{"id":94964,"date":"2025-06-13T01:54:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T01:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/94964\/"},"modified":"2025-06-13T01:54:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T01:54:10","slug":"jay-zs-nba-finals-bet-cost-him-1-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/94964\/","title":{"rendered":"Jay-Z’s NBA Finals Bet Cost Him $1 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tJay-Z\u2019s <\/a>pockets might be feeling a bit lighter after Wednesday night (June 11). Hov\u2019s $1 million bet on the Oklahoma City Thunder <\/a>to defeat the Indiana Pacers in exactly five games officially became a loss after the Pacers\u2019 game three victory to take a 2-1 lead in the 2025 NBA Finals.<\/a><\/p>\n

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\n\tThe Brooklyn icon essentially bet that the Thunder would win the series 4-1, but with Indiana\u2019s 116-107 victory on Wednesday night, that is no longer a possibility. It was an unlikely hero in game three, with Pacers guard Bennedict Mathurin leading the way with 27 points off the bench in the win.<\/p>\n

\n\tOKC came into the series as heavy favorites and were 5.5-point favorites heading into game three. Even with the defeat, the Thunder remain the favorite to lift the Larry O\u2019Brien Trophy when the NBA Finals are set and done. <\/p>\n

\n\tNBA MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Thunder\u2019s backs are against the wall with game four slated for Friday night (June 13) in Indiana. <\/p>\n

\n\tIf the Thunder did win the Finals in five games, Jay would\u2019ve profited $2.3 million with his bet, but that won\u2019t be the case for the rap mogul. The wager was made with Fanatics Sportsbook, which Jay-Z co-founded with Fanatics CEO Michael Rubin in 2023. <\/p>\n

\n\tOutside of sports betting, Jay is looking to become a force in the gambling sector. He\u2019s\u00a0part of Roc Nation\u2019s bid<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0bring a casino<\/a>\u00a0to New York City. As part of the SL Green and Caesar Entertainment bid for a full-scale casino in Times Square, they\u2019re also promising to invest $15 million into the NYC community.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe are New Yorkers,\u201d Jay-Z said in a statement in 2024. \u201cSupporting and providing opportunities for our neighborhoods and community isn\u2019t just a part of Roc Nation\u2019s ethos; it\u2019s our collective responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tTune in to ABC for game four of the NBA Finals at 8:30 p.m. ET on Friday night. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jay-Z\u2019s pockets might be feeling a bit lighter after Wednesday night (June 11). Hov\u2019s $1 million bet on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":94965,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7,2995,808,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-94964","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-genre-hiphop","10":"tag-music-news","11":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114673566653773084","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94964\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}