It could be attributed to the number of people online surpassing 20k at one time.
Have placed 4000 in the 5th birthday race so should get a little piece of the prize pool for this one.
But still over a week left til it closes for the places of under 5000 to be awarded something.
Took me $120,700 to get within the limit of places so to get something out of this month long race.
I do not play much this month and wagered no more than $25k, it places me in 17k+ position in the birthday race LOL.
I guess someone need to wager at least $150k to be one of the 5,000 winners at the end of the birthday race.
Well it is going crazy in Stake, my position for the birthday race proves that there are at least 17k active users this month.
High possibility that there are more than 25k users as I believe there are many players who wager few thousands $ or less in Stake.