Stake Owner and Founders: Ed Craven, Bijan Tehrani and Medium Rare N.V.

The Stake owners are its two co-founders, Ed Craven and Bijan Tehrani. The company named in Stake’s Terms as the operator of stake.com is Medium Rare N.V., registered in Curacao, which holds the gaming licence. The platform’s technology is developed by Easygo, a Melbourne company also founded by the pair.

Stake does not publish a list of shareholders or a management page, so the founders and the operating company are the reliable public facts about Stake ownership.

Both Stake founders come from Melbourne. Ed Craven, known to players as Eddie, is the best-known public face of the brand: he streams regularly, and bonus drop codes are often shared on his streams. Bijan Tehrani co-founded the business with him and stays out of the spotlight far more often.

The two also back Kick, a live-streaming platform. That link shows up on Stake itself: an account can be created or opened with a Kick account, and bonus drops appear on Kick streams.

Is Stake an Australian company? In its roots, yes: the founders are Australian, and Easygo, the developer behind the platform, is based in Melbourne. The casino and sportsbook themselves are run by Medium Rare N.V., a company registered in Curacao, under a licence from the Curacao Gaming Authority.

The short answer to where Stake is based is therefore an Australian-founded brand with a Curacao operator and licence. The only official address of the site is stake.com, and official emails come only from @stake.com addresses.

The Sponsorships menu on stake.com lists more than 25 partners, from clubs and leagues to individual athletes and artists, including Drake, Kun Aguero, Iker Casillas, Alex Pereira and Merab Dvalishvili.

• UFC: Stake is the Official Betting Partner of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. The deal was extended to Brazil in 2022, and the brand has been presenting partner of events such as UFC 274, UFC 283 and UFC 301, with branding inside the Octagon.
• Everton: Stake is an Official Partner of the Premier League club.
• Trinbago Knight Riders: Stake is the Official Cricket Partner of the five-time Caribbean Premier League champions.

Drake is a partner and brand ambassador rather than a Stake owner; he is not named among the founders or in the operator’s details. The brand’s earlier Formula 1 team partnership no longer appears in the Sponsorships menu.

For a player, the practical facts behind the company matter more than the names. Stake operates under a published licence, its in-house games use a provably fair system, and it is listed as a verified operator of the Crypto Gambling Foundation. Account questions are answered only through official channels: live chat, the @stake.com email addresses and the Help Center, which together make up Stake support.

The brand behind the site does not change the basic rules of play: every deposit is wagered once before withdrawal, and the limits and exclusion tools work the same for every account.