Casino review
Stake review
The largest crypto casino and sportsbook, licensed in Curaçao since 2017.
The market leader among crypto casinos, run by Medium Rare N.V. in Curaçao since 2017, with 31 originals, a full sportsbook, card deposits in a set of local currencies and the most detailed withdrawal price list of any operator reviewed here. Verification is required before a deposit, its terms name 45 prohibited jurisdictions including Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, and its main site challenges automated visitors, so several policy pages were read from dated archive copies.
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The short version
Stake publishes more payment detail than anyone else on this list. Its help centre carries a 22-coin network table, a per-coin minimum and fee for every withdrawal, a table of the local currencies it takes by Visa and Mastercard, and a clear statement that email and account verification come before any deposit. The product is the broadest available: 31 originals, a sportsbook with live streams and multi-bet insurance, a live casino, and a VIP Club that starts at $10,000 wagered.
What Stake does not publish is a withdrawal time; it says larger withdrawals may be held for manual processing and promises nothing about speed. Its terms name 45 prohibited jurisdictions, one of the longest lists here, and its own pages disagree with each other in places, listing card deposits for countries the terms exclude. The main site also blocks automated readers, so this review draws on dated archive copies of the terms and policy pages where the live pages could not be read.
Key facts
Superscripts link to the source list. "Not stated" means we could not find it in the operator's own documentation.
- Operator
- Medium Rare N.V., registration 145353, head office Seru Loraweg 17 B, Curaçao. Payments are handled by two Cypriot payment agents named in the terms, Medium Rare Limited (HE 410775) and MRS Tech Ltd (HE 477481).1
- Licence
- Curaçao Gaming Authority, licence OGL/2024/1451/0918, held by Medium Rare N.V. No validation seal was found on the pages read.1,2
- Established
- 2017. The anti-money-laundering policy says the operating company was established in 2017.2
- Cryptocurrencies listed
- BTC, ETH, LTC, USDT, DOGE, BCH, XRP, EOS, TRX, BNB, USDC, APE, BUSD, CRO, DAI, LINK, SAND, SHIB, UNI, POL, SOL, TRUMP3
- Networks to check
- USDT on ERC20, BEP20, Polygon, Tron and Solana. USDC on ERC20, BEP20, Polygon and Solana. ETH on ERC20 and BEP20. DAI and POL on ERC20, BEP20 and Polygon. BUSD is withdrawal only. The same article lists the networks Stake does not support. A separate help article says Stake does not support token deposits, which the networks table contradicts.3
- Buying crypto in-app
- Yes. Crypto purchases through MoonPay or Swapped from the wallet, with Stake highlighting the better rate. Visa and Mastercard deposits in selected local currencies, including CAD, EUR, NZD, AED, CLP, ISK and others, with per-currency deposit and withdrawal ranges in the help centre. The card table includes countries the terms prohibit.4,5
- Verification
- Email, full name, date of birth and address at sign-up. Email and account verification before any deposit, and the AML policy says customer information is collected before a deposit address is issued. Email verification before a crypto withdrawal; identity verification before a first bank withdrawal; the terms allow withdrawals to be refused until identity is verified, extra checks on any withdrawal, and account suspension for KYC at an unpublished risk-based withdrawal threshold. Only Level 1 is named on the live help pages.6,2,1
- Withdrawal minimum
- Per coin, published in the help centre and shown again on the withdrawal screen: 0.00002504 BTC, 0.001 ETH, 0.01857329 LTC, 2.5 USDT, 2.5 USDC, 1 XRP, 0.01050998 SOL, 5.4992597 DOGE, 7.82408913 TRX, among others. No maximum withdrawal.7
- Withdrawal fees
- A fixed per-coin fee deducted from the balance, published in the help centre: 0.00001571 BTC, 0.00067447 ETH, 1 USDT, 1 USDC, 0.0001 XRP, 0.000005 SOL, 0.52151198 DOGE, among others. The terms let Stake charge withdrawal fees at its discretion.7,8,1
- Withdrawal timing
- No time stated for crypto. Larger withdrawals may require manual processing and a temporary hold. Every deposit must be wagered once before withdrawal. Bank, card and Interac withdrawals take up to three business days. Stake does not describe withdrawals as instant.9,10
- Own originals
- Yes, 31 Stake Originals, including Mines, Dice, Blackjack, Plinko, Limbo, Keno, Crash, Chicken, HiLo, Dragon Tower, Wheel, Roulette, Baccarat, Video Poker, Cases, Darts, Slide and Primedice.11
- Game providers
- No count published. Studios named on Stake's pages include Pragmatic Play, Evolution, Hacksaw Gaming, Nolimit City, Play'n GO, Push Gaming, Relax Gaming, ELK Studios, NetEnt, Big Time Gaming, Red Tiger, BGaming and Endorphina.12,13
- Live casino
- Yes: roulette, blackjack, baccarat and game shows from Evolution and Pragmatic Play Live, with Live88 also named.14,13
- Sportsbook
- Yes, Stake Sportsbook: live betting and cash out, free live streams on selected events, Stake Shield multi-bet protection, esports and horse racing.15
- Provably fair
- Yes, for Stake Originals: a hashed operator seed committed before the bet plus a player seed, verifiable on-site and with third-party open-source verifiers. Stake states it is a verified operator on the Crypto Gambling Foundation network.16
- Rewards and VIP
- Stake VIP Club with 15 tiers from Bronze ($10,000 wagered) through Silver, Gold, six Platinum levels and five Diamond levels to Obsidian ($1 billion). Rakeback at 3.5 percent of house edge across casino, poker rake and sportsbook; sports wagers count three times towards progress; reloads and weekly and monthly bonuses at higher tiers. The welcome offer is early access to that rakeback, unlocked by entering a referral code within 24 hours of opening the account; no standard deposit-match offer is documented.17,18,19
- Support
- Live chat 24 hours a day, available when logged in, and email to [email protected]. Help centre in 17 languages. No phone support documented. No app-store app; the mobile offering is the website added to the home screen.1,20,21
- Restricted territories (documented)
- 45 prohibited jurisdictions in the terms, including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Mexico, the Netherlands, Ontario, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States, plus sanctioned persons. Australia, the UK and the US are all named. The live card-deposit table nevertheless lists Croatia, Ireland and South Africa.1,5
- Responsible gambling tools
- Daily deposit limits, daily, weekly and monthly loss and wager limits, a break in play of one day to one month, product exclusion from casino or sportsbook for 24 hours to indefinite, and indefinite self-exclusion with a six-month minimum and a return-to-play review. Lowering a limit is immediate; raising or removing one takes 24 hours.22,23,24
What Stake is
Stake is the operator the rest of the crypto casino market measures itself against. Medium Rare N.V. has run it from Curaçao since 2017, under a Gaming Authority licence, with Cypriot payment agents handling card money. The product covers everything: 31 originals, a slots and table library from the major studios, a live casino, a sportsbook with streams and multi-bet insurance, poker, and a VIP Club whose top tier requires a billion dollars of turnover. The site runs in 17 languages and the help centre is the deepest of any reviewed here, with 143 articles in English.
One practical note about this review. Stake.com answers automated visitors with a bot check, so the terms, the AML policy and the product pages could not be read live from our connection. Those entries are taken from the operator's own pages as archived on the dates given in the sources, mostly 10 to 23 September 2026, and the help centre was read live. Stake.com and Stake.us are different products; nothing here describes the US sweepstakes site.
Deposits, networks and buying crypto
The networks article is the one to keep open. It lists 22 coins and the networks Stake accepts for each, with USDT on five networks and USDC on four, and then lists the networks it does not support, which is rarer and more useful. BUSD can be withdrawn but not deposited. One older help article says Stake does not support token deposits at all, which the table plainly contradicts; follow the table and the deposit screen. Crypto deposits under one cent are not processed automatically, and the terms say the wallet shows any minimum and maximum. The networks guide covers the general rules.
Players without crypto can buy it through MoonPay or Swapped from the wallet, and Stake shows which of the two has the better rate. Separately, Stake takes Visa and Mastercard deposits in a set of local currencies, from Canadian and New Zealand dollars to euros, dirhams and pesos, with a deposit and withdrawal range for each. The oddity is that the card table lists Croatia, Ireland and South Africa, all of which the terms prohibit; the review records both and does not resolve it.
Verification
Stake is not a play-first casino. Its deposit article says your email and account need to be verified before making any deposit, and the AML policy says customer information is collected before a deposit address is issued. Registration takes an email address, full name, date of birth and address, which is the Level 1 the live help pages describe; an older blog described further levels with identity documents, proof of address and source of funds, and the terms allow all of those to be requested before any withdrawal, at a risk-based threshold, or at any time. A first bank-transfer withdrawal requires identity verification outright. Two-factor authentication by authenticator app and passkeys are available and cover logins, withdrawals and tips. The verification guide explains why doing this early is the sensible order.
Withdrawals
Stake publishes what most operators keep in the wallet: a minimum and a fixed fee for every coin, in a help article dated August 2026 and repeated on the withdrawal screen. Withdrawing a stablecoin costs one USDT or USDC; withdrawing bitcoin costs 0.00001571 BTC against a 0.00002504 BTC minimum. There is no maximum. The terms keep the right to charge fees at Stake's discretion, and every deposit must be wagered once before it can be withdrawn.
What is missing is any statement of time. The help centre says larger withdrawals may need manual processing and a temporary hold, bank and card withdrawals take up to three business days, and nowhere does Stake describe a withdrawal as instant. That silence is more honest than a marketing figure, but it means the four stages have no published clock here, and we have not measured one.
Games, sportsbook and fairness
The 31 originals run from the standard set, Mines, Dice, Plinko, Limbo, Crash and Keno, through Stake's own additions such as Dragon Tower, Chicken, Cases, Darts, Tome of Life and Video Poker. All of them are provably fair by the hashed-operator-seed-plus-player-seed method, verifiable on the site and through independent open-source verifiers, and Stake says it is a verified operator with the Crypto Gambling Foundation. Third-party slots and live tables, from Pragmatic Play, Evolution, Hacksaw, Nolimit City, Play'n GO and the other studios named on its pages, use the studio's certified random number generation; no provider count is published. The provably fair guide covers what the check proves.
The sportsbook is a full product rather than an add-on: live betting with cash out, free streams on selected events, Stake Shield, which refunds a multi-bet if one leg fails, esports and horse racing. Sports wagers also count three times towards VIP progress.
Rewards and offers
Stake's offer is the VIP Club rather than a deposit bonus. Fifteen tiers run from Bronze at $10,000 wagered to Obsidian at $1 billion, with rakeback at 3.5 percent of house edge on casino play, poker rake and sports, plus reloads, weekly and monthly bonuses and level-up rewards as tiers rise. The help article says more than 15 levels and lists exactly 15, and the VIP Club page groups the thresholds slightly differently; the help centre figures are used here. The welcome offer is early access to that rakeback, normally unlocked at Bronze, by entering a referral code within 24 hours of registering. No standard deposit-match welcome bonus is documented, and Stake's own article on wagering requirements uses a 30x example only as an illustration. The bonus guide explains why rakeback quoted on house edge is a small number.
Support and player protection
Live chat runs 24 hours a day once you are logged in, with email support and a help centre in 17 languages. The responsible gambling toolkit is the most complete on this list: daily deposit limits, loss and wager limits by day, week or month, a break in play of one day, two days, one week or one month, product exclusion from casino or sportsbook for 24 hours up to indefinite, and self-exclusion, which is indefinite only, with a six-month minimum before a formal return-to-play review. Lowering a limit applies immediately and raising one waits 24 hours. Crypto deposited above a limit is held in a withholding balance rather than refused.
Who it suits, and who it does not
Stake suits a player who wants the widest product under one login, published withdrawal costs, and the reassurance of the largest operator in the sector. It suits a card depositor in one of the supported local currencies. It does not suit anyone in its 45 prohibited jurisdictions, a list long enough to take in most of Europe and the Americas as well as Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, and it does not suit a player who wants to deposit before verifying anything, because verification comes first here.
What we have not tested
We have not opened an account, deposited, withdrawn or contacted support, and we could not read Stake.com's live pages from our connection because the site challenges automated readers; the terms, policies and product pages are cited from the operator's own pages as archived on the dates shown, and the help centre was read live. Where Stake's pages contradict each other, on token deposits, on card deposits from prohibited countries and on the number of VIP tiers, the review records both versions. No withdrawal has been timed.
Sources
Operator pages read on the date shown. Operator statements are what the operator says about itself; where we have not tested something ourselves, the review says so.
- Stake terms of service Clauses 1.1, 7.8 to 7.10, 8.1, 8.9, 8.12 and 14.2 to 14.3. Read from the operator's page as archived on 10 September 2026; the live page challenges automated readers. Checked 26 September 2026.
- Stake anti-money-laundering policy Establishment year, KYC before a deposit address, withdrawal threshold. Archived 10 September 2026. Checked 26 September 2026.
- Help centre: acceptable blockchain networks for cryptocurrencies 22 coins with supported and unsupported networks; dated 24 August 2026 by Stake. Checked 26 September 2026.
- Help centre: purchasing crypto with MoonPay or Swapped In-app crypto purchase. Checked 26 September 2026.
- Help centre: can I use my credit card for deposit Local-currency card deposits and the per-currency table. Checked 26 September 2026.
- Help centre: crypto, how to make a deposit Verification before any deposit. Checked 26 September 2026.
- Help centre: crypto, what are the withdrawal limits Per-coin minimums and fees; dated 24 August 2026 by Stake. Checked 26 September 2026.
- Help centre: crypto, how to make a withdrawal Fee deducted from the balance. Checked 26 September 2026.
- Help centre: crypto, help with withdrawals Manual processing hold; wagering before withdrawal. Checked 26 September 2026.
- Help centre: crypto deposit limits Deposits under one cent. Checked 26 September 2026.
- Stake Originals category page 31 originals. Archived 13 September 2026. Checked 26 September 2026.
- Help centre: which casino games save bonuses and free spins Studios named on the live help centre. Checked 26 September 2026.
- Stake casino game providers page Studios named. Archived 4 February 2026. Checked 26 September 2026.
- Help centre: what is rakeback Rakeback scope including live dealer games. Checked 26 September 2026.
- Stake Sportsbook home Sportsbook features. Archived 23 September 2026. Checked 26 September 2026.
- Help centre: provable fairness for Stake Original games Mechanism and verification. Checked 26 September 2026.
- Help centre: what is the Stake VIP program Tiers and thresholds. Checked 26 September 2026.
- Help centre: how to get my welcome offer Referral-code rakeback offer. Checked 26 September 2026.
- Help centre: what is the Stake affiliate program Commission basis. Checked 26 September 2026.
- Stake homepage Language selector, 17 languages. Archived 14 September 2026. Checked 26 September 2026.
- Stake blog: how to download the Stake mobile app Progressive web app, no store app. Archived 16 April 2026. Checked 26 September 2026.
- Help centre: self-exclusion Indefinite exclusion and review. Checked 26 September 2026.
- Help centre: gambling limits Loss and wager limits, cooling-off on increases. Checked 26 September 2026.
- Help centre: deposit limits Daily deposit limit and withholding balance. Checked 26 September 2026.