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Well to be fair, stake is not THAT strict about their geo blocks, when you have an old account. Still hundreds or maybe thousands of Germans still play on stake using a VPN. If you try to open the site without it won't let you do anything. I am visiting Germany at the moment and I tried, so since then I am using a Japanese VPN.
Only new players from restricted regions won't be allowed to use stake since they already fail at the first KYC hurdle.
What if there's an occasional KYC verification that can't be bypassed with VPN because they will require KY documents again even if already verified. So it's not recommended to visit a casino if your country is listed on the restricted list and sometimes they allow to bet on certain types of games and some will be completely banned and all of them we can find in the terms and conditions page.