You didn't mention which VIP level you are on Stake currently. Maybe you don't wager the bare minimum based on the last 7 days' statistics so it makes sense why you only get a base amount of VIP rank. BTW, some people get Plat5 with profit and the additional bonuses become the cherry on the top for skilled or lucky guys. $20k is a lot for the average user so I doubt this loss has affected his personal financial situation, hopefully, he will recover this loss asap.

@Kakmakr correct me if I’m wrong but isn’t Stake too using a third party provider and many times these providers reduce the odds and in that scenario one can’t blame Stake right? Furthermore I usually wager small bets only and on Stake I used to wager money from my free spins and bonuses so I never really checked other sites odds but whatever odds I had gotten I was happy because I knew that Stake is a legit casino and would pay me if I won.

Wrong. Stake has the same odds provider as other sites yet on other sites the odds are much better. Sites can choose how big their advantage can be and seems stake is especially greedy.

I would agree but there are some cases like mine where there's no other option to place a bet in other gambling platforms. That's why even if we know that these odds are not fair. We are still going to accept them. Additionally. since the VIP program on Stake is really good and our progress is on Stake.com, we will still choose Stake for the benefits it offers through the VIP program.

But yeah regardless of the VIP program honestly Stake has the worst odds in the market.

Missed all fun today on the stream, especially the last 1 hour was quite stressful due to chasing my limbo strategy. The main final bonus was not even claimed due to the useless captcha service used by Stake, it always shows errors and these errors keep popping up every Saturday. No idea why they don't want to fix this issue, everyone has faced the same issues at least once surely. They have probably other reasons that can't be shared with regular users, who knows...

I'm quite sure Eddie and all other Stake's official received so many complaints related to this error while claiming code during the live stream. Now the decision is on their hand, if they think that it is part of the fun while claiming the code then they will keep it this way but if they want to make players happy, they should have fixed it once they received the complaints. Well, maybe they will fix it as I believe the complaints will come in every live stream. 

Eddie talked about this during the last streaming session...... he says it is part of the fun to hunt for these bonuses. He did something about the Captha problem that we had before, but I think the new one is giving more problems than the previous one.

I think he is more involved with Kick these days and Stake is just a project that he is using to fund the development of his streaming platform. The site needs a whole overall, for the bonus system.. and he cannot afford to spend too much money and effort into that. 

I can't talk much about not being able to gamble anywhere else, because I do have option to gamble some other places and yet I still gamble here, so I can't talk about that part. But I can talk about the added bonuses, between the VIP and competitions, challenges and many other stuff, I do end up with a lot more returned than any other place, so that means I am not losing as much as people think I am losing when I end up losing a bet.

I understand the mindset that there is a good chance that we could end up with something much better. I hope that it gets to a point where it's going to be a decent thing and maybe we could end up with a good result, it's going to be just from different source then just winning the bet and that matters.

It's not a joke, it's real  it will feel bad if we hunt for something but it's normal if we play as usual at least that's what I feel every time I play a slot game.
@seleme I have tips on how to hunt for challenges in the stake forum, you should wait on the last day then compare the total prizes with the participants then you will know the potential prize that you can get, and you have to prepare a budget to reach the target if it exceeds the target you should stop. If you keep on forceing yourself it's not commensurate with your efforts.

@ryzaadit Yep 13/14 ideal time for monthly then we have to get ready in the following month because August 8 is Stake birthday, we don't know what bonuses will be shared but what is clear is wager must be prepared, who knows dozens of drops will be sent every day + no more claim problems