{"id":2522,"date":"2026-06-29T11:02:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T11:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/?p=2522"},"modified":"2026-06-29T11:02:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T11:02:02","slug":"drake-bags-1m-from-world-cup-bet-as-canada-eliminate-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/2026\/06\/29\/drake-bags-1m-from-world-cup-bet-as-canada-eliminate-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Drake Bags $1m From World Cup Bet as Canada Eliminate South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Canadian rapper Drake has won more than $1 million after Canada defeated South Africa 1-0 to book a place in the Round of 16 at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
\nThe Grammy-winning artist had placed a $770,000 wager on Canada to qualify for the next round. Following the victory, the bet returned a payout of $1,001,000.<\/p>\n

Ahead of the match, Drake shared a screenshot of the stake on Instagram, revealing that the wager was sparked by a friendly exchange with South African DJ Black Coffee.<\/p>\n

“@realblackcoffee was chirping in the DM. I had to raise the STAKES,” Drake wrote.<\/p>\n

Canada sealed the victory in dramatic fashion as Stephen Eust\u00e1quio scored the decisive goal in stoppage time at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, securing the co-host nation’s first-ever qualification for the World Cup Round of 16.<\/p>\n

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Although South Africa exited the tournament, Bafana Bafana impressed with a historic campaign, reaching the knockout stage for the first time after finishing second in their group.<\/p>\n

The team, led by Hugo Broos, also recorded a notable 1-0 victory over South Korea during the group phase to secure their place in the Round of 32.
\nDrake, who is known for placing high-value bets on major sporting events, added another winning ticket to his record as Canada’s historic World Cup run continued.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Canadian rapper Drake has won more than $1 million after Canada defeated South Africa 1-0 to book a place in the Round of 16 at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The Grammy-winning artist had placed a $770,000 wager on Canada to qualify for the next round. Following the victory, the bet returned a payout of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,6,9],"tags":[29],"class_list":["post-2522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","category-news","category-sport","tag-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2522\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}