18 September correction: the documented standard rate
The former publisher-only 5% claim is withdrawn. Current coverage uses the official standard rate of 3.5% of the house-edge basis. No special save5 rate is established.
Support reply and the published rate
The publisher supplied this cropped support reply on 18 September 2026. Its example is 1 BTC × 2% house edge × 3.5% = 0.0007 BTC, matching Stake’s published standard rate. The earlier 5% claim has been withdrawn.
Download the correction and evidence record. This supersedes the rate claim in SRC-009 and the campaign-evidence note in the 17 September file. The older files remain unchanged as dated history.
Follow-up: three help articles checked on 17 September
Three public Stake Help articles were reread to check welcome-code timing, standard player rakeback and registration attribution. This follow-up records the scoped findings; it does not replace or redate the nine-record 15 September snapshot. No account was created, no deposit or wager was made, and no campaign redemption or operator support conversation was performed.
Download the three-record follow-up JSON
Welcome access and code-entry window
A valid referral code can unlock early rakeback access. The help article directs users to enter it through the account Offers page within 24 hours of registration.
Scope: Stake.com public welcome mechanism for eligible new accounts. Limit: This does not confirm save5 validity, its campaign rate, a later change of affiliate or country-specific eligibility.
Stake Help — How to get my Welcome Offer · . FOLLOW-001 follows SRC-001, SRC-002.
Standard rakeback calculation and claim location
The casino rate is 3.5% of the house-edge basis of wagers. The help article directs users to VIP, then the Rakeback tab, to claim. Poker and sportsbook have separate calculation bases.
Scope: Stake.com standard player rakeback; casino basis and claim navigation. Limit: The standard formula is not evidence for a 5% save5 campaign or a prediction of an account payment.
Stake Help — What is Rakeback? · . FOLLOW-002 follows SRC-003.
Registration attribution
An account can be associated with one affiliate. A code entered in the optional registration field takes priority over a referral link.
Scope: Stake.com affiliate attribution at registration. Limit: This does not establish that a code entered after signup can replace an existing affiliate relationship.
Stake Help — How to become a Stake Affiliate · . FOLLOW-003 follows SRC-007.
Historical campaign note — superseded on 18 September
The publisher's 5% total save5 rakeback statement retains its original date and evidence status. None of these three general help articles independently verifies it.
The campaign’s eligible markets, account and game eligibility, duration, caps and deposit or wagering conditions remain independently unconfirmed. Check the offer evidence and limitations before relying on a benefit.
The earlier affiliate-commission and bonus-drop records were not rechecked in this follow-up. Their original dates are preserved below.
Historical review dated 15 September 2026
The nine-record snapshot is preserved as published. Its publisher-only 5% claim in SRC-009 has been withdrawn; the current rate is 3.5%. The other source dates have not been changed by this correction.
Download the nine-record historical JSON snapshotHistorical source records — SRC-009 superseded
| Topic and finding | Status and scope | Source and limitation |
|---|---|---|
| SRC-001Welcome accessA valid affiliate code can unlock early rakeback access before Bronze. | OfficialEligible new Stake.com accounts | Operator sourceAccount eligibility and code validity still apply. |
| SRC-002After-signup timing24 hours after account creation, through the Offers page. | OfficialStake.com welcome code | Operator sourceDoes not establish reassignment of an existing affiliate relationship. |
| SRC-003Casino rakebackWager × game house edge × 0.035. | OfficialEligible Stake.com casino wagers | Operator sourceA calculation basis, not a share of total wager or a prediction of session results. |
| SRC-004Casino affiliate commissionWager × game house edge ÷ 2 × commission rate. | OfficialAttributed casino activity | Operator sourceDefault rate 10%; actual agreement and eligible activity may differ. |
| SRC-005Sportsbook affiliate commissionWager × 0.03 ÷ 2 × commission rate. | OfficialAttributed sportsbook activity | Operator sourceSeparate from player rakeback. |
| SRC-006Poker affiliate commissionAttributed rake × commission rate. | OfficialAttributed poker rake | Operator sourceRake is not the pot or wager amount. |
| SRC-007Registration-code priorityA code entered during registration takes priority over the referral link. | OfficialOptional code field during signup | Operator sourceOne affiliate relationship per account; no inference about switching later. |
| SRC-008Bonus-drop qualificationA code can require activity over the last 7 days. | OfficialCode-specific Stake.com drops | Operator sourceThe original code terms and remaining claims determine availability. |
| SRC-009save5-specific campaign rakebackThe WagerVerity publisher confirmed on 2026-09-15 that save5 gives 5% total rakeback: eligible wager × game house edge × 0.05. This is not an additional 5% added to the general rate and is not 5% of the total wager. | Withdrawn 18 September — historical publisher claimPublisher-stated Stake.com campaign rate; account and market eligibility not independently confirmed | Publisher confirmationPublisher confirmation is separate from the general 3.5% rate in the reviewed public Stake help. No independent redemption, approved market list, expiry, currency, reward cap, minimum deposit or wagering terms were confirmed. |
How to interpret the records
Manual review of linked public operator sources and independent calculation checks, with a separately labelled campaign-benefit confirmation supplied by the WagerVerity publisher. No independent account redemption, deposit or operator support conversation was performed.
“Official” means the cited public operator source supports the scoped mechanism. “Publisher-confirmed benefit” identifies a statement supplied by WagerVerity’s publisher. It does not mean Stake’s public help independently documents that campaign or that we tested its redemption. Approved markets, expiry, currency, reward cap, minimum deposit and wagering terms remain unconfirmed.
For $1,000 at a 2% casino house edge, the current published standard rate of 3.5% produces $0.70. This is a formula example, not an observed account payment.
At a 10% affiliate rate, $10,000 at 2% casino edge produces $10.00 commission, $10,000 sportsbook activity produces $15.00, or $500 attributed poker rake produces $50.00. Publisher commission is separate from player rakeback.
Reproduce the scenarios with the rakeback calculator and affiliate commission calculator. Market and account availability require separate checks.
Review and correction history
— Published a separate three-record follow-up for welcome timing, standard rakeback and registration attribution. The original nine-record snapshot and the campaign confirmation date are unchanged. The review method now explains the evidence labels and record fields actually used.
— Version 2026-09-15.1 introduced the nine-record source-status snapshot. Version 2026-09-15.2 corrected the published code and link supplied by the publisher. Version 2026-09-15.3 preserves the historical publisher-only 5% total campaign rakeback claim (withdrawn 18 September) in SRC-009 and links that record to the public correction log. The eight operator-source records and their review dates are unchanged.
See the correction log for the confirmation and earlier calculator and guide corrections, and the editorial policy for our source standards.