Signup Walkthrough
How to sign up for Stake.
There are two Stakes, and which one you can use depends entirely on where you live. This page sorts that out first, walks you through the signup either way, and — yes — offers our referral codes at the point where you'd actually use one.
Straight up, before anything else: the links on this page are referral links. If you sign up through one, Stake may pay us a commission — it costs you nothing and changes nothing about your account, your odds, or the offer you see. You can also just go to Stake directly and skip us entirely; the site works exactly the same. We'd rather tell you that than have you find out later. Full affiliate disclosure.
First: which Stake is yours?
| Stake.us | Stake.com | |
|---|---|---|
| Who it's for | United States & much of Canada | International — not the US |
| Model | Free-to-play sweepstakes | Real-money casino |
| You play with | Gold Coins (fun) & Stake Cash (redeemable) | Cryptocurrency |
| Purchase required? | No — no purchase necessary | Yes, you deposit to play |
| Our slots live here? | Yes — all three | No links published by us |
If you're reading this from the US, Stake.us is your option — and it's also where all three of our slots live, so that's the complete path. The Stake.com section further down exists for readers outside the US, and it isn't where our games are.
Pick a dad
Two of us, two sets of links. Same site either way — pick whoever you'd rather send the credit to.
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Signing up for Stake.us — step by step
- Check your state first. Stake.us blocks a long list of US states outright. Save yourself the wasted effort and check the current list in our Stake.us review before you start.
- Open the signup page. Use a referral link above if you want the code applied automatically, or go direct to Stake.us and enter a code manually on the signup form.
- Create the account. Email address, username, password, date of birth. Use your real details — they have to match the ID you'll verify with later, and a mismatch is the single most common reason a redemption gets held up.
- Enter the referral code if it isn't already filled in. There's a code field on the signup form. If you arrived via a link it's usually pre-filled; if you typed the URL yourself, paste it in. It has to go in at signup — you generally can't add it afterwards.
- Confirm your email. Standard click-the-link step. Check spam if it doesn't land.
- Learn the two-coin system before you spend anything. Gold Coins are for fun and can't be redeemed. Stake Cash is the sweepstakes currency that can be redeemed for prizes once you've played through it. Don't burn Stake Cash learning a game — that's what Gold Coins are for.
- Do the identity verification now, not later. You'll need it before any redemption. Getting it out of the way on day one is the difference between a redemption that takes hours and one that takes a week.
- Find the free channels. Sweepstakes sites are legally required to offer a no-purchase route to the sweeps currency — daily bonuses, social giveaways, and mail-in requests. The specifics change constantly, so read the site's own promotions page rather than any number we could print here.
- Come play the ones we built. Abyss Collectors, Paws & Claws and Wyrmwind are live on Stake.us right now, with the RTP printed on the card over at Our Games. We'd obviously rather you played ours — that's the one place on this site where we're openly biased.
A number we're deliberately not printing: welcome bonus amounts. Stake changes them, they vary by promotion, and a stale figure on an affiliate page is exactly the kind of thing this site exists to not do. Whatever the signup screen says at the moment you sign up is the real offer.
Signing up for Stake.com — step by step
US readers: this section isn't for you. Stake.com doesn't accept players located in the United States. Using a VPN to get around that is a good way to have an account frozen with a balance in it — the geo check that matters is the one at withdrawal. Use Stake.us instead.
- Confirm it's available where you are. Stake.com's own terms carry the restricted-country list. It's their list, it changes, and it's the only one that counts.
- Open the signup page via a referral link above, or go direct and enter a code on the form.
- Create the account with real details that will match your ID.
- Sort out crypto before you deposit. This is a crypto-funded site. If you've never bought or moved crypto, that's a whole separate learning curve — do it slowly, with a small amount, and make sure you understand network fees and which network an address expects before sending anything anywhere.
- Verify your identity early, for the same reason as above.
- Our slots aren't on this path. Abyss Collectors, Paws & Claws and Wyrmwind are live on Stake.us, not here. If those are what you came for, you want the Stake.us section above — assuming you're eligible for it.
Before you play anything
Two things worth knowing on day one, both of which will save you more than any bonus:
- Stake Originals show you the house edge. Dice, Limbo, Mines, Plinko and the rest display their edge and let you set your own risk. That's unusual and genuinely useful — a slot won't tell you that. Our Stake Originals guides explain how to read those numbers and what they actually mean for your bankroll.
- No staking system beats the edge. Not Martingale, not D'Alembert, not the one from the YouTube video. Don't take our word for it — run it yourself in the Strategy Lab and watch it break.
Questions people actually ask
Do I have to use a referral code?
No. Sign up with no code and the site works identically. A code credits whoever referred you, and on some promotions it unlocks a signup bonus. Any bonus is Stake's, not ours, and it changes — believe the signup screen, not an affiliate page.
Does using your link cost me anything?
No. It doesn't change your terms, your odds, or any offer you're shown. It just means Stake may pay us a commission. That's the entire deal.
Can I add a referral code after I've signed up?
Generally no — the code field is part of the signup form and applies at account creation. If you've already got an account, you've already got an account; there's nothing to fix.
Why do they want my ID?
Operators have to confirm your identity and age before releasing a prize or a withdrawal. Expect a photo ID and sometimes a proof of address. Do it early — verification queues are the number one cause of "why hasn't my payout arrived" posts.
Can I have both a Stake.us and a Stake.com account?
They're separate products with separate terms, and which ones you're eligible for depends on where you are. Read each site's terms rather than assuming — and don't try to hold an account in a jurisdiction you're not actually in.
Page maintained by the Lodge — bonus figures deliberately omitted, see above.