Is Stake slow right now?

If Stake is slow for you, the list above is the quickest way to find out why. Each address is timed from your browser, on your connection, at the moment you opened this page. The number next to each one is the round trip in milliseconds (ms): how long it took for your browser to reach that address and get an answer back. It is not a download speed and it does not measure Stake's games, only how quickly each address responds to you.

As a rough guide:

These bands are a rule of thumb, not a standard. A player on fibre close to a big internet hub will see lower numbers than someone on rural mobile data, and both can be perfectly normal for their connection.

Compare the addresses with each other

The useful signal is the pattern, not one number:

• One address slow, others fast: the problem is the route between you and that address. Switch to the fastest one in the list; your account, balance and bets are the same on every official mirror.
• Every address slow by a similar amount: the problem is almost certainly your own connection, device or network, not Stake. Start with the fixes below.
• Main site not answering, mirrors fast: that is a blocking issue rather than lag, and Is Stake down? covers it in detail.
• Everything unreachable: see the Stake not loading guide.

Run the check twice, a minute apart. A single slow reading can be a one-off spike; the same pattern twice is worth acting on.

Stake is a heavy site: the lobby loads hundreds of game thumbnails, the sportsbook updates odds live, and many games stream graphics or video. When the path between you and Stake has a weak spot, you feel it as lag. The common causes:

• Routing and distance. Your data does not travel in a straight line. It passes through several networks, and sometimes your provider sends it on a long detour to a distant exchange point. Two Stake addresses can sit behind different routes, which is why one can be fast and another slow from the same home.
• ISP throttling or filtering. Some providers slow down or inspect traffic to gambling sites instead of blocking it outright. The site technically loads, just painfully slowly, and sometimes only part of the page appears.
• Congested Wi-Fi. A crowded 2.4 GHz band, a router at the other end of the house, or several people streaming at once can add delay and packet loss that look like Stake being slow.
• VPN or proxy overhead. Every VPN or proxy adds an extra hop, often in another country, which adds delay. More importantly, using a VPN to hide your location breaks Stake's terms and can lead to a closed account and withheld funds. If you have one switched on, turn it off.
• Browser load. Dozens of open tabs, heavy extensions, a full cache or an outdated browser all slow down a site that does a lot of work in the page itself.
• Peak events. During big football matches, major fights or a popular game launch, a huge number of players hit the same pages at once. Odds update more often, and both Stake's servers and your provider's network carry more traffic than usual.

Most of these sit on your side of the connection, which is good news: you can fix them yourself.

Work down the list and stop when Stake feels normal again. The early steps take seconds; the later ones take longer.

1. Switch to the fastest address. Check the list at the top of this page and open whichever address has the lowest number for you. If one route is the problem, this fixes it instantly. Log in as usual; nothing about your account changes.
2. Turn off any VPN or proxy. It adds delay and breaks Stake's terms. Also check for browser extensions that route traffic through a proxy.
3. Close other tabs and pause downloads. Cloud backups, game updates, torrents and video streams on the same connection all compete with Stake.
4. Hard refresh the page. Ctrl+F5 on Windows or Cmd+Shift+R on Mac forces the browser to fetch a fresh copy instead of a half-broken cached one.
5. Clear Stake's site data. In your browser settings, clear cookies and cached files for the Stake address you use, then log in again.
6. Disable extensions one by one. Ad blockers, script blockers and privacy tools sometimes slow down or break the scripts Stake's lobby and live games rely on. Try a private window first; if Stake is fast there, an extension is the likely cause.
7. Fix your Wi-Fi. Move closer to the router, switch to the 5 GHz network, or plug in a cable. Restart the router if it has been on for weeks.
8. Try a different DNS resolver. A slow or overloaded DNS server delays the first connection to every address. A well-known public resolver, or the secure DNS setting in your browser, often helps.
9. Update your browser. Old versions handle modern sites less efficiently. Chrome, Firefox, Edge and Safari all update for free.
10. Test another network. Switch your phone from Wi-Fi to mobile data, or the other way round. If Stake is fast on one and slow on the other, the slow network is the cause, and contacting that provider is the long-term fix.

If none of this helps and every address is slow on every network, the slowness may be on Stake's side; see the last section before the FAQ.

Live dealer tables are the most demanding part of Stake. The video comes from the game studio's own streaming servers, not from the Stake address in your address bar, so a fast mirror reading does not guarantee a smooth stream.

Signs and fixes:

• Stream freezes or buffers. Lower the video quality in the game's settings menu if it offers one. Most live games let you pick a lower resolution, which needs far less bandwidth.
• Picture smooth, bets not registering in time. This is delay rather than bandwidth. Wired connections and 5 GHz Wi-Fi help most. Place bets early in the betting window rather than in the last second.
• Only one game stutters. The problem is likely that studio's stream or that table. Try another table from the same provider, or a different provider.
• Everything stutters, including slots. That points back to your connection or device. Close other apps and work through the fixes above.

If a round is disrupted by a stream failure, the game's own rules decide the outcome, and that is normally shown in the game's help section. Your bet is recorded on the server, not in your browser, so losing the picture does not lose the bet. Keep bet sizes within limits you have set in advance, especially when a laggy stream makes it harder to follow play; our responsible gambling page has tools for that.

On a phone, Stake is usually used in the browser or through a shortcut saved to the home screen. Either way it is the same website, so the same rules apply, with a few mobile-specific causes:

• Weak or switching signal. Moving between Wi-Fi and mobile data, or between cell towers, can drop and rebuild the connection. Stay on one network while playing.
• Low power or data saver modes. These limit background activity and sometimes slow down page scripts. Turn them off while you use Stake.
• Browser storage full. Phones keep large caches. Clear site data for Stake in your mobile browser settings.
• Old device. Graphics-heavy games and the full lobby demand more from older phones. Close other apps, and use the search box instead of scrolling the entire lobby.
• Outdated shortcut. A home-screen shortcut points to one address. If that address is slow or retired, open the list on this page, pick the fastest address and save a new shortcut.

If something calling itself the Stake app is slow, crashes or will not open, check it is the official one before going further; the Stake app not working guide covers that case, including fake apps.

Occasionally the slowness really is Stake's. You can usually tell because every address is slow, on every network and device you try, and other sites load normally. Typical causes are very heavy traffic during peak events, a problem at one game provider, or short maintenance.

What helps:

• Check whether it is one area. If only the sportsbook, one game provider or one coin's cashier is slow, the rest of the site is fine. Play or browse elsewhere and try that area again later.
• Ask support. Stake's live chat can tell you whether there is a known issue. Keep the message short: which area, which address, from which country and network.
• Wait rather than repeat. Pressing a button repeatedly during a slow moment does not speed anything up and can, in rare cases, lead to duplicate actions. Wait for the page to respond.

Slow pages do not affect your balance. If a deposit has not appeared, that is about blockchain confirmations rather than site speed; see deposit not showing. For slow payouts, see withdrawal pending. If you cannot get past the sign-in screen, the login problems guide goes through the usual fixes.