strange.. so anything other than mining funds can't be used to gamble at stake?

They have guidelines on which to accept as valid proof of fund and is listed
here. For cryptocurrency, it is mining that is acceptable. It is stated here:
https://help.stake.com/en/articles/5328395-acceptable-documents-for-source-of-funds. I do not know if they can consider well-documented crypto earnings notarized by a lawyer as a source of income. @OP had you tried this approach?