Stake vs Shuffle as sportsbooks
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Stake and Shuffle both have a real sports tab. This page compares rails, geo refusals from each book’s own terms (read 2026-09-05), and what the sports product actually is — not a ranking we were paid to write.
Sign-up still goes through /go/stake or /go/shuffle. If a book refuses your country, that click 200s with an explanation. Poland is the worked example: Stake refuses PL, Cloudbet does not.
Casino lobbies on the same wallet are a different family on this site.
| Stake | Shuffle | |
|---|---|---|
| License (as named) | Named on Stake terms (not re-licensed by us) | Curaçao OGL/2024/1337/0628 (named on Shuffle AML page) |
| Deposit rails we actually read | Crypto cashier | Crypto cashier |
| KYC / AML | Stake’s terms and AML stack can require identity documents, typically around withdrawal. We do not run the cashier and we do not claim “no KYC”. | Shuffle AML/ToS list is the geo source. KYC is the operator’s process. Row stale after 90 days. |
| Last checked | 2026-09-05 | 2026-09-05 |
| Esports | Yes | Yes |
| Restricted ISO codes | AF AR AT AU BE BR CD CH CO CU CW CY CZ DE DK ES FR GB GR HR IL IQ IR IT KP KY LR LT LY MT NL PE PL PT RS SD SE SK SS SY US ZA ZW | AU CU CW DE ES GB IR KP KY NL PT SE SG SY US |
Older than 90 days we treat as restricted. How we read terms
How we read terms
Primary source first. For each book we encode a deny list from that book’s own terms, AML page, or restricted-jurisdiction article. Secondary “reviews” are not the list.
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