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Twitch under fire for online casino advertising in Sweden

An investigation found that "eight out of ten Swedish influencers" had promoted unlicensed casinos. Sweden.- Twitch has come under fire in Sweden after a television investigation reported on the extent of advertising of unlicensed online casinos. Sveriges Television's Kulturnyheterna conducted a six-week investigation which revealed that "eight out…
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Twitch doubles down on gambling ban to ‘protect viewers from scams’

Twitch is doubling down on its decision to ban gambling content by adding more sites to its prohibited list in a policy update. Gambling streams have been banned from Twitch for just under a year now, and it doesn't seem like that policy will be changing anytime soon. Back in 2022, roulette and slots broadcasts were causing quite a bit of…
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Twitch expands its ban on gambling livestreams

Twitch has taken steps to limit livestreams of gambling on its platform.Martin Bureau / AFP via Getty Images Amazon-owned Twitch said Wednesday it's expanding the ban on livestreams of gambling content on the platform. The company said it will now prohibit streams of online casinos Blaze and Gamdom, adding to the four sites it banned last October…
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Twitch Adds Blaze and Gamdom to List of Banned Gambling Websites

Amazon-owned streaming platform Twitch has announced that it's expanding its ban on livestreams of gambling content to include online casinos Blaze and Gamdom. Last year, Twitch announced that it would ban all streams of content from four gambling websites as part of its new gambling policy. The move followed calls for a ban after a controversy…
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Twitch Bans Promotion Of Counter-Strike Gambling

Streaming megasite Twitch has updated its community guidelines, and now prohibits streamers from promoting or being sponsored by Counter-Strike: Global Offensive skin gambling sites. This new ban could impact many CS:GO streamers who have lucrative deals with these controversial websites. In CS:GO, trading and gambling of skins and other cosmetics…
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Twitch Bans Sponsorship and Promotion of CS:GO Skin Gambling Sites

Twitch, the Amazon-owned streaming platform, has implemented a new rule that explicitly prohibits the sponsorship and promotion of CS:GO skin gambling sites. This decision is set to have a significant impact on the sponsorships of numerous CS:GO streamers. CS:GO skin gambling is a highly profitable industry, with streamers and YouTubers often…
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Twitch CEO Weighs In on Gambling on Stream and Offshore Sites

The rowdy streamers' professed love for streaming slots has extended beyond Twitch, as the platform and its chief executive officer, Dan Clancy, have taken a much harder look at what gambling content must be allowed onto the Amazon-owned giant. Twitch has been muddling through reform for gambling content, introducing a dedicated policy that has…
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Trainwrecks slams Twitch as gambling streams continue to thrive despite new restrictions

Former Twitch star turned Kick pioneer, Tyler'Trainwreckstv' Niknam has criticized the Amazon-owned streaming platform for still allowing a wide range of gambling content to appear on the site. In October 2022, Twitch announced its plans to start enforcing a gambling ban on its platform. It followed after some of Twitch's biggest…
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Trainwrecks slams Twitch as gambling streams continue to thrive despite new restrictions
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Twitch Star Hawks Livestream Platform By Banned Gambling Site

A few months ago, the growing presence and influence of gambling sites on Twitch motivated the platform's top personalities to threaten to strike. Pressure from top streaming celebrities like Pokimane pushed the Amazon-owned site to ban crypto gambling site Stake.com and others that "aren't licensed in either the U.S. or other jurisdictions that…
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Gambling streamer Heelmike appeals after indefinite Twitch ban

Twitch streamer Heelmike has been indefinitely banned from the platform, with the gambling streamer confirming he has filed an appeal to have the suspension lifted. The 28-year-old has been streaming for years on Amazon-owned platform, and in 2021 his account was follow-botted, from just under 400000 followers to over 7 million. He was previously…
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Gambling streamer Heelmike appeals after indefinite Twitch ban
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Twitch Bans Big Gambling Sites After Streamers Threaten Strike

It's been a rough 24 hours for people broadcasting in purple. After a scandal broke that a Twitch streamer had been scamming viewers and peers alike out of an alleged $200000 to fund a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive addiction, top personalities started exerting pressure on the live-streaming company to do something about the larger, underlying…
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Twitch Bans Streaming of Gambling Sites Like Slots, Dice Games

Twitch said that, starting next month, it will ban the streaming of certain gambling websites that aren't licensed in the U.S. or "other jurisdictions that provide sufficient consumer protection." The move by the Amazon-owned livestreaming platform, most popular among game creators, comes after reports that a streamer called ItsSliker had scammed…
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Twitch Streamer Trainwreck Bringing Banned Gambling Streams Back

On 27th November 2022, Twitch streamer Tyler "Trainwreck" Faraz Niknam announced that he'd be streaming gambling on the platform on 1st December 2022. It's uncertain whether the content creator was strictly joking or is serious about gambling on Twitch, especially after the Amazon-owned company released a new policy banning roulette, dice, and…
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Trainwreck bringing Twitch gambling streams back despite ban concerns

Tyler'Trainwreck' Niknam is bored of the current Twitch meta, so he's reviving his old stomping grounds from the dead: slots gambling. It comes after the Amazon-owned platform effectively banned gambling back in October following its meteoric rise. Gambling on Twitch has been in the headlines for most of 2022 as the category floated in and out of…
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Twitch announces slots and roulette gambling ban

Twitch has announced a partial gambling ban, targeting slots, roulette and dice games. The Amazon-owned livestreaming platform will bar videos of gambling sites not licensed in the US or "other jurisdictions that provide sufficient consumer protection". The ban includes cryptocurrency gambling sites such as Stake.com, based on the Caribbean island…
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iGaming Exec: Twitch Gambling Ban Due to Russian Hacks

The moment that many in the Twitch gambling world feared has finally come; the streaming platform has decided to ban unregulated online casino content from the site. The Amazon-owned firm made the announcement earlier this week, meaning content creators will no longer be able to play on sites such as Stake and Roobet from October 18. It's a huge…
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Twitch Limits Top Creators’ Revenue, Bans Some Gambling Sites

Twitch is making big changes to its platform. The streaming platform has moved to counter overseas gambling companies from leeching off of Twitch users, but almost in the same breath announced they were cutting the top pay of the biggest Twitch streamers. In an update released late Tuesday, Amazon-owned Twitch said they would be changing their…
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Twitch is Banning Streams of Unregulated Online Casinos

Leading streaming platform Twitch has announced that it will ban all streams relating to unregulated online casinos. The Amazon-owned site announced the move on Tuesday via Twitter, with the ban to take effect October 18: There was already a ban in place on streamers sharing promo codes or links to promote the likes of dice games, roulette, and…
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Twitch Officially Bans Unregulated Gambling Sites

Twitch remains the most popular platform for video game streaming despite YouTube Gaming's serious opposition. One of the things that make the Amazon-owned giant special is the Slots section which allows gamblers to enjoy streaming as well. However, Twitch has now implemented changes that are sure to shake up the Slots ecosystem. A few weeks ago,…
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Twitch Slot Category Loses 97% of Viewers as Ban Enforced

A ban on unregulated casino streaming on Twitch has caused the slot category to lose 97% of its viewers in just a few hours. [Image: Shutterstock.com] Over the past year, Twitch's online slot gambling community has reached new heights, ultimately carving out its place in the top ten most watched categories per month. Now, a ban on unregulated…
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Why did Twitch ban gambling in the form of slots, roulette, etc?

Twitch recently released a press statement banning many games used for gambling on the platform, including the popular slots. The restriction comes in the aftermath of the ItsSliker controversy, in which significant streamers such as Pokimane and Mizkif started a Twitter trend called #Twitchstopgambling. While streamers have gambled on the platform…
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Expert warns Twitch gambling ban won’t mark end of Slots hype in streaming

Twitch took drastic action to ban certain gambling streams on the platform following recent controversy surrounding Slots broadcasts. However, one expert tells Dexerto the ban won't mark the end of the gambling hype in streaming as creators look to new platforms. Following recent controversy with Sliker "scamming" viewers and other streamers out of…
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Twitch plans to crack down on gambling livestreams amid backlash

Live-streaming giant Twitch on Tuesday said it will take additional steps to crack down on unlicensed gambling content on its platform after facing backlash from some of its top creators. The Amazon-owned service plans to prohibit gambling sites from streaming on the platform if they are not licensed in the United States or in "other jurisdictions…
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Twitch plans to crack down on gambling livestreams amid backlash
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Twitch To Ban Streams Featuring Gambling On Unlicensed Betting Sites

The Amazon-owned streaming portal Twitch is cracking down on some forms of gambling. According to Twitch, it will prohibit content from some websites that offer unregulated slot and table games. "Gambling content on Twitch has been a big topic of discussion in the community, and something we've been actively reviewing since our last policy update…
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Twitch to ban users from streaming unlicensed gambling content

Twitch, the Amazon-owned streaming site, will ban users from posting videos of themselves playing slots, roulette or dice games on unlicensed gambling sites, the company has said. The ban, which will be effective as of 18 October, comes in the wake of a wide-ranging scandal among top-tier streamers after British streamer ItsSliker admitted to…
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Amazon-owned Twitch to Ban Crypto Gambling Livestreams

Despite receiving backlash from influencers, Twitch is set to ban certain controversial crypto gambling live streams. Per an official Twitter post, the American live video streaming service will prohibit gambling sites like Stake.com, Rollbit, and Duelbits.com that "aren't licensed either in the US or other jurisdictions that provide sufficient…
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Pokimane demands Twitch gambling ban following ItsSliker scam accusations

Twitch star Imane'Pokimane' Anys is calling for Twitch to ban gambling streams from the platform. Gambling streams and concerns about advertising gambling have been a hot topic on Twitch for quite some time now. With Twitch's audience being primarily younger viewers, the Amazon-owned platform is keen to find some sort of solution, stating that they…
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Sliker reveals he was offered gambling sponsorship following scam allegations

Sliker talking to chat during Twitch livestream Twitch streamer'ItsSliker' has claimed he was offered a sponsorship from a gambling casino immediately following an influx of scam accusations against him. Twitch went into meltdown on September 17 as multiple content creators and fans claimed they had been scammed out of thousands by British…
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Twitch Streamers Get Physical at Gamescom over Gambling

A bizarre scuffle took place at Gamescom where a trio of Twitch streamers clashed over their views on gambling and whether this is appropriate content on the Amazon-owned streaming giant. While Twitch has remained silent on the matter and discreetly introduced a "Slots" category to make sure this type of content is kept separate, gripes about…
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xQc says Twitch can't ban gambling while Apex, Overwatch loot boxes are allowed

Twitch has let people gamble on livestreams in some shape or form for more than a decade. However, pressure has been mounting on the Amazon-owned platform to ban it entirely in recent years from streamers and fans alike. Popular streamers like Felix "xQc" Lengyel have hosted that advertise the highly-addictive and potentially life-ruining habit to…
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xQc claims Twitch won’t ban gambling streams for one simple reason despite backlash

Streaming star Felix'xQc' Lengyel believes Twitch won't be in any hurry to remove gambling content from their platform, seeing as many of the most popular games are also influenced by it. While gambling streams have seemingly always had a place on Twitch, they've also been a pretty hot, and controversial, talking point over the years. As plenty of…
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Drake’s Twitch stream pulls in massive viewership with gambling content

Rap superstar Drake has now started his own Twitch channel - sort of. As part of his partnership with betting site Stake, he has joined the gambling meta on the Amazon-owned platform. The gambling meta on Twitch is as popular as it is controversial. Relegated to the'slots' category, which Twitch doesn't even have a category image for, it has become…
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Server Error Costs xQc $800K in Gambling Winnings

One moment you are being paid more than $800000 playing The Wild Machine, a slot game by Pragmatic Play, and the next your money is gone just like in the anecdotical South Park episode. Twitch streamer xQc stood helplessly as he witnessed a 500 Internal Server Error bury his winnings into the irretrievable recesses of the Internet. Server Errors…
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Fans start petition urging Twitch to ban gambling streams amid controversy

A petition has appeared online calling on Twitch to ban "unregulated" gambling streams from the platform. Addressed to the website's advertisers, the petition claims numerous creators are promoting content that damages "young viewers and racial minorities." Gambling streams have always been a controversial topic on Twitch. Although various…
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Ludwig urges Twitch to ban all sponsored gambling streams amid xQc controversy

Gambling has made a return to the top of Twitch after xQc began streaming the activity despite apologizing and telling fans he wouldn't do it again 10 months ago. This sparked YouTube Gaming streamer Ludwig to chime in and calling upon Twitch to stop allowing sponsored gambling streams on the platform. In a video uploaded earlier today to Ludwig's…
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Opportunity knocks: Could Twitch’s casino ban open up the streaming market?

It may be cliché to say that when one door closes, another one opens. However, you'd be hard pressed to find a more apt description in this scenario. After Amazon-owned streaming giant Twitch announced it was banning links to casino sites on streams, it seemed like a blow for an affiliate streaming market that was starting to gain some traction and…
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Opportunity knocks: Could Twitch’s casino ban open up the streaming market?
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Trainwrecks Says His Relation with Gambling May Be Coming to End

Popular Twitch streamer Tyler "Trainwrecks" Niknam is on the horns of a dilemma as he debates whether he should continue streaming gambling content. After Twitch announced that it would suspend all channels featuring illegal gambling links and referral codes, many streams have become contrarian of any previous ties they may have had with such…
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Trainwrecks Says His Relation with Gambling May Be Coming to End
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Twitch Banning Gambling Links and Codes During Streams

Twitch has updated its policy for creators in order to introduce restrictions on gambling ads and links through the live streaming site. The company made this update on Thursday, telling channels that they will no longer be able to share gambling-related promo links or referral codes. Twitch explained that the reason for the introduction of this…
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Twitch bans gambling links from streaming platform

Twitch has updated its content creator policies in a bid to restrict gambling adverts and advertorials being broadcast on its live video streaming platform. During the summer, the Amazon-owned platform faced backlash for its failure to police the promotion of gambling content to audiences on live streams. Notable controversies saw video game…
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Twitch "monitoring" controversial gambling streams that could be illegal

Amazon-owned streaming platform Twitch is closely monitoring gambling content, which has grown significantly in viewership in 2021, thanks to some big names taking part, and big-money sponsorships. Most notably, Tyler'Trainwrecks' Nikam has been at the forefront of the gambling trend, and claiming that he has lost upwards of $2 million in the…
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Asmongold urges Twitch to ban gambling streams before they ruin the site

Streaming star Asmongold wants Twitch to ban gambling streams altogether before they have dire consequences for the site later down the line. Twitch might be home to some of the best, and most entertaining, gamers in the world, but it's typically the other categories that cause the site the most issues. In the last few weeks, hot tub and ASMR…
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There's no doubt casino streaming has been creating a buzz on Twitch lately. But not everyone is convinced streamers use real money. So, is casino streaming genuine? What are the best channels to watch real money casino streams? No one wants to want streamers that use fake cash. It's neither exciting nor honest. The real action lies in real money…
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Oryx Gaming Content to Appear on Mr Gamble's Twitch Streams

Mr Gamble has teamed up with Oryx Gaming to promote content from over 100 game providers or over 10000 games. Oryx Gaming has entered into partnership with Mr Gamble, an online casino affiliate operated by Cashmagnet. Mr Gamble will now use its Twitch channel to promote Oryx's content. Oryx Gaming has a sizable portfolio thanks to its proprietary…
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