Is Stake down right now?

Genuine full outages of Stake are rare and short. When Stake will not open, the cause is usually one of these:

• ISP or network block. Some internet providers, workplaces, schools and public Wi-Fi networks block gambling domains.
• DNS problems. Your device asks a DNS server where stake.com lives. If that server is blocked, slow or returns a stale answer, the site seems to vanish.
• Regional routing. Traffic to a particular address can be slow in your region at a given moment while other addresses route fine.
• Browser problems. A corrupted cache, an ad blocker or privacy extension, or an expired session cookie can break page loading.
• Maintenance. Stake occasionally takes parts of the site offline for updates, often for minutes.
• Country restrictions. If you are in a country Stake does not serve, you will see a restriction message. That is not an outage, and you should not try to get around it.

Mirrors exist because addresses get blocked or degraded on particular networks. Our guide on why Stake mirror domains change explains the background.

1. Check the status above. If mirrors are up, open the fastest one and log in as usual.
2. Reload without cache. Use a hard refresh (Ctrl+F5 on Windows, Cmd+Shift+R on Mac) or open a private window.
3. Clear site data. Clear cookies and cached files for Stake in your browser settings, then log in again.
4. Disable extensions. Turn off ad blockers, script blockers and privacy extensions for a minute and retry.
5. Try another browser. Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Edge all work; if one fails and another works, the problem is in the first browser.
6. Switch networks. Move from Wi-Fi to mobile data or the other way round. If one works, your network is the issue.
7. Restart your router. A power cycle clears stale DNS and routing on home connections.
8. Change DNS. Set your device or router to a public DNS resolver such as Cloudflare (1.1.1.1) or Google (8.8.8.8), then flush your DNS cache.
9. Check the time on your device. A wrong system clock breaks secure connections and shows certificate errors.
10. Contact support. If you can reach any Stake address, live chat can confirm whether there is a known issue.

Our longer guide on how to find a working Stake mirror covers more cases.

There are two common ways a network blocks a site.

A DNS block is the simplest: your provider's DNS server refuses to give out the address of a domain, or points it to a warning page. Switching to a public DNS resolver often bypasses this kind of block, because the block lives only in your provider's resolver. Encrypted DNS (DNS over HTTPS) in modern browsers has the same effect.

An address or SNI block works at the network level: traffic to particular servers or domain names is dropped. Changing DNS does not help here. A different official address for the same site, such as a mirror, often does, because the block is applied to specific domains.

Neither method is a judgement on whether gambling is legal for you. A provider may block for its own reasons, and some countries require blocks by law. Mirrors are for when a working address is blocked or slow on your network; you must still follow your local law and Stake's terms. Using a VPN to appear in another country breaks Stake's terms and can lead to a closed account and withheld balances.

Stake schedules maintenance occasionally, usually short and sometimes limited to one area such as the sportsbook, a single game provider or withdrawals on one coin. During maintenance you may see a notice, games that will not launch, or a cashier that shows a coin as temporarily unavailable.

If one coin's withdrawals are paused, that is usually network maintenance or a wallet upgrade, not a problem with your account. Deposits sent during a pause are normally credited once the wallet is back. If the whole site shows a maintenance page on every address in the list above, wait a few minutes and check again.

• Your balance is safe during an outage. Funds and bets are stored on Stake's side; a page that will not load does not affect them. Bets already placed settle normally.
• Open sports bets. If you lose access during a live event, your bet still settles by the rules. Cash-out depends on access at that moment, so do not rely on it.
• Deposits in transit. A crypto deposit sent before an outage credits after the required confirmations, even if you cannot see it yet. Keep the transaction ID.
• Password resets. Do not reset your password on an address you are unsure of. Wait until you can reach a known address.
• Use 2FA. It protects you even if you accidentally enter your password on a fake site.

For more on the site itself, read our Stake review, and if frustration with access is pushing you to play more to make up for lost time, our responsible gambling guide can help.