Stake crypto sports bookie review

Cryptocurrency bookmaker Stake was founded in 2017 in Curacao islands. Currently, the bookie accepts bets in more than 15 cryptocurrency accounts, and there is also an alternative to replenish the game account with fiat currencies. Overview of the most notable features of the company in our material.

The holder of the license of this BTC bookmaker is Medium Rare N.V. It is thanks to this company that the Stake bookmaker operates legally in the Internet, which allows it to accept bets both in LIVE mode and in pre-match. Next, we will look at the features of the functionality, bonus policy and mobile solutions from an organization that has already gained a fairly stable reputation in the gaming market in less than six years.

Registration process

Access to Stake services on the Internet is prohibited or restricted in 26 countries, including the United States of America, Germany, France and Spain. It is also forbidden to place bets here, by the way, on the territory of Curacao. Residents of the United Kingdom of Great Britain also do not have the right to register, which should be taken into account at the initial stage of such a desire. Using a VPN connection will solve the problem of creating a game account in Stake, but at the stage of ordering payments, there may be nuances that will be irresistible.

To start registration, you need to click on the corresponding blue button in the upper right corner. You can also create a game account from the mobile version of Stake, so you can use this opportunity if you wish. The account creation form, which appears on the screen as a result of the manipulations described above, has fields for entering e-mail data, a new user login with a length of 3 to 14 characters of the Latin alphabet and Arabic numerals, a password, and a date of birth. It is better to choose a password as complex as possible, using characters in different cases and special characters.

For authorization on the Stake website, you can also use active accounts in popular social networks, such as:

• Facebook;
• Google+;
• Line;
• Twitch.

No additional confirmation of registration and verification is required at the initial stages. However, customers of a bookie with cryptocurrencies must confirm their identity before receiving the first payment from the account. Although this is not a mandatory procedure for most companies registered in an offshore zone.

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Deposits and Withdrawal Options

There are nineteen ways to replenish your Stake account through cryptocurrency payments. Among the available payment methods are the following: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Binance Coin, Tether, XRP, Dogecoin, Cronos, Litecoin, Polygon, SHIBA INU, APEcoin, The Sandbox, Binance USD, Dai, TRON, EOS, Uniswap, Bitcoin Cash, Chainlink.

Even if you don't have a cryptocurrency wallet yet, the bookmaker offers an alternative, namely, replenishment with fiat funds through four common financial systems:

• Mastercard
• Apple Pay
• Google Pay
• Samsung Pay

The wallet on the Stake website is set to BTC by default, you can change the settings in your personal account. Also, with the help of exchanges affiliated with the bookmaker, there is an option to exchange fiat money for cryptocurrency directly in the betting portal environment. There are no additional financial restrictions on the amounts of deposits and withdrawals, which is a serious advantage compared to traditional bookmakers, which often artificially create barriers to earnings for their own customers.

Sportsbook Promotions

The list of promotions and bonuses of the bookmaker Stake for bettors who like to bet on sports with cryptocurrency can be found on a special page. Among the bonuses, the client will not find welcome offers. But for existing users, nine promotions are active as of January 2023, including thematic tournaments in sports, bonuses from the bookmaker's official partners - football clubs from England Watford and Everton, as well as the Match of the Week in European football or, for example, a bonus for bets on the 3rd quarter or prime time in American football.

Thus, punters from all over the world can find something interesting for themselves in the bonuses section of Stake. The specifics of the promotions depend on the client's favourite sports discipline. During the off-season, we did not manage to find out about eSports promotions. However, we have no doubt that they will appear in the list by the end of February.

LIVE betting

At the top left of the Stake bookmaker website there is a menu to choose between online casino services and sports betting. Choosing the betting section, the client immediately finds himself in an environment with a line of odds, which is common for both LIVE bets and pre-match. At the very top of the page there are banners with bonus offers, or just obvious advantages that Stake provides and with which it seeks to carry out marketing activities.

Scrolling below, the client will certainly pay attention to the filters that allow you to choose both events that have already started and those matches that will start in the near future or in a few days. In the "Lobby" all events are offered, then in the "Favorites" you can select those that interest the bettor. This is done manually. The odds that have already been added to the coupon fall into the "My bets" category. By default, the content of the "LIVE Events" filter category is displayed below the page.

On the right side of the screen, there is a filter of betting markets, which offers a choice of three types, namely: winner of the match, total and handicap. Having opened a certain match, the Stake client will realize that the quotes can hardly be called profitable, as well as the width of the painting, which is not impressive. Margin is almost the only advantage of the Stake bookmaker's line. For an average football match it is 3.55%, the more status event - the lower will be the margin of the company that accepts bets.

In the settings of the personal account, each Stake client can change the appearance of quotes to a convenient one for himself. There are six types of odds among the available options:

• Decimal;
• Fractional;
• American;
• Indonesian;
• Hong Kong;
• Malaysian.

When choosing a certain option, all quotes on all available lines are automatically adjusted to the bettor. Also, you can always return to the default view of coefficients, which is decimal.

Broadcast

Access to watching matches directly on the betting platform of the company exists for all registered Stake customers. It is not even necessary to replenish your account - whether in cryptocurrency or in fiat money. 99% of events from LIVE markets can be viewed directly on the bookmaker's website, absolutely free of charge. Almost the only drawback is the small size of the stream window, which, even when expanded to full screen mode, does not increase significantly.

Security

For secure access to the services of the site, the Stake bokkie offers two-factor identification. Each client who has registered, even with the help of social networks, receives a unique QR code, through which an additional security mechanism is provided. This data must be stored separately, as well as a unique graphic code that will work to provide access to the bookmaker's mobile application. However, applications for betting on Android and iPhone in cryptocurrency have not yet been developed. Apparently, their development is just in progress.

Anonymous

Stake does not provide an anonymous mode to its customers. This is a serious drawback, because most specialized cryptocurrency bookmakers have already managed to implement this function on all their platforms.

Service and Customer Support

If a client of the bookmaker Stake needs advice and other organizational assistance, he can send an email to support@stake.com, or use the live chat on the website or in the mobile application of the company. Interestingly, this functionality has a search box for key queries, as well as answers to common questions, which are immediately presented to the attention of punters in BTC.

Since the bookmaker is registered in Curacao. It would be illogical to provide a local mobile or landline phone number for communication with customers. After all, more than 95% of them live abroad, so they are unlikely to choose this method of communication. However, the high level of functionality and speed of the proposed communication methods, as well as the modern approach to their software implementation allows you to forget that there are only two ways to contact Stake support.

Design and Usability

The website of the Stake bookie is available in 15 languages. In particular, much attention is paid to the developers of the Southeast Asian region, in particular, there are Taiwanese, Chinese, Vietnamese and even Indonesian language versions for visitors from the respective regions. The button for switching language versions of the site is located in an atypical position, namely on the bottom left, under other menu categories.

Externally, the Stake resource looks somewhat gray, although the main color shade is closer to dark green or blue. In any case, in terms of design, the company could go much further and dilute this tone with something more contrasting than just the white color of the context menu.

It is quite convenient to use the online resource of the Stake company, thanks to the function of hiding the left menu you can minimize the image of the panel if the client does not plan to use it constantly. The central sidebar is quite informative and does not cause additional inconvenience. All information on it looks logical and proportionally placed. And the organizational and licensing data of the bookmaker are located in the basement of the site, everything is quite traditional here. 

Mobile app

As of early 2023, Stake has not implemented a separate program for bitcoin betting from mobile. Fans of betting from a smartphone or tablet can use the mobile version of the site.

Other Products

In addition to sports betting in cryptocurrency, the international legal bookmaker Stake offers online casino services. Among them, in particular, roulette, thematic online slots, baccarat, blackjack and table games and much more that may interest even experienced gamblers.

Reputation

In the sixth year of its existence, Stake has a fairly stable influx of new users, which is helped by the good reputation of this platform. Also in favor of the development of the cryptocurrency product is its reliability and versatility. In addition, it is already clear that this is not the limit for growth and the company will continue to increase its own capacity in terms of software implementation and increase the comfort of the online betting process in BTC.