Twitch expands its ban on gambling livestreams

[The Buzz]

Twitch announced it will expand its ban on live streams of gambling content by forbiding two more sites, Blaze and Gamdom, from its platform. Last October, four other sites were banned when the Amazon-owned company announced its new gambling policy.

From Washington Post:

Twitch announced the restrictions after a controversy broke out on the platform last year involving a streamer accused of scamming users and other content creators out of thousands of dollars to fuel a gambling addiction. That led some big-name streamers to protest the platform’s lax policies on gambling streams.

As the pressure intensified, Twitch said it would prohibit websites that include slots, roulettes or dice games and aren’t “licensed either in the U.S. or in other jurisdictions that provide sufficient consumer protection.” Blaze and Gamdom are not available in the U.S., but users can still gain access using virtual private networks that mask their locations.

“Our goal now, as it was last fall, is to protect our community, address predatory behavior, and make Twitch safer,” the company said Wednesday in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.

Twitch said it saw gambling viewership drop by roughly 75% after it implemented the new policy last year, but noted it has also “observed some new trends” and is updating its policy to better protect users.

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[mickyfu]

"Twitch announced the restrictions after a controversy broke out on the platform last year involving a streamer accused of scamming users and other content creators out of thousands of dollars to fuel a gambling addiction."

I'd take an educated guess that if your life is that pathetic, that you would watch others play slots and roulette online, there is a good chance you are a gambling addict.

What kind of person would be interested in watching someone else play (with fake cash) online?

[Pokerface]

Is anyone even using Twitch? Completely forgot its existence until I read this post. lol

[kwwriting]

I've always wondered what the appeal is in watching someone else play any game instead of playing yourself. A friend's daughters have an account and I watched it a few times to do them a favor and it was painful.

"Twitch announced the restrictions after a controversy broke out on the platform last year involving a streamer accused of scamming users and other content creators out of thousands of dollars to fuel a gambling addiction."

I'd take an educated guess that if your life is that pathetic, that you would watch others play slots and roulette online, there is a good chance you are a gambling addict.

What kind of person would be interested in watching someone else play (with fake cash) online?

[Former Member 14]

I've always wondered what the appeal is in watching someone else play any game instead of playing yourself.

Bitstarz have recently added 'streamers' by LiveSpin to their casino.

It allows customers to "bet-behind" these streamers (punters who can't wager on certain GEO banned slots), it's worse than watching paint dry. They're marketing it as a 'social type experience' but frankly, it's boring.

So actually watching a stream of someone else playing a slot, IDK how some people find this entertaining.

The other noticeable issue, these LiveSpin streamers never lose. I've never seen so many people, win so much, day in day out, week in week out. They've started high-rolling now $100 a spin. Money (supposedly real) is supplied by LiveSpin. With 8+ streamers a day @ EU20K per streamer, that's EU180K per day. It all seems to good to be true.

[kwwriting]

Bitstarz have recently added 'streamers' by LiveSpin to their casino.

It allows customers to "bet-behind" these streamers (punters who can't wager on certain GEO banned slots), it's worse than watching paint dry. They're marketing it as a 'social type experience' but frankly, it's boring.

So actually watching a stream of someone else playing a slot, IDK how some people find this entertaining.

The other noticeable issue, these LiveSpin streamers never lose. I've never seen so many people, win so much, day in day out, week in week out. They've started high-rolling now $100 a spin. Money (supposedly real) is supplied by LiveSpin. With 8+ streamers a day @ EU20K per streamer, that's EU180K per day. It all seems to good to be true.

That sounds excruciating. I love the slots, I love playing them and I even love writing on them. However, I could never get into watching someone else play, bet or no bet. That reminds me of the people on TikTok that do nothing but scratch off piles of scratchers.

[Cash Bonus]

Is anyone even using Twitch? Completely forgot its existence until I read this post. lol

I don't use Twitch either and never have. It's only getting worse, with more bans and restrictions.