Who Owns Stake: Medium Rare N.V., Founders and Partnerships

Who owns Stake: Medium Rare N.V.

Medium Rare N.V. owns and operates the site from Curaçao. Two wholly owned subsidiaries in Cyprus may handle part of the payment processing.

The Cyprus companies handle payments; the licence and the player contract sit with Medium Rare N.V. The current licence status can be checked in the regulator's public register.

Founders and history

Stake launched in 2017 under a Curaçao licence. It was co-founded by Ed Craven and Bijan Tehrani, as widely reported.

Both founders are reported to have run the dice site Primedice before Stake. The operator's published documents name the company and no chief executive.

Easygo, Kick and the US site

Kick, a streaming platform launched in December 2022, is reported to belong to the same Easygo group as Stake. Easygo is the Melbourne company of the two co-founders, as reported.

The US site is a separate sweepstakes product run by another company, Sweepsteaks Ltd. Its coins, rules and games do not apply to Stake.com.

Licence and published policies

Medium Rare N.V. holds Curaçao Gaming Authority licence OGL/2024/1451/0918. That licence does not authorise online money gaming in India, where the PROG Act, 2025 has applied since 1 May 2026; see legal status in India.

• Terms of Service;
• Anti-Money Laundering;
• Privacy and Cookies Policy;
• Self Exclusion;
• Deposit Bonus Requirements;
• Sportsbook and Racing Rules;
• Poker Card Room Rules and Poker Refund Policy;
• Complaints Policy.

Sports partnerships as corporate history

The deals below are corporate facts as reported in the media. Their fees and terms were not disclosed.

• Formula 1: the title deal with a Formula 1 team ran in 2024 and 2025 and ended with the 2025 season, as reported;
• Premier League football: the brand moved from the shirt front to the sleeve of an English club from the 2026/27 season, as reported;
• UFC: named the UFC's betting partner for Latin America and Asia in 2021, as reported.

Partnerships change often. Only the deals above are stated, each as reported in the media.

Languages and Help Center

The site runs in English with a Hindi version at stake.com/hi/. The Help Center has 17 languages, Hindi among them.

Help Center collections cover Indian Rupee payments and the identity documents accepted in India. Contacts are listed under support contacts.

Social channels

The site footer lists seven community channels. Messages and links from any other account are not the operator's.

• X: x.com/stake;
• Instagram: instagram.com/stake;
• YouTube: youtube.com/c/StakeCasinoTV;
• TikTok: tiktok.com/@stake;
• Telegram: t.me/StakeCasino;
• Facebook: facebook.com/StakeCasino;
• Stake Forum: stakecommunity.com.

Account security, licence checks and the risks in India are covered under is Stake safe.