Stake introduces passkey for a more secure, streamlined login

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World’s most popular online casino sets industry standard for advanced, passwordless security  

Stake, the world’s most popular online casino and sportsbook, has become one of the first major iGaming operators to offer passkey login, giving users a faster and more secure way to access their accounts.

Passkey lets Stake users verify their login with biometrics or a device PIN, bypassing passwords and one-time codes altogether. This makes sign-in nearly instant, eliminates the hassle of password resets, and reduces vulnerability to phishing attacks.

Key benefits of passkey:

• Instant login with fingerprint, facial ID, or device PIN

• Streamlined sign-in—no passwords or codes to remember

• Dramatically reduces phishing-based takeovers

Stake’s passkey is built to the globally recognized FIDO standard, the same protocol used by the biggest names in tech. Microsoft reports a 98% sign-in success rate with passkeys, three times higher than with passwords. PayPal reported a 70% drop in account takeovers after replacing passwords with passkeys.

“In an industry where trust and security are paramount, the move to passkey was an obvious next step”, said Stake Head of Product Andrew Forte. “We’re setting a new benchmark for player protection and convenience, removing password risk and proving that the most secure experience can also be the easiest.”

Passkey offers impressive improvements in speed. According to Google, sign-in with passkey typically takes 15 seconds while passwords require 30 seconds, or twice as long. With Stake seeing over 100 billion bets a year, including during live events, passkey enables more responsive and real-time play.

Passkey rollout began in mid-September and will be gradually made available to all users via account settings in Stake.

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