for the crypto casino world, with the top 10 casinos taking $2.47 billion in wagers. That’s a slight dip from May’s $2.6 billion, but it feels like a minor speed bump in the steady climb we’ve seen over the past few months, mirroring the modest pullback we’ve seen in the crypto market overall.

Even in a bear market, some of the top crypto casinos took the bull by the horns in June. And there’s a big story unfolding with Rollbit and Luckio, which has rocked the crypto casino world.

Here’s the breakdown of the top names.

1. Stake

Stake smashed it out of the park in June and took a massive chunk of the market. Coming into June with less than 50% of the market share for the first time in months, Stake ended June with 58.6% of the crypto casino market and $1.5 billion in deposits in a truly dominant performance.

It achieved those numbers despite a massive drop in the number of deposits, with 1.9 million compared to 4.7 million in May, and just 284,800 new players compared to 1.3 million in May.

The leading crypto casino introduced its Level Up $20,000 slot race, a $50,000 Conquer the Casino event, and did a series of drops connected to live streams with Drake and other brand ambassadors. Stake vs Eddie, which gives everybody who beats the founder’s multiplier on a chosen game a slice of a $30,000 prize pool, and a heavyweight social media campaign pushing the 200% deposit match bonus up to $5,000 also helped its cause.

On the sports betting side, Stake gave a close loss refund in Major League Baseball and a double winnings offer on major UFC fights.

May’s drop to 48.65% of the crypto casino market share was a wake-up call, and Stake has responded like a true champion.

2. Roobet

While Roobet looked to be on a charge last month, June took the wind out of its sails. It’s still number two in the crypto casino charts, but it’s a far less convincing runner-up and finished the month looking over its shoulder.

Having taken $518 million in bets in May, the amount dropped to $256.3 million in June. Its 18.99% market share was almost cut in half to 10%, but the number of players and new players stayed fairly constant. Those are some unusual numbers that Roobet would do well to dig into, because they suggest that the regular core played less than last month.

The initial buzz over the launch of Roobet Labs, a collaboration with indie developers, looks to have died down. Now, Roobet needs to come up with something more than 20% cashback deals if it wants to keep even some of its recent momentum.

3. bcGame

One of the biggest names in the crypto casino world is on a relatively steady upward trajectory. A market share increase from 7.10% to 8.08% is more significant than the increase in bets from $193.7 million in May to $207.9 million in June.

That’s a modest increase in absolute numbers, but a solid performance in an adverse crypto market. The number of players did fall significantly, however, from 182,500 to 158,500, with just 15,800 new players compared to 27,800 in May. That’s a warning sign.

bcGame has boosted its welcome package to a massive 470% deposit match bonus, as well as free spins, and introduced a $100,000 lottery for new players. A Spin to Win bonus wheel feature in the Live Casino section helped boost engagement, and the casino sent out Sweet Codes, instant crypto bonuses, via social media.

4. Shuffle

Normally, Shuffle lives up to its name with steady steps in the right direction, but this month it endured a minor trip. It’s totally in line with market conditions, and no alarms are going off in Shuffle towers, but this was the first drop in months for the Mr Consistent of the top five.

Market share fell from 6.57% to 6.05%, and deposits fell to $154.9 million from $179.1 million. The player numbers show that Shuffle is still doing its thing when it comes to metronomic reliability, though. It had 247,200 players and 11,600 new sign-ups in June, up from 246,200 and 11,500 in May.

As well as the $1.5 million monthly lottery, Shuffle brought back its Max Win Challenge in mid-June. Two streamers are ‘locked in a virtual room’ and only triggering the max win lets them escape. It’s a fun concept that did generate a solid buzz. Shuffle also ran its $100,000 weekly races and regular Rumble in the Jungle $10,000 races on select slots.

5. Gamdom

Gamdom recently entered the top five, but its position is far from secure. A major dip in June has put it firmly in the sights of competitors that are coming on strong.

Gamdom’s market share dipped from 4.23% to 3.14% and its takings slid to $80.4 million from $115.4 million. 191,800 depositors in June compared to May’s 215,100 and 6,200 new players compared to 9,300 in May is a slide that Gamdom needs to turn around.

Movers and Shakers

Movers

Just outside the top 5, but storming up the ranks, is Rainbet. If the trajectories stay the same, they’ll usurp Gamdom within a month. Rainbet was barely in the top 15 a few months ago but is quickly becoming one of the best crypto casinos on the market. Now it has a 2.7% market share and took $69 million in bets in June compared to $42.6 million in May.

The truly exciting numbers are the 261,700 deposits and 21,700 new players in the last month. Only Stake beat those, and Rainbet is turning into a major star in front of our eyes. A 250% deposit match welcome bonus, $50,000 weekly races, unique games, and an active community have all combined to push Rainbet to the fringe of the top 5.

Shakers

Rollbit has tanked in the last few months. Now it has emerged that the same anonymous team behind Rollbit has launched Luck.io, with one popular pundit labelling Luck.io as ‘Rollbit 2.0’. Essentially, it’s a stealth reboot.

This has created some bad feeling in the community. Rollbit’s transparency has been questioned, particularly by holders of the Rollbit token (RLB), which has halved in value over the last six months. The spotlight has now turned firmly on Rollbit, and commentators are questioning everything from the provably fair mechanics of games to their legal compliance and a growing number of user complaints about account freezes and KYC issues.

Rollbit is still in the top 10 crypto casinos, but only just. In January, the casino took $115.8 million in deposits. That’s down to $60.1 million in June, although the numbers have stabilized in the last month, with new depositors and overall player numbers staying relatively consistent. The token, meanwhile, shot up in value at the end of June. There are signs that Rollbit has contained this scandal and can continue to turn a solid profit, albeit a much smaller one than before, but it has definitely lost credibility.

Token News

The big news on the token front are the actual casino tokens themselves, including Rollbit’s RLB, SHUFL and Solana. They all surged at the end of June, rising 20-30%, as crypto investors hyped up the ever-decreasing supply thanks to the casinos’ business plan of using profits to buy and burn tokens.

The crypto world doesn’t even seem dissuaded by Rollbit’s PR problems. Whether this is a long-term boost or just the latest fad in the crypto world, we’ll have to wait and see.