Drake and Adin Ross are being sued over their promotion of Stake.
The federal class-action lawsuit, as reviewed by Complex, was filed in Virginia on Wednesday (Dec. 31) and claims that the web site is “operating as one of the largest and most profitable illegal online casinos” since a minimum of 2022.
Plaintiffs LaShawnna Ridley and Tiffany Hines allege that Stake misleads shoppers whereas permitting actual cash wagering disguised as digital foreign money play.
The platform supposedly advertises that it does “not offer real money gambling,” that “no purchase or payment is necessary to participate or play [Stake] games,” and that it gives “the ultimate social, safe and free gaming experience,” however the grievance says these statements are false as a result of customers purchase Gold Coins which are all the time bundled with Stake Cash, which might be cashed out one to at least one for U.S. {dollars}.
Drake and Ross are characterised within the lawsuit as “zealous” and “paid” promoters of the platform, with incentives to “mask the true nature and extent of their conduct.”
“The two have engaged in live-streamed gambling, wagering large sums of money that was provided surreptitiously by Stake,” learn an excerpt of the lawsuit. “In other words, though Drake and Ross purported to be gambling with their own Stake Cash, it was in fact provided to them by the house.”
The grievance additionally claims Stake’s inside “tipping” system was utilized by Drake, Ross, and Nguyen to maneuver massive sums of cash, together with a public $100,000 tip between Drake and Ross, to fund “artificial streaming (‘botting’) to create fraudulent streams of Drake’s music,” in an effort to “fabricate popularity; disparage competitors and music label executives; distort recommendation algorithms; and distribute financing for all of the foregoing, while concealing the flow of funds.”
Both plaintiffs say they misplaced cash after being misled and search damages, penalties, and an order stopping the conduct.
Drake, who reportedly signed a $100 million endorsement take care of Stake in 2022, was additionally named as a defendant in two Stake-related lawsuits, each filed in October 2025 simply days aside.
Ross was additionally named a defendant within the aforementioned October lawsuits. He responded to the lawsuits throughout a livestream, calling them “fucking bullshit.”