Stake review: licence, ID rules, fees and withdrawal terms checked

Stake (stake.com) is run by Medium Rare N.V., a Curaçao company, and its licence check could not be verified: on 2 October 2026 the Curaçao Gaming Authority register dated 21 September 2026 listed Medium Rare N.V. with licence OGL/2024/1451/0918 and the status "Assessment in progress", while the Curaçao Gaming Authority certificate for stake.com gave the status as "Active". The Stake terms and footer (read live on 2 October 2026) name Medium Rare N.V., registration number 145353, as the owner and operator of Stake. The checks on the operator company, the site address, withdrawal limits and fees, coins and networks (the blockchains a coin is sent over), provably fair games and restricted countries passed on 2 October 2026. The checks on Stake's terms for KYC (identity checks), on bonus and wagering terms and on regulator warning lists failed, the last because stake.com is still on the Belgian Gaming Commission list of illegal gambling sites. This review of Stake uses public sources only, read on 2 October 2026: nobody opened an account, deposited or played.

Is Stake legit? What we found

Stake is run by Medium Rare N.V., and the Curaçao Gaming Authority lists Medium Rare N.V. with licence OGL/2024/1451/0918: the register dated 21 September 2026 shows the status "Assessment in progress", and the certificate for stake.com showed the status "Active" on 2 October 2026. These are the findings behind the ten checks on Stake; every Stake page linked here was read live on 2 October 2026.

• Licence on the register, could not be verified: the Curaçao Gaming Authority register file dated 21 September 2026 shows Medium Rare N.V. with an expiry date of 9 June 2026 and the status "Assessment in progress", and the file does not define that status (checked 2 October 2026).
• Site address, passed: the Curaçao Gaming Authority Certificate of Operation names stake.com and Medium Rare N.V. (read 2 October 2026).
• Operator company, passed: the Stake terms and footer name Medium Rare N.V., registration number 145353, Seru Loraweg 17 B, Curaçao.
• KYC terms (the rules on identity checks), failed: clause 4.8 of the Stake terms lets Stake ask for KYC documents "at any time".
• Bonus and wagering terms, failed: clause 12 of the Stake terms and the Stake Deposit Bonus Requirement page give no number for the bonus wagering multiple (how many times a bonus must be bet before a withdrawal), and state no maximum bet and no maximum cash-out.
• Regulator warning lists, failed: on 2 October 2026 stake.com was still on the Belgian Gaming Commission list of illegal gambling sites, as entry 221, with a decision dated 21 April 2021.
• Withdrawal limits and fees, coins and networks (the blockchains a coin is sent over), provably fair and restricted countries, passed: Stake's Help Center lists a minimum withdrawal and a fee for each of 21 coins and the networks for 22 coins, Stake documents its provably fair method, a way to check that a game result was not changed after the bet, for its own Stake Originals games, and clause 14.3 of the Stake terms lists 45 prohibited jurisdictions (countries or territories).

What are the key facts about Stake?

Stake is run by Medium Rare N.V. and names the Curaçao Gaming Authority as its regulator, under licence OGL/2024/1451/0918, according to the Stake terms (read live on 2 October 2026), checked on 2 October 2026.

What did the ten checks find about Stake?

For Stake, on 2 October 2026, the operator company, site address, withdrawal limits and fees, coins and networks (the blockchains a coin is sent over), provably fair (a way to check that a game result was not changed after the bet) and restricted countries checks passed, the KYC (identity check) terms, bonus and wagering terms and regulator warning lists checks failed, and the licence check on the Curaçao Gaming Authority register could not be verified.

Every Stake page in this list of sources was read live on 2 October 2026.

• Check 1, licence: Curaçao Gaming Authority licence register, register file dated 21 September 2026 and certificate for stake.com
• Check 2, operator: Stake terms and footer and Curaçao Chamber of Commerce registry search
• Check 3, site address: Curaçao Gaming Authority Certificate of Operation for stake.com
• Check 4, KYC: Stake terms, clause 4.8, Stake anti-money laundering policy and Stake Help Center, proof of identity
• Check 5, bonus terms: Stake terms, clause 12 and Stake Deposit Bonus Requirement page
• Check 6, withdrawals: Stake Help Center, withdrawal limits and Stake terms, clause 8.9
• Check 7, coins: Stake Help Center, networks for each coin
• Check 8, fairness: Stake provably fair implementation page and Stake provably fair overview
• Check 9, warning lists: Belgian Gaming Commission list of illegal gambling sites, Polish Ministry of Finance register of blocked domains, French regulator ANJ notice of 26 July 2021, French regulator ANJ list of court-ordered blocks, Danish Gambling Authority list of 14 July 2023 and combined list of blocked sites, Curaçao Gaming Authority public warnings, Curaçao Gaming Authority enforcement register, Malta Gaming Authority unauthorised URLs, UK Gambling Commission register of businesses and register of domain names
• Check 10, restricted countries: Stake terms, clause 14.3

Is Stake licensed, and which regulator covers Stake?

Stake says Medium Rare N.V., the company that runs stake.com, is licensed by the Curaçao Gaming Authority under licence OGL/2024/1451/0918 (Stake terms, read live on 2 October 2026). On 2 October 2026 the Curaçao Gaming Authority's register of 21 September 2026 showed that licence with the status "Assessment in progress", and its certificate for stake.com showed it with the status "Active".

Is Stake licensed?

Stake says Medium Rare N.V., the company that runs Stake, is licensed by the Curaçao Gaming Authority under OGL/2024/1451/0918 (Stake terms, clause 1.1, read live on 2 October 2026), and the Curaçao Gaming Authority's own pages, read on 2 October 2026, list that Curaçao licence: the register dated 21 September 2026 shows "Assessment in progress" and the certificate for stake.com shows "Active".

Stake's page for the game provider Pragmatic Play (page read live on 2 October 2026) names another regulator:

Stake Casino is licensed by the Malta Gaming Authority under registration number 145353.

The Curaçao Gaming Authority register of 21 September 2026 gives 145353 as the company number of Medium Rare N.V.

What is Stake's licence number?

Stake's licence number is OGL/2024/1451/0918, listed for Medium Rare N.V., the company that runs Stake, in row 193 of the Curaçao Gaming Authority's register dated 21 September 2026 and on its Certificate of Operation for stake.com, the regulator's page that says who operates that website, both read on 2 October 2026. The number 145353, which both documents and the Stake footer give for Medium Rare N.V., is a company registration number, not a licence number. The Stake terms, clause 1.1 (read live on 2 October 2026) give the same Curaçao licence number.

Archived copies of the Stake terms page gave two older licence numbers, each "issued to Antillephone", which those pages named as the licence holder: "License No. 8048/JAZ" (archived copy of 10 October 2021) and "8048/JAZ2021-027" (archived copy of 7 September 2024).

Is Stake on the Curaçao Gaming Authority register?

Yes: the Curaçao Gaming Authority register dated 21 September 2026, read on 2 October 2026, lists Medium Rare N.V., the company that runs Stake (Stake terms, read live on 2 October 2026), in row 193 with licence OGL/2024/1451/0918, expiry 9 June 2026 and status "Assessment in progress".

In that file of 21 September 2026, no row names "Stake", there is no column for website addresses, and no legend or footnote defines "Assessment in progress". The earliest register file found with that status on the Medium Rare N.V. row is dated 22 June 2026 (row 177); the file dated 8 June 2026 shows no status on that row.

The Curaçao Gaming Authority register page says its lists "do not guarantee the current validity of the licenses".

Does Stake's licence cover the stake.com domain?

Yes, according to the Curaçao Gaming Authority's certificate: a Certificate of Operation read on 2 October 2026 says "stake.com is operated by Medium Rare N.V." under licence OGL/2024/1451/0918.

The Curaçao Gaming Authority's certification policy, read on 2 October 2026, says a licensed website that players use must show a Certificate of Operation Seal, a badge it issues, and that a click on the seal must lead to cert.cga.cw, the Curaçao Gaming Authority's certificate site. The policy says the certificate page must show "the exact domain name being accessed" and that a different domain means the website "should be considered unauthorized or fraudulent".

The full page source of the Stake terms page (read live on 2 October 2026), with its site menu, footer and hidden page data, holds no "cert.cga.cw" and no "cga.cw", the Curaçao Gaming Authority's main web address.

When does Stake's Curaçao licence expire?

The Curaçao Gaming Authority register of 21 September 2026 shows an expiry date of 9 June 2026 and the status "Assessment in progress" for the licence of Medium Rare N.V., the company that runs Stake (Stake terms, read live on 2 October 2026). Its certificate for stake.com, read on 2 October 2026, shows no expiry date and says "Active".

The register of 28 August 2025 shows the same Curaçao licence issued on 9 June 2025 and expiring on 9 December 2025. The register of 1 April 2026 showed 9 December 2025 to 9 June 2026.

The certificate says the licence was granted under Curaçao's National Ordinance on Games of Chance. That law (in Dutch) says a licence is granted for an indefinite period unless the law says otherwise (article 2.1). The law allows a provisional licence of at most six months, which can be extended by at most six months (articles 5.1 and 15.1). The register of 21 September 2026 does not contain the word "provisional" (also searched: "interim", "temporary" and "conditional"); it marks other licences "Indefinite" and the Medium Rare N.V. licence "Assessment in progress".

What does a Curaçao licence require Stake to do?

The Curaçao law on games of chance (LOK), in force since 24 December 2024, requires a licence holder to answer complaints within set times, offer alternative dispute resolution (ADR), a way to settle a dispute outside court, have a responsible gambling policy and exclude players who ask, and Stake says Medium Rare N.V., the company that runs Stake, is licensed by the Curaçao Gaming Authority (Stake terms, read live on 2 October 2026).

The Curaçao Gaming Authority gives that start date, and its certificate for stake.com, read on 2 October 2026, places the Medium Rare N.V. licence under that law. The law (in Dutch) sets these rules for a Curaçao licence:

• Complaints: a player can complain free of charge within six months of an incident. The licence holder confirms receipt within one week and answers within four weeks, with one four-week extension (article 5.3).
• Disputes: the licence holder offers players ADR at all times and at its own cost (article 5.3).
• Exclusion: a player who declares a gambling problem and asks in writing for self-exclusion is excluded for at least twelve months (article 5.4).
• Policy: no licence is granted to an applicant with no responsible gambling policy (article 2.2).

The law, as read on 2 October 2026, states these duties and does not show whether Stake meets them.

What ID checks does the Curaçao regulator require from Stake?

The Curaçao Gaming Authority's anti-money laundering rules require identity checks (KYC) once a player's transactions reach NAf. 4,000 (NAf. is the currency unit the regulations use), and they apply to Curaçao online casinos such as Stake, which says it is licensed by the Curaçao Gaming Authority (Stake terms, read live on 2 October 2026).

The regulations of January 2025, read on 2 October 2026, add:

• The threshold is counted daily across all deposits and withdrawals since the relationship began.
• If a withdrawal request reaches the threshold, "a complete freezing of the account should occur".
• If documents do not arrive within 30 days of reaching the threshold, a casino has to end the relationship with the player.

For checks without physical contact, provisions in force since 21 August 2026 list a driving licence, an identity card, a passport or another document designated by the Minister of Finance.

Stake's own anti-money laundering policy (read live on 2 October 2026) says accounts are suspended until KYC is done at "a withdrawal threshold dependent on the accounts risk characterisation". That sentence gives no amount.

Does the Curaçao Gaming Authority handle complaints about Stake?

No: the Curaçao Gaming Authority (CGA), which the Stake terms name as Stake's licensing body, says it "does not handle individual complaints against gaming providers" and cannot order a gaming operator to pay a player, on its online gaming page, read on 2 October 2026.

The page adds that the CGA may act if complaints sent to its mailbox point to a possible breach of the law.

The Player Complaints Policy Guidelines of 18 June 2025 (archived copy of 3 May 2026), whose text names the Curaçao Gaming Authority, say an operator must offer alternative dispute resolution (ADR), an independent body that a player can use free of charge.

A whole-word search of the displayed text of clauses 1 to 29 of the Stake terms (read live on 2 October 2026), without the site menu, footer and hidden page data, found no "ADR", "alternative dispute", "arbitration", "mediation" or "ombudsman" (other ways to settle a dispute outside court), and no "regulator". "Regulatory" appears twice (clauses 4.19 and 10.3) and "Gaming Authority" once (clause 1.1).

Is Stake on any regulator warning list?

Yes: on 2 October 2026 Stake's address stake.com was on official block lists in Belgium, Poland and France, and it was not found on the Curaçao, Malta, UK, Italian, Swiss or current Danish lists read that day.

The Belgian Gaming Commission list of illegal gambling sites, whose newest entries are dated 28 September 2026, still has this entry:

221 stake.com 21/04/2021 29/04/2021

The Polish Ministry of Finance register, whose newest entry is dated 2 October 2026, still lists stake.com and www.stake.com, both added on 30 March 2020. On the same day the French regulator ANJ still linked its list of court-ordered blocks from 2010 to 2022, which has stake.com and www.stake.com in rows 1255 and 1256; its notice of 26 July 2021 reported the court order.

In Denmark, a Danish Gambling Authority list of sites blocked as of 14 July 2023 names stake.com as number 23. The authority's combined list of all blocked gambling websites, linked from its page on illegal gambling and read on 2 October 2026 (802 domains, rulings up to 8 July 2026), has no stake.com entry: it has the other 48 of the 49 domains on the 14 July 2023 list (42 under the ruling date 14 July 2023 and six under earlier ruling dates). The Danish pages read do not say why.

The lists with no entry for stake.com: the public warnings and enforcement register of the Curaçao Gaming Authority, which the Stake terms (read live on 2 October 2026) name as Stake's licensing body; Malta Gaming Authority unauthorised URLs (website addresses) and enforcement register; UK Gambling Commission businesses, domain names, public statements and regulatory actions; Kahnawà:ke Gaming Commission (Mohawk Territory of Kahnawà:ke, Canada) permit holders; Italian agency ADM; Swiss block lists of the Federal Gaming Board (ESBK) and the inter-cantonal gambling supervisor Gespa; Swedish Gambling Authority; French ANJ administrative blocks; Danish Gambling Authority July 2026 list and combined list.

Three current official lists still named stake.com on 2 October 2026, a past Danish list of 14 July 2023 named it, and the other lists read for Stake that day did not, which does not mean Stake is safe.

Who owns Stake, and which company runs Stake?

Stake.com is owned and operated by Medium Rare N.V., a Curaçao company with registration number 145353, according to the footer of the Stake terms page (read live on 2 October 2026). A Curaçao Chamber of Commerce registry search on 2 October 2026 returned the same name and number.

Who owns Stake?

Stake.com is owned and operated by Medium Rare N.V., a Curaçao company with registration number 145353, according to the footer and text of the Stake terms page (read live on 2 October 2026). The footer reads:

Stake is owned and operated by Medium Rare N.V., registration number: 145353, registered address: Seru Loraweg 17 B, Curaçao.

Clause 2.1 of the same Stake terms says a player who registers enters into a contract with that company.

The oldest readable copy of the Stake terms page, an archived copy of 10 October 2021, named the same company and number.

A press release of February 2024 marked "SOURCE Stake.com" refers to "the owner Edward Craven".

What is Medium Rare N.V., the company behind Stake?

Medium Rare N.V. is the Curaçao company, registration number 145353, that the Stake terms (read live on 2 October 2026) name as owner and operator of Stake. Their clause 1.1 says Medium Rare N.V. "is licensed by the Curaçao Gaming Authority under license number OGL/2024/1451/0918". The authority's register of 21 September 2026 lists Medium Rare N.V. under that Curaçao licence number, with the company type B2C (business to consumer) and the status "Assessment in progress".

Stake's anti-money laundering policy (read live on 2 October 2026) says Medium Rare N.V. is "a company incorporated under Curaçao Law that was established in 2017" and operates www.stake.com.

Curaçao's gambling law, the Landsverordening op de kansspelen (in Dutch), says in article 2.1 that a gaming licence can be granted to a public (N.V.) or private (B.V.) limited company incorporated under Curaçao law with its registered seat in Curaçao.

Where is Stake based?

Medium Rare N.V., the company that runs Stake, gives its registered address as Seru Loraweg 17 B, Curaçao, in the footer of the Stake terms page (read live on 2 October 2026). Clause 1.1 of the same terms calls that address the "head office". A Curaçao Chamber of Commerce registry name search on 2 October 2026 returned the same Seru Loraweg address.

Older archived copies of the Stake terms gave other head offices: Fransche Bloemweg 4, Curaçao, in the archived copy of 24 December 2021, and Korporaalweg 10, Willemstad, Curaçao, in the archived copy of 12 August 2023. The archived copy of 9 July 2025 gave Seru Loraweg 17, B.

Who founded Stake?

Stake.com was set up in 2017 by Edward "Ed" Craven "when he was working with his business partner Bijan Tehrani" in the Melbourne offices of Easygo, which "focused on developing games for online casinos", the Australian newspaper The Sydney Morning Herald reported on 10 December 2021. The same article says former staff confirmed Tehrani was "a founder of Stake.com".

The gambling industry news site iGaming Business reported on 30 August 2017 that the Bitcoin gambling site Primedice had "developed and launched Stake.com, a new online casino based on the Bitcoin digital currency". The author bio under Craven's post on the blogging site Medium (archived copy of 8 September 2023) began "Ed Craven, Co-Founder Stake.com".

Which companies handle payments for Stake?

Clause 1.1 of the Stake terms (read live on 2 October 2026) says two wholly owned Cyprus subsidiaries of Medium Rare N.V., the company that runs Stake, may handle some payment processing: Medium Rare Limited (registration number HE 410775) and MRS Tech Ltd (HE 477481). The site footer of the archived copy of 10 October 2021 of the Stake terms page read "Payment agent company is Medium Rare Limited". MRS Tech Ltd first appeared in the archived copy of 29 July 2025.

The Cyprus company registry, searched on 2 October 2026, lists, on each entry's detail page, Medium Rare Limited as registered on 6 July 2020, with an office in Paralimni, a town in Cyprus, and MRS Tech Ltd as registered on 2 July 2025, with an office in Pervolia, in the Larnaca district of Cyprus.

Is stake.com the same company as stake.us?

No: Stake (stake.com) is run by Medium Rare N.V. of Curaçao, and the stake.us terms (archived copy of 8 September 2026) say stake.us, a site for customers in the United States, is provided by Sweepsteaks Limited, a Cyprus company with number HE436222. Clause 2.1 of those terms excludes "Any country other than the continental United States of America and Hawaii" and a list of US states; clause 2.4 says the platform and games do not offer real money gambling.

The Cyprus company registry, searched on 2 October 2026, lists Sweepsteaks Ltd, HE 436222, as registered; its detail page gives the date 6 July 2022.

The Stake terms for stake.com (read live on 2 October 2026) name Medium Rare N.V. and say in clause 14.3 that people located or living in the United States may not use the service.

Is the company behind Stake in the Curaçao company registry?

Yes: Medium Rare N.V., the company that runs Stake according to the Stake terms (read live on 2 October 2026), is in the Curaçao Chamber of Commerce registry. Searches through its search form on 2 October 2026, by the number 145353 and by the name "Medium Rare", each returned one result, Medium Rare N.V. with number 145353; the name search also gave the business address Seru Loraweg 17 B.

The full extract was not read: the extract page asks the visitor to confirm they are not a robot, so the incorporation date, the status and the directors are not confirmed from the registry.

Which country's law applies to a Stake account?

The Stake terms say the laws of Curaçao govern the agreement and the courts of Curaçao have "exclusive jurisdiction" over any dispute, meaning only they may hear it. Clause 25.1 of the Stake terms (read live on 2 October 2026) also says it does not limit Stake's right "to take proceedings against you in any other court of competent jurisdiction".

The Stake terms in the archived copy of 10 October 2021 sent disputes to arbitration, a private process outside the courts, at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre. The displayed terms in the archived copy of 23 May 2023 had no arbitration clause.

The live terms read on 2 October 2026 have none either (searched: "arbitrat", the start of "arbitration", and "Hong Kong").

What bonuses does Stake offer, and what do the Stake bonus terms say?

Clause 12.1 of the Stake terms (read live on 2 October 2026) says Stake offers bonuses and promotions "at its sole discretion", such as coupons, reloads (repeat bonuses) and rakeback (money back based on the amount bet). The displayed text of bonus clauses 12.1 to 12.11 of those terms states no wagering multiple, maximum bet or maximum cash-out (searched on 2 October 2026 for "wagering", "maximum", "cash-out" and "rollover", another word for the multiple).

Does Stake have a welcome bonus?

Yes: Stake's welcome offer is rakeback, 3.5% of the house edge paid back on every game, according to a Stake Help Center article (read live on 2 October 2026). The article says the offer gives instant access to rakeback normally unlocked at the Bronze level of the Stake VIP programme, and is unlocked with an affiliate code (a referral code), entered within 24 hours of opening the account. The words "deposit" and "match" do not appear in the Help Center's list of 11 popular Stake promotions (read the same day), whose Welcome Offer entry says new players redeem it "using the offer code provided by our affiliates".

A second Stake Help Center article (read the same day) says a deposit bonus requirement (the total to bet before winnings can be withdrawn) starts automatically with a welcome bonus, but "does not apply to all welcome bonuses".

What are Stake's wagering requirements?

The Stake terms require every deposit to be bet once (100%) before withdrawal, and a Stake deposit bonus adds a wagering requirement whose multiplier the bonus clauses of those terms do not state. The deposit rule is in clauses 8.5 (for fiat, meaning ordinary money such as dollars) and 8.10 (for crypto) of the Stake terms (read live on 2 October 2026).

For bonuses, Stake's Deposit Bonus Requirement page (read the same day) defines a bonus rollover as a multiplier on the sum of the deposit and the bonus, and gives no figure. A Stake Help Center article (read the same day) says the multiplier "varies" and depends in part on "the bonus type". The article's example uses 30x, where a $100 deposit with a $100 bonus needs $6,000 of wagers, but does not say Stake applies 30x. The displayed text of bonus clauses 12.1 to 12.11 of the Stake terms, searched for "wagering requirement" and "rollover" on 2 October 2026, states no multiple.

See wagering requirements explained and the wagering calculator.

Which games count towards Stake wagering requirements?

Stake counts bets towards a deposit bonus wagering requirement by house edge: the requirement is set at a 4% edge, sports bets are counted at a 3% house edge, so every $1 wagered adds $0.75, and a list of games is barred while a requirement is active. The game weighting rule is on Stake's Deposit Bonus Requirement page (read live on 2 October 2026), which says a game with a 1% house edge adds $0.25 for every $1 wagered.

The barred list on that live page has 99 headings, for game providers and Stake's own products (97 second-level and two top-level, NetEnt and NetGaming), and 1,504 list items, counted on 2 October 2026. Under eleven headings the only entry is "All games", among them Amusnet, Playson and Wazdan. The list also names 24 games under "Stake Originals", including Dice, Crash, Plinko and Mines; the Stake Originals page (read live on 2 October 2026) says Stake Originals are "available only to Stake users".

Is there a maximum bet when you play with a Stake bonus?

The bonus clauses of the Stake terms and Stake's Deposit Bonus Requirement page state no maximum bet rule for play with a bonus. A search on 2 October 2026 found neither "maximum" nor "max bet" in the displayed text of clauses 12.1 to 12.11 of the Stake terms (read live on 2 October 2026) or in the main text of the Deposit Bonus Requirement page (read live on 2 October 2026).

Clause 12.3 of the same live terms, read on 2 October 2026, does set an order for bets: "wagers must always be placed with cash balances before bonus balances can be used to wager". A single Stake promotion could still set a maximum bet: clause 12.3 also makes a bonus subject to "promotion-specific terms and conditions, if applicable".

Is there a maximum cash-out on a Stake bonus?

The bonus clauses of the Stake terms and Stake's Deposit Bonus Requirement page state no maximum cash-out on a bonus. A search on 2 October 2026 found no "maximum", "cash-out" or "cash out" in the displayed text of clauses 12.1 to 12.11 of the Stake terms (read live on 2 October 2026) or in the main text of the Deposit Bonus Requirement page (read the same day).

The Stake VIP Club page (read the same day) for Stake's VIP programme (rewards by total amount wagered) advertises "instantly withdrawable bonuses without any strings attached"; its displayed text, searched on 2 October 2026 for "maximum", "cash-out" and "cash out", states no maximum cash-out. For Stake's weekly bonus, one of the bonuses that page lists from the Bronze level, Stake's Help Center (read the same day) says: "You're free to withdraw the funds as long as the amount is above the minimum limit." The article does not say which limit.

Do Stake bonuses expire?

Yes: clause 12.10 of the Stake terms (read live on 2 October 2026) lets Stake cancel any bonus not claimed within "the claiming period or 60 days, the shorter of the two", and clause 12.5 says each promotion sets its own expiry date and is not honoured after it unless Stake chooses.

Stake's Help Center, read live on 2 October 2026, gives these periods:

• Weekly bonus: links last for 3 months from posting.
• Reload, a bonus that can be claimed once every 24 hours: a missed claim expires and cannot be retrieved.
• Birthday bonus: the coupon link is valid for 7 days.

What does Stake count as bonus abuse?

The Stake terms count opening several accounts to collect bonuses as bonus abuse ("abusive behaviour"), and let Stake act when it "believes" a player is abusing a bonus. Clause 12.8 of the Stake terms (read live on 2 October 2026) reads:

The opening of multiple accounts on the Website for the purpose of accumulating bonuses, promotions, special offers, or otherwise, shall be considered abusive behaviour.

Clause 12.7 lets Stake act where it believes a player is "abusing or attempting to abuse a bonus" or "is likely to benefit through abuse or lack of good faith from a policy adopted by Stake", and clause 12.9 lets Stake remove bonuses from accounts identified as "bonus abusers".

Can Stake cancel a bonus or take back bonus winnings?

Clause 12.11 of the Stake terms (read live on 2 October 2026) says Stake may "cancel any bonus at its sole discretion", and the displayed text of bonus clauses 12.1 to 12.11 does not mention taking back winnings from a bonus ("winnings" and "winning" do not appear in it, searched on 2 October 2026).

Clause 12.3 adds that Stake may withdraw any promotion, bonus or special offer at any time. Under clause 12.7, where Stake believes there is bonus abuse, Stake may deny, withhold or withdraw a bonus and may lock the account, temporarily or permanently. Clause 12.6 says a forfeited bonus cannot be reactivated, but bonus funds already credited to the account balance stay available to the player.

How does the Stake VIP programme work?

The Stake VIP programme has levels from Bronze at $10,000 wagered to Obsidian at $1,000,000,000 wagered: Stake's Help Center (read live on 2 October 2026) lists 15 of them and says there are "more than 15 different levels". The article says $1 wagered on sports counts as $3.

Each Stake VIP level needs a higher total wagered than the level before.

In Stake's Help Center, the benefits table (read the same day) shows "Daily bonuses" from Platinum and "Custom benefits" at Diamond only, and a VIP host (read the same day), a personal contact for support and bonuses, comes at Platinum IV.

The Stake VIP Club page (read the same day) lists weekly bonuses, monthly bonuses, rakeback and level-up bonuses from Bronze.

What is Stake rakeback?

Stake rakeback returns 3.5% of the house edge on each casino bet, win or lose, according to Stake's Help Center (read live on 2 October 2026, article dated 24 August 2026).

For the Stake sportsbook (Stake's sports betting section), the article says rakeback is 3.5% of "the theoretical value of sportsbook bets", using a default 3% house edge.

Rakeback starts at the Bronze level of the Stake VIP programme, according to a Stake blog post (read live on 2 October 2026).

How do Stake's weekly and monthly bonuses work?

Stake's weekly bonus is sent every Saturday at 12:30 GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) and the monthly bonus is sent by email around the middle of the month, according to Stake Help Center articles read live on 2 October 2026, as were the other articles linked here: weekly and monthly.

The Stake weekly bonus is for VIP players who have played within the last week, is posted in a private VIP channel on the Telegram app and can be claimed from the VIP tab 24 hours after release, and Stake works out the amount partly from VIP rank, the amount wagered in the last 7 days and the house edge of the games played.

The Stake monthly bonus needs a verified, reachable email address and a subscription to Stake emails, the monthly amount depends on VIP rank, play since the last monthly bonus, profit for the month and the house edge of the games played, and a player who has not received the email is not qualified for a bonus that month.

How do deposits work at Stake?

Stake takes crypto deposits to a deposit address from the Stake wallet (Stake blog, read live on 2 October 2026). Stake also takes card deposits by Visa or Mastercard in selected local currencies (Stake Help Center, read live on 2 October 2026).

How do you deposit at Stake?

To deposit at Stake, a player takes a deposit address from the Stake wallet and sends a supported coin to it from a wallet or exchange, by a Stake blog post (read live on 2 October 2026); the Stake Help Center (read the same day) says the email and account must be verified first and that Stake supports deposits "only from one crypto address to another".

Stake's blog also describes deposits from a linked wallet through the crypto payment services Swap Connect (read the same day) and Mesh (read the same day).

The Stake terms (read the same day) say deposits can only be made with the player's own funds (clause 7.4) and are processed immediately whenever a payment service provider is used (clause 7.10). Clause 7.14 lets Stake keep funds that a player deposits while the account is blocked or suspended.

For what a casino balance is, see custodial wallet and crypto casino deposits and withdrawals.

What is the minimum deposit at Stake?

The Stake terms give no minimum deposit figure, and the Stake Help Center (read live on 2 October 2026) says crypto deposits under $0.01 cannot be processed automatically and that there is no maximum limit.

Clause 7.8 of the Stake terms (read the same day) lets Stake set a minimum deposit at its own discretion. A search of the displayed clauses 1.1 to 29.1 for "minimum deposit", "$" and "per coin" found no figure.

A Stake blog post dated 4 September 2026 (read live on 2 October 2026) says there are "no minimum or maximum limits for any cryptocurrency payments at Stake".

Can you deposit with a card or bank transfer at Stake?

Stake's Help Center, read live on 2 October 2026, lists card deposits by Visa or Mastercard in selected local currencies, and gives a processing time of up to 24 hours for bank transfer deposits.

The Stake Help Center card article (read live on 2 October 2026) says the card option appears only if it is available for the selected currency and location, and that card deposits are processed "in near real time", or in some cases in 1 to 3 business days. The bank transfer time is in another Stake Help Center article (read the same day).

On 2 October 2026 the card table in the Stake Help Center card article listed 50 currencies in 51 rows (one printed twice), each with one deposit and withdraw limit, and printed an X under Mastercard, shown here as No, for Chile and Albania.

A row in the Stake card table does not mean a player there may use Stake: clause 14.3 of the Stake terms (read live on 2 October 2026) lists Ireland and Croatia as prohibited countries. Clause 4.5(b) makes lawful use of the service "the User's responsibility".

Can you buy crypto on Stake?

Yes, a player can start a crypto purchase from the "Buy Crypto" button in the Stake wallet and finish it on the page of a third-party provider: Stake's Help Center names the providers Moonpay and Swapped, and a Stake blog post dated 4 September 2026 also names the platforms Swap Connect and Mesh.

In the Stake Help Center steps (read live on 2 October 2026), the player clicks "Buy Crypto" in the wallet, chooses the coin, the amount and the payment currency, and is sent to the provider's own page to finish the purchase. The article's displayed text states no provider fee, limit or minimum (whole words searched: "fee", "limit", "minimum").

The Stake blog post (read live on 2 October 2026) lists the payment methods Moonpay supports, among them cards (MasterCard, Visa and Maestro), Apple Pay and Google Pay.

What is the Stake Vault?

The Stake Vault is a store for funds inside the Stake account, and the Stake Help Center (read live on 2 October 2026) says access needs confirmation through security measures a player has opted into, which "include password, verified email, and 2-Factor Authentication" (a second login check). The article puts the Vault in the main user menu, under Account, and says funds in the Vault "can remain there indefinitely".

A Stake blog guide dated 9 September 2026 (read live on 2 October 2026) says the Vault "supports both cryptocurrency and local currency" and "can receive eligible promotions, competitions, giveaways".

What happens to the balance of an inactive Stake account?

The Stake terms, read live on 2 October 2026, state no dormant-account fee and no rule for the balance of an inactive Stake account, but they do let Stake remove bonuses from inactive accounts.

In the displayed clauses 1.1 to 29.1 of the Stake terms (read live on 2 October 2026), a search for "dormant", "inactive", "inactivity", "idle", "monthly fee", "administration fee" and "maintenance fee" found one hit, in clause 12.9, which lets Stake "remove bonuses from all inactive accounts" and gives no time period.

Clause 4.23 says that if Stake closes an account, Stake will tell the player how to withdraw the remaining balance. Clause 8.12 advises players seeking funds held in "a closed, locked or excluded account" to email Stake support.

How do withdrawals work at Stake?

A crypto withdrawal at Stake goes to the wallet address the player gives, after the deposit has been wagered (bet) once in full, with a minimum and a fee listed for each of 21 coins. Clause 8.10 of the Stake terms (read live on 2 October 2026) sets the wagering rule and clause 8.11 the wallet address. The Stake Help Center (read live on 2 October 2026) lists a minimum and a fee for each of 21 coins.

How long do Stake withdrawals take?

Stake states that crypto withdrawals "should be processed immediately" and that bank transfers can take up to 3 business days. Both are in a Stake blog guide (read live on 2 October 2026), which also tells players to contact support if a withdrawal is not approved within 3 business days.

Stake's Help Center, read live the same day, also gives up to 3 business days for a bank transfer withdrawal, for a card withdrawal to reach the bank account, and for bank transfer withdrawals in Canadian dollars.

The displayed text of the Stake terms (read live on 2 October 2026) states no processing time for withdrawals (words searched: business days, hours, processing time, and "within" followed by a number).

What is the minimum withdrawal at Stake?

The Stake Help Center (read live on 2 October 2026) lists a minimum withdrawal for each of 21 coins, such as 0.00002504 for BTC (Bitcoin) and 2.50000000 for USDT (USD Tether).

Clause 8.7 of the Stake terms (read the same day), under the sub-heading FIAT Withdrawals (fiat means ordinary currency), gives no figure: the minimum "will be identified on the website when performing a withdrawal".

Two Stake pages disagree on the minimum for ETH (Ethereum). The Stake Help Center gives 0.00100000. A Stake blog guide (read the same day) gives 0.00062610.

Stake's Help Center table sets a minimum withdrawal and a withdrawal fee per coin, for 21 coins (read live on 2 October 2026).

Does Stake have withdrawal limits?

Stake's Help Center (read live on 2 October 2026) says there is no maximum withdrawal for crypto: "There are no restrictions on the maximum withdrawal amount." Some Stake local-currency guides give a maximum and a limit of 5 withdrawals per 24 hours.

The displayed text of the Stake terms (read the same day) states no maximum withdrawal and no daily, weekly or monthly limit (words searched: daily, weekly, monthly, per day, per week, per month, maximum withdrawal). Clause 8.8, under the sub-heading FIAT Withdrawals (fiat means ordinary currency), lets Stake reject all of a player's pending withdrawals and ask for one withdrawal of the total.

The Costa Rican colón guide (read the same day) gives a maximum withdrawal of 1,500,000 and "up to 5 withdrawals at Stake every 24 hours". The New Zealand dollar guide (read the same day) gives a maximum of $1,000 and up to 5 withdrawals per 24 hours.

Does Stake charge withdrawal fees?

Yes: Stake's Help Center withdrawal article (read live on 2 October 2026) says every withdrawal has a fee taken from the balance, its fee table (read the same day) lists the fee for each of 21 coins, and clause 8.9 of the Stake terms says Stake may charge a withdrawal fee at its discretion.

Clause 8.9 is in the Stake terms (read live on 2 October 2026) under the sub-heading FIAT Withdrawals (fiat means ordinary currency).

The Stake terms, archived copy of 11 January 2024, said "Stake will not charge You any fees on withdrawals." By the archived copy of 7 September 2024 the wording was "at its discretion".

Two Stake blog posts say otherwise. One says crypto deposits and withdrawals are "free from transaction fees" (read live on 2 October 2026). The other, in a "Lower fees" bullet, says players will not "have to worry about transaction fees" (read live on 2 October 2026). The guide to crypto casino deposits and withdrawals explains what a network fee is.

Do you have to wager your deposit before you withdraw from Stake?

Yes: clauses 8.5 and 8.10 of the Stake terms (read live on 2 October 2026) say a player must wager (bet) "100% of the value of your deposit" before asking for a fiat (ordinary currency) or a crypto withdrawal.

Stake's Help Center calls the rule a wagering requirement: a deposit of $100 needs bets of $100 in total before a withdrawal (read live on 2 October 2026). Sports bets count when they are settled, not when they are placed. Another Stake Help Center article (read live on 2 October 2026) says a withdrawal tried after a deposit with no bets "will be invalid". Clause 7.5 of the terms lets Stake suspend or close an account if Stake reasonably believes a player deposits with no intention to wager. To work out the total to bet, use the wagering calculator.

Can Stake delay or refuse a withdrawal?

Yes: clauses 8.1 and 8.2 of the Stake terms let Stake refuse a withdrawal until identity and other conditions are met, and delay or decline a withdrawal while it investigates; Stake says it may not be able to explain the investigation. Clause 8.1 of the Stake terms (read live on 2 October 2026) lists four conditions: verified identity, a destination account the player legally holds, any extra information Stake asked for, and the minimum wager requirement on each deposit. Clause 8.2 covers a suspected breach of the terms or the law, and says Stake "may not be in a position to provide an explanation as to the nature of its investigation".

Clause 8.12 allows extra KYC (identity) checks on any withdrawal, and clause 16.3 says Stake will withhold payment where fraudulent, dishonest or criminal acts, or a payment for a third party, are suspected. Stake's anti-money laundering policy (read the same day) says "Stake may refuse to process any withdrawal attempts" where red-flag behaviour is found.

The Stake Help Center (read the same day) says larger withdrawals may need manual processing and a temporary hold. The article text does not say what counts as larger or how long a hold lasts (words searched: hours, days, minutes, threshold).

Which coins and networks does Stake support?

Stake's Help Center lists 22 coins with their networks (the blockchains they are sent over), among them Bitcoin (BTC) on its native network and Tether (USDT) on ERC20 (the Ethereum network), BSC (BEP20, the BNB Smart Chain), Polygon, Tron (TRC20) and Solana. The list is the "Networks Stake supports" table on the Stake networks page (read live on 2 October 2026).

Which cryptocurrencies does Stake accept?

Stake's Help Center lists 22 coins, among them Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC), Tether (USDT), Dogecoin (DOGE) and Solana (SOL), each with its networks (the blockchains it is sent over). The list is the "Networks Stake supports" table on the Stake networks page (read live on 2 October 2026).

Stake's Help Center lists Tether (USDT) on five networks, Bitcoin (BTC) on its native network only, and Binance USD (BUSD) for withdrawals only. In the table, ERC20 is the Ethereum network, BSC (BEP20) the BNB Smart Chain and TRC20 the Tron network.

On Stake's blog, the Stake Supported Crypto page (read live on 2 October 2026), dated 10 September 2024, says "over 20 cryptocurrencies", and its one bullet list has 21 entries, without BUSD.

Does Stake accept Bitcoin?

Yes, Stake's Help Center lists Bitcoin (BTC) on the native Bitcoin network (Bitcoin's own blockchain) only, with a minimum withdrawal of 0.00002504 and a withdrawal fee of 0.00001571 listed for BTC. The network is from the Stake networks page (read live on 2 October 2026) and the two amounts are from the Stake withdrawal limits page (read the same day).

Which networks does Stake support for USDT?

Stake's Help Center lists five networks (the blockchains a coin is sent over) for Tether (USDT): ERC20 (the Ethereum network), BSC (BEP20, the BNB Smart Chain), Polygon, Tron (TRC20) and Solana. The list is the Tether (USDT) row of the Stake networks page (read live on 2 October 2026).

The Stake guide to withdrawing USDT (read live on 2 October 2026) names only four chains, ERC20, BEP20, Polygon and TRC20, without Solana.

How many confirmations does a Stake deposit need?

Stake's deposits help page (read live on 2 October 2026) and withdrawals help page (read live on 2 October 2026) do not give the number of confirmations a deposit needs. The Stake deposits help page says this, under "Pending Deposits" (miners are the computers that confirm transfers on a coin's blockchain):

Confirmation by miners is necessary before funds are credited to your Stake balance.

On 2 October 2026 the Stake withdrawals help page, which introduces its sections as "common questions on crypto withdrawals", named one figure, for the coin Bitcoin (BTC), under "Unconfirmed Transactions", in a sentence about wallets that does not mention Stake deposits:

Some wallets require just one confirmation such as Bitcoin, while some other wallets require multiple confirmations.

The whole words searched on 2 October 2026 in the displayed article text of both pages were "confirmation", "confirmations" and "confirmed", and the only hit with a figure is the Bitcoin sentence quoted here.

Does a Stake deposit need a memo or tag?

Yes, for the coins Ripple (XRP) and EOS: Stake's Help Center says those deposits need both the right address and a memo or tag (a short code sent with the transfer) for the funds to be credited. The Stake deposits help page (read live on 2 October 2026) says, under "Incorrect Tag/Memo":

Cryptocurrencies like EOS/XRP require both the correct address and a MEMO/TAG to credit funds to the Stake balance. If a mistake occurs, contact live support to initiate the recovery process.

The Stake guide to buying crypto (read live on 2 October 2026) says "Ripple (XRP) and EOS require destination tags and/or memos."

What happens if you send crypto to Stake on the wrong network?

Stake's Help Center says coins sent on a network (a coin's blockchain) it does not accept, or coins it does not accept, "will not be credited". The Stake deposits help page (read live on 2 October 2026) says so under the heading "Incorrect Coin/Network".

The Stake networks page (read live on 2 October 2026) has a list headed "Networks Stake does not support". The list names Cronos via the Cronos network, Arbitrum, Optimism, tokens (coins issued on another coin's blockchain) on the ERC20 network (Ethereum), tokens on the BEP20 network (the BNB Smart Chain) and Base. The page's own table of supported coins lists Tether (USDT) and Chainlink (LINK) on ERC20.

Which currencies does Stake show balances in?

A Stake blog post (read live on 2 October 2026) names 25 currencies a Stake balance can be viewed in, by their codes: USD (US dollars), EUR (euros), JPY, INR, CAD, CNY, IDR, KRW, PHP, RUB, DKK, MXN, PLN, TRY, VND, ARS, PEN, CLP, NGN, AED, ILS, SAR, TWD, GHS and KES.

The Stake Help Center (read live on 2 October 2026) says the view of a crypto balance is turned on in Wallet Settings with "Display crypto in fiat" (fiat means government-issued money such as dollars or euros), and calls the figure "an approximate representation of your crypto amount".

How does sign-up work at Stake, and does Stake ask for ID?

Stake asks for an email address, full name, date of birth and address at sign-up, and clause 4.8 of the Stake terms lets Stake ask for ID documents at any time. Both rules are in the Stake terms (read live on 2 October 2026), read on 2 October 2026.

What do you need to open a Stake account?

To open a Stake account the terms ask for an email address, full name, date of birth and address, and the player must be at least 18. Clause 4.2 of the Stake terms (read live on 2 October 2026) says the application must be made personally. If the details are not complete, accurate or up to date, clause 4.3 lets Stake suspend the registration and treat deposits after that as invalid, with winnings from them void.

Stake's anti-money laundering policy (read live on 2 October 2026) says Stake collects KYC details, such as name, address or date of birth, before issuing a "Stake funding address", the address used to fund the account.

Does Stake ask for KYC?

Yes: clause 4.8 of the Stake terms (read live on 2 October 2026) lets Stake ask for KYC documents at any time, and Stake's anti-money laundering policy says every account is suspended for KYC checks at a withdrawal threshold that the policy does not state. The Stake anti-money laundering policy (read the same day) says the threshold depends on "the accounts risk characterisation over the life of the account". Sections 1 to 7 of the policy name no amount: a search of them for "$", "€" and "amount" found none.

Clause 1.1 of the Stake terms says Medium Rare N.V., the company that runs Stake, is licensed by the Curaçao Gaming Authority. The Curaçao regulations for combating money laundering, dated January 2025 and read on 2 October 2026, ask for customer due diligence (identity checks on a customer) when a player's financial transactions reach NAf. 4,000 (NAf. is the currency unit the regulations use).

Stake's Help Center (read the same day) says the email and account must be verified before any deposit. How to check a crypto casino is legit explains why the timing of an ID check matters.

What documents does Stake ask for?

Stake's Help Center, read live on 2 October 2026, accepts an international passport, a national ID card or a driving licence as proof of identity, plus a selfie with the document, and lists accepted proofs of address.

• The proof of identity article wants both sides of an ID card or driving licence, and any document must be valid for at least 3 months.
• The selfie guide asks the player to hold the ID next to the face, in an image file such as JPG or PNG.
• The proof of address article lists a utility bill, a bank or credit card statement, a tax letter, an employer or school letter, a tenancy agreement letter and a bank reference letter, issued within the last six months.

What are the Stake verification levels?

Stake's KYC guide, read live on 2 October 2026, sets out three verification steps: identity (name, address, date of birth and an identity document), proof of address, and source of funds (where the money comes from). The Stake KYC guide, dated 7 May 2026, says the process "has been broken down into smaller steps that are completed over time", and it still refers to "KYC level 2 players". An archived copy of 9 July 2025 of the same guide, then dated 22 May 2024, set out four numbered levels: name, address and date of birth at Level 1, an identity document at Level 2, proof of address at Level 3 and source of funds at Level 4.

Other Stake pages read live on 2 October 2026 still use level numbers:

• A Stake help article links the guide and refers to giving a country "during the Level 1 account setup process".
• Stake's Canadian dollar guide says a Canadian dollar withdrawal needs KYC Level 2.
• Stake's Nigerian naira guide says naira withdrawals need KYC level 2, and changing the preferred currency needs "a KYC-3 verification to confirm a change of location".

Can Stake ask for ID at any time?

Yes: clause 4.8 of the Stake terms (read live on 2 October 2026) says Stake may ask for KYC documents "at any time". The clause reads:

Stake reserves the right, at any time, to ask for any KYC documentation it deems necessary to determine the identity and location of a Player.

Clause 4.8 also lets Stake restrict the service, payments or withdrawals "until identity is sufficiently determined, or for any other reason in Stake’s sole discretion". Clause 8.12 keeps the right to run extra KYC checks "for any withdrawal".

The Stake Help Center's proof of identity article (read live on 2 October 2026) says Stake's compliance team "reserves the right to request any documentation at any given time".

The Stake terms (archived copy of 10 October 2021) carried the same sentence, with "User" in place of "Player".

Does Stake ask where your money comes from?

Yes, in some cases: Stake's anti-money laundering policy lists source of funds (where the money played with comes from) and source of wealth (how a person came by their money) among the items Stake may require after a red flag, a sign of suspicious activity. The Stake policy (read live on 2 October 2026) says that when a red flag is triggered "the user account will be suspended and Stake will pursue enhanced due diligence", extra checks whose listed items end with "Source of Funds and Source of Wealth". The policy adds that proof of wealth "may be requested from high-risk accounts".

Stake's Help Center proof of source of income article (read live on 2 October 2026) lists 13 kinds of document, including bank statements, paychecks, tax returns, inheritance and loans. Bank statements must show regular deposits and withdrawals over "usually 3-6 months".

How old do you have to be to use Stake?

A Stake player must be at least 18, or the age of majority under any laws that apply to the player if that is higher, according to the Stake terms. Clause 4.4 of the Stake terms (read live on 2 October 2026) lets Stake ask any player for proof of age and suspend the account until the documents are provided.

Stake's Stake Smart responsible gambling page (read live on 2 October 2026) says of underage players: "No winnings should be paid to such players if identified as someone who is underage."

Clause 1.1 of the Stake terms says Medium Rare N.V., the company that runs Stake, is licensed by the Curaçao Gaming Authority. Curaçao's gambling law, the Landsverordening op de kansspelen, bars a licence holder from giving a minor the opportunity to take part in games of chance, in article 1.4(d) (in Dutch, read on 2 October 2026).

Can you have more than one Stake account?

No: clause 4.9 of the Stake terms (read live on 2 October 2026) allows one account per player, and says that if a player opens or tries to open more than one, Stake may close all of the player's accounts, "retain all monies" in them and ban the player from the website.

Under clause 4.10, if Stake believes a player has more than one account, Stake may close the accounts and keep the funds until the player proves otherwise. Clause 4.11 tells a player who notices a second account to notify Stake immediately.

Stake's anti-money laundering policy (read live on 2 October 2026) says Stake will use third-party software to detect one user with several accounts.

Can Stake close your account?

Yes: the Stake terms list grounds on which Stake may close or suspend an account, and Stake's Stake Smart responsible gambling page (read live on 2 October 2026) reserves the right to close an account "at any point in time, at our sole discretion". Clause 4.19 of the Stake terms (read live on 2 October 2026) includes these grounds:

• Stake considers that the player used the website "in an unfair manner", "deliberately cheated" or took unfair advantage of Stake or its customers.
• Stake is unable to verify the player's identity, profession or source of funds (where the money comes from) "as is expressly required by the applicable regulations".
• Stake has concerns that the player is a compulsive problem gambler who has not self-excluded.
• Stake considers that any of the listed events "may have occurred or are likely to occur".

In those cases clause 4.21 of the same terms, read live on 2 October 2026, lets Stake void bets placed after such actions, or withhold or keep amounts that would have been paid, winnings included, "to the extent permitted by law". Clause 4.23 says that if Stake closes an account, Stake will tell the player how to withdraw the remaining balance.

What does Stake do with your personal data?

Stake's privacy policy (read live on 2 October 2026) says Stake uses personal data for KYC identity verification, to maintain the account and for marketing, among other purposes, and may share it within the Stake group, with service providers and third-party partners, for legal or regulatory reasons, and in a business sale or restructuring.

• Collected. Name, email address, date of birth, country of citizenship, physical address, identification number, government-issued ID, location data, device information and IP address (the number that identifies an internet connection), plus deposits, withdrawals and wagers, among others.
• Kept for. As long as the player uses the service or as needed for the policy's stated purposes. No fixed period: a search of the policy's numbered text for "years", "months", "days" and "retention" found nothing.
• Deletion. A player can ask for deletion, but the policy says the right "is not guaranteed".

The numbered text of the Stake privacy policy, sections 1 to 13, read live on 2 October 2026, names no data protection officer, the person in charge of how a company handles personal data (a search for "Data Protection Officer" and the short form "DPO" found nothing), and gives no postal address: section 9 gives an email address and support chat. The same page's site footer says Stake is "owned and operated by Medium Rare N.V.", with the registered address "Seru Loraweg 17 B, Curaçao".

What games does Stake have, and how can Stake game results be checked?

Stake has its own Stake Originals, plus slots and live games from the outside providers on the Stake Publishers page (read live on 2 October 2026), and the Stake provably fair overview (read live on 2 October 2026) says all Stake Originals can be verified with Stake's provably fair method.

What games does Stake offer?

Stake offers its own Stake Originals, slots from outside game providers, live casino games, game shows, a sportsbook and poker, according to its own pages, read live on 2 October 2026. The Stake Originals page shows 31 games.

The Publishers filter on the Stake Live Casino page lists 105 live games from Evolution and 62 from Pragmatic Play. Stake also has a Game Shows page, a Stake Sportsbook Rules and Policies page for sports bets, and a Stake Poker heading on the Stake Deposit Bonus Requirement page.

Which game providers does Stake use?

The text of the Stake Publishers page (read live on 2 October 2026) describes Pragmatic Play, Evolution, Hacksaw Gaming and NoLimit City, then lists 29 more game providers under "These reputable providers include", from Play'n Go, Push Gaming and Relax Gaming to Jade Rabbit.

One of the provider tiles on that page is Stake Engine. The Stake Engine page (read the same day) calls it "our very own remote gaming server" and says it lets game studios "seamlessly integrate their titles into our platform".

What are Stake Originals?

Stake Originals are the games built by Stake's own studio; the Stake Originals page (read live on 2 October 2026) shows 31 of them, including Dice, Mines, Plinko, Limbo and Crash. The Stake Originals page gives Stake's own totals, "$374.525B Wagered" and "377.41B Bets", and says:

Stake Casino launched in 2017, and Stake Originals were some of the first games players could enjoy on the platform.

What are the bet limits on Stake Originals?

For Stake Originals, the games Stake builds itself, the Stake Help Center article on crypto casino betting limits (read live on 2 October 2026) lists, in each coin's own units, a maximum bet of 100 and a maximum profit of 20 for Bitcoin, and 1,000 and 700 for Ether. The article sets the minimum bet at $0.0001 USD.

Is Stake provably fair?

Stake publishes a provably fair method for Stake Originals, the games Stake builds itself. The Stake provably fair overview (read live on 2 October 2026) says "All Stake Originals played on Stake can be verified both here and via 3rd party websites", that its method ensures the player "has an influence on all results generated", and that cryptographic hashing ensures "the casino also remains honest". The overview names Stake Originals only: its article text does not contain "slots", "random number", "audit", "live" or "third-party game". The displayed text of the Stake terms (read live on 2 October 2026) does not contain "provably", "certified", "independent" or "Stake Originals".

The overview says "Stake is a verified operator on the Crypto Gambling Foundation network." The Crypto Gambling Foundation home page, read on 2 October 2026, links to stake.com in its Verified Operators section, says it has evaluated each verified operator's provably fair algorithm, and says players should still verify their own bets.

How do you verify a Stake bet?

To verify a bet on a Stake Original, a game Stake builds itself, a player reveals the server seed, then enters it with the client seed and nonce in Stake's calculation page or a third-party verifier. The Stake implementation page (read live on 2 October 2026) sets out the parts and publishes the code, which uses HMAC_SHA256, a hash function that turns the seeds and nonce into the bytes behind each result:

1. Before any bet, Stake gives the player a hash of the server seed.
2. The client seed "belongs to the player", who is free to change it.
3. The nonce is "a number that increments as every new bet is made".
4. To reveal the server seed, the player rotates the seed, "which triggers the replacement with a newly generated one".
5. The player enters the game, client seed, server seed and nonce in the Stake calculation page (read the same day), which lists 32 games.

The Stake provably fair overview (read the same day) names one third-party verifier, provablyfair.me. For the general method, see how provably fair works and the provably fair verifier.

What is the house edge on Stake Originals?

Stake's game pages for Stake Originals, the games Stake builds itself, read live on 2 October 2026, show an RTP (return to player) of 99.00% for Dice, Limbo, Plinko, Keno, Hilo, Crash and Mines, which their page texts give as a house edge of 1%, and an RTP of 97.30% for Roulette (a house edge of 2.70% in the page text) and 98.90% for Baccarat. The Stake Baccarat page gives its edge for each hand: "house edge is 1.06% (banker), 1.24% (player), and 14.36% (tie)", the three bets in Baccarat.

Older copies showed an edge label: "Edge: 1.00%" on the Dice page (archived copy of 3 July 2026) and "Edge: 1.10%" on the Baccarat page (archived copy of 10 March 2026).

On 2 October 2026 all nine of these Stake Original pages showed an RTP label: 99.00% on seven of them, 97.30% on Roulette and 98.90% on Baccarat.

The Stake game pages read live on 2 October 2026: Dice, Limbo, Plinko, Keno, Hilo, Crash, Mines, Roulette and Baccarat. For what these figures mean, see house edge and RTP and the house edge calculator.

Who provides live casino games at Stake?

Stake's Live Casino page (read live on 2 October 2026) lists four live game providers in its Publishers filter: Evolution (105 games, plus a second Evolution entry with 1), Pragmatic Play (62), 155 (6) and Animo Studios (3). The same page says:

Live casino games use certified systems to ensure fairness.

The Stake Live Casino page then says the software providers put those systems in place. On its own site, read on 2 October 2026, each of the four providers states:

• Evolution's licences page says Evolution companies are licensed and regulated by Great Britain's Gambling Commission (account 41655) and by the Malta Gaming Authority (licence MGA/CRP/187/2010/01).
• Pragmatic Play's Live Casino page states "Certified by an independent and internationally recognised Accredited Testing Facility (ATF)".
• 155.io says its random number generator is "certified by RiskCherry (Lean Lab Company Limited), Malta", Certificate IO-8, valid to 2043.
• Animo Studios says "Dealers embody virtual characters & interact with physical equipment live." The displayed text of the Animo Studios home page has no word that starts with "licen", "certif" or "regulat".

Are the slots at Stake tested by an independent lab?

Stake offers slots from outside game providers, and certificates from the test lab Gaming Laboratories International, read on 2 October 2026, for four providers named in the text of the Stake Publishers page (read live on 2 October 2026) name the provider, not Stake: Pragmatic Play, Push Gaming, GameArt and Endorphina. The Pragmatic Play certificate shows its random number generator as "31 March 2026 PASS", is valid until the last day of June 2027, and says it may not be used "to represent formal approval of the product(s) listed".

The Stake Pragmatic Play page (read the same day) says the games "are tested by independent auditors".

Can Stake change the house edge of a slot?

Yes, by the Stake terms: clause 10.5 of the Stake terms (read live on 2 October 2026) reserves the right "to adjust the house edge of any slot game at our sole discretion and without prior notice, as may be necessary to maintain the integrity, fairness, and overall balance of the gaming environment".

What do the GameCheck and Tanzanite seals on Stake mean?

The footer image that Stake's page code labels "GameCheck certification seal" links to a page of Gamecheck, a platform that says it "verifies whether online casinos offer real or fake games", and the Tanzanite seal stands for a certification by Tanzanite, a site that measures casinos against its own five-part "Tanzanite Standard". Both images are in the footer of the stake.com home page (read live on 2 October 2026); the Tanzanite image has no link.

The Gamecheck page for Stake, read on 2 October 2026, displays for the brand Stake: "A selection of games from multiple game providers have been checked and NO fake games have been found".

Tanzanite's casino directory, read on 2 October 2026, lists Stake under "Tanzanite Certified" and names the five parts of its standard: Provably Fair, Responsible Gambling, Customer Support, RTP and Operations. Tanzanite says its certification is not a replacement for a licence. Tanzanite's footer shows a Stake logo under "Supported by".

Does Stake have a sportsbook?

Yes: Stake has a sportsbook, a section for betting on sports and on esports (organised video-game contests), with its own rules page (read live on 2 October 2026), which has parts from Soccer to Dota 2 and other esports titles.

Can Stake void a bet?

Yes: the Stake terms (read live on 2 October 2026) let Stake void bets that are subject to an error, cancel or amend a bet on listed grounds, and treat its own transaction log as the final authority on a bet. The clauses:

• Clause 4.15: Stake may "declare null and void" bets subject to an error in the account or in a bet calculation.
• Clause 10.3: Stake can cancel or amend a bet only if the event is suspended or cancelled, if there was an obvious error in the bet or its odds, if the bet breaches the terms, or for legal or regulatory reasons.
• Clause 4.21: where clause 4.19 applies, for example use of the website "in an unfair manner", Stake may void bets placed after such actions or withhold amounts, including winnings, to the extent permitted by law.
• Clause 8.4: winnings credited by mistake remain Stake's property.
• Clause 11.3: in a dispute about the content of a bet, Stake's transaction log database "will be the ultimate authority".

For sports bets, a Stake Help Center article (read the same day) says "The odds provider may void bets placed on incorrect offers as outlined in the sportsbook rules" and, if that happens, "all affected bets will be voided regardless of the potential outcome if the offer were correct". The article does not name the odds provider, the party that supplies the odds.

Where is Stake restricted?

Clause 14.3 of the Stake terms (read live on 2 October 2026) lists 45 prohibited jurisdictions (countries or territories), including the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia. Clause 4.5(b) of the same terms makes lawful use of Stake "the User's responsibility".

Which countries are restricted at Stake?

Clause 14.3 of the Stake terms (read live on 2 October 2026) names 45 prohibited jurisdictions, 44 countries or territories and the Canadian province of Ontario: Afghanistan, Argentina, Austria, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Curaçao, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, North Korea, Ontario, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, South Africa, South Sudan, Spain, Sudan, Syria, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States, Zimbabwe.

Curaçao, where clause 1.1 of the Stake terms puts the head office of Medium Rare N.V., the company that runs Stake, is on the list. Clause 14.3 gives no reason for any name. It says the restriction applies equally to residents and citizens of other nations while they are located in a prohibited jurisdiction.

Is Stake available in the United States?

No: clause 14.3 of the Stake terms (read live on 2 October 2026) lists the United States as a prohibited country. Clause 4.5(b) of the same terms makes lawful use of Stake "the User's responsibility". Stake's anti-money laundering policy (read live on 2 October 2026) says Stake may bar a user from funding a Stake account from a known US-based crypto exchange, a platform for trading crypto. The bio of the @Stake account on X, a social media site formerly called Twitter, read on 2 October 2026, says ".com not in US AU UK" (the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom).

The website stake.us has its own terms, which name a different company: the Stake.us terms (archived copy of 8 September 2026) say that platform is provided by Sweepsteaks Limited, a Cyprus company, while clause 1.1 of the Stake terms names Medium Rare N.V. as the company that runs stake.com.

Is Stake available in the UK?

No: clause 14.3 of the Stake terms (read live on 2 October 2026) lists the United Kingdom as a prohibited country, and the UK Gambling Commission licence register lists neither stake.com nor Medium Rare N.V., the company that runs Stake. On 2 October 2026 the Commission's register file of businesses had no row containing "Medium Rare", and its register file of domain names had no row containing "stake.com".

In the files of that day, the domain names file lists a different domain, stake.uk.com, as "Inactive" under account 38898, which the businesses file names as TGP Europe Limited, and the register file of licences shows that company's remote (online) casino licence 038898-R-319391-020 as "Surrendered" since 15 May 2025.

Is Stake available in Australia?

No: clause 14.3 of the Stake terms (read live on 2 October 2026) lists Australia as a prohibited country.

Australia was also one of 13 names on the prohibited list in the Stake terms (archived copy of 10 October 2021).

Under the heading "Acceptance Policy", Stake's anti-money laundering policy (read live on 2 October 2026) says Stake will not accept and will block users that "Are from restricted or prohibited jurisdictions" (countries or territories).

What do the Stake terms say about VPNs?

Clause 14.4 of the Stake terms (read live on 2 October 2026) says it is a breach of clause 5 of the terms to try to manipulate a player's real location with a VPN (virtual private network), a proxy (a relay server) or similar services "with the intent to circumvent geo-blocking or jurisdiction restrictions" (blocks by location, country or territory). Under clause 5.1(g), the player accepts that Stake may use "detection of geo-location and IP masking" (IP masking is hiding an internet address).

The Stake anti-money laundering policy (read live on 2 October 2026) says Stake uses "time zone controls", which read a user's device information and compare it with restricted places, to tell whether the user is using geo-location software to hide where they connect from.

What happens if you play at Stake from a restricted country?

The Stake terms call an attempt to get around the country restrictions a breach (clause 14.3) and let Stake close or suspend the account, void bets and withhold winnings after a breach (clauses 4.19, 4.21 and 5.2); clauses 14.3 and 14.4 do not mention a balance or a withdrawal, and clause 4.23 says Stake will tell a player whose account it closes how to withdraw the remaining balance. This was read in the displayed text of clauses 1 to 29 of the Stake terms (read live on 2 October 2026), where "Prohibited Jurisdiction" (the terms' name for a barred country or territory) and its plural appear only in clause 14.3. Searches for "forfeit", "confiscat" and "refund" matched only "forfeit" in clause 7.7 (third-party or illegal deposits), "forfeited" in clause 12.6 (bonuses) and "refunds" in clause 8.13, none about location.

Clause 14.4 calls an attempt to manipulate a real location "with the intent to circumvent geo-blocking or jurisdiction restrictions" (blocks by location, country or territory) a breach of clause 5. For a breach of the player's promises in clause 5.1, clause 5.2 lets Stake close or suspend the account "at its own discretion".

Is Stake legal where I live?

Stake is run by Medium Rare N.V., and clause 1.1 of the Stake terms (read live on 2 October 2026) names the Curaçao Gaming Authority as the regulator that licenses it: on 2 October 2026 the Curaçao Gaming Authority register dated 21 September 2026 listed Medium Rare N.V. with licence OGL/2024/1451/0918 and the status "Assessment in progress", while the Curaçao Gaming Authority certificate for stake.com gave the status as "Active". Clause 4.5(b) of the Stake terms says Stake "is not able to verify the legality of the Service in each jurisdiction" (country or territory) and makes lawful use the user's responsibility.

On 2 October 2026, stake.com was on the Belgian Gaming Commission list of illegal gambling sites and the Polish Ministry of Finance register of blocked domains. The Belgian Gaming Commission says players can be fined between €26 and €25,000 (multiplied by a multiplication factor) if they knowingly played on an illegal gambling site.

What do players report about Stake?

Players report both fast payouts and suspended or blocked accounts at Stake. On 2 October 2026, about 7 to 8 of the 50 most recent reviews on the review site Trustpilot used words for a quick or easy withdrawal, the casino review site AskGamblers listed 74 complaints, and about 17 to 21 of the 50 newest Stake threads on the Bitcointalk forum's Scam Accusations board used the words "suspended", "blocked" or "closed".

What do players report about Stake on Trustpilot?

Players report mixed experiences of Stake on the review site Trustpilot: of the 50 most recent reviews on Trustpilot's stake.com page (pages 1 to 3, dated 28 September to 2 October 2026 and read at about 10:50 UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) on 2 October 2026), about 7 to 8 use "withdraw" or "payout" with a praise word such as "fast", "quick", "easy" or "no issues" (8 with "payment" or "paid" counted too), about 3 to 9 say the games are rigged or that they lose (3 use "rigged" or "manipulated"; 7 with "lose", "loses", "losing", "loosing", "loss" or "losses" as well; 9 with "lost"), and about 3 to 4 use "deposit" with "credited", "reflect" or "pending".

Smaller themes in the same 50 reviews, read on 2 October 2026 and counted by the words in each review:

• Support problems ("no", "not" or "never" within three words of "support", "reply" or "response", or the word "runaround"): about 3 to 4 reviews.
• An account closed by Stake: none. About 1 to 2 reviews use "closed", "locked" or "restrictions", and none says that Stake closed the account.

Trustpilot says of its own reviews: "We use technology to protect platform integrity, but we don't fact-check reviews".

What complaints about Stake are on AskGamblers?

The 74 complaints about Stake on the casino review site AskGamblers were most often about ID checks, blocked accounts and withdrawals, by the words in their titles on 2 October 2026; the status labels on the AskGamblers complaint list showed 46 resolved, 23 rejected and 5 unresolved.

The AskGamblers page for Stake says most complaints fall under Payment, where 22 of 24 were resolved.

By keyword in the 74 complaint titles on the list's four pages, whose titles carry no dates (read on 2 October 2026; a title can count in more than one theme):

• "Verify", "verification", "KYC" (identity checks) or "document": about 29 to 30.
• "Blocked", "suspended", "suspension", "locked", "frozen", "closed" or "closure": about 19 to 22 (19 with the word "account").
• "Withdraw" or "payout": about 13 to 14.
• "Hold", "held" or "withheld": about 9 to 11 (11 with "blocked", "locked" or "frozen" funds, money or balance).
• "Deposit": about 7 to 8 (8 with "deducted", "credited" or "debited").

What do players say about Stake on Reddit?

Players in Reddit's r/Stake forum often post about Stake bonuses: about 23 to 29 of the 50 newest posts in the r/Stake new-posts feed, made from 1 October to 10:40 UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) on 2 October 2026 and read at about 10:55 UTC that day, use the word "bonus" (23), or that word or one of "monthly", "weekly", "subscription", "birthday", "code" or "reward" (29).

Of the 50 newest results of Reddit's search for "withdrawal" in r/Stake (24 July to 1 October 2026, read at about 10:55 UTC on 2 October 2026 and counted by words in the title and post text), about 5 to 8 use words for a late, missing or failing withdrawal (5 use "withdrawal issue", "withdrawal missing", "taking longer", "system error" or "can't withdraw"; 8 with "withdraw" and "issue" anywhere in the post), and about 2 to 5 say one went through (2 use "withdraw" with "done" or "came"; 5 with an amount of money directly next to "withdraw").

In a second Reddit forum, r/StakeScam, of the 50 newest posts (5 June to 1 October 2026, read at about 10:55 UTC on 2 October 2026), about 6 to 7 use "withdraw" or "withdrawal", about 5 to 6 of them with "not", "never" or "no" before "received" (once spelled "recieved"), "credited", "reached" or "come", and about 4 to 5 of those with "INR", "₹" or "rupees" (Indian rupees). About 2 to 3 use "deposit" with "debited", "stuck", "failed" or "not credited". The word "stake.us" is in 3 of the 50 posts and "stake.com", the site this review covers, in none; the stake.us terms (archived copy of 8 September 2026) say that site is "provided by Sweepsteaks Limited", a Cyprus company.

What do players say about Stake on Bitcointalk?

Players report suspended accounts and held funds at Stake on the Bitcointalk forum: of the 50 newest Stake threads on its Scam Accusations board (started 7 January 2025 to 4 September 2026), about 17 to 21 use "suspended", "blocked" or "closed" in the title or opening post (17 within six words of "account"), and about 27 to 30 use one of those words or "banned", "disabled", "frozen", "locked" or "restricted".

The board sorts topics by last post. The 50 newest by start date were found on 2 October 2026 by paging through its topic list for titles that name Stake: all sat on pages 2 to 38.

In the titles and opening posts of the 50 threads, each read on 2 October 2026 and counted by words (a thread can count in more than one theme):

• About 16 to 20 use "KYC" (identity checks), "verification" or "document" with "rejected", "denied", "declined" or "refused" (16), or with "again", "additional" or "asked for" as well (20).
• About 18 to 26 use a form of "hold" or "withhold", or "withdraw" with "blocked", "denied" or a form of "refuse" (18); with "seized", "confiscated", "frozen", "locked" or "stuck" as well, 26.
• About 6 to 7 use "closed", "closes" or "permanently disabled" (6 within six words of "account").

These are players' claims, not checked facts.

Do players report problems with Stake withdrawals?

Yes, some players report problems with Stake withdrawals, and others report being paid with no problem. These are players' reports, not checked facts, read on 2 October 2026 and counted by the words they use:

• Trustpilot, a review site: about 7 to 8 of the 50 most recent reviews use "withdraw" or "payout" with a praise word such as "fast" or "easy".
• AskGamblers, a casino review site: about 13 to 14 of 74 complaint titles use "withdraw" or "payout".
• Reddit: of the 50 newest results of a search for "withdrawal" in the r/Stake forum, about 5 to 8 use words such as "withdrawal issue" or "can't withdraw", and about 2 to 5 say one went through.
• Bitcointalk, a forum: about 18 to 26 of the 50 newest Stake threads on the Scam Accusations board (started since 7 January 2025) use a form of "hold" or "withhold", "withdraw" with "blocked", "denied" or a form of "refuse", or "seized", "confiscated", "frozen", "locked" or "stuck".

Do players report Stake accounts being closed?

Yes, players report Stake accounts being closed on some sites. These are players' reports, not checked facts, read on 2 October 2026 and counted by the words they use:

• Bitcointalk, a forum: about 17 to 21 of the 50 newest Stake threads on the Scam Accusations board (started since 7 January 2025) use "suspended", "blocked" or "closed" in the title or opening post, and about 6 to 7 use "closed", "closes" or "permanently disabled".
• AskGamblers, a casino review site: about 19 to 22 of 74 complaint titles use "blocked", "suspended", "suspension", "locked", "frozen", "closed" or "closure".
• Trustpilot, a review site: none of the 50 most recent reviews said Stake closed the account.

Does Stake reply to player complaints?

The stake.com page on the review site Trustpilot said on 2 October 2026 that Stake "Replied to 99% of negative reviews" and "Typically replies within 48 hours". None of the 50 newest reviews of Stake on the casino review site AskGamblers showed a reply that day.

On 2 October 2026 the "Stake Casino Complaint Stats" on the AskGamblers page for Stake showed an average response time of "2 days" and an average complaint duration of "10 days", against 8 days "across all operators", meaning the casino companies on AskGamblers; the stats do not say whose response time that is.

What is the history of Stake?

Stake launched in 2017, by Stake's blog (archived copy of 22 May 2022), has named a Curaçao Gaming Authority licence in its terms since the archived copy of 9 July 2025, and had about $41 million stolen in September 2023, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation said (archived copy of 23 September 2026).

When did Stake launch?

Stake launched in 2017. A Stake blog post refers to "their 2017 launch" (archived copy of 22 May 2022), and Stake's anti-money laundering policy says Medium Rare N.V., the company that runs Stake, "was established in 2017 and operates the online casino www.stake.com" (archived copy of 24 December 2021).

Records from 2017, read on 2 October 2026:

• The archived copy of 6 April 2017 of stake.com has the page title "Stake - Coming Soon...".
• The archived copy of 20 July 2017 reads "Password protected site".
• The gambling industry news site iGaming Business reported on 30 August 2017 that the Bitcoin gambling site Primedice had "developed and launched Stake.com".
• The archived copy of 10 October 2017 of the stake.com home page has the page title "Stake.com - The Bitcoin Casino" (Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency).

When did Stake get its current Curaçao licence?

The Curaçao Gaming Authority certificate for stake.com says Medium Rare N.V., the company that runs Stake, was granted Curaçao licence OGL/2024/1451/0918 on 9 June 2025. The timeline, read on 2 October 2026:

• Archived copy of 10 October 2021: the footer of Stake's terms page names "License No. 8048/JAZ issued to Antillephone", the licence holder named there.
• 24 December 2024: Curaçao's new gambling law, the National Ordinance on Games of Chance, comes into effect, according to the Curaçao Gaming Authority.
• Archived copy of 1 January 2025: Stake's anti-money laundering policy gave OGL/2024/1451/0918 as an application number ("Application no.").
• 9 June 2025: the licence is issued, with an expiry date of 9 December 2025, in the Curaçao Gaming Authority register of 28 August 2025.
• Archived copy of 9 July 2025: the first archived copy of the terms to name the Curaçao Gaming Authority licence.
• 1 April 2026: the register of that date gave a new period, 9 December 2025 to 9 June 2026.

The register of 21 September 2026 still shows the expiry date 9 June 2026, with the status "Assessment in progress", which the register does not define (words searched: means, pending, definition, note). The certificate gives the status as "Active".

Has Stake ever been hacked?

Yes, Stake was hacked in September 2023: the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said on 6 September 2023 that about $41 million in virtual currency was stolen from Stake.com on or about 4 September 2023 (archived copy of 23 September 2026). The FBI attributed the theft to the Lazarus Group, which it said is made up of North Korean (DPRK) cyber actors.

Stake's co-founder Ed Craven gave Stake's own account, which was not checked against an independent record, in a blog post (archived copy of 8 September 2023), which says:

At no stage were any user funds ever compromised. Only a small portion of Stake’s bankroll to support large winning customers was affected.

A bankroll here is the money a casino keeps to pay out wins.

Has Stake been fined or sanctioned by a regulator?

No fine or sanction against Medium Rare N.V., the company that runs Stake, was found on the registers checked on 2 October 2026: the Curaçao Gaming Authority enforcement register of 14 September 2026, the UK Gambling Commission registers of public statements and regulatory actions, and the Malta Gaming Authority enforcement register. The words searched were "stake", "Medium Rare" and "145353", the registration number of Medium Rare N.V. on the Stake terms page (read live on 2 October 2026), which names the Curaçao Gaming Authority as its licensing body. The word "stake" turns up only inside "Stakelogic" (both UK registers) and "Stakers" (Malta), in other companies' names.

Official block lists in three countries still named stake.com on 2 October 2026: the Belgian Gaming Commission list (decision of 21 April 2021), the register of Poland's Ministry of Finance (added 30 March 2020) and the French gambling regulator ANJ's list of court-ordered blocks (notice of 26 July 2021). A Danish Gambling Authority list of 14 July 2023 named stake.com; the authority's combined list, read on 2 October 2026, does not.

Two UK penalties were found, both against TGP Europe Limited, which ran Stake's UK site, stake.uk.com (notice of 12 February 2025): the UK Gambling Commission said on 5 April 2023 that TGP Europe Limited would pay a £316,250 penalty, and said on 16 May 2025 that TGP Europe surrendered its licence after being told to pay a £3.3 million penalty.

Has Stake been sued?

Yes, Stake has been sued in the United States: federal court dockets (case files), as mirrored on the court-records site CourtListener and read on 2 October 2026, list three cases with Medium Rare N.V., the company that runs Stake (Stake terms, read live on 2 October 2026), in the party list: two in the District Court for the Southern District of New York and one, case 1:26-cv-04478 filed on 21 April 2026, in the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. A docket shows that a case was filed, not that any claim in it is true.

• Freeman v. Stake.com, case 1:22-cv-07002: the docket as mirrored on CourtListener shows a complaint filed on 17 August 2022, gives 26 June 2023 as the date the case was terminated (closed), and lists a "Stipulation of Voluntary Dismissal", a filing that drops a case, on 14 October 2024.
• Doe v. Medium Rare N.V., case 1:26-cv-05975: the docket as mirrored on CourtListener shows a "Notice of Removal" filed on 15 July 2026, which moved the case from New York state court (case number 154566/2026), and papers in support of a "Motion to Compel Arbitration" filed on 8 September 2026. Such a motion asks that an arbitrator, not the court, decide a dispute.

What happened to Stake in the UK?

The UK Gambling Commission said on 12 February 2025 that Stake's UK site, stake.uk.com, would no longer be a licensed website from the following month. TGP Europe Limited, the UK licence holder, ran stake.uk.com, not Medium Rare N.V., the company that runs Stake (Stake terms, read live on 2 October 2026).

The notice says TGP Europe Limited "operate the site as part of a white-label arrangement" (a licensed company running a site under another business's brand) and would shut the Great Britain site by 11 March 2025. It says the move followed the launch of a Commission investigation into "a widely viewed video displaying the Stake-branded logo".

Other records, read on 2 October 2026:

• The UK Gambling Commission said on 16 May 2025 that TGP Europe surrendered its licence after being told to pay a £3.3 million penalty.
• The UK Gambling Commission register shows TGP Europe Limited's remote (online) casino licence as surrendered, with an end date of 15 May 2025, and lists stake.uk.com as "Inactive".

Who does Stake sponsor?

Stake's announced sponsorships include the UFC mixed martial arts organisation (March 2021), the football clubs Watford FC (July 2021) and Everton (June 2022), and the Sauber Formula 1 team (from 2023). The announcements, read on 2 October 2026:

• Stake posted on 5 March 2021 that Stake.com would become the UFC's first "Official Betting Partner" in Latin America (excluding Brazil) and Asia (Stake blog, archived copy of 15 May 2025).
• A Stake.com press release of 22 July 2021, published on the press-release service PR Newswire, said Stake would be Watford FC's principal shirt sponsor from the 2021/22 season.
• Everton announced on 9 June 2022 a multi-year front-of-shirt deal with Stake.com starting on 1 July (archived copy of 10 June 2022).
• Formula1.com, the website of the Formula 1 racing series, reported on 27 January 2023 that the Sauber-run Alfa Romeo team had named Stake as its new title sponsor.

How have Stake's terms changed over time?

Stake's terms have changed many times: archived copies of the stake.com terms from 10 October 2021 to 9 July 2025 show changes to the withdrawal fee clause, the wagering rule (how much a player must bet before a withdrawal), the dispute clause and a house edge clause. Each date links the archived copy that showed the change (all read on 2 October 2026):

• Archived copy of 10 October 2021: disputes went to arbitration (a private process outside the courts) at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre.
• Archived copy of 29 January 2022: the first copy to say that using a VPN (virtual private network) to manipulate a player's real location is a breach.
• Archived copy of 17 February 2023: a player had to wager (bet) 100% of a deposit to request a withdrawal in fiat (government-issued money).
• Archived copy of 23 May 2023: the displayed terms text had no arbitration clause (searched: "Hong Kong" and the part-word "arbitrat"). Clause 8.9 said "Stake will not charge You any fees on withdrawals."
• Archived copy of 7 September 2024: clause 8.9 read "Stake may charge You a fee on withdrawals at its discretion."
• Archived copy of 9 July 2025: clause 8.10 added the 100% wagering rule for crypto withdrawals, and clause 10.5 let Stake adjust the house edge of any slot game "at our sole discretion and without prior notice".

Clause 3.4 of the live Stake terms (read live on 2 October 2026) says Stake may amend the terms "at any time and without advanced notice".

How has Stake's list of restricted countries changed?

Stake's list of prohibited jurisdictions (countries, territories and one Canadian province, Ontario) grew from 13 names in October 2021 to 45 on the live terms page (read live on 2 October 2026), by archived copies of the stake.com terms read that day.

Stake's list of prohibited jurisdictions mostly gained names; Pakistan, Belarus, Côte d'Ivoire and Switzerland were removed.

The archived copies read: 10 October 2021, 24 December 2021, 29 January 2022, 22 July 2022, 17 February 2023, 3 October 2023, 4 December 2023, 18 January 2024, 7 September 2024, 6 October 2024, 9 July 2025, 24 July 2025, 12 January 2026, 1 March 2026, 30 June 2026 and 10 September 2026.

What safer gambling tools and support does Stake have?

Stake's responsible gambling page, Stake Smart (read live on 2 October 2026), lists loss, wager and deposit limits, a short account suspension called Break in Play and indefinite self-exclusion, and clause 6.3 of the Stake terms (read the same day) gives support by email and live chat.

Does Stake have self-exclusion?

Yes: Stake offers account self-exclusion for an indefinite period only. The Stake self-exclusion policy (read live on 2 October 2026) says an indefinite self-exclusion lasts "a minimum time period of 6 months", is not reactivated automatically, and is subject to an internal review upon the player's request in writing. The Stake Help Center (read the same day) says indefinite is the only period offered. Stake's responsible gambling page, Stake Smart (read the same day), also lists a Product Exclusion, from the casino or from sports only, for periods from 24 hours to indefinite.

A self-excluded player is "permitted to log in and contact our support team" but gets no benefits, bonuses or reloads (repeat bonuses), the live Stake policy says; the archived copy of 5 August 2026 said the player would "not be able to access your account". Wagers, reward funds and promotion entries in that time are forfeited, and losses are not refunded.

The displayed text of the live policy (without the site menu and footer) does not say what happens to the account balance: the words "balance", "withdraw" and "withdrawal" do not appear in it.

Clause 1.1 of the Stake terms (read the same day) says Medium Rare N.V., the company that runs Stake, is licensed by the Curaçao Gaming Authority. Article 5.4 of Curaçao's National Ordinance on Games of Chance (Dutch PDF, read on 2 October 2026) says a licence holder must exclude, for at least twelve months, a player who reports problem gambling and asks in writing to be excluded.

Can you set deposit or loss limits at Stake?

Yes: Stake's responsible gambling page, Stake Smart (read live on 2 October 2026), offers loss limits and wager limits by day, week or month, and a daily deposit limit set in US dollars. The page says the loss limit "is a net loss limit" (losses minus winnings): profits in the set period "will not count towards your limit amount". Unsettled bets (bets not yet decided) count towards the limit.

Lowering a limit takes effect at once; raising one, or removing a deposit limit, waits 24 hours, the page says.

Does Stake have a Break in Play or a time limit tool?

Stake offers a Break in Play of 1 day, 1 week or 1 month, which suspends the account, on its responsible gambling page, Stake Smart (read live on 2 October 2026). The Stake Help Center article on Break In Play (read live on 2 October 2026) also lists 2 days.

The displayed text of the Stake Smart page names no session time limit and no reality check (a reminder of time spent playing): the words "session limit", "time limit", "time-out", "timeout" and "reality check" do not appear in it.

How do you close a Stake account?

A Stake account can be closed from the Responsible Gambling menu under 'Account Closure', or by email to accountclosure@stake.com, according to the Stake Help Center article on closing an account (read live on 2 October 2026), which says the account closes immediately.

Reopening is by request, after a 24-hour cooling-off period, the article says. Stake's responsible gambling page, Stake Smart (read the same day), adds that Stake may keep an account closed indefinitely.

A second Stake Help Center article (read the same day) says: "Complete account deletion is not possible due to legal and compliance obligations."

How do you contact Stake support?

Stake can be contacted by email at support@stake.com and by live chat, which runs 24/7 and is available when logged in, according to clause 6.3 of the Stake terms (read live on 2 October 2026). Clause 4.3 gives the same email address for a suspended account, and clause 8.12 for recovering "funds held in a closed, locked or excluded account".

One Stake Help Center article names recovery@stake.com for a player who has lost access to the account's email address (read the same day).

How do you make a complaint to Stake?

Clause 29.1 of the Stake terms (read live on 2 October 2026) tells a player with a complaint to contact customer support by live chat or by email at support@stake.com, and its displayed text gives no time limit for a reply. The clause ends:

We will endeavour to resolve the matter promptly.

The words "days", "hours", "within" and "weeks" do not appear in the displayed text of that clause or of the disputes clause, 23.1.

The terms say Medium Rare N.V., the company that runs Stake, is licensed by the Curaçao Gaming Authority (clause 1.1). Article 5.3 of Curaçao's National Ordinance on Games of Chance (Dutch PDF, read on 2 October 2026) requires a licence holder to answer a complaint within four weeks, which can be extended once by four weeks.

Who settles a dispute with Stake?

Clause 13.1 of the Stake terms (read live on 2 October 2026) says the decision of Stake's management on dispute resolution "is final and shall not be open to review or appeal", and the displayed text of the terms names no dispute body outside the courts.

The words "ADR" (alternative dispute resolution, settling a dispute outside court), "alternative dispute", "arbitration", "mediation" and "ombudsman" (other ways to settle a dispute outside court) do not appear in the displayed text of the terms (clauses 1.1 to 29.1).

The terms say Medium Rare N.V., the company that runs Stake, is licensed by the Curaçao Gaming Authority (clause 1.1). Article 5.3 of Curaçao's National Ordinance on Games of Chance (Dutch PDF, read on 2 October 2026) says a licence holder must always offer players alternative dispute resolution, at the licence holder's cost.

A Curaçao Gaming Authority list, last updated 31 August 2026, names seven ADR bodies and does not say which licence holder uses which body.

Can you take Stake to court?

Clause 23.1 of the Stake terms (read live on 2 October 2026) says a player whose dispute with Stake is not resolved "may pursue remedies in the governing law jurisdiction set forth below", which clause 25.1 sets as the courts of Curaçao.

Medium Rare N.V., the company that runs Stake, is licensed by the Curaçao Gaming Authority (CGA), clause 1.1 says. Article 5.5 of Curaçao's National Ordinance on Games of Chance (Dutch PDF, read on 2 October 2026) requires the holder of a licence for online games of chance, granted under article 5.1 of that law, to agree with the player that disputes over the player contract go to the Curaçao court.

The CGA says on its online gaming page, read on 2 October 2026:

The CGA is not a civil court and cannot order gaming operators to compensate players or issue judgments.

How does Stake compare with BC.Game and Roobet?

The Stake terms (read live on 2 October 2026) say Stake is operated by Medium Rare N.V., licensed by the Curaçao Gaming Authority, while BC.Game's licence page (read live on 2 October 2026) says BC.Game, a gaming and betting site, is operated by Twocent Technology Limited under a licence from the Comoros island of Anjouan, and the Roobet Help Center welcome article, read on 2 October 2026, calls Roobet an "Online Casino" and names no operator company.

Stake vs BC.Game: how do the operator and the licence compare?

The Stake terms (read live on 2 October 2026) say Stake is owned and operated by Medium Rare N.V., licensed by the Curaçao Gaming Authority, while BC.Game's licence page (read live on 2 October 2026) says BC.Game, a gaming and betting site, is operated by Twocent Technology Limited of Belize and "licensed and regulated by the Government of the Autonomous Island of Anjouan, Union of Comoros" under licence ALSI-202410011-FI1.

The Curaçao Gaming Authority certificate for stake.com, read on 2 October 2026, gives company number 145353, licence OGL/2024/1451/0918 and the status Active, while the authority's register of 21 September 2026 gives that licence the status "Assessment in progress".

The Anjouan licence validation page for bc.game, read on 2 October 2026, shows "Operating status: VALID" under a notice that the page had expired.

Stake and BC.Game differ on operator company, licensing body and licence number, by the pages read on 2 October 2026.

Stake vs Roobet: how do the operator and the licence compare?

The Stake terms (read live on 2 October 2026) say Stake is owned and operated by Medium Rare N.V., licensed by the Curaçao Gaming Authority under licence OGL/2024/1451/0918, while the displayed text of the welcome article in the Help Center of Roobet, a site that calls itself an "Online Casino" there, read on 2 October 2026, names no operator company and no licence number. That text does not contain "operated", "company" or "Limited", and says of a licence only:

We are a fully licensed and regulated Online Casino

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