Topic: Stake scammed me $40,000 AVOID AT ALL COST (Read 659 times)

no my account funds are frozen but I can still place bets. They limited my bets and not for multi account reasons

Hello everyone,

I wanted to post this to show you guys that stake.com, sports radar (their sports odds provider) and darko from sports are nothing but scamming, incompetent scumbags.

I had a multi for about $1700.00. All my selections were live plays except for the last selection on the slip which was a tennis match. Tennis match was scheduled to start about 2 hours after my multi was placed.

Photo of my betslip below

https://ibb.co/zG8Dm8m

As you can see, the odds I received on the final selection were -345.

Now let’s move on to the fun part. Both tennis players came onto the court for warmups, odds went live on both stake and other platforms.

Here’s a photo of the odds BEFORE the match was set to begin.

https://ibb.co/KGHskFm
https://ibb.co/2kPwsQx

All of a sudden, my player is +425 as opposed to -345 lol

Anyways, as this is a clear line error and would affect my cashout price, I immediately contact support. I run into the luxury of speaking with a scumbag by the name of darko from the sports team. Now keep in mind, darko has always fucked me over as he has personal issues with me. I thought in this instant, he would use common sense as it’s almost a 800 point swing in a few minutes.

I kindly ask darko to void the bet (win or lose) or to honour the new price of +425 (which was clearly the correct price as every other book had it at this price)

Here are his responses.

https://ibb.co/kch9bbY
https://ibb.co/n3TS1v9
https://ibb.co/tpyb9Ph
https://ibb.co/HpdfVMb

All correspondence is happening literally during the match. I expected a quick void so that there would be no discrepancy if my player somehow won.

Darko drags it out for the whole match and he even goes as far as to tell me “don’t cashout the bet” ok darko, I’ll listen to you and wait.

Let’s fast forward to the second set. My player is now -5000 live and they were offering $5300 of $6400 on a cashout. Darko continues to tell me not to cash out.

Photo below

https://ibb.co/8s39TyY

anyways, I don’t hear back from darko until it’s 5-1 in the second set for my player and he decides to tell me “let’s just leave it how it is” after trolling me the whole match for what clearly was a line error, he waited until the last second to decide on his own to just leave it as is.

Photo below

https://ibb.co/bPFWY6w

In the end, I lost out on almost $1000 because of darko. It’s quite clear he was doing this on purpose and waiting to see who would win the match before deciding to void the bet or not.

Don’t trust this scam site. Especially if support dislikes you. They will play games with you and fuck you over like it’s normal. Darko is a piece of shit and I look forward to posting this on every single SPORTSBOOK forum in the world.

This statement is not true we have seen so many posts about their winnings on Stake and they are able to cash it out, Stake.com has earned its reputation by giving huge winnings, this is what happened when you break the rules and got your account frozen you think that you've been cheated when the issue is about you breaking their rules and claims to be the victim.

You might be right that op has been flagged and blocked for using VPN I am agree with this part too. But I am not too much optimistic, I think OP has been been banned for using multi account and/or abusing the system. And as OP has used multi account OP may tried to use vpn sothat the ip would not show same. I think it because op said:

OP said he is not in position to verify his account as he is in a territory that's banned by stake.com. I think he accessed the platform using VPN and the account was flagged and blocked, and now his winnings are stuck in there.

Op should partly blame himself for the mess rather than make it look like stake.com actually "scammed" him $40K

Op is well aware of the request of Stunna to do KYC he has no option but to do it, it's his choice to do it or not if he does its Stake call now, I hope he will not cheat his KYC and be truthful judging from all his post, he still proceeds to play when he should not, there's no alibi or justification when you are breaking the rules and we have been warning people to always follow and respect the TOS to avoid similar issues like OP had.

OP, do you have any updates as to the current situation of your problem? I believe @Stunna has replied to your post and he/she specifically requested that you should provide KYC documents, then the case will continue to be discussed amongst yourselves.


Again, I really doubt that a well-reputable gambling site such as Stake would risk their entire reputation in an isolated case alone. They have build this gambling empire over years of grinding their trust and I doubt that they would also leave this problem unheard. I hope everything goes well to your problem, OP.

*Just a quick side note- please keep everyone updated as to your current problems for proper transparency.

What kind of cunt are you? A geriatric one?

Read my post again, how am I affiliated to stake?

I was simply replying to a scammer who replied the thread claiming he was going to help OP recover the money, which obviously is a scam. Read, internalized content and think with your brain, not your bottom!

Probably you have only read the first post of OP in this thread. You could realize that why Stake team has asked him to verify his identity if you have read his other replies in this thread. OP tried to highlight that Stake has restricted his account and asked him to verify his account as he was winning there. Where the reality is:


OP is from a restricted country and he used VPN to access the site. Stake support mentioned that “their system found irregularity on his account”. As a result Stake team has asked him to complete verification process.
Stunna has also suggested him to complete the verification. I'm wondering what they will do if he complete the KYC verification!

do you mind posting the bets (sports or casino) where u won  this much money?

I am curious to see how and why stake is asking to kyc

You are probably another Stake employee who is sucking off all the owners. Are you sucking off rosh too?

your issue has nothing to do with the case. besides OP admitted to playing in a restricted country by using VPN. also, I am not sure why you even said "I am glad people are starting to realize it." when it was clear in this case that the OP is the one who made a mistake.

crypto is anonymous, stake.com is not. you decided to use their platform and is now required to follow their rules if you want to continue using it.

Usually a gambling sites ask for KYC if they think the user has misused their service by creating multi account. In this case their claim of multi-account and/or asking for KYC purposed the same.

According to the terms of stake.com they can ask KYC as well as location at anytime from their users. So, you should provide them. But according to you, you cant do that as you are using from a restricted country. It can happen if you use multi-account too. So, it is difficult to understand you are lying or not. Anyway, as it is mentioned on their terms and conditions you should not have violated their terms.

Reading from Stunna's post it could be a good sign you can proceed just be honest we have no control over Stake.com's action or decision but they are strict but fair on all their dealings here, and by the way, the title is very annoying and it's injustice for Stake.com it's better to change the title because you cannot back up your allegation that they indeed scam you.
Whatever decision they render to your case you have no choice but to accept hopefully it's a decision that you can accept so you can move on.

Hi,

Could you please complete KYC truthfully as requested and then we'll go from there.

At first glance, the case is quite clear, as OP clearly admits that he is from restricted country and will not pass the KYC verification that Stake may require. Of course, in such a situation, there is no chance that the money will be withdrawn.
However, it makes me wonder why his account was blocked. OP should get a clear message from Stake about what happened. It is quite a strange thing to change the reason from multiaccounts to other violations. If Stake knew that this user cannot pass the verification or is from a restricted country, it could be suspected that the block was not accidental, anyway they should clearly explain why they did it.

I don't think that's what it means. They say: https://stake.com/policies/terms

To me that reads as the total balance of your account or multiple accounts will be frozen until it's clear what has happened. They don't specify that only your profits will be unavailable to you. Someone correct me if I am wrong. 

Get in touch with Stunna as others have suggested and point him to this thread.

I'm so sorry I have overlooked that part, OP is toned down he just wants to get his deposit I recommend to OP to change the title of the thread to something that is not harmful or offensive to Stake because you have not proven that Stake is scamming you, it's about violation of the TOS then you can request to just have a refund, you have to take action now so it will be settled and you can move on.

Have you reached out to Stunna as I suggested earlier on?

He might provide you with more details.

Though from the look of things, you admit to either gambling from a restricted country or using a VPN of which they now need you verify.

You can't talk about anonymity when using such centralized services. As soon as you sign up for one and make a deposit, there goes your anonymity. Always have that at the back of your mind.

 if im understanding their TOS correctly it says amount credited will be frozen as in earnings not deposit