on-chain data is the new credibility meta in crypto gambling
and casinos have every incentive to game it
$44.7B in crypto casino deposits were tracked this year by @Tanzanite_xyz@Circusfyi@fairgambling
players now use these rankings to decide where to gamble
a new casino can generate millions in deposit volume for a few thousand dollars in gas fees and suddenly sit next to Stake and Roobet on every leaderboard
reputation by volume association
do you think your favorite casino cooks their numbers?
on-chain data is the new credibility meta in crypto gambling
and casinos have every incentive to game it
$44.7B in crypto casino deposits were tracked this year by @Tanzanite_xyz@Circusfyi@fairgambling
players now use these rankings to decide where to gamble
a new casino can generate millions in deposit volume for a few thousand dollars in gas fees and suddenly sit next to Stake and Roobet on every leaderboard
reputation by volume association
do you think your favorite casino cooks their numbers?
2 years ago every influencer was pumping SHIT coins and NFT projects
now it’s casino deals
the infrastructure layer of crypto is becoming the infrastructure layer of gambling — and it’s accelerating fast
Jupiter, Solana’s biggest DEX, now pushes prediction markets and poker betting
Magic Eden raised $157M for NFTs… then pivoted into a full offshore crypto casino
the culture completely changed
Drake - $100M/year
Trainwreck - $360M in 16 months
xQc - up to $200k per stream
and it’s not just crypto influencers anymore
rappers, athletes, streamers, celebrities — everyone is getting a casino bag
gambling became the fastest growing sponsorship category on the internet and it's not even close
we broke down why this happened, where the money comes from, and what it means for crypto
2 years ago every influencer was pumping SHIT coins and NFT projects
now it’s casino deals
the infrastructure layer of crypto is becoming the infrastructure layer of gambling — and it’s accelerating fast
Jupiter, Solana’s biggest DEX, now pushes prediction markets and poker betting
Magic Eden raised $157M for NFTs… then pivoted into a full offshore crypto casino
the culture completely changed
Drake - $100M/year
Trainwreck - $360M in 16 months
xQc - up to $200k per stream
and it’s not just crypto influencers anymore
rappers, athletes, streamers, celebrities — everyone is getting a casino bag
gambling became the fastest growing sponsorship category on the internet and it's not even close
we broke down why this happened, where the money comes from, and what it means for crypto
@DrWgamba thanks its interesting to make these videos too, most of the behind the scene stuff doesn't get too much covereage. the suits are coming for the crypto casinos
@YogiGambles thanks, a lot of interesting shit happening in the crypto casino space on the back end. I think in the end more mainstream money flowing in, there is going to be a lot more eyeballs on the space
$300M + of VC and investor money has flooded into offshore crypto casinos in the last 18 months
all trying to build the next STAKE
Dicey.com - $157M
MonkeyTilt.com - $51M
MyPrize.com - $38M
Bluff.com - $21M
BetHog.com - $16M
Winna.com - $15M
backed by Paradigm, Sequoia, Pantera, Polychain + more
hundreds of millions flowing into offshore gambling platforms
we broke down the deals, the economics, and what it actually means for the space
does massive VC money change the player experience for better or worse?
@YogiGambles because dozens of casinos launch every month, there’s a constant supply of new targets
new operators are desperate to grow fast, don’t know who to trust. we go pretty hard on casinos but for sure they're dealing with some bs daily too. its a cut throat industry
the issue isn’t whether the outcomes are “fair” in practice, it’s whether players can independently verify them
without a client seed and nonce tied to a persistent server seed, the casino controls every input into the outcome generation
that defeats the core purpose of provably fair - simple fix just dont call the games provably fair
this isn’t about “shitting on casinos”, it’s about whether the implementation actually matches the claim being made to players
@a0kdev I would say provably fair games are but it depends on if they're implemented properly or not. also the actual casino you're playing on matters a lot too
another FAKE Provably Fair casino: Qzino.com
no client seed
no nonce
they rotate the server seed every single bet
there's nothing for a player to verify against
real provably fair has three inputs:
-server seed (casino's input, committed before play)
-client seed (your input)
-nonce (sequential bet counter on a single seed)
Qzino skips the player input and nonce completely
their hash commitment proves nothing because the casino picked all the inputs they can choose any game outcome they like
this is basically a black box game with a fake fairness interface
not sure if it's incompetent or malicious no way to know for sure
have you played their originals? how did it go?
@krombet_ig seeing a lot of casinos just using sports betting interface and calling it prediction markets.. any good examples of casinos that have done it natively well?
@YogiGambles@hacksawgaming Back of napkin math - let’s assume they charging 10% GGR to provide these games for operators means operators are doing 500m GGR in q1 just from hacksaw titles and they’re not even the biggest provider.
how did stake turn “originals” into a $2 Billion / month machine?
these games are built for retention and acquisition - not as profitable as slots
we broke down what actually makes a good originals game
What’s one original that keeps you coming back?
how did stake turn “originals” into a $2 Billion / month machine?
these games are built for retention and acquisition - not as profitable as slots
we broke down what actually makes a good originals game
What’s one original that keeps you coming back?