used his massive celebrity to \u201cencourage impressionable users to gamble.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cDrake\u2019s role as Stake\u2019s unofficial mascot is quietly corrosive \u2014 he\u2019s glamorizing the platform to millions of impressionable fans, many of whom treat his wild betting habits like gospel,\u201d write lawyers for plaintiff Justin Killham.<\/p>\n

\n\tStake is a so-called sweepstakes casino that operates on a \u201cdual currency\u201d system, which critics say is designed to evade gambling regulations. Such platforms sell \u201cgold coins\u201d that they claim are purely for entertainment, then offer separate free \u201csweeps coins\u201d that can be redeemed for cash, meaning neither constitutes full-fledged gambling. California, New Jersey and other states have moved to rein in the practice, either with new legislation or beefed-up enforcement of existing state gambling laws.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe case filed Monday claims that Stake, a Cura\u00e7ao-based livestream gambling platform, violated Missouri\u2019s gambling laws with that kind of system. The site tried to mislead consumers, the lawsuit claims, \u201cinto believing it offers harmless gameplay instead of an unlawful gambling platform.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe complaint also claims that the company paid Drake and Ross millions to promote that illegal operation. But lawyers for the plaintiffs say the stars have done so under \u201cdeeply fraudulent pretenses,\u201d including fronting the stars\u2019 \u201chouse money\u201d to risk.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWhen Ross and Drake purport to gamble online with Stake.com, they often do not do so with their own money despite telling the public in Missouri and elsewhere the opposite,\u201d Killham\u2019s lawyers write. \u201cStake\u2019s and Drake\u2019s and Ross\u2019s conduct here threatens the welfare of Missouri residents and especially its young people.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tRepresentatives for Drake and Stake did not return Billboard<\/em>\u2018s requests for comment by press time. A representative for Ross could not immediately be located.<\/p>\n

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