Who Owns Stake.us? Sweepsteaks Limited Lawsuits (2026)

Who owns Stake.us? Sweepsteaks Limited, a Cyprus-registered company (HE436222) that's the US sweepstakes sister of Stake.com, both controlled by EasyGo founders Ed Craven and Bijan Tehrani - and currently defending against the first-ever US government civil enforcement suit filed against a sweepstakes operator. Stake.us also happens to carry one of the strongest Trustpilot scores in our entire database. Both facts are true simultaneously, and we're not going to pretend otherwise.

Who is Sweepsteaks Limited?

Sweepsteaks Limited is headquartered in Cyprus and operates as the sweepstakes-model sister entity to Stake.com, which itself runs under Curaçao-licensed Medium Rare N.V. Both fall under parent group EasyGo, controlled by co-founders Ed Craven and Bijan Tehrani. Stake.us launched in 2023 specifically to reach American players through the sweepstakes/promotional-game model rather than Stake.com's real-money structure.

Is Stake.us the same as Stake.com?

No, and the gap is wider than a domain. Stake.us is run by Sweepsteaks Limited, the Cyprus company registered as HE436222 that this page profiles. Stake.com runs under Medium Rare N.V., licensed in Curaçao. They are corporate siblings inside EasyGo, not one business wearing two names.

The real separation is the legal product. Stake.com is a real-money site: you deposit, you wager, you withdraw. Stake.us reaches American players through the sweepstakes model instead, which is why everything on it runs on Gold Coins and Stake Cash with a free mail-in route attached - the structure our how sweepstakes casinos work guide breaks down. What the two do share is software. The lobby, the platform and the "Stake Originals" titles are the globally tested Stake.com build, and that shared engineering is a large part of why our Stake.us review scores it so highly on user experience.

How separate the two really are is being argued in federal court right now, which is the part to read before you sign up. An Alabama RICO complaint alleges Stake.us operates under Curacao Gaming Control Board licence 8048/JAZ, shared with Stake.com, and calls the arrangement "a casino with a sweepstakes alibi" - an allegation we could not independently verify, filed by a self-represented plaintiff, and covered in full here. Stake.us argues the reverse in its own New Jersey removal papers, saying that complaint "explicitly conflates Stake.us, the only Stake entity named as a Defendant, with Stake.com, a separate, nonparty entity." Both entities were named as defendants in the New York underage-gambling case that went federal on July 15, 2026.

For a player the consequence is narrow and concrete: your account, your Stake Cash balance and the terms you agreed to sit with the US entity, not with Stake.com. The plaintiff's side in that arbitration fight puts it sharply, arguing only one defendant in the case actually signed the Stake.us agreement and that Stake.com keeps its own separate terms with no arbitration clause in them at all - the jurisdiction argument in detail. However that question lands, a dispute over a redemption is a dispute with Sweepsteaks Limited. We track each filing on the Stake.us news feed.

Brand portfolio: which casino does Sweepsteaks Limited run?

• Stake.us - the operator's only US sweepstakes brand, running a library of 1,400-2,500-plus games, crypto-only redemption, and a separate "Stake US - Poker" app product.

What does Stake.us do well?

Stake.us runs a native iOS app rated 4.6/5 across 8,000-plus reviews, and its Trustpilot score sits at 4.4-4.6/5 - notably high given everything below. Reviewers praise fast crypto redemptions and describe "no recurring pattern of non-payment," which matters more than most metrics in a category where slow or denied payouts are the most common player complaint. On redemption terms alone it ranks third on our highest payout sweepstakes casinos model.

What lawsuits is Stake.us facing?

We're not aware of any other operator in the US sweepstakes space carrying this much active litigation at once. The five cases below are the ones we have dated filings or filed complaints for, oldest first.

Three further facts sit around those filings:

• As of May 2026, 14-plus public lawsuits or civil enforcement actions involve Stake or related entities across multiple states. We also track a separate Minnesota fight over whether these claims belong in arbitration at all: Stake.us lost that bid on July 1 and appealed to the 8th Circuit on July 15.
• The LA suit's supplier allegations directly triggered Pragmatic Play's September 2025 exit from the entire US sweepstakes vertical after Pragmatic was named as a Stake.us supplier.
• Stake.us announced an Illinois exit effective May 19, 2026, after being named in the state's February 2026 cease-and-desist wave.

Should you trust Sweepsteaks Limited's casino?

This is the one operator in our directory where we'd tell you to separate "does it pay out" from "should you be comfortable with the legal picture." On the first question, the evidence says yes - strong Trustpilot data, a well-rated app, and no documented pattern of withheld redemptions. On the second, Stake.us carries more active litigation, including a first-of-its-kind government civil enforcement suit, than any other brand we cover. Stake.us sits in the Caution tier of our blacklist - not a shutdown, but flagged for exactly the reason this page exists: strong player-facing performance running alongside the heaviest unresolved legal exposure we track. "Check the news before you deposit" is the most literally useful advice we can give here.

If that trade is not one you want to make, the closest alternatives to Stake.us match it on games and speed without the court docket, and our top 10 sweepstakes casinos all clear the trust gate Stake.us does not.

Read our full Stake.us review for the 12-criteria testing verdict, see where it ranks on this month's top 10 rankings, and check the state eligibility matrix - Stake.us is unavailable in roughly 18 states.

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