Like picking up a rock and seeing a bunch of bugs crawling underneath it, an internet detective has unearthed what they claim is evidence that could link all of the accounts watermarking Stake ads on Twitter / X to one user.

The kicker is that this user also admins the anti-Stake X page @fuckstake_.

For those out of the loop, Stake.com is the world's largest crypto gambling site, worth an estimated $2.6 billion. This year, the company launched an aggressive and controversial ad campaign on X, involving accounts with @Stake linked in their bios posting memes with the gambling site's logo.

Not only does this violate X’s guidelines on undisclosed promotions, it also violates the gambling advertisement laws of many countries, including the U.S. where Stake is not legal.

Despite all of this week's more pressing news, X user @BadTwtProfiles's tweet exposing the Stake ad multiverse still gained major traction, earning over 5.2 million views in just a day.

They simply joined a Discord server linked in the account's bio. From there, they located a mod named harkits who was shamelessly claiming all of the usual Stake-shilling suspects in his profile's "About Me" section.

This includes @picsthatgohard_ and @lmfaooooos, both of which have been quote tweeted and Community Noted by @fuckstake_ before, who seemingly pretends to be a vigilante on a mission to de-Stakeify any meme that's been tainted. However, they appear to be in on it.

@fuckstake_ has since removed the Discord server from its bio and the invite link is no longer valid.

According to another post from @BadTwtProfiles, harkits reached out from one of his accounts (@realpostsonlly) after the exposé went viral. He was trying to get the viral thread taken down, allegedly offering $1,000 for its removal.

Instead of doing that, @BadTwtProfiles posted screenshots of the messages, including a Discord screenshot in which harkits claimed to have made about $20,000 from his viral X Premium accounts.

Despite months of this, X has done nothing about the Stake ad accounts running rampant on its website. Even though they violate the guidelines and the laws of many countries, whoever's in charge at X, the "everything app," doesn't seem to care.

So, if you want to boycott a crypto casino that's no stranger to underhanded advertisement schemes aimed at young audiences, one would need to unfollow and block all of the gimmick accounts interacting with anything Stake-related.

With the recent allegation that @fuckstake_ is an inside job, anyone could be in on the campaign.

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