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Online gambling sites illegal in the US such as stake.com would pay streamers millions of dollars a month to move to Canada so they could legally wake up, play
by alexb_ 4y ago
Online gambling sites illegal in the US such as stake.com would pay streamers millions of dollars a month to move to Canada so they could legally wake up, play slots for 20 hours in a row for tens of thousands of viewers, and then go to sleep.
- londons_explore 4y agoPresumably so that other people, using VPN's, would then visit those same gambling sites. So the logical fix is not to do anything about the streamers, but to catch the sites offering services to US people via VPN's.
- alexb_ 4y agoGiven how much Twitch is moving to advertisers for income (they've bumped up ads to 3 minutes/hour), I think there's also a risk of losing people willing to advertise on Twitch due to not wanting an association with "illegal in the us" activities.
- YurgenJurgensen 4y agoStreaming services also resent "hashtag sponsored hashtag content" in general. They're advertising-supported platforms, so hosting sponsored content is advertising money that's going directly to the streamer rather than though their system where they get a cut. But they've accidentally ended up in a situation where their own ad rates are so bad that their creators couldn't survive without effectively promoting their own competitors, so there's no way for them to forbid it without destroying their own business model. Thus, they're likely to jump on any excuse to ban particular kinds of sponsored content whenever they arise.
- treis 4y agoWhat a world we live in
- pjc50 4y agoThis is an absolutely insane activity on every level. Can't people find excitement of their own?
- Ekaros 4y agoI used to watch youtube videos of slots for bit kinda interesting. But if I want to see gambling why wouldn't I just go online casino and use the demo version. Set max bet, roll until out of play money. Refresh repeat until you get few nice bonuses. All for free.