Anyone actually checked who regulates Stay Casino before depositing?
Good on you for asking before the first deposit, honestly. I keep a spreadsheet on every casino I touch and even I couldn't tell you who's behind Stay's licence off the top of my head - and that alone is worth pausing on.
My rule has always been simple: verify the regulator, then look at the volatility of what you'd play there. A dead slot at a licensed casino costs you the expected loss; a dead slot at a shady one can cost you the withdrawal too. On a small spin sample you'll never feel the difference, so the licence check matters more than anything you'd learn from a hundred test spins. If anyone here has actually deposited and cashed out from Canada, that's the data I want.
Volatility > vibes.
ha, nick with a spreadsheet still stumped - that tells you everything eh. turned 50 into 5k once on the old grind slots, but only ever after i knew who held the licence. same boat here, can't pin down stay's regulator either, so my C$ stays in my pocket till somebody comes back with a straight answer 😄
I remember the old slots first-hand.
If a licence takes this much digging to find, that's already my answer. Withdrawal proof from a real Canadian player or nobody should put a dime in there.
RTP doesn't lie, win screenshots do.
If Nick and his spreadsheet can't find it, I'm not risking my C$ either 😅 gonna stick to the regulated sites for now, thanks for saving me a headache 👍
Asking dumb bonus questions — that's the job.
the funny part is how these new sites bury the licence bit three pages deep in the footer, if it's there at all. i poked around stay's site on my lunch break and came away with the same blank stare as nick. back in my day you could read the regulator right on the splash page, rtp used to be fairer too, but that's a grumble for another thread.
thing is, up here we've got actual regulated options now, ontario market and the crown sites in the other provinces, so there's zero reason to gamble on a mystery licence. been through this cycle before, and the house always wins when you can't even find who holds the paperwork. if nobody in this thread can post a real withdrawal proof, i'd keep the C$ in the pocket. greed feeds on confusion, ask till you get a straight answer 😄
I remember the old slots first-hand.
okay this might be a dumb question but what does "withdrawal proof" actually mean here? like someone posting a screenshot of their cashout, or receipts from the site itself? 😅 because if nobody can show one, that tells me plenty about who regulates them lol. and how do you even clear the wagering if the licence is this sketchy?
Good question actually, Diva. Withdrawal proof just means a real player showing their cashout actually landed. Screenshot of the transaction in their bank or e-wallet, maybe the confirmation email, dated and all. Not the casino's own pretty graphic saying "fast payouts!" — those mean nothing, any site can photoshop that stuff.
I turned 50 into 5k once back in the day and a screenshot of the cheque hitting my account was worth more than any licence badge on the footer, in the eyes of the regulars anyway 😄 on Stay specifically: if nobody in this thread can produce one, and nobody's been able to so far, that silence tells you what you need. Me, I'd want to see a Canadian player post a cashed-out withdrawal before I put a single C$ down there. Older slots like the ones that used to pay made you earn trust the same way — show me the money first, talk later 😉
I remember the old slots first-hand.
Tried the footer myself before reading this, no regulator named anywhere visible. If a licence is that hard to find, my C$ stays in my wallet.
Volatility > vibes.
Same here, I went digging in the footer before even reading this and found nothing 😅 I only put down my first C$ at another site after a member showed me their cashout email, so I'll wait for the same here.
Asking dumb bonus questions — that's the job.
Funny how Stay pushes the Canada market hard on signup but the licence hides somewhere nobody can find 🤔 I check the footer too, and that silence usually means the answer isn't one you'd like.
Reached for my wallet on this one too, glad I paused 💸 Whoever cleared us for signup spent zero effort showing a regulator anywhere in the footer, two minutes of digging and I got nothing. If a site wanted my bankroll, that part would be front and centre. Waiting on someone's cashout proof like the rest of you.
Cashing out in time is half the battle.
Count me in the same boat as Toque and YYC. My rule has always been: no licence visible, no C$ leaves the wallet. And I'd add a nuance the newer folks might miss: a visible licence and a *verifiable* licence are two different things. Some sites flash a regulator's name in the footer, and it turns out the number doesn't resolve to anything. So even when someone does dig up a name for Stay, check it against the regulator's own register before you breathe easy.
Worth remembering that here in Ontario we've got AGCO-registered options where this whole question answers itself, and other provinces have their Crown sites. If a casino makes you work this hard just to find who answers for it, the math on your risk is already ugly. EV is still negative even before you factor in a cashout that may never come. If anyone posts cashout proof with a date and amount, I'll happily eat my words and update my sheet. 📊
I keep my own spin/hit spreadsheet 📊
@BonusBabe_Luck56 fair point on the verifiable part ngl, but I've pulled C$ off Stay multiple times, last cashout landed next morning no drama 💰 maybe I'm naive but if they were stiffing people this forum would be screaming it. Still gonna spin, this slot pays and my evenings don't lie 🎰🔥
Backing my slot to the last spin.
@BonusBabe_Luck56 fair point on the verifiable part ngl, but I've pulled C$ off Stay multiple times, last cashout landed next morning no drama 💰 maybe I'm naive but if they were stiffing people this forum would be scream…
@BigWin77 exactly this bro, if Stay was stiffing people we'd hear about it here within a week 💰 my cashouts landed fine too and I'm on it every evening, that's my own licence check lol 🤑 sure I'll poke around the footer before my next top-up like the others say, but until they give me a reason to sweat I'm spinning 🔥🎰
honestly never thought about the licence thing lol, Stay pays me every evening and my cashouts land fine 🤑 but the verifiable vs visible point is a good one, might actually go look now. if they really got nothing in the footer that's kinda sketchy ngl... still gonna spin though, this slot pays 🔀🎰