Stake - bitcoin casino review (updated 2020)

• Introduction
• 1. Technical
• 2. My experience
• 3. Games
• 4. Deposit/withdrawal
• 5. Community
• Update 1
• Update 2 (December 2019)
• Update 3 (January 2020)
• Summary

If you are looking for the most unique crypto casino – Stake.com is exactly what you need. It was established in 2017, but despite its young age there is extremely experienced team behind it, who were the creators of the first successful bitcoin dice website - Primedice. For only one year Stake has become a giant among crypto gambling platforms, which provides ultimate gaming experience to thousands of players.

1. Technical

Fairness and transparency are what Stake’s management stands for and it is clearly expressed with their constant communication with players and in every technical aspect of the platform. The casino is licensed and operates under two seals of trust: Crypto Gambling Foundation and Curacao gaming license.

The first great feature awaits you right after the website’s main page is loaded – instant registration, which means you only need to enter your username and you’re ready to play. All the functionality is available for you by signing up this way, you will only need to bind your email when it comes to withdrawal (only for your safety). And if you have concerns about how your account stays yours with only username - it is possible thanks to latest technologies Stake has in use. Player’s anonymity is also what Stake’s administration highly values, so in most cases nobody will ask you who is behind your username, even upon withdrawal.

Any issue player has can be quickly solved with the help of 24/7 support chat. But if you’re hesitating if your question is in need of support help or just want to hear public opinion – there is a whole forum with friendly people, so in any case your question won’t be left without attention.

Intuitive and flexible website’s interface is available in six languages, which are English, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and French. It is 100% mobile-friendly and you can also switch between light and night modes depending on your mood or preferences.

3. Games

There are 12 different bespoke games designed in the same style:

• Blackjack
• Mines
• Plinko
• Wheel
• Hilo
• Roulette
• Chartbet
• Dice (sphere and original)
• Diamond poker
• Keno
• Baccarat

Each of them has provably fair open algorithm behind it, so the result of every single bet can be verified personally by the player. Provably fair - an open source algorithm of random number generation which involves not only server’s input number (the casino’s), but also from a client (the player), making impossible for one party to manipulate the result. Such inputs also called seeds and on Stake players can see the seed provided by server and change client seed (otherwise it will be generated randomly). Thus, players can verify every bet for fairness as well as watch the replay or share it with friend by the link.

Eight out of twelve games are available to be played in auto-betting mode with custom parameters, which is great for those who like testing different strategies.

Another useful feature all Stake games have is a game progress tracker which allows players to see how much was in loss or profit and wagered in overall for selected time span.

Most of the games are very popular among gambling community, but some may be not so well-known, so we will highlight them closer.

Mines

Even though most people can remember mines from childhood as Minesweeper, far not every bitcoin casino has adopted it, but here, on Stake, it is one the most favorite games due to its flexibility, mechanics and outstanding visuals.

How to play: there is a 5x5 cells field with hidden mines and gems, which are 22 gems and 3 mines by default, but you can place any other number of mines (from 1 to 24). After bet is made you should pick a cell to reveal what is hidden within it – gem will increase your winning sum, which you can cash out any time, but picking a cell with mine will end the game and forfeit the bet.

It is also available for auto-betting: set your own configuration (bet size, number of mines, win/loss bet change, number of games), define the pattern of cells to pick and watch how your strategy works on you.

Plinko

Plinko is the game which at first glance may seem silly, but once you try it you will not want stop those balls from falling.

The concept is simple: click “bet” and watch how a ball falling through the pyramid of pins to give you the highest possible multiplier. The further the ball falls from center at the bottom – the more multiplier your bet gets (up to x1000). Sounds simple, right? But the real physics algorithm makes everything tougher.

Such game properties as number of pins and risk multiplier are available, along with automatic play mode.

Hilo

Hilo is mechanically simple game, but it can bring you nice multipliers if you get lucky enough. Its name speaks for itself (Hilo – high/low) – you just need guessing which card will appear next. But let’s consider it in a bit more depth: before making a bet you’ll be given first card (can be changed), which you rely on making a choice what card, higher or lower, will be next. If your guess was right, the next card will appear, so you can cash out your winnings or you can use it as a bet for the card appeared. If you continue the game, your bet will increasing exponentially each time you guess right, so basically you can win unlimited amount with any initial bet size.

By the way, Hilo is the favorite game of high-rollers on Stake.

4. Deposit/withdrawal

Started with only Bitcoin, Stake has expanded its set of acceptable coins to five most popular ones: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin, Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin.

To make a deposit you need to click the “Deposit” button and choose a currency. For any coin picked you will be given the unique address, where you need to send corresponding tokens. Loading up bitcoins, only 1 network confirmation needed to have your balance available for play and as for the other coins – those guys will arrive to your Stake account even faster.

Withdrawal process clearly indicates how Stake’s management value their players. Withdrawals are instant and seem to be automatic. And the fee is 0.00005 BTC (5000 satoshis), which is ridiculously low.

5. Community

For only one year Stake has built strong community with forum, blog, social medias and players chat. If you are interested in regular giveaways and challenges – forum is the first place for you to keep an eye on. Each week the casino’s stuff runs two challenges for two different games where you need to fulfill the condition to share the prize. It is usually rather funny than difficult, but such events bring even more variety to players (along with some free btc). In addition to challenges there are many other promotions Stake runs on regular basis so it is highly recommended to be tuned!

The relationships between the management and players can be confidently called friendly. One of the most prominent indicators of how players love the casino is Stake's excellent rating on Trustpilot.

And if you want to have a company on the way to jackpot – welcome to the chat with more than thousand users usual online. There is its own room for each of six languages: English, Indonesian, Filipino, Spanish, Russian and Portuguese. You can also catch random “rain” with some free coins or if you’re generous enough – celebrate your another big win making your own rain. Chat window is hideable and can be turned back any time.

Update

2019 year brings significant changes for Stake bitcoin casino with massive "Stake 2.0" update. In one hand, it is still good old Stake with great community which keeps expanding from day to day (more than thousand people online at a time very day), but on the other all the games were revamped, different gambling and social events run almost every day (including the ones with free bitcoin prizes) and more great features were added, which will be considered closer below.

Games update

First thing first, all of the 12 games have changed its interface, which is now more serious and classy. Games' functionality on mobile devices has also improved and now it works flawlessly even on screens with such a small width as 320px (the very minimum for modern smartphones), which makes Stake one of the best mobile bitcoin casinos.

Regarding the amount of games, there are still 12, but original dice and sphere dice were combined into one and completely new game was added - video poker. It is worth noting, Stake has implemented world's first smart auto-betting functionality into video poker. The algorithm is aimed to provide highest return to player keeping the best possible cards in hand (manual game mode is also available).

New deposit options

Natively, there are 5 cryptocurrencies to play on at Stake (Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Dogecoin and Litecoin), but thanks to Coinswitch API integration in the latest update, deposits can be made in more than 100 coins without any additional actions required from user. Just need to pick from the list a coin to send and the one to receive on Stake's balance.

Loyalty program

To be in line with best Bitcoin casinos with bonuses Stake has added extensive loyalty program, which includes such features:

• personal VIP support (not really clear why is it even needed as Stake already has awesome 24/7 support with live chat responding literally within minutes)
• rakeback/cashback (this feature is really cool as allows players to get some of the lost coins back, thus giving a chance to recover)
• exclusive bonuses (TBD)
• specialty challanges (in addition to regular challanges on Stake's forum there will be more personal challanges with free bitcoin prizes within the loyalty program)
• gifts and rewards (most loyal players will get rewards for wagering including physical gifts)

Thus, such variety of loyalty program features makes Stake one of the best Bitcoin casinos for highrollers as the more players wager - the higher rewards will be.

Update (December 2019)

Slots added

Few month after slots were announced it has been finally added to Stake casino. The game is performed in the same minimalistic and elegant style as all the other Stake games are. It is Egyptian themed slot, so the fans of such legendary slot games like "Book of Ra", "Book of Dead" and "Mega Moolah" will definitely like it.

As about technical characteristics we can outline:

• Auto-play is available like in any other modern online slots, but Stake has even improved auto-spin feature by adding configurations like bet change on win or loss, stop on profit or loss and custom number of bets. It may be useful if you have some slots strategy in mind.
• 20 paylines
• 13 symbols: 11 symbols are common and two special - pharaoh (wild) and scarab (scatter). Wilds are counted for any other symbol except scatter and give x2 to win. Scatters trigger bonus game when three or more reels show it regardless the paylines.
• Bonus game gives 15 free spins and re-triggers are possible (up to 60 free spins). Any win within the bonus round is tripled.
• RTP (Return to player) is 97.1%, which is gold standard.

Bonus games trigger quite often and it usually give from 20x to 80x, but some players in the chat reported few wins with tremendous multipliers up to five thousands. We got lucky to see 650x multiplier from bonus while testing the slot game on Stake (the screenshot below).

Sportsbook has finally arrived

Just a month after slot game was published, another significant update was rolled out which has brought betting on sports to Stake. This feature was one of the most long-awaited among the players and it took more than half of a year to develop and polish it according to the highest standards of Bitcoin sportbetting websites.

Stake's sportsbook features:

• 20+ disciplines (including esports)
• perfect mobile Bitcoin sportsbook
• betslip system for betting on multiple events or matches at a time
• one of the few crypto sportsbooks available for high bets

Update (January 2020)

Bitcoin purchase added

2020 year has just begun and Stake is already adding new functionality. Thanks to integration with Bitlish crypto-exchange plugin, it provides players an option to purchase Bitcoin with card (VISA and Mastercard) directly to your Stake account. Such functionality will be useful not only for experienced crypto-casinos players, but also for newcomers who are just starting their acquaintance with crypto-gambling. Thus, Stake has become the first cryptocurrency casino which offers its players such feature.

Summary

Whether you’re experienced gambler who is in need of something new or just seeking your first crypto casino to try out – Stake is definitely worth your attention.

And here is the summary why we confidently call Stake one of the best bitcoin gambling websites:

• Instant registration and totally anonymous
• 13 bespoke top-quality games based on provably fair system
• Freshly added sportsbook
• Perfectly works on mobile devices
• 100+ different cryptocurrencies accepted
• Instant withdrawals and lightning-fast deposits
• Great community
• 24/7 live support

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