Unfortunately for me, when I try to join via VPN it doesn't load up games, it means that without VPN I can't open up the website, and with VPN I can't open up the games, with this logic I would not be able to gamble at stake at all, basically stake is telling me to go play somewhere else normally. But, the reality is that I tried using ToR and that works, or I tried certain paid VPN's and that works as well.
Basically, you have to overwork to make it happen and thats the tough challenge. I always say that stake needs to fix their situation, its a good wbesite but needs a lot better VPN friendly approach to their casino, it would really bring in a lot of people.
I think the many mirror links that have been provided by stake.com are enough to meet the need for many blocks from ISPs and so on.
It's strange that you're having problems using a VPN because I didn't experience it, instead using the Tor browser made me unable to fully open stake.com, but it would be better to access it via a mirror link instead of a VPN to avoid unwanted things