Stake is an Australian-Curaçaoan online casino operated by Medium Rare NV, a company incorporated in Curaçao that holds an online casino license. Stake is a global company with offices in Serbia, Australia, Cyprus and staff globally.[5] History In 2016, Ed Craven and Bijan Tehrani established Easygo, a company that developed games for online casinos. The two co-created Stake, which was launched in 2017. In December 2021, Stake expanded to the United Kingdom (UK) through a partnership with TGP Europe. On 1 August 2022, Stake.us was launched as a separate site for U.S. residents. In June 2023, a federal judge in Manhattan dismissed a $580 million lawsuit against Stake due to jurisdictional issues. The plaintiff, Christopher Freeman, an early associate of Craven and Tehrani, claimed that he had been excluded from the business and mislead using illegal tactics. On 4 September, 2023, over US$41 million was stolen from one of Stake's Ethereum wallets in a hacking incident. The Federal Bureau of Investigation attributed the attack to North Korea's Lazarus Group. In February 2025, Stake announced that the company was giving up its UK gambling license after complaints that a social media advertisement featuring porn actress Bonnie Blue and the company's logo was using sexual content to attract young customers. The company's UK business will close on 11 March.
Stake is an Australian-Curaçaoan online casino operated by Medium Rare NV, a company incorporated in Curaçao that holds an online casino license. Stake is a global company with offices in Serbia, Australia, Cyprus and staff globally.[5] History In 2016, Ed Craven and Bijan Tehrani established Easygo, a company that developed games for online casinos. The two co-created Stake, which was launched in 2017. In December 2021, Stake expanded to the United Kingdom (UK) through a partnership with TGP Europe. On 1 August 2022, Stake.us was launched as a separate site for U.S. residents. In June 2023,...