1xBet vs Stake

History and ownership

Stake.com launched in 2017 (the same year as 22Bet — a coincidence, since the two products are nothing alike) and rapidly became the largest crypto-first sportsbook on the planet. Owned by parent company Sweetspot Capital and operating under a Curaçao licence with regulated-market presence in Brazil and Argentina via local partners, Stake has scaled through massive influencer-marketing spend — including Drake’s well-publicised stream partnership and Kick.com cross-promotion — and high-profile UFC and English Premier League sponsorships.

The Stake product is fundamentally different from 1xBet. Stake is a crypto-native casino-and-sportsbook with a clean, modern UI optimised for English-first players who want fast crypto deposits, transparent provably-fair gaming on house games, and high-volume rakeback. 1xBet is a fiat-and-crypto multi-language sportsbook with deep emerging-market localisation, comprehensive sportsbook depth, and a country-tiered welcome-bonus structure.

The two products are genuinely targeting different audiences. The comparison only makes sense if you’re weighing one against the other; if you don’t bet in crypto, Stake is largely off the table.

Welcome bonus — head-to-head

Stake does not run a traditional welcome bonus. There is no “100% match on first deposit” offer; what Stake offers instead is the Stake VIP rakeback programme, where high-volume players accrue rakeback (a percentage of house edge returned to the player) at increasing rates as the lifetime wagered amount grows. For players who bet $50 a month, this is functionally zero benefit — VIP rakeback only kicks in materially after thousands of dollars wagered. For high-volume players ($50k+ wagered per month) Stake’s rakeback is the strongest in the industry by a meaningful margin.

1xBet runs the opposite model: aggressive front-loaded welcome bonus (130% boost on first deposit, country-tiered up to 400% in India / 300% in Nigeria / 200% across most of East Africa) plus a secondary VIP cashback program for retention. The first deposit is where the headline value sits.

The practical takeaway: a new bettor with a $100 first deposit gets $130 of bonus value on 1xBet (and zero on Stake). A $50,000-per-month volume bettor will eventually accrue more value from Stake’s rakeback than from any 1xBet retention programme. The crossover point is somewhere around $5,000-$10,000 of monthly wagered volume.

Crypto-first vs multi-currency

Stake is crypto-native. The cashier is built around 20+ supported coins (Bitcoin, Ethereum, USDT, USDC, Litecoin, Dogecoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ripple, Tron, BNB, Solana, Polygon, plus a smaller set) with native wallet integration: deposits clear in roughly the time it takes to confirm on the chosen network (under 30 seconds on TRC-20 USDT, 10-20 minutes on Bitcoin). Withdrawals are similarly fast — typically processed within 30 seconds of submission.

Stake also accepts fiat deposits in USD and EUR through credit-card and bank-transfer rails, but the fiat experience is clearly secondary: rates are sub-optimal for non-major currencies, and the fiat selection is heavily centred on EU/US-resident players. Local Asian, African and LatAm rails are not the strong point.

1xBet runs deep fiat localisation — UPI, M-Pesa, bKash, JazzCash, Easypaisa, OXXO, Pix, MTN Mobile Money, Airtel Money — alongside the same crypto stack (40+ coins). For a player in India / Bangladesh / Pakistan / Kenya / Nigeria / Mexico / Brazil who deposits in local currency, 1xBet is the only practical answer; Stake either won’t accept the local rail or will charge punishing FX through the cashier.

Sportsbook depth

Stake’s sportsbook is functional but shallow by international comparison. On a typical Premier League top-six fixture Stake opens 500-700 markets — which is fine for the standard match-winner / handicap / total-goals layer plus the most popular props, but thin on the deep prop layer (corners, cards, throw-ins, specific-player markets at the lower-volume tier). 1xBet on the same match opens 1,200+.

On cricket the gap is wider. Stake covers IPL but with only 200-300 markets per match — well short of 1xBet’s 700+. On esports both books are competent on Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2, LoL and Valorant majors but 1xBet has deeper map-by-map prop coverage; Stake leans more on match-winner and total-rounds pricing. On smaller-league football Stake drops to a 30-60 market skeleton on lower-tier domestic leagues; 1xBet maintains a 200-400 market layer down to League Two / Liga Hypermotion / Bundesliga 2 / Serie B.

Where Stake is genuinely competitive is in-play UI quality — the Stake live screen is one of the cleanest in the industry, with very fast cash-out execution and smooth bet-builder mechanics. The 1xBet live screen is denser and packs more markets; whether you prefer the Stake aesthetics or the 1xBet depth is a personal-fit question.

Casino and Stake Originals

Stake’s casino centrepiece is the Stake Originals suite — Plinko, Mines, Limbo, Hilo, Crash, Dice, Roulette, Wheel, plus another 20-odd house-built games. They run on a published provably-fair RNG that lets players verify each round’s seed independently. RTPs are competitive (Plinko 99% on the most volatile setting, Mines variable, Crash 99%) and the games are tightly designed.

The third-party slot library is around 3,000+ titles (Pragmatic, Hacksaw Gaming, Nolimit City, BGaming, Push Gaming, Practical, the standard supplier roster). Live-dealer is well covered with Pragmatic Play Live, Evolution and Ezugi tables. There is no traditional casino welcome bonus on Stake — value is concentrated in the rakeback programme and in periodic challenges / promotions.

1xBet runs a 5,000+ slot library from the same supplier roster, 200+ live-dealer tables, and the in-house 1xGames instant-win suite. The 1xGames games include 1xWin, Wheel of Fortune, Penalty, Heads or Tails — they are not provably-fair-published in the Stake sense, but they have run reliably for years. The casino welcome is up to €1,950 across the first four deposits plus 150 free spins.

For a player who specifically wants provably-fair house games with verifiable seeds: Stake. For everyone else: 1xBet has the wider supplier library, the bigger welcome bonus, and the broader live-dealer table count.

VIP rakeback vs front-loaded bonus economics

The fundamental question between Stake and 1xBet is bonus structure. Stake puts all retention value into a high-volume rakeback ladder; 1xBet puts the headline value into the welcome bonus and runs a lighter retention programme behind it.

Worked example. Player A deposits $100 once and bets $200 of total volume in their first month. On 1xBet they receive $130 of bonus credit (the 130% boost on first deposit) which, after 5× accumulator wagering, converts to roughly $80-$110 of clearable cash value depending on luck on the wagering. On Stake they receive $0 of welcome value and accrue maybe $0.50-$1.50 of rakeback from the $200 of volume.

Player B deposits $5,000 once and bets $50,000 of total volume per month for six months. On 1xBet they receive the same $130 boost on the first deposit plus VIP cashback on retention — total bonus value over six months perhaps $400-$600. On Stake they accrue rakeback at rates of 5-12% of house edge depending on tier — over six months at $50k volume that’s plausibly $1,500-$3,000+ in rakeback value.

For 95% of players, 1xBet is the better economic answer. For the 5% who put through five-figure monthly volume, Stake’s rakeback eventually pulls ahead.

Mobile experience

Stake does not ship a native iOS app or Android .apk in most regions — it relies on a PWA (Progressive Web App) installed via “add to home screen.” The PWA is excellent: fast, reliable, no installation friction, no antivirus false-positives, no app-store availability problems. For most players the PWA is genuinely better than a native app.

1xBet ships native Android .apk and native iOS apps in addition to a PWA. The native apk has the standard sideload experience (one-time enable Unknown Sources permission, 100MB download, install). For players in countries where the App Store / Play Store distribution is restricted, the .apk is the right choice; for everyone else the PWA path works on 1xBet too.

UI-side, the Stake mobile experience is one of the best in the industry — clean, fast, intuitive bet-slip mechanics. The 1xBet mobile experience is denser and surfaces more markets; experienced bettors often prefer this, casual players sometimes find it overwhelming.

Live streaming and content

Stake offers live streaming on a smaller catalogue than 1xBet — typically 15,000-20,000 events per week (most Premier League / Champions League / La Liga / IPL / NBA matches) vs 40,000+ on 1xBet. The headline tier-1 coverage is largely the same (you get the EPL match streams on both); the long tail differs.

Both books gate streaming behind a positive account balance — you don’t need to have placed a bet, just have funds in the account. Stream quality is comparable: 720p typical, 1080p available on flagship matches, low-latency on both with the standard 5-15 second delay vs live broadcast.

Support and localisation

Stake supports English, Portuguese, Spanish, French, German, Russian, Polish, Hungarian, Turkish and Vietnamese — about 12 languages all told. Live chat is 24/7 in English with extended-hours coverage in the other languages. Support quality is strong: first-reply averages 1m 30s in our sample, resolution quality is high, and the support team has a reputation for being faster than industry average on KYC and withdrawal questions.

1xBet supports 40+ languages including the deep emerging-market set (Hindi, Bengali, Urdu, Tamil, Telugu, Swahili, Hausa, Arabic across regional dialects, Vietnamese, Thai, Filipino, Indonesian) that Stake doesn’t cover. Support quality is comparable but the value of multi-language support depends on whether your preferred language is in either list.

Licence and trust signals

Both operators hold a Curaçao licence as the international base. Stake additionally holds local licences in Brazil and Argentina via partner-operated brands; 1xBet has local partner arrangements in several jurisdictions but not the same direct-licence presence in LatAm.

Trustpilot scores: Stake at 4.1/5 across 12,000+ reviews, 1xBet at 3.6/5 across 30,000+ reviews. Stake’s score is higher partly because its audience is concentrated in higher-volume players who get high-quality VIP service; 1xBet’s lower score reflects a much wider mass-market audience including emerging-market casual bettors who tend to leave more critical Trustpilot feedback.

Both operators have credible payout track records. Both publish responsible-gambling tools and run the standard SE / time-limit / deposit-limit framework. For a sports bettor primarily worried about “will I get paid out” both books are credible — and substantially better than the long tail of unbranded Curaçao sportsbooks.

Payment-method overlap — full table

Every fiat and crypto deposit-and-withdrawal method either operator supports. "Yes" means the method is fully supported with reliable processing in our last test cycle; "Limited" means it works in some markets or has known reliability issues; "No" means the method is not supported.

Withdrawal speed compared

Headline times based on our last quarterly withdrawal-speed test, taken across verified accounts in five countries (India, Bangladesh, Kenya, Brazil and Spain). All times are after KYC clearance — first-time withdrawals on new accounts add 1-3 business days for KYC review on either book.

Best for — which player should pick which

The "right" choice between 1xBet and Stake depends on what kind of bettor you are. Here’s the editorial team’s pick by use case: