Stake Review

Stake takes crypto, not CS2 skins

If you are coming from a skins site, start here. You can't deposit, open or withdraw CS2 skins on Stake. You fund it with crypto (Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, USDT, Solana, XRP and more), and in some countries with bank transfers or Indian rupees. It is a crypto casino and sportsbook, so everything below is about money, and you can lose all of what you deposit. 18+ only.

The Crash, Plinko, Mines and Dice formats you know from skin sites are here as Stake Originals, its own in-house games. Slots and live tables come from outside studios.

What each game costs you

House edge is the share of every bet the casino keeps over the long run. A 1% edge means that over many bets you lose about $1 for every $100 you bet. Here is what Stake's games cost, from its own game pages and on-chain estimates:

Game	Edge	Expected loss per $100 bet
Originals (Dice, Limbo, Mines, Plinko, Crash)	1% stated, 1.01% on-chain estimate	about $1
Roulette (single zero, 97.30% RTP)	2.7%	about $2.70
Sportsbook	about 7% estimated hold	about $7

The on-chain figures come from tracking wallets that cover about 85% of Stake's crypto flow. That method cannot see individual games, so 1.01% is an estimate that agrees with the stated 1%. The sportsbook figure is a hold, not a fixed edge, and it moves with the markets people bet. Either way, a dollar bet on sports costs several times what a dollar on Dice does.

The Originals are provably fair. In plain words, you can check after each bet that the result was set before you played and not changed afterwards: you can change your own seed, and Stake reveals its seed so you can compare it with the hash it showed you beforehand. For Crash there is an outside check too: in July 2026 provablyfair.org, an independent group that tests provably fair claims, recomputed all 8.2 million Crash rounds since 2019 from the seed Stake committed to in 2019 and got a 99.087% return, against the stated 99%.

One limit matters to high rollers. The help centre lists a maximum profit per bet on crypto Originals, set per coin. A huge multiplier on a big bet can pay less than the multiplier suggests, so read that table before raising stakes.

What code BTRF is worth

Rakeback is money Stake returns to you from what you bet. Stake ranks players into VIP levels by their total bets, and normally rakeback starts at Bronze. Bronze takes $10,000 in wagers. That means the total of every bet, so $50 bet 200 times counts as $10,000 even if you only deposited $50. Reload bonuses start later, at Platinum ($250,000). Code BTRF, Betrefs' affiliate code, gives 3.5% rakeback from day one.

Stake's rakeback article spells out what the 3.5% is: 3.5% of the house edge on each bet, win or lose, with sports bets counted at a 3% edge. That changes the value a lot. On $1,000 of 1% Dice your expected loss is $10, so the rakeback is about $0.35, not $35. It does not make playing profitable.

The 3x weighting for sports bets toward VIP is worth knowing for the same reason. It gets you to Bronze faster through the product with the highest hold.

To use the code, enter BTRF when you sign up, or on the Offers page within 24 hours. Before that, check that Stake is allowed where you live. Deposit crypto on the network Stake shows, play, and withdraw back to a wallet you control. Our Stake promo code page has the steps, what the rakeback is worth per game and what US players get instead, and the Stake VIP calculator works out your rakeback and VIP level from what you bet.

Crypto in, crypto out

To deposit you need crypto in a wallet or on an exchange. Copy the deposit address Stake gives you and send on the exact network it names. USDT exists on several networks, and sending on the wrong one can lose the money.

Stake's withdrawal limits page says there is no maximum withdrawal. Each coin has its own minimum and a fixed fee that Stake deducts: 1 USDT on a 2.5 USDT minimum, 0.00001571 BTC on BTC, 0.00067447 ETH on ETH, 0.000005 SOL on SOL. The page lists 21 coins in all, including DOGE, TRX, BNB and USDC.

We list Stake as an instant-withdrawal site, with two catches from its withdrawal help page. Larger withdrawals "may require manual processing", which means a person reviews them first and the money can be held meanwhile. And if you deposit and withdraw without betting, the withdrawal is invalid, and Stake treats that pattern as coin mixing. Play before you cash out.

Bank and rupee deposits are where it goes wrong

Stake's help centre has deposit guides for Canadian dollars and Indian rupees. Bank transfers can take up to 24 hours, after which it asks you to contact support with the date, reference number, recipient details and amount. Rupee deposits can be escalated from your transaction history after 24 hours.

That is where the complaints sit. Stake has a 3.9 on Trustpilot from 11,872 reviews, but the score needs reading with care. Many recent 5-star reviews are one-liners posted on the same day, one signed with a Kick username, which looks like promoted reviews. The 1-star side is consistent: bank or INR deposits taken from the account and never credited, then scripted support. One reviewer says money went back after an AML (anti-money-laundering) check was triggered. If you can use crypto, use crypto.

Where you can legally play

Availability depends on your region, and the help centre says so. In February 2025 the UK Gambling Commission announced that Stake.uk.com, a white-label site run by TGP Europe, would close by 11 March 2025 after a Commission investigation. Stake.com's terms page blocks our fetches, so we read the archived copy from 11 October 2026: it bars 45 places, including the US and the UK, and our Stake promo code page lists them all. Check the current terms before depositing.

The help centre lists official mirror sites for when the main domain is down, and warns that fake copies of Stake exist. Use only the mirrors it lists, because a fake can take your deposit. A mirror is for outages, not a way around the rules where you live. Verification can ask for ID, proof of address, proof of income and a selfie with your ID.

The company and its marketing

Stake launched in 2017 and is operated by Medium Rare N.V. We could not reach the Curacao register, so we don't quote a licence number. The founders own it through Easygo, their Melbourne company, and also co-founded Kick, the streaming platform where much of Stake's marketing runs. Stake's X feed posts big wins, like a $350K payout on a Yankees win. Sponsored streams and promoted wins tell you nothing about what you can expect to win. The edge table above does.

On size it has no rival in our data: about $2.24 billion in crypto deposits over 30 days from around 777,400 depositors, with a median deposit of $41.85. Its US sister site, Stake.us, faces class actions in four states.

Account safety

Turn on two-factor authentication, which asks for a code from your phone at login. Passkeys are supported too. The Vault holds funds apart from your playing balance. Full account deletion is not possible, but you can close your account, take a Break-In-Play pause or self-exclude indefinitely. Stake Smart, linked from its responsible gambling section, has more tools.

Tanzanite's checklist

Tanzanite, a crypto casino data site, rates casinos on a checklist of five areas: provably fair games, responsible gambling tools, customer support, published RTPs, and operations (proof of funds and six months running). It lists Stake as "Tanzanite Certified", meaning it met all five (its Stake page, checked 29 October 2026). The checklist covers what a site offers, not an audit of what its games pay. Tanzanite is supported by Stake, so this isn't an independent view of Stake.

Who Stake suits

Crypto players in a country Stake allows who mostly play the Originals. For them the 1% edge is checkable and BTRF adds a small rakeback from day one. Sports bettors pay several times more per bet, and bank or rupee depositors are where the complaints come from. Set a limit before you deposit.