PrimeDice Is Closed: What Happened and the Best Alternatives

PrimeDice is closed. The Bitcoin dice site stopped taking bets on 8 October 2025, after telling players in August 2025 to withdraw their funds by that date and to continue playing at Stake.com. This page used to be our PrimeDice review; it now records what happened, what former players can still do, and which live crypto casinos offer a similar provably fair dice game.

Status as of October 2026: closed, no new accounts, no betting. We do not link to PrimeDice any more, and older reviews of the site (including the 2014 “PD3” version) now point here.

PrimeDice at a glance

Live alternatives to PrimeDice

The casinos below are operating today, accept crypto and run provably fair or in-house games. None of them accepts players from the United States or the United Kingdom where we checked their terms, so US readers should start with our guide for US players instead. Partner brands are listed first and are marked as such in our rating method.

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   Foxy Gold

   Up to €1,200 + 120 free spins on the first deposit

   • Crypto deposits via XCoins: BTC, ETH, LTC, DOGE, XRP, USDT, USDC, TRX, ADA, BCH, BNB
   • Casino plus sportsbook; launched 2025
   • Default withdrawal limits €4,000/day, €10,000/week

   ★ 4.0/5 · Licence: Tobique Gaming Commission licence 0000163 (3-102-937894 Limitada, Costa Rica; seal status VALID 7 Oct 2026)

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   Tenobet

   Slots package 400% up to €5,000 over 3 deposits (200% up to €500, 100% up to €1,500, 100% up to €3,000)

   • Cards, e-wallets and crypto deposits
   • Casino, live casino and sportsbook in one account
   • Withdrawal caps €1,000/day and €10,000/month (T&C 6.13)

   ★ 4.0/5 · Licence: Anjouan ALSI-202409012-FI1 (Softon Ltd, Cyprus HE 463977)

   Visit siteRead review18+. New players. Wagering, expiry and max bet set in each offer's bonus terms. Min withdrawal €100. T&Cs apply.
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   Stake

   No fixed welcome match; rewards come through the VIP programme, rakeback and regular promotions

   • Stake Originals (dice, crash, plinko, mines) with provably fair results
   • Casino and sportsbook on one crypto balance
   • Run by the team behind the former PrimeDice

   ★ 4.4/5 · Licence: Curaçao Gaming Authority OGL/2024/1451/0918 (Medium Rare N.V.)

   Visit siteRead review18+. T&Cs apply.
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   BC.Game

   Monthly four-deposit bonus of 180% / 240% / 300% / 360% (min deposits $5 / $10 / $20 / $30), paid into locked rakeback

   • BC Originals, lottery and sportsbook
   • Large coin list with in-site swap
   • Provably fair in-house games

   ★ 4.3/5 · Licence: Anjouan ALSI-202410011-FI1 (Twocent Technology Limited, Belize reg. 41939)

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   FortuneJack

   Up to 500% of your first 4 deposits in free spins (100%, 150%, 100%, 150%), up to 5,000 spins

   • Crypto casino since 2014
   • Dice and other provably fair originals
   • Sportsbook included

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   Winz.io

   Welcome Wheel of Winz spin with wager-free prizes (advertised up to 130 mBTC), or 20% daily crypto cashback for 7 days

   • No-wagering welcome offer
   • Casino and sportsbook
   • Provably fair crash and plinko titles

   ★ 4.3/5 · Licence: Anjouan ALSI-202508056-FI2 (Novatrix SRL, Costa Rica)

   Visit siteRead review18+. New players. Wheel tier by first deposit (Bronze 25, Silver 50, Gold 100 EUR or 0.001 BTC); no wagering on wheel prizes or cashback; free spins valid 1 day. T&Cs apply.
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   BI

   BitStarz

   Up to 5 BTC + 180 free spins over 4 deposits

   • Crypto and fiat in one account (BTC, ETH, LTC, DOGE, BCH, USDT and more)
   • T&C target: withdrawals paid within 1 hour where possible
   • Running since 2014

   ★ 4.7/5 · Licence: Curaçao Gaming Authority OGL/2024/165/0185 (Gareton B.V.)

   Visit siteRead review18+. New players. 40x bonus wagering, bonuses valid 7 days, 180 FS: 20 on deposit, then 20 a day for 8 days. T&Cs apply.

What happened to PrimeDice

PrimeDice opened in 2013, when a bitcoin was worth roughly US$20, and became one of the best-known Bitcoin dice sites of that era. Its founders, Ed Craven and Bijan Tehrani, went on to set up Easygo in 2016 and Stake.com in 2017, according to profiles in Forbes Australia and the Sydney Morning Herald. Stake grew into a full casino and sportsbook, while PrimeDice stayed a small, dice-first site.

In August 2025 the site displayed a closure message. Players quoted it on the Bitcointalk forum on 13 August 2025: PrimeDice said it was closing down, asked users to make sure they had withdrawn their funds by 8 October, and invited them to continue at Stake.com. Several long-time players complained in the same thread that partial VIP level-up rewards would be lost, and asked for a migration path. No such path was announced in public.

Betting stopped on 8 October 2025. A few review sites still describe the shutdown as happening in 2026; that is a year error, and the forum timeline from August 2025 shows the correct date.

Timeline

1. 2013: PrimeDice launches as a Bitcoin dice site.
2. 2014: the “PD3” redesign adds a new interface, player chat features and an updated provably fair system.
3. 2016: the founders set up Easygo in Melbourne.
4. 2017: Stake.com launches.
5. August 2025: the closure notice appears on PrimeDice.
6. 8 October 2025: betting ends.

I still had funds on PrimeDice: what can I do?

The notice told players to withdraw before 8 October 2025. If you missed that date, your realistic options are limited, and we cannot promise any outcome. Here is what we would try, in this order:

1. Collect your evidence. Note your username, the email on the account, deposit transaction IDs (TXIDs) from your wallet or exchange history, and any screenshots of your last balance.
2. Contact the operator’s support. PrimeDice ran a help centre on Intercom. If the site or its support address still responds, open a written ticket with the evidence above and ask for a withdrawal to your own wallet address.
3. Ask Stake support. Because the closure notice sent players to Stake.com and the two brands share founders, it is reasonable to ask Stake’s support whether it can pass a request on. Do not open a Stake account for this alone, and never send funds to anyone who offers to “recover” a balance for a fee.
4. Use public channels carefully. Complaint portals such as Casino Guru and AskGamblers accept cases against closed operators, but they mediate only if the operator answers.

Watch out for recovery scams. Fake “PrimeDice support” accounts on Telegram and X ask for a fee or your seed phrase. No genuine support team will ever ask for a seed phrase or a private key.

How PrimeDice’s dice game worked

PrimeDice’s game was simple, which is why it lasted 12 years. You picked a target number between 0 and 100 and chose whether the roll would land over or under it. A lower win chance paid a higher multiplier. Rolls were generated from a server seed, a client seed and a nonce, so every bet could be checked after the fact.

The house edge in numbers

With a 1% house edge, the payout multiplier is 99 divided by the win chance in percent. That single formula covers every setting:

Whatever setting you pick, the expected loss is 1% of the amount wagered. Wagering 1 BTC in total over many small bets costs about 0.01 BTC on average. Short sessions swing far more than that in both directions, which is part of the appeal and the danger.

Provably fair, briefly

Before you bet, the site commits to a hashed server seed. You supply or accept a client seed, and each bet increments a nonce. After you rotate the seed pair, the site reveals the original server seed, and you can recompute every roll yourself with the published algorithm. If the revealed seed does not match the hash you saw earlier, the operator changed it. Our provably fair guide walks through the check step by step.

How to check a dice roll yourself

1. Before playing, copy the hashed server seed shown in the fairness settings, plus your client seed.
2. Play as normal. Each bet records its nonce (0, 1, 2 and so on).
3. Rotate the seed pair. The casino now reveals the unhashed server seed you were playing against.
4. Hash the revealed seed with SHA-256 using any independent tool. The result must match the hash you copied in step 1.
5. Feed server seed, client seed and nonce into the casino’s published verification script (or an open-source verifier) and compare the roll with your bet history.

Any mismatch at step 4 or step 5 is a serious red flag. Save the evidence and stop playing on that site.

Dice betting systems: what the maths says

PrimeDice’s auto-bet feature made betting systems popular, especially the Martingale: double the stake after every loss, return to the base stake after a win. It looks safe in short runs and fails badly in long ones. A worked example shows why.

Take a 49.5% win chance at 2x and a base bet of 0.0001 BTC. After ten losses in a row, the next bet is 0.1024 BTC, and the total already lost is 0.1023 BTC. The chance of ten straight losses at 50.5% per loss is about 0.1%, roughly once in every 930 sequences. Players who run thousands of auto-bets reach that streak far more often than the odds of a single sequence suggest. When it hits, one win recovers the losses plus only the base stake of 0.0001 BTC.

No system changes the 1% expected loss on each unit wagered. Betting systems change only the shape of the results: many small wins, then an occasional large loss. Maximum bet limits on most dice games also stop a doubling sequence long before it could recover.

Provably fair proves that a roll was not altered after you placed the bet. It does not prove that the operator will pay out, that it holds a licence, or that the house edge is low. Those still depend on who runs the site.

Choosing a PrimeDice alternative

Former PrimeDice players usually want three things: a fast dice game with adjustable odds, crypto deposits and withdrawals without long delays, and a verifiable fairness system. Here is how the live options compare on the points we could verify at each operator’s own terms or footer in October 2026.

Stake is the natural first stop, since PrimeDice itself pointed players there and the same founders run it. BC.Game and FortuneJack are the closest in spirit among the others: both have run in-house dice games for years. Our crypto dice sites page covers dice strategy myths, bet sizing and more operators.

Checks before you move your balance

• Licence: look up the number on the regulator’s own validator, not on the casino’s page. Curaçao licences are listed by the Curaçao Gaming Authority at cga.cw; Anjouan licences are validated through the seal on the casino’s footer.
• Country: read the restricted-countries clause. Playing from a blocked country through a VPN is a breach of terms and can cost you your winnings.
• Bonus rules: dice and other originals often contribute little or nothing to bonus wagering. If you mainly play dice, you may be better off without a bonus.
• Withdrawal limits: daily or monthly caps and maximum cashout rules matter more than the size of the welcome offer.

Why crypto casinos close, and how to protect yourself

PrimeDice is one of many early crypto gambling brands that are no longer running. Our own audit of this site in October 2026 found that a large share of the operators reviewed here since 2014 have closed, rebranded or let their domains lapse. Some, like PrimeDice, close in an orderly way with weeks of notice. Others disappear overnight.

Three habits limit the damage when a site shuts. Keep only what you plan to play with on any casino balance, and withdraw winnings promptly to a wallet you control. Save your deposit TXIDs and account emails. And follow the site’s official channels, so a closure notice does not pass you by.

Responsible gambling

Dice is fast, and a 1% edge feels small until you count how many bets a session holds. Set a loss limit before you start, use the deposit limits and self-exclusion tools in your casino account, and take a break when play stops being fun. Free, confidential help is available from Gamblers Anonymous (gamblersanonymous.org) and, in the US, from the National Council on Problem Gambling on 1-800-MY-RESET.

Frequently asked questions

Is PrimeDice still open?

No. PrimeDice stopped taking bets on 8 October 2025. In August 2025 it told players to withdraw their funds by that date and to continue playing at Stake.com.

Did PrimeDice close in 2025 or 2026?

In 2025. The closure notice was quoted by players on the Bitcointalk forum on 13 August 2025, with 8 October as the deadline. Pages that give 8 October 2026 have the year wrong.

Were PrimeDice balances moved to Stake?

No migration was announced in public. Instead, the notice asked players to withdraw their funds and suggested Stake.com for future play.

Who ran PrimeDice?

PrimeDice was launched in 2013 by Ed Craven and Bijan Tehrani, who later founded Easygo (2016) and Stake.com (2017).

What was the PrimeDice house edge?

Its standard dice game used a 1% house edge, so the payout multiplier was 99 divided by the win chance in percent: a 49.5% chance paid 2x.

What is the best alternative to PrimeDice?

Stake is the closest match, since the same founders run it and PrimeDice pointed players there. BC.Game and FortuneJack also run in-house provably fair dice games. Check each casino’s restricted-country list first.