Drake Hit With Class Action Lawsuit Over ‘Unlawful’ Promotion of Gambling

October 29, 2025

Rapper Drake and prominent streamer Adin Ross are facing legal challenges, having been named alongside the gambling platform Stake in a new class action lawsuit. The suit, filed by attorneys for plaintiff Justin Killham, a Missouri resident, alleges that the defendants used “deceptive, fraudulent and unfair” practices to promote what the legal team argues is an “unlawful” gambling service.

According to a report published by Billboard on Tuesday, October 28, the lawsuit claims that Drake leveraged his massive celebrity influence to “encourage impressionable users to gamble.”

“Drake’s role as Stake’s unofficial mascot is quietly corrosive — he’s glamorizing the platform to millions of impressionable fans, many of whom treat his wild betting habits like gospel,” Killham’s lawyers wrote in the legal documents.

The core of the allegation rests on the platform’s alleged attempt to circumvent state gambling regulations. Stake, a Curaçao-based livestream gambling platform, employs a “dual currency” system: “gold coins” for free play and “sweep coins,” which can be redeemed for cash. Killham’s legal team argues this system is designed to fool customers into believing the platform “offers harmless gameplay instead of an unlawful gambling platform,” and that it specifically violates Missouri’s gambling laws

1st clip Drake & Adin Ross ask Eddie (Owner of Stake) to add 500k to their balance.

Eddie adds it & tells them to get to work & clip farm putting the Stake logo on everything.

2nd clip Drake 🤥 & says he uses real money lol.

Drake is being sued for misleading fans by… https://t.co/R2lMuLYYcZ pic.twitter.com/jTfIIOwo6a
— Whooping feet (@WhoopingFeet) October 28, 2025

Further allegations target the transparency of Drake and Ross’s gameplay. Killham’s lawyers claim that the rapper and the streamer allegedly deceived their followers by betting with “house money” fronted by Stake.

“When 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,” the lawyers argue, adding that the conduct “threatens the welfare of Missouri residents and especially its young people.”

Drake and Adin Ross have been promoting Stake for the past few years, initially utilizing livestreaming services like Twitch. After Twitch banned Stake, the company’s founders, Ed Craven and Bijan Tehrani, launched their own streaming site, Kick, in 2023, where they enlisted Drake and Ross to continue their promotions. Their livestreams have frequently gone viral, including one session last December where Drake notably addressed his feud with Kendrick Lamar and shouted out Future.

While Stake has not yet issued a public response to the lawsuit, Drake appears to have responded defiantly. The rapper seemingly doubled-down on his partnership by posting a video of himself playing the game following the announcement of the lawsuit.

Written by: Ava