A new class-action lawsuit filed by two consumers in Virginia accuses alleged superstar Drake, streamer Adin Ross, and a third man based in Australia of luring users into real-money gambling on the casino platform Stake.us as part of a racketeering conspiracy that allegedly used proceeds to “artificially inflate streaming counts for Drake’s catalog”.
[Say Drake] 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 provides “the ultimate social, safe and free gaming experience,” but the complaint says these statements are false because users buy Gold Coins that are always bundled with Stake Cash, which can be cashed out one to one for U.S. dollars.
“The two have engaged in live-streamed gambling, wagering large sums of money that was provided surreptitiously by Stake,” read 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 complaint also claims Stake’s internal “tipping” system was used by Drake, Ross, and Nguyen to move large sums of money, including 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.”
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this is so embarazzing. this loser really manifested this one
