#StakeDrake

Twitch allows people to live stream video games and everyday activities, but has also been a boon for online gambling Twitch.tv, the popular live streaming website bought by Amazon for US$970mln in 2014, has announced a ban on unregulated gambling activity effective from October 18. The move has been a long time in the making, given the ongoing…

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…

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…