{"id":183002,"date":"2021-08-17T08:51:01","date_gmt":"2021-08-17T15:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=183002"},"modified":"2021-08-17T13:12:09","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T20:12:09","slug":"twitch-ban-on-content-with-gambling-links-too-little-too-late-critics-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/twitch-ban-on-content-with-gambling-links-too-little-too-late-critics-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitch Ban on Content with Gambling Links Too Little Too Late, Critics Say"},"content":{"rendered":"

Live-streaming platform Twitch has banned the sharing of gambling referral codes and links to online betting sites. The move comes amid concerns about Twitch influencers promoting unlicensed operators to their largely underage following.<\/p>\n

\"Twitch
Twitch influencer F\u00e9lix \u201cxQc\u201d Lengyel streams his slots play to some of his 9 million followers. (Image: Twitch\/xQc)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In a creator update last week, Twitch gave its streamers until today, Tuesday, Aug. 17, to remove any content that contained the offending links. The company will continue to monitor for gambling-related content.<\/p>\n

The new policy follows revelations that some prominent Twitch users were earning millions from crypto-gambling sites for streaming their slots play to their fans.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Million-Dollar Paychecks<\/strong><\/h2>\n

According to a recent WIRED<\/em> investigation, top gambling streamer Adin Ross, based in Florida, received between $1.4 million and $1.6 million a month to stream gameplay from a site called Duelbits. Duelbits is not licensed by any US jurisdiction.<\/p>\n

WIRED<\/em> found that 64 of Twitch\u2019s top 1,000 most-trafficked Twitch streamers had either streamed crypto slots or obtained sponsorship deals from crypto operators. Some of these streams were attracting more than 100,000 live viewers from a community where 21 percent of users are between 13 and 17 years old.<\/p>\n

\n

But many feel that Twitch did not go far enough. Streamer Devin Nash, who has been critical of fellow influencers promoting gambling, tweeted that the move was a \u201clame half-measure\u201d that could be easily circumvented. Streamers can simply link referral codes to other social media platforms like Twitter or Linktree.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Esports streamer Asmongold tweeted that Twitch should have banned gambling streaming entirely, or at least introduced an age-gate to such content. Otherwise, the new rules \u201cdon’t do anything other than pay lip service to concern while still profiting,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Shady Dealings<\/strong><\/h2>\n

While the number of influencers promoting gambling content on Twitch hit new heights in 2021, it has been an issue for years.<\/p>\n

In 2016, the Federal Trade Commission charged two prominent social media influencers, Trevor \u201cTmarTn\u201d Martin and Thomas \u201cSyndicate\u201d Cassell, for promoting a skins gambling site<\/a>, CSGO Lotto, for which they had failed to declare an ownership interest.<\/p>\n

According to the FTC complaint, the pair employed an \u201cinfluencer program\u201d and paid other gaming influencers between $2,500 and $55,000 to promote the site.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the same year, another influencer, James \u201cPhantoml0rd\u201d Varga<\/a>, was kicked off Twitch for also failing to disclose the ownership of a site he promoted, and for rigging games to make it appear easier to win.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Live-streaming platform Twitch has banned the sharing of gambling referral codes and links to online betting sites. The move comes amid concerns about Twitch influencers promoting unlicensed operators to their largely underage following. In a creator update last week, Twitch gave its streamers until today, Tuesday, Aug. 17, to remove any content that contained the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":183003,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,16693],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nTwitch Ban on Content with Gambling Links Too Little Too Late, Critics Say<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Twitch influencer F\u00e9lix \u201cxQc\u201d Lengyel streams his slots play to some of his 9 million followers. (Image: Twitch\/xQc)\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/twitch-ban-on-content-with-gambling-links-too-little-too-late-critics-say\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Twitch Ban on Content with Gambling Links Too Little Too Late, Critics Say\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Twitch influencer F\u00e9lix \u201cxQc\u201d Lengyel streams his slots play to some of his 9 million followers. (Image: Twitch\/xQc)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/twitch-ban-on-content-with-gambling-links-too-little-too-late-critics-say\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Casino.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-08-17T15:51:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-08-17T20:12:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/twitch.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Philip Conneller\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@casinoorgphilc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Philip Conneller\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/twitch-ban-on-content-with-gambling-links-too-little-too-late-critics-say\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/twitch-ban-on-content-with-gambling-links-too-little-too-late-critics-say\/\",\"name\":\"Twitch Ban on Content with Gambling Links Too Little Too Late, Critics Say\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/twitch-ban-on-content-with-gambling-links-too-little-too-late-critics-say\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/twitch-ban-on-content-with-gambling-links-too-little-too-late-critics-say\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/twitch.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-17T15:51:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-08-17T20:12:09+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/58769b72851c8cf117fb58ca150ebf8b\"},\"description\":\"Twitch influencer F\u00e9lix \u201cxQc\u201d Lengyel streams his slots play to some of his 9 million followers. (Image: Twitch\/xQc)\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/twitch-ban-on-content-with-gambling-links-too-little-too-late-critics-say\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/twitch-ban-on-content-with-gambling-links-too-little-too-late-critics-say\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/twitch-ban-on-content-with-gambling-links-too-little-too-late-critics-say\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/twitch.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/twitch.png\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":675,\"caption\":\"Twitch influencer F\u00e9lix \u201cxQc\u201d Lengyel streams his slots play to some of his 9 million followers. (Image: Twitch\/xQc)\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/twitch-ban-on-content-with-gambling-links-too-little-too-late-critics-say\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Technology\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/technology\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Twitch Ban on Content with Gambling Links Too Little Too Late, Critics Say\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Casino.org\",\"description\":\"Latest Casino and Gaming News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/58769b72851c8cf117fb58ca150ebf8b\",\"name\":\"Philip Conneller\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-5-1-96x96.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-5-1-96x96.png\",\"caption\":\"Philip Conneller\"},\"description\":\"In Philip Conneller\u2019s eight years with Casino.org, he has covered the gaming industry from Las Vegas to Macau and everything in between. He currently focuses his coverage on gaming law, white-collar crime, global money laundering, tribal gaming, politics, and regulation. Philip was the original features editor for poker\u2019s Bluff Magazine and editor for Bluff Europe, which he helped launch. His writing has also been featured in ESPN, Forbes, Time Out, The Sun, and The Daily Star, as well as iGaming Business, eGaming Review, and numerous other industry news and tech websites. His news stories for Casino.org\/news have been linked by The Washington Post, The Daily Mail, People Magazine, and Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show, among many others. Philip once won $20,000 with 7-2 off-suit. He has been reprimanded for unwittingly playing Elton John\u2019s piano on two separate occasions on both sides of the Atlantic. He became a writer because he is a lousy pianist. Philip lives outside London with his wife and children, where he spends his time agonizing about Arsenal FC. Contact Philip at philip.conneller@casino.org.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/muckrack.com\/philip-conneller\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/philip-conneller-1495a48\/?originalSubdomain=uk\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/casinoorgphilc\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/author\/phillip-conneller\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Twitch Ban on Content with Gambling Links Too Little Too Late, Critics Say","description":"Twitch influencer F\u00e9lix \u201cxQc\u201d Lengyel streams his slots play to some of his 9 million followers. (Image: Twitch\/xQc)","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/twitch-ban-on-content-with-gambling-links-too-little-too-late-critics-say\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Twitch Ban on Content with Gambling Links Too Little Too Late, Critics Say","og_description":"Twitch influencer F\u00e9lix \u201cxQc\u201d Lengyel streams his slots play to some of his 9 million followers. (Image: Twitch\/xQc)","og_url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/twitch-ban-on-content-with-gambling-links-too-little-too-late-critics-say\/","og_site_name":"Casino.org","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews","article_published_time":"2021-08-17T15:51:01+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-08-17T20:12:09+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":675,"url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/twitch.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Philip Conneller","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@casinoorgphilc","twitter_site":"@Casino_Org","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Philip Conneller","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/twitch-ban-on-content-with-gambling-links-too-little-too-late-critics-say\/","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/twitch-ban-on-content-with-gambling-links-too-little-too-late-critics-say\/","name":"Twitch Ban on Content with Gambling Links Too Little Too Late, Critics Say","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/twitch-ban-on-content-with-gambling-links-too-little-too-late-critics-say\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/twitch-ban-on-content-with-gambling-links-too-little-too-late-critics-say\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/twitch.png","datePublished":"2021-08-17T15:51:01+00:00","dateModified":"2021-08-17T20:12:09+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/58769b72851c8cf117fb58ca150ebf8b"},"description":"Twitch influencer F\u00e9lix \u201cxQc\u201d Lengyel streams his slots play to some of his 9 million followers. (Image: Twitch\/xQc)","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/twitch-ban-on-content-with-gambling-links-too-little-too-late-critics-say\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/twitch-ban-on-content-with-gambling-links-too-little-too-late-critics-say\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/twitch-ban-on-content-with-gambling-links-too-little-too-late-critics-say\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/twitch.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/twitch.png","width":1200,"height":675,"caption":"Twitch influencer F\u00e9lix \u201cxQc\u201d Lengyel streams his slots play to some of his 9 million followers. (Image: Twitch\/xQc)"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/twitch-ban-on-content-with-gambling-links-too-little-too-late-critics-say\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Technology","item":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/technology\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Twitch Ban on Content with Gambling Links Too Little Too Late, Critics Say"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/","name":"Casino.org","description":"Latest Casino and Gaming News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/58769b72851c8cf117fb58ca150ebf8b","name":"Philip Conneller","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-5-1-96x96.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-5-1-96x96.png","caption":"Philip Conneller"},"description":"In Philip Conneller\u2019s eight years with Casino.org, he has covered the gaming industry from Las Vegas to Macau and everything in between. He currently focuses his coverage on gaming law, white-collar crime, global money laundering, tribal gaming, politics, and regulation. Philip was the original features editor for poker\u2019s Bluff Magazine and editor for Bluff Europe, which he helped launch. His writing has also been featured in ESPN, Forbes, Time Out, The Sun, and The Daily Star, as well as iGaming Business, eGaming Review, and numerous other industry news and tech websites. His news stories for Casino.org\/news have been linked by The Washington Post, The Daily Mail, People Magazine, and Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show, among many others. Philip once won $20,000 with 7-2 off-suit. He has been reprimanded for unwittingly playing Elton John\u2019s piano on two separate occasions on both sides of the Atlantic. He became a writer because he is a lousy pianist. Philip lives outside London with his wife and children, where he spends his time agonizing about Arsenal FC. Contact Philip at philip.conneller@casino.org.","sameAs":["https:\/\/muckrack.com\/philip-conneller","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/philip-conneller-1495a48\/?originalSubdomain=uk","https:\/\/x.com\/casinoorgphilc"],"url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/author\/phillip-conneller\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183002"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183002\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}