Stake CEO, Owner and Founders

Ed Craven is the co-founder and CEO of Stake. Before Stake, he and Bijan Tehrani built projects in the crypto space, and the experience shaped Stake as a casino focused on fast crypto payments. Ed Craven is also known for streaming on Kick, the platform he co-founded, where he regularly hosts the Stake Weekly Raffle draw.

Stake was founded and is owned by Ed Craven and Bijan Tehrani. The casino and sportsbook are operated by Medium Rare N.V., a company registered in Curaçao that holds the gaming licence. For Indian players, Stake supports payments in rupees via UPI, Net Banking and cards as well as cryptocurrency; see the deposit methods.

The two founders launched Stake in 2017 as a crypto casino with in-house games. These games later became the Stake Originals collection, including Dice, Mines, Plinko and Crash. Over time Stake added a full sportsbook with cricket, football and esports, live casino and poker. Explore the Stake Originals and the cricket sportsbook.

Stake invests heavily in sport and entertainment partnerships. Over the years the brand has worked with:

• the UFC and individual fighters;
• football clubs in Europe and South America;
• Formula 1, as title partner of the Sauber team;
• music artists, most notably Drake;
• football legends and other ambassadors.

Drake is a brand ambassador of Stake, not its owner: the company belongs to its founders.