Drake and Adin Ross hit with second lawsuit against Stake over gambling promos

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Adin Ross, a popular streamer, and rapper Drake are facing a new lawsuit related to their promotion of the online gambling site Stake.

LaShawnna Ridley and Tiffany Hines filed a lawsuit on Wednesday, December 31st, claiming that Drake and Ross falsely presented themselves as gambling with their own money. They allege that the funds Drake and Ross used were actually provided by the online gambling platform, Stake.

According to the lawsuit, Drake and Ross appeared to be gambling with their own money on live streams, but it was actually provided to them by Stake, the gambling company. They were secretly funded by Stake to place large bets.

As a fan, I was shocked to hear that Ridley and Hines are claiming that Ross, Drake, and another guy, George Ngyuen, were basically using Stake’s tipping feature to transfer a lot of money back and forth between themselves. It sounds like they think it was some kind of scheme!

According to accusations, Nguyen played a key role in the scheme by helping to convert cryptocurrency from Stake into cash. He’s also accused of working with bot creators, managing efforts to artificially boost activity, and coordinating paid promotions involving video clips.

The plaintiffs alleged that Drake and Ross used a $100,000 tip they received publicly to pay for a system of fake online accounts. They claim this system was used to falsely inflate the number of streams for Drake’s music, create a false impression of popularity, harm their competitors and those in charge of other music labels, manipulate what music people are recommended, and finance all of these activities while secretly moving money around.

Virginia lawsuit accuses Drake & Adin Ross of misleading Stake users

According to Ridley and Heins, Stake has been a highly successful illegal online casino since 2022. They allege that Ross, Drake, and Ngyuen collaborated to build and run this illegal operation, disguising it as a legitimate online casino.

The people bringing this lawsuit are asking the court for triple the amount of their proven losses, plus they want the defendant to give back any profits made illegally, cover their legal costs, and provide further compensation for damages.

Drake and Ross are facing their second lawsuit this year related to their work with Stake. A similar case was filed on October 27th, alleging they engaged in misleading and unlawful practices in Missouri.

Drake has faced lawsuits before accusing him of artificially inflating his streaming numbers. Back in November, Spotify itself was sued, with claims that a significant portion – potentially billions – of Drake’s 37 billion total streams weren’t from real listeners, but were generated by bots.

Thus far, neither Drake nor Ross have offered a public comment on this latest suit.

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2026-01-02 01:48