Hundreds Of The Most Watched Counter-Strike Streamers Might Get Banned

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As a seasoned gamer with decades of experience under my belt, I’ve seen it all – from pixelated sprites to high-definition graphics. The Counter-Strike saga, however, has taken an interesting turn with its skin rolling system that seems eerily similar to gambling.

It’s common knowledge that the mechanism for acquiring skins in Counter-Strike resembles gambling. Consequently, due to the ban on gambling on Twitch, gambling within Counter-Strike has been made illegal.

But to this day, it seems like, the gambling ban has not stopped many Counter-Strike streamers.

Twitch’s Gambling Problem

Due to the prohibition of gambling on Twitch, content creators specializing in gambling-related streams shifted to a new platform named Kick. Interestingly, this platform was established by a gaming company called Stake.

It appears that the majority of gambling-related content has been removed from Twitch, though some still remains available.

It’s not just that gambling itself was outlawed, but even advertising or promoting it is prohibited too. This means, in essence, that receiving sponsorship from such websites is also forbidden.

The problem is that many streamers receive huge paychecks from gambling sites.

Barron’s conducted an investigation into the topic, uncovering the fact that approximately 40% of the top 300 most popular Counter-Strike streamers received sponsorship from a gambling platform.

They communicated with content producers, who allegedly got monthly offers amounting to almost $200,000 for endorsing their sponsors.

A number of these live streamers continue to publicly gamble on Twitch, and they’re quite visible.

Stay safe out there, folks!

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2024-08-16 18:39