What a crock of sh1t....
Stake are not sponsoring football teams (Everton & Watford) to target UK gamblers, they do that because football is a
global Sport and it gives them
global advertising possibilities.

Stake also created a whole new site, namely stake.uk.com that adhere to UK laws and regulations for them to operate there. They cannot offer all games, but they do offer games that are allowed in the UK.
This article are drumming up a lot of unrelated stories without actual proof that Stake.com are involved in any shady activities to promote VPN use. I even see someone trying to bait Eddie in his stream to say something about VPN use, but Eddie does not fall for nonsense like that.... when the mods muted the chat user for spamming, he just popped up under a new Alt user... and continued doing that.

That wasn't just a random someone that baited Eddie to say this on stream, that was our guy Kingrojie of course.
The article is, as you said, total nonsense. I am also not the biggest fan of what stake is doing sometimes but this guy really is desperate so it seem. Blaming a site for his wrong decisions in life and not as a last resort trying to free roll them, how far down can you go?
Even though he claimed it would be, seems like the spamming never stops.
It's okay mate, continue watching Eddies streams and getting your $5 bonus codes that require you turning over money. As i said there is more transpiring here than you know.