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Drake Cashes Big Bet on Maple Leafs and Lightning Playoff Series

Scott Cullen

Last Updated: May 13, 2022 6:32 AM EDT • 58 sec read.

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Hip-hop superstar Drake is not shy about the spotlight and Toronto sports teams, so it should come as no surprise that he dropped big money on a wager for the Stanley Cup Playoff series between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Tampa Bay Lightning. 

Drake wagered more than $400,000 that the first-round series would go to Game 7, and the bet cashed when Tampa Bay Lightning center Brayden Point scored at 18:04 of overtime in Game 6, sending the series to the limit. 

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In what has been a very even series overall, the Maple Leafs are favored at home for Saturday’s Game 7 against the Lightning.

While Toronto has outscored Tampa Bay 23-21 through the first six games, the score-and-venue-adjusted 5v5 play on Natural Stat Trick has Toronto with 50.02% and Tampa Bay with 49.98% of the expected goals.

It does not get much closer than that, and apparently, Drake knew that a series this close would have to go the distance. 

That has the Maple Leafs and Lighting facing off in One Dance for the chance to play the winner of the Florida Panthers-Washington Capitals series that the Panthers lead three games to two. 

Here are Game 7 odds from DraftKings, FanDuel, and Caesars. 

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Written By:
Scott Cullen
Scott Cullen is SportsbookReview.com's Sports Betting Analyst and is one of the most well-known sports betting writers on the web. He wrote about fantasy sports for TSN for many years, and he has also written for The Athletic, NHL.com, The Hockey News, Monkey Knife Fight, and McKeen's Hockey. Born in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, Cullen was an Economics major at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario and played for the Laurier Golden Hawks hockey team.