Stake Review

Stake is one of the best-known names in crypto-native online gambling. Founded in 2017 and operated by Medium Rare N.V., it has grown into one of the most recognized betting brands worldwide by combining a full sportsbook, a large casino portfolio, and its own set of provably fair games — Crash, Mines, Plinko, and Limbo among them — under one account, funded almost entirely through cryptocurrency.

Sportsbook and casino coverage

On the sports side, Stake covers football, cricket, tennis, basketball, baseball, ice hockey, MMA, boxing, Formula 1, and esports, with bet builder and same-game-parlay tools available across major markets. The casino side is built around thousands of slots and live-dealer tables from third-party studios, layered with Stake's own in-house games, which is a meaningfully different structure from an operator that just licenses a standard slot catalogue — the provably fair originals are verifiable game-by-game, not just a marketing claim.

Payments: built around crypto, not bolted on

Stake supports a wide currency list — Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash, Dogecoin, XRP, Tron, Solana, USDT and USDC among the cryptocurrencies we track as supported for both deposits and withdrawals, alongside fiat options including EUR, USD, CAD, AUD, BRL and INR depending on region. Instant crypto withdrawals are one of the platform's most consistently cited strengths, and it shows in our own scoring: Stake's withdrawal speed and payment reliability both sit at the top of our trust-metric scale.

Licensing: real, but Curaçao-tier

Stake holds an active Curaçao eGaming license (OGL/2024/1451/0918), which we've verified against Stake's own published licensing page. That's a genuine, legally valid license — it just sits at the offshore tier rather than an established regulator like the UK Gambling Commission or Malta Gaming Authority, which is exactly why our own license score for Stake (7.5/10) sits lower than its withdrawal, payment, and support scores (9/10 each). See our Trust Score methodology for how licence tier factors into the overall number, and our Trust Index to see how Stake's 8.76 compares to other operators we track.

VIP program and everyday usability

Stake's loyalty structure runs six VIP levels with rakeback and reload bonuses built in — a more developed tiered program than many of the operators we track offer. Day to day, the platform supports 24/7 live chat and email support, native iOS and Android apps alongside the web app, and interface localization across eleven languages including English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, and Hindi.

Availability and what to check before signing up

Stake is available in a wide footprint — 37 countries in our own tracked availability data — but it explicitly restricts a number of regulated markets, including the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Belgium, and Australia. availability varies by jurisdiction and can change, so confirming Stake is accessible and compliant in your own location before registering is a genuinely necessary step, not a formality.

Responsible gambling tools

Stake provides deposit limits, loss limits, session limits, reality checks, and self-exclusion as account-level controls. These sit alongside the standard KYC and anti-fraud verification the platform requires, which applies regardless of which currency or payment method is used to fund an account.

Where Stake stands overall

Stake's combination of sportsbook depth, a large and partly original casino catalogue, broad crypto support, and consistently strong payment reliability is why it scores well across most of our Trust Index dimensions. The clearest trade-off is regulatory tier — a Curaçao license with real, verifiable terms, but lighter oversight than a top-tier regulator — and a restricted-country list that rules it out for players in several major regulated markets. For crypto-first bettors outside those restricted regions, it remains one of the more complete platforms we track.