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Twitch Streamer Earns $360m from Online Gaming Streams

Twitch streamer Trainwreck sent shockwaves through the Twitch community, still grappling with the fallout from the negative impact of gambling streams, as he publicly stated that his earnings from gambling streams on the platform had reached a staggering $360 million. Twitch, the foremost platform for video game streaming, recently banned…

Industry ・ 03 September 2023

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Twitch Announces Crackdown On Online Gambling Amidst Controversy

Twitch has announced a ban on some forms of online gambling on its platform amidst controversy around the subject. This ban comes shortly after several popular streamers threatened to boycott the streaming platform if it did not address the problems around streams dedicated to gambling. Announced on, Twitch will be banning the streaming of online…

Sports ・ 30 November 2022

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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…

Gambling Addiction ・ 29 November 2022

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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…

Roulette ・ 21 November 2022

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Unregulated Casino Streams to Be Banned on Twitch

After years of silence, Twitch finally decided to forbid the streaming of illegal gambling on its platform on September 21, 2022. This decision has been in the works for a long time, but several controversies and events pushed Twitch to change its policies even sooner. A number of streamers revealed that another content maker, British streamer…

Law ・ 27 October 2022

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Trainwreck Dropped Bombshell, Claimed He Made $360M Gambling

Twitch streamer Trainwreck made waves in the Twitch communities that are still reeling from the negative impact of gambling streams by stating that he had made $360 million from gambling streams on the platform. The most popular platform for video game streaming, Twitch, officially announced a ban on unregulated gambling sites, ousting sites like…

Sports ・ 21 October 2022

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Twitch will be banning gambling streams

In the near future, Twitch will start banning streams that feature online gambling on it. Click here to learn more about this banning, and why it came to be. This call to ban gambling from Twitch did not just happen out of nowhere. It all started when some of Twitch's biggest streamers, like Matthew "Mizkif" Rinaudo, Félix "xQc" Lengyel, and Hasan…

Christmas ・ 21 September 2022

NBC News

Twitch announces it will ban users from streaming unlicensed gambling content

Twitch on Tuesday announced a ban on streaming unlicensed gambling sites, including slots, roulette and dice websites, starting next month. Sites that will be prohibited include Stake.com, Rollbit.com, Duelbits.com and Roobet.com. More websites may be banned later, Twitch said in a statement on Twitter. Websites focusing on sports betting, fantasy…

Law ・ 21 September 2022

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Popular Streamers Threaten Twitch Boycott after $200,000 Gambling Scam

Over the weekend, Twitch streamer Abraham "Sliker" Mohammed admitted that he had scammed fellow streamers and fans out of more than $200000 to pay for a gambling addiction. In a confession video, Sliker explained that he had frequently borrowed money from those around him after lying about where the money was going. The streamer started gambling…

Incidents ・ 20 September 2022

Business Standard

Twitch gambling boom is luring gamers into crypto casinos: Report

Bloomberg Last Updated at August 5, 2022 22:20 IST Enneric Chabot, 26, didn't start gambling until he saw his favourite gamers doing it online. Three years ago, Chabot began regularly watching Felix "xQc" Lengyel, a former professional Overwatch player, as he competed in various video games on Amazon.com's livestreaming site Twitch for audiences of…

Crypto ・ 16 August 2022

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Twitch’s gambling boom is luring gamers into crypto casinos

Enneric Chabot, 26, didn't start gambling until he saw his favorite gamers doing it online. Three years ago, Chabot began regularly watching Felix "xQc" Lengyel, a former professional Overwatch player, as he competed in various video games on Amazon.com Inc.'s livestreaming site Twitch for audiences of up to 25000 viewers. In 2021, during some of…

Crypto ・ 05 August 2022

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Twitch’s Gambling Boom Is Luring Gamers Into Crypto Casinos

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Gambling Company Offered $10M to Twitch Streamer Mizkif to Promote It

Twitch streamers have long been the focus of gambling companies' marketing forays. Video is the leading form of advertisement and arguably the most successful one. Yet, it costs dearly to run a successful video marketing campaign, but Twitch solves this problem by enabling individuals to rapidly gain unprecedented exposure that could be converted…

Gambling Sites ・ 25 April 2022

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Adin Ross sets bad precedents with Twitch gambling

Colors and shapes: That's all it takes to keep a kid occupied. Throw some auditory stimuli into the mix, and you've got a self-sufficient machine equipped to monopolize a child's neurons for hours. In a way, that's exactly how I view the microcosm of video game streamers, in all their microphone-screaming grandeur. It's not for me, and that's okay;…

Crypto ・ 11 December 2021

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The Ongoing Conflict in the Streaming Community over Gambling Sponsorships

Over the last few years, Twitch has seen a huge surge in popularity, and with that, the ultra-popular streaming platform has had to navigate a fair few controversies that have made headlines across the world, including hot tub streamers and more recently gambling streamers. What Started The Conflict? Gambling streamers broadcast themselves playing…

Gambling Sites ・ 05 October 2021

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Twitch Streamers Win Millions in Online Cryptocurrency Casino

Online cryptocurrency casinos like Stake.com, Roobet and Duelbits are not exactly legal in the United States as per the letter of the law. However, the illegality has done very little to stop some of the biggest streamers on Twitch from not only winning hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth in crypto in a single gaming session, but also live…

Crypto ・ 18 August 2021

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Twitch streamers rake in millions with a shady crypto gambling boom

Tyler Niknam was getting out of Texas. Niknam, 30, is a top streamer on Twitch, where he's better known as Trainwrecks to his 1.5 million followers. For hours on end, Niknam was hitting the slots on Stake.com, an online cryptocurrency casino and his most prominent Twitch sponsor, to live audiences of 25000. He'd been winning big, sometimes as much…

Crypto ・ 18 July 2021

Kotaku Australia

Top Twitch Streamers Fight Over Sketchy Gambling Streams

Gambling streams are nothing new on Twitch. For years, streamers have sunk money into slot machines and poker, often in conjunction with casino websites and other gambling companies. Though allowed on Twitch, these channels have a history of engaging in sketchy behaviour. Recently, some of the biggest names on Twitch have adopted high-rolling…

Sports ・ 29 June 2021