Offset Admits He Has a Gambling Problem: “I’m Working Through It”
Offset is keeping it a million percent real about his gambling. On the New York Times’ “Popcast,” the former Migos rapper admitted his betting has become an issue — then drew his own line for what a “gambling problem” actually means.
For Offset, it becomes a real problem when somebody starts selling personal belongings, or betting money they cannot afford to lose. That is his line — and he suggested his own circumstances are different, since he can afford his habit.
But he did not hide the deeper reason he gambles. “I’m doing this [expletive] to get away,” he explained — connecting the casinos to an escape from personal struggles, including the end of his marriage to Cardi B and the November 2022 killing of his Migos brother Takeoff.
He also pulled the curtain back on the business side: some of what looks like celebrity gambling online is actually sponsored. “I might got a sponsorship from them,” he said of gambling platforms and prediction-market companies. “Sometimes you think I’m gambling, and I might have collabed somebody, and I just made $400,000 doing this.” He named no company and offered no documentation for the figure — treat it as his claim, in his words.
The scrutiny around his gambling is not new. In March 2026, Detroit’s MotorCity Casino Hotel sued him over an alleged unpaid $100,000 credit line from 2024; his representative said the parties were working toward a resolution, and while the case advanced after he missed a response deadline, no final judgment has been established. Separately, he was shot outside the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida, on April 6, 2026 — injuries not life-threatening, and a separate incident from the lawsuit.
In the end, after all the definitions, he landed on the plain truth himself: “I’m gonna keep it real, I got a problem. I’m working through it.” So be honest — if you can afford to lose it, is it still a problem? 👇
