Frequently asked questions

ZeroStake is a 100% fictional, educational sportsbook: you bet on real matches with real odds, but with entirely virtual money. The goal is to learn to analyse sport and compete with friends, without ever staking a real cent.

No, never. No real transaction exists on bets: the wallet is fictional, non-convertible and non-transferable. Whatever you "win" or "lose" has no monetary value — that is the very principle of ZeroStake.

Since no money is at stake, ZeroStake is not gambling in the legal sense and therefore does not require an ANJ licence. We nevertheless restrict the app to ages 18 and over, as an educational precaution linked to the world of sports betting.

The odds displayed come from real sources: bookmakers for sports, official PMU reports for horse racing (refreshed continuously). When no real odds are available, the market shows a neutral estimated price, always flagged as such — an estimated price is never presented as real odds.

Every account starts with €1,000 in fictional funds, and a daily fictional top-up lets you keep playing. Everything is virtual: no real deposit or withdrawal is possible.

As soon as a real result is available (scores from the major leagues, official PMU finishing orders), your bets are settled on it automatically. For the rare competitions without a results source, settlement falls back to an odds-weighted simulation — it is a fictional game and we own that clearly. Winnings and losses are credited to your fictional wallet.

They are private competitions between friends: you create a group, invite the people you like, and everyone bets with their fictional wallet to climb the leaderboard. A built-in chat lets you comment on matches and roast whoever sits at the bottom.

The Race is a weekly competition: every participant receives the same fictional budget at the start of the week and the best return on investment (ROI) at the end of the week wins the race, solo or as a group. Only glory to be gained — no real winnings, as everywhere on ZeroStake.

On-demand AI analysis is a paid feature: the free plan gets no analyses at all. PRO (€19.99/month or €199/year) unlocks 3 per day, ULTIME (€79/month) unlocks 15 per day, and both give access to VIP picks. Every analysis runs a pay-per-use AI model, so no plan is unlimited. The quota is daily, it refills at midnight (UTC) and does not carry over to the next day; an analysis already produced for a match is served back to you without counting against it. Free for everyone: the AI Pick of the day, fictional bets, groups, leaderboards and public picks. It is the only real payment in the app, and it pays for a digital service — under no circumstances does it let you stake or win real money.

They are detailed picks published by the team, with an analysis and associated odds, reserved for PRO and ULTIME subscribers. They remain educational opinions about fictional bets: they are neither real-money staking advice nor a promise of results.

Each day, a selection of three matches is analysed by our AI from the real odds of the moment. It is a starting point for your own analyses and your fictional bets — not an absolute truth, sport remains unpredictable.

At any time, from the Subscription page → Manage. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current period: you keep your plan's benefits until then, after which your account simply returns to the free plan.

Never. No analysis, AI or human, can predict a sports result with certainty. ZeroStake is fictional and educational: the analyses are there to help you understand odds and improve, not to "win" anything.

Go to Settings, danger zone section, then confirm the deletion. Erasure is final: account, bets, fictional wallet and history are deleted with no possibility of recovery.

Only what is needed to run the service: your email, your username and your fictional gaming activity. The full details are available in our privacy policy.

Via the contact page: form or direct email, your choice. We reply within 48 business hours.