Stake vs Roobet
Two of the best-known crypto casinos, compared honestly on house edge, bonuses, provably-fair depth, withdrawals, license and US availability. No rigged winner — just which one fits how you play.
Read first: full Stake review · full Roobet review
Honest side-by-side on the factors that actually change your results. Where a figure is unverified or marketing-sourced, we say so rather than invent one.
| Factor | Stake | Roobet |
|---|---|---|
| House edge (Crash) | ~1% (99% RTP) | ~4% (about 96% RTP): 1 round in 25 ends at 1.00x in Roobet's verifier code |
| House edge (core Originals) | Flat 1%, RTP published | Mines ~4%; several not disclosed |
| 30-day deposits (to 1 Nov 2026, Tanzanite) | $1.95B (#1, -13% vs prior 30 days) | $436M (#2, −2% vs prior 30 days) |
| Our score | 8.3/10 | 8.2/10 |
| Welcome / bonus model | Rakeback 3.5% of house edge (code within 24h, 0x) + VIP Club; no default match, some partner codes attach 200% (~40x) | Default: 7 days of 20% cashback on net slot losses (0x, ~$200/day cap); some partner codes: 100% to $1,000 at 30x. RooWards loyalty for regulars |
| License | Curaçao — Medium Rare N.V., OGL/2024/1451/0918; register status "Assessment in progress" | Curaçao — Raw Entertainment B.V., OGL/2024/687/0427; register status "Indefinite" |
| Withdrawal policy | No processing time published; larger amounts "may require manual processing by our administrators"; no maximum | Sent "as soon as they are requested"; no arrival time given; withdrawals can be refused until identity is fully verified (terms, clause 10.5) |
| Crypto withdrawal fee | Fixed per coin: 0.00001571 BTC, 0.00067447 ETH, 1 USDT (help centre, 11 Nov 2026) | None of its own; the network fee is shown in the cashier |
| Payment methods | 21 coins in the help-centre withdrawal table; a separate local-currency section covers bank transfers | 11 coins, plus cards and bank methods (1% fee on fiat deposits; 2% on fiat withdrawals from the tenth in 30 days) |
| Deposit wagering before withdrawal | 100% of each deposit | 100% of each deposit |
| KYC | ID (Level 2) before first withdrawal; any document can be requested at any time | Personal details at registration (Level 1); photo ID at Level 2; documents can be requested at any time (terms, clause 4.9) |
| Games | Thousands + Originals (31 in the Originals lobby on 1 Nov 2026) | "over 7,848 games" from outside studios + 12 house games (help centre) |
| Provably fair | Yes — full public spec | Yes — per-game verifier code, no single spec |
| US players | No (Stake.us is separate) | No — all 50 states |
| Founded | 2017 | 2019 |
House-edge figures: Stake shows an RTP figure on each Original's game page. Roobet prints no RTP for Crash; the ~4% figure follows from its published verifier code, which ends 1 round in 25 at 1.00x (read 1 November 2026). Mines at ~4% is review-sourced, and Roobet does not disclose RTP for several other Originals. Game counts are marketing figures that fluctuate (commonly cited in the thousands for both) and are not independently audited — we avoid a hard number. Neither runs a default deposit match; at both, a match exists only on some partner codes. Stake rakeback: Stake help centre, as of 22 Oct 2026. Withdrawal, fee, KYC and licence rows: the operators' help centres and terms and the Curaçao Gaming Authority registry, checked 11 November 2026 and sourced section by section below. Roobet offer: Roobet's promotions page as summarised in our Roobet review (Sept 2026). Volume: Tanzanite, 30 days to 1 Nov 2026.
Honest read of who leads on each factor — and where it is genuinely a wash.
Bonuses & rakeback
This is the single most misreported part of any Stake vs Roobet comparison, so be clear on the headline: neither operator runs a default deposit-match welcome bonus. At both, a match appears only on some partner codes. By default Stake rewards the volume you wager through rakeback and its VIP Club, while Roobet leads with a week of no-wagering cashback.
Stake — rakeback + VIP Club
Stake's value is structural rather than a flashy sign-up offer. Redeeming a code within 24 hours of signing up activates rakeback of 3.5% of the house edge on every bet, win or lose (Stake help centre, as of 22 Oct 2026); whether it scales by VIP tier is not published. On top of that sits the VIP Club, a roughly 15-tier ladder running Bronze up to Obsidian, with weekly and monthly bonuses, level-up bonuses, daily races, drop codes and raffles. Stake also periodically issues drop codes to existing players, but there is no standing no-deposit signup bonus.
Roobet — RooWards
Roobet's default welcome offer, per its promotions page as summarised in our Roobet review (Sept 2026), is 7 days of 20% cashback on net slot losses with no wagering (capped at about $200 a day). Some partner codes instead attach a 100% match up to $1,000 at 30x. Which offer you get is set by the code at registration; our link carries PROVENLYFAIR (see our Roobet promo code page). For regulars, RooWards is Roobet's loyalty and rakeback programme, with daily, weekly and monthly rewards and weekly raffles.
Bottom line: Roobet's entry offer is the more visible one: a week of no-wagering cashback. Stake's VIP programme is deeper and more established, with more ways to extract long-run value. If you only care about your first week, Roobet looks better; if you play volume over months, Stake's ladder tends to pay more. See current codes on our Stake promo code and Roobet promo code pages, or model the maths with our bonus calculator.
Rakeback and VIP as each operator publishes them
Set side by side, the two reward systems differ less in generosity than in how much is written down. Stake prints a rate and a wagering total for every level. Roobet prints the mechanics and the timetable, and leaves out the rate.
| Point | Stake | Roobet |
|---|---|---|
| Rakeback rate | "3.5% of the house edge back as cash" on casino games; on sports, 3.5% of a theoretical value "calculated using a default 3% house edge" | No percentage published. The amounts depend on "a multitude of factors", including "activity, deposit and withdrawal regularity, win and loss streaks and chosen games" (policy, clause 5.2) |
| When it starts | From the first bet with an affiliate code entered "within 24 hours of opening your account"; otherwise at Bronze, after $10,000 wagered | No entry threshold is stated. Instant Rakeback "can be claimed every 30 (thirty) minutes and never expires" (clause 5.17) |
| Levels | 15 named levels with published lifetime wagering totals: Bronze $10,000, Silver $50,000, Gold $100,000, Platinum I to VI $250,000 to $10 million, Diamond I to V $25 million to $500 million, Obsidian $1 billion | Levels up to a maximum of 30, rising with each wager, with refunded, voided or cancelled bets excluded (clause 5.4); no wagering total per level is published |
| How it is paid | Claimed from the rakeback tab of the VIP page. Weekly boosts go out "each week on Saturday at 12:30pm GMT" through the VIP Telegram channel; monthly bonuses arrive by email; a daily reload starts at Platinum | Half of each Instant claim goes to the balance and half to a vault "claimable over the next 3 calendar days" (clause 5.18). Daily, weekly and monthly rewards follow fixed release times, and an unclaimed one lapses when the next becomes available |
| Sports bets | Count three times toward VIP progress: "wagering $1 on sports is equivalent to $3 in regular wagering calculations" | Not addressed in the rakeback clauses |
| During a deposit bonus | Not addressed in the rakeback article | "while you have a wagering requirement from a deposit bonus, you will not receive any form of Rakeback" (clause 5.5) |
| VIP entry | Automatic at Bronze; host services "when you reach a high level" | By invitation: "an exclusive invitation-only limited premium group" (clause 12.1). The help centre adds: "We cannot disclose the requirements for our VIP Club" |
Because Stake states its rate, the return can be priced before you play. Stake's own example is 1 BTC wagered on a game with a 2% edge, which returns 0.0007 BTC. On a 1% edge Original the same arithmetic gives 0.035% of turnover, or $3.50 for every $10,000 wagered. No equivalent sum can be done for Roobet from its published documents, because the policy lists the inputs to the calculation and not the percentage. The rakeback calculator runs the Stake figure against your own volume.
Sources: Stake help centre, What is Rakeback?, welcome offer, VIP program and VIP levels and benefits; Roobet Bonus and Promotion Policy (version 4.9, last updated 9 October 2026) and help centre, rewards explained and VIP program. Checked 11 November 2026.
Games & Originals
Both libraries run into the thousands of titles and share many of the same studios — Pragmatic Play, Hacksaw Gaming and others appear on both, with Evolution and Nolimit City prominent on Stake and NetEnt featured on Roobet. Exact game counts are marketing numbers that swing widely between sources and are not audited, so treat any single figure with caution.
The meaningful difference is the in-house games. Stake is the originator of the provably-fair "Originals" genre — Dice, Crash, Limbo, Plinko, Mines and Keno — that Roobet and most rivals later followed. Roobet runs its own house games too; its help centre counts 12 of them (Crash, Roulette, Dice, Mines, Towers, Plinko, Mission Uncrossable, Coinflip, Blackjack, Limbo, Keno and Slide), but it is the follower here, not the inventor. Where it matters for your wallet is house edge, covered next: Stake holds a flat 1% on its core Originals, while Roobet's flagship Crash is materially more expensive.
Compare the same game across operators: Crash at Stake vs Crash at Roobet, plus Mines, Dice and Plinko.
Provably fair: The real difference
Provably fair is the one feature that lets you prove a casino game was not rigged against you, and it is where this comparison gets genuinely useful — because most "Stake vs Roobet" pages mention it in a single line and move on. Both operators run provably fair on their in-house Originals, and both start from the same idea: a server seed committed by its hash before you bet. From there the published material differs in the hash function, in how shared-round games such as Crash are seeded, and in how completely it is written up.
How both implementations work
Stake and Roobet both use a commit-reveal scheme for games played on a personal seed pair. Three inputs decide every such round, and the result is locked before you bet:
- Server seed — generated by the casino and shown to you up front only as a hashed (SHA-256) commitment, so it cannot be swapped after the fact. The full seed is revealed when you rotate your seed pair, letting you check past bets.
- Client seed — set and changeable by you, which is what stops the operator from knowing the outcome in advance.
- Nonce — a counter that increments each bet, making every round unique under the same seed pair.
Stake's implementation page (read 1 November 2026) feeds those inputs through HMAC-SHA256, keyed with the server seed, over clientSeed:nonce:round, and turns every four bytes of the output into one number between 0 and 1. Its game-events page then gives the conversion for each game. For Limbo it reads:
floatPoint = 1e8 ÷ (float × 1e8) × 0.99
result = max(floor(floatPoint × 100) ÷ 100, 1)
Roobet's Crash is not played on a personal seed pair at all, because every player in the round shares one result. Its fairness page describes a list of server seeds prepared in advance ("We repeat this process until we have 2 million hashes -- 2 million server seeds") and played from the last one backwards. The verifier code Roobet links from that page (read 1 November 2026) turns each game hash into a multiplier like this:
if hash is divisible by 25 → 1.00x
h = first 13 hex characters of hash; e = 252
result = floor((100e − h) ÷ (e − h)) ÷ 100
The cost difference is written into those lines. Stake's Limbo multiplies by 0.99, a 1% edge, and Stake's game pages showed a 99% RTP figure for Crash, Dice, Limbo, Mines, Plinko and Keno on 1 November 2026. Roobet's Crash ends one round in 25 at 1.00x and prices every other round without a further cut, which works out to an edge of about 4%; Roobet prints no RTP figure for the game. For Mines, Stake documents 24 game events placed with a Fisher-Yates shuffle, and Roobet's Mines verifier also shuffles the board from the seeds, so mine positions are fixed before the first click on both sites.
The seed-pair games are not byte-compatible either. Roobet's published verifier code for Mines and Dice builds the per-bet hash with HMAC-SHA512 over the client seed and nonce, where Stake uses HMAC-SHA256 with a round counter. A tool built on Stake's specification therefore cannot reproduce a Roobet outcome. What it can do for Roobet is the commitment check: hash the revealed server seed with SHA-256 and compare it with the hash shown before play.
What each fairness page commits to
| Point | Stake | Roobet |
|---|---|---|
| Commitment | The server seed is "a random 64-character hex string", and you receive its hash "before you place any bets" | You are given a hash of the server seed "as you begin playing"; once it is revealed you "can take a SHA256 of the revealed server seed and make sure that it equals what we gave you as the encrypted hash" |
| Client seed | Players "are free to edit and change their client seed regularly" | The client seed "can be changed before any bet to ensure you have control over the outcome." |
| Reveal | "the seed must be rotated by the player", which replaces it with a new one | Verifying a bet reveals the server seed and resets both the server seed and the nonce |
| Hash for seed-pair games | HMAC-SHA256, four bytes per result, with a cursor for games that need more than eight numbers | HMAC-SHA512 in the published Mines and Dice verifier code |
| Shared-round games | Crash and Slide use what Stake calls the "salt hash based provable fairness modal", with the detail in a public seeding thread | Crash, Roulette and Slide run on the 2 million-hash chain: "We commit to the hash of a crypto block before that block is mined, and we create all the server seed hashes before committing to this block." |
| Where it is written | One implementation page and one game-events page; 26 games are named in the cursor rules | A fairness page with a tab per game and a separate code sandbox for each game's verifier |
| Scope | Originals only; the help-centre article is titled "Provable Fairness for Stake Original Games" | The 12 house games; the "over 7,848 games" from outside studios carry no seeds |
Sources: Stake implementation and game-events pages (read 1 November 2026) and help-centre article Provable Fairness for Stake Original Games; Roobet fairness page (read 10 November 2026), the verifier code linked from it (read 1 November 2026) and help-centre welcome article. Help-centre articles checked 11 November 2026. The schemes of other casinos are compared on our provably fair casinos page.
Where Stake pulls ahead: documentation
Stake publishes one specification for all of its Originals (byte generation, cursor handling at four bytes per result, and a conversion for each game, including the shuffle used for Mines and Keno), and it discloses RTP per game. That means anyone can independently reproduce a past bet and confirm nothing changed. Roobet's provably-fair system is real — its fairness page states the commitment and the verifier code for each game is public — but it is spread across separate code sandboxes instead of one written specification, and Roobet does not publish per-game RTP for several Originals (Coinflip, Dice, Mines, Plinko, Mission Uncrossable, Towers). In a space built on "don't trust, verify," that disclosure gap is a real edge for Stake.
The honest limit on both sides: provably fair proves a result was committed before your bet and not tampered with afterward. It does not remove the house edge — that 1% (Stake) or about 4% (Roobet Crash) lives inside the math. The games are verifiably random, and still negative expected value over time. Verifiable is not the same as profitable.
Payouts & withdrawals
Neither operator publishes a payout time, and that is the first thing to correct in most comparisons of the two. Stake lists 21 coins in its help-centre withdrawal table, each with a minimum and a fixed fee, and sets no maximum. On timing it says only: "Larger withdrawal amounts may require manual processing by our administrators, which can result in a temporary hold." Roobet lists 11 coins and also takes cards and bank methods through the cashier's Cash tab. Its wording on speed is: "We send all withdrawals instantly, as soon as they are requested. Unfortunately, we do not have a given time for when your withdrawal will arrive in your wallet, as the transaction must be confirmed by the blockchain." Both sentences describe when the operator sends, not when the coins arrive.
The difference worth weighing is the complaint signal. Stake's large-withdrawal reputation is generally smooth at its scale. Roobet, by contrast, has multiple documented complaints of withdrawals frozen during "routine verification" and accounts locked after big wins — logged on AskGamblers and casino.guru, including at least one large (around $84K) case recorded as unresolved. Neither situation is unique among offshore operators, but if a five-figure cashout matters to you, factor verification risk in at Roobet and complete its checks before you have winnings waiting. For broader speed rankings see our fastest-withdrawal casinos guide.
Published minimums, fees and networks, coin by coin
Stake's figures are in units of the coin, as listed on 11 November 2026. Roobet publishes no per-coin minimum in its help centre, so its columns show what it does publish: the networks it lists for each coin and the confirmations a deposit needs before the balance can leave again.
| Coin | Stake minimum | Stake fee | Stake networks | Roobet networks | Roobet confirmations | Roobet's own fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bitcoin (BTC) | 0.00002504 | 0.00001571 | Bitcoin | Bitcoin | 1 | None |
| Ethereum (ETH) | 0.001 | 0.00067447 | ERC-20, BEP-20 | ERC-20, Base, Arbitrum | 3 | None |
| Litecoin (LTC) | 0.01857329 | 0.000138 | Litecoin | Litecoin | 1 | None |
| Tether (USDT) | 2.5 | 1 | ERC-20, BEP-20, Polygon, TRC-20, Solana | ERC-20, Tron, Solana, BSC | 3 | None |
| USD Coin (USDC) | 2.5 | 1 | ERC-20, BEP-20, Polygon, Solana | ERC-20, Solana, BSC, Base, Arbitrum | 3 | None |
| Solana (SOL) | 0.01050998 | 0.000005 | Solana | Solana | Not stated | None |
| XRP | 1 | 0.0001 | Ripple | Ripple | 1 | None |
| Dogecoin (DOGE) | 5.4992597 | 0.52151198 | Dogecoin | Dogecoin | 1 | None |
| Tron (TRX) | 7.82408913 | 0.0733617 | TRC-20 | Tron | 1 | None |
| BNB | 0.0033573 | 0.00002542 | BEP-20 | BNB Chain | Not stated | None |
Three things follow from the table. First, the fee models are opposites: Stake takes a fixed amount per withdrawal whatever the network costs that day, while Roobet passes on the network fee and adds nothing, so a small Bitcoin cashout is priced in advance at Stake and priced by the mempool at Roobet. Second, the network lists do not match. Stake names Arbitrum and Base under "Networks Stake does not support:", and Roobet lists both for ETH and USDC, so a network one casino accepts is one the other tells you not to use. Third, the ten coins above are the overlap, not the whole list: Stake's table also carries BCH, EOS, APE, CRO, DAI, LINK, SAND, SHIB, UNI, POL and TRUMP, and Roobet's eleventh coin is SUI. Roobet's two guides disagree on one detail: the withdrawal guide (24 July 2026) puts Litecoin at 1 confirmation, the deposit guide (4 August 2026) at 3.
The deposit-wagering rule and the other conditions
- Every deposit has to be played once, at both. Stake: "Every deposit made on Stake.com must be wagered 100% before withdrawals or tips can be made." Roobet: "You must wager 100% of your deposit amount before you can withdraw funds, send tips, or use instant raffles." Both count sports bets only once they settle. Roobet adds a rule for tips received, which "must be wagered at 30% of the tip amount" before they can be withdrawn.
- Deposit and withdraw without betting. Stake calls this coin mixing and says "the withdrawal will be invalid". Roobet's terms reach the same result through clause 10.5, which lets it refuse a withdrawal until you have "complied with the minimum wager requirement for each deposit".
- Confirming the request. Stake requires a verified email and then, for each withdrawal, "your 2FA code, a code sent to your email or an OAuth verification". Roobet's guide asks for the destination address and the amount; its stated precondition is on the deposit side, which must be confirmed on-chain first.
- Holds. The one hold Stake's withdrawal articles describe is manual processing of larger amounts. Roobet's terms go further: "Before processing any withdrawal, we reserve the right to perform enhanced due diligence and investigate Your account and gaming activity." (clause 10.4), and during an investigation Roobet "may not be in a position to provide an explanation".
- Limits. Stake: "There are no restrictions on the maximum withdrawal amount." Roobet's terms reserve the right "to set a minimum withdrawal amount at our own discretion" (clause 10.2), and neither the terms nor the withdrawal articles state a maximum.
- Fees. Stake's fee "will be deducted directly from your balance". Roobet: "Roobet does not charge any withdrawal fees. However, there are network fees for every transaction sent through the blockchain."
- Fiat costs at Roobet. The terms add "a 1% (one per cent) deposit fee for all successful FIAT deposits" (clause 9.7), and "if you reach 10 (ten) or more fiat withdrawals in a 30 (thirty) day running period, You must pay a 2% (two percent) withdrawal fee for each additional withdrawal, including the tenth withdrawal" (clause 10.8). Neither fee applies to crypto.
- Bank transfers at Stake. For local-currency withdrawals by bank transfer the help centre gives a processing time of "Up to 3 business days".
Sources: Stake help centre, withdrawal limits, help with withdrawals, how to make a withdrawal, wager requirement, supported networks and bank transfer withdrawals; Roobet help centre, I have not received my withdrawal (28 May 2026), withdrawal fees, how to withdraw via cryptocurrency, wagering requirements, supported networks, crypto deposits and card deposits; Roobet Terms of Service, clauses 9 and 10. Checked 11 November 2026. Step-by-step guides: how to withdraw from Stake and how to withdraw from Roobet.
KYC: documents and triggers
Neither site is a no-KYC casino in 2026, and none of the documents cited below names a deposit or withdrawal amount at which a check begins. What they publish is the list of documents and a general right to ask. At Stake, photo ID (Level 2) has to be in place before a first withdrawal. At Roobet, the registration form already requires personal details, and the terms let it restrict deposits and withdrawals until any documents it asks for have been supplied.
| Point | Stake | Roobet |
|---|---|---|
| Photo ID accepted | International passport, national ID card (both sides) or driving licence (both sides). "Other types of document will not be accepted." | "a passport, a driving license, or a government-issued identification document" |
| Format | A colour photograph of the original, valid for at least 3 months, in Latin script. "Screenshots will not be accepted." | "ID Verification documentation must be a front-and-back screenshot of your government-issued ID/Passport." |
| Proof of address | Utility bill, bank or credit-card statement, tax letter, stamped letter from an employer or school, tenancy agreement or bank reference letter, issued within the last six months. Mobile phone bills, purchase receipts and medical bills are refused | No article in the help centre's Account collection, which covers Level 2 only |
| Source of income | Bank statements showing regular income ("usually 3-6 months"), payslips, tax returns, investment statements, or papers for a gift, inheritance, property sale, business income, loan, divorce settlement or lottery win; for mining, a ledger plus wallet address and transaction hash | No document list published in the help centre |
| When a check can start | "Stake's compliance team reserves the right to request any documentation at any given time." | "We reserve the right, at any time, to ask for any KYC documentation we deem necessary to determine Your identity and location." (clause 4.9) |
| Effect on withdrawals | Level 2 before the first withdrawal | Withdrawals can be refused until "Your identity has been fully verified by us" (clause 10.5) |
| Review time | None stated in the three document articles | None stated: "Our compliance team reviews verification documents daily and will reach out after a manual review if anything further is needed." |
One practical difference hides in the format row: Stake refuses screenshots and digital copies and wants a photograph of the physical document, while Roobet's article asks for a front-and-back screenshot. Prepare the file each one asks for, because a rejected upload is the most common way a first withdrawal stalls. Stake's documentation is the fuller of the two, with separate articles for identity, address and source of income; Roobet's help centre carries a single verification article, and everything beyond photo ID rests on the open wording of clause 4.9. Clause 4.9 covers location as well as identity, so an account opened from a country on Roobet's restricted list can be stopped at this step. For how other casinos word the same rules, see our no-KYC casinos page.
Sources: Stake help centre, proof of identity, proof of address and proof of source of income; Roobet help centre, Level 2 Verification (23 July 2026) and Account collection; Roobet Terms of Service, clauses 4.2, 4.9 and 10.5. Checked 11 November 2026. Stake's Level 2 rule is the one recorded in our Stake review.
Account security and gambling controls
These are the settings each operator documents for the account itself. They are separate from the operator-level track record covered under trust and licence below.
| Control | Stake | Roobet |
|---|---|---|
| Two-factor authentication | Authenticator app, switched on by an emailed link. Stake says it secures "logins, withdrawals, tips, and all transactions involving sending funds" | Authenticator app (Roobet names Authy and Google Authenticator). The secret recovery key shown at set-up "can be used to remove 2FA from your account", so it belongs offline |
| Passkeys | Supported: "we now allow you to sign in using a passkey" | No passkey article in the help centre's Account collection |
| Vault | A separate store for balance under Account. Access "requires confirmation through various security measures opted into on your account", and "Funds stored in your Vault can remain there indefinitely." | The vault Roobet documents is part of its rewards system and releases rakeback in stages. The terms say the on-site wallet "is not a bank account or other method to safely store funds" (clause 8.21) |
| Responsibility for credentials | The 2FA article warns never to share the QR code or its text string | The player is "solely responsible for safeguarding the access and your login credentials, including 2FA" (clause 4.13) |
| Wager and loss limits | Daily, weekly or monthly. Lowering one applies at once; raising one is "subject to a 24-hour cooling-off period". A deposit limit is set separately; for local currencies: "Currently we only support setting a daily limit." | Wager, loss and deposit limits over daily, weekly or monthly periods, with "up to 3 limits active at once" |
| Self-exclusion | Indefinite only: "The indefinite exclusion has a minimum period of 6 months from the application date." Reopening is "subject to a formal return-to-play review" | A required 24-hour cooldown, then a period from 1 day to permanent. Roobet states that this "is irreversible and cannot be modified/undone by our team" |
Stake documents more login protection (passkeys, and 2FA applied to every outgoing transaction), and its Vault gives a player somewhere to park a balance behind a second check. Roobet offers the finer-grained exclusion tool, with ten period lengths against Stake's single indefinite option, and it keeps wager, loss and deposit limits in one place. Anyone gambling more than they intend should start with our responsible gambling page, not with either casino's settings menu.
Sources: Stake help centre, 2FA, passkeys, Vault, gambling limits, deposit limits and self-exclusion; Roobet help centre, 2FA guide, gambling limits, self-exclusion and rewards explained; Roobet Terms of Service, clauses 4.13 and 8.21. Checked 11 November 2026.
Trust & license
Both hold a single Curacao license and nothing heavier — Stake under Medium Rare N.V. and Roobet under Raw Entertainment B.V. Neither holds tier-1 UKGC or MGA licensing, so the regulatory weight is comparable and light-touch on both sides. That is the honest framing: this is offshore gambling either way.
The licence register entries
The Curaçao Gaming Authority publishes its Online Gaming License Registry as a list; the copy on its site on 11 November 2026 is marked "Last updated November 5, 2026". Both operators are on it, with different statuses.
| Register field | Stake | Roobet |
|---|---|---|
| Licensee | Medium Rare N.V. | Raw Entertainment B.V. |
| Licence number | OGL/2024/1451/0918 | OGL/2024/687/0427 |
| Licence type | B2C | B2C |
| Company registration | 145353 | 157205 |
| Issued | 9 December 2025 | 24 December 2025 |
| Expiry printed | 9 June 2026 | N/A |
| Status | "Assessment in progress" | "Indefinite" |
| Enforcement register (last updated 14 September 2026) | Not listed | Not listed |
Read the status row with care. The registry does not define its labels, and the Authority says of its lists that "these overviews do not guarantee the current validity of the licenses". What the entries do show is that Medium Rare N.V. is listed with a printed expiry date that has passed, next to a status saying an assessment is in progress, while Raw Entertainment B.V. is listed with no expiry date. Neither company appears on the Authority's enforcement register, which "currently focuses solely on actions that affect the status of a license". Roobet's Terms of Service name the same entity, company number and licence number as the registry, and add that fiat payments are processed by Raw Entertainment Ltd in Cyprus as paying agent. For disputes, Roobet's terms send an unresolved complaint to Resolvo Curaçao and state that "The alternative dispute resolution proceedings are free of cost for the player."
Sources: Curaçao Gaming Authority licence register page, with its Online Gaming License Registry and enforcement register; Roobet Terms of Service, clauses 1 and 22.2. Checked 11 November 2026.
On track record, each carries baggage you should know about before depositing:
- Stake suffered a roughly $41M hot-wallet hack in 2023 (later attributed in reporting to the Lazarus Group); player funds were covered and the site stayed up. There is also active 2025–2026 US litigation, including a federal RICO class action naming Drake, Adin Ross and Stake.us, plus state suits over Stake.us marketing. These allegations are unproven in court as of mid-2026.
- Roobet draws repeated player complaints over withdrawal/verification holds and account lockouts after large wins.
For the full breakdown of either operator's licensing, security history and our scoring, read the Stake review and the Roobet review.
Is Stake or Roobet legal in the US?
Neither crypto product is available to US players. Stake.com blocks the US, the UK and much of Europe; its separate Stake.us sweepstakes product served some states but faced a wave of cease-and-desist orders in 2025–2026 and exited several. Roobet is closed to all 50 states and holds no US license: clause 3.5 of its terms lists the United States among 25 restricted jurisdictions, alongside the United Kingdom, Australia and the Netherlands, whose residents "may not access the Website or register an Account on it". Playing from one anyway is a breach of the terms, not a grey area. In clause 8.11 the player warrants that they "are not accessing the Website from a Restricted Territory or a jurisdiction in which it is illegal to do so"; clause 8.25 lets Roobet "close or suspend your account and void any active bets", and clause 6.4 lets it "freeze all remaining funds on the Account". Identity and location checks at withdrawal are where that surfaces. Canada, France and Spain are not named in clause 3.5 as read on 11 November 2026. Restricted-country lists shift over time, so always confirm the operator's current list before signing up. If you are in the US, see our US crypto casinos guide instead.
The verdict: Pick Stake if… / pick Roobet if…
There is no single winner here — the right answer depends on what you optimise for. Honestly:
Pick Stake if…
- You grind Originals and the house edge matters — a flat 1% on Dice/Crash/Limbo vs about 4% on Roobet's Crash and Mines is a real, compounding cost difference.
- You want maximum provably-fair transparency — full public spec and per-game RTP disclosure.
- You value a VIP ladder with published thresholds, a stated rakeback rate and a smoother record on large withdrawals.
- You can accept an operator with a past hack and an active (unproven) RICO suit.
Pick Roobet if…
- You want a no-wagering entry offer — Roobet's default is 20% cashback on net slot losses for your first 7 days.
- You are a casual, slot-heavy or Crash player and prefer its lighter "casino-first" feel.
- You are comfortable with its higher Originals edge and weaker per-game RTP disclosure.
- You accept a worse documented record on withdrawal holds, and you live outside the 25 jurisdictions its terms restrict.
- You want card or bank deposits next to crypto, and no operator fee on crypto withdrawals.
Either way: both are Curacao-only, neither is available to US players, neither runs a default deposit match (Stake leads with rakeback, Roobet with a week of cashback; matches only on some partner codes), and both carry offshore-operator risk. Our overall lean is toward Stake for edge-sensitive and verification-minded players — but verify any game yourself with the provably fair verifier rather than trusting either brand on faith.
Both are Curacao-licensed crypto casinos with provably-fair Originals and no default deposit match. Stake leads on house edge and transparency; Roobet on its no-wagering entry cashback. Read the full reviews before depositing.
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