Twitch introduces restrictions on gambling-related links - deadline 17 Aug

[finaleshot2016]

The latest creator update from Twitch says,

"To prevent harm and scams created by questionable gambling services that sponsor content on Twitch, we will prohibit sharing links and/or referral codes to sites that offer slots, roulette, or dice games,”

Now streamers have time till 17th August to remove any such contents from their videos.

News ref: https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/twitch-introduces-restrictions-on-gambling-related-links

Do you foresee any Impact on crypto gambling?

I don't think this will have a big impact on crypto gambling because it's just a way for twitch to protect its users and streamers from scam gambling platforms. As we all know, there are a lot of phony online platforms out there, so this is just a way for twitch to protect its users and streamers.

Gamblers on streaming platforms make up a small percentage of the audience because the majority of them are there for the content or to witness outstanding gameplay, not to gamble.

I'm a Twitch streamer and a supporter of my favorite and popular streamers; my personal objective is to watch them play, and I believe my other Twitch buddies have the same aim.

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[bitgov]

The latest creator update from Twitch says,

"To prevent harm and scams created by questionable gambling services that sponsor content on Twitch, we will prohibit sharing links and/or referral codes to sites that offer slots, roulette, or dice games,”

Now streamers have time till 17th August to remove any such contents from their videos.

News ref: https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/twitch-introduces-restrictions-on-gambling-related-links

Do you foresee any Impact on crypto gambling?

Twitch is just one of hundreds of tools for promoting gambling sites. Obviously this is not good for casino promotion, but I think it is still just a drop in the ocean of possibilities when it comes to crypto gambling promotion. I think this decision will have very little, if any, impact.

[boyptc]

I don't see any other impact on crypto gambling with that restriction. Content creators can simply stream on other platforms like Facebook and YT and they're going to post those links and referrals there.

Well, these streamers will find a way to at least still give that exposure to their sponsors through their videos if they have a deal with them.

[kryptqnick]

The latest creator update from Twitch says,

"To prevent harm and scams created by questionable gambling services that sponsor content on Twitch, we will prohibit sharing links and/or referral codes to sites that offer slots, roulette, or dice games,”

Now streamers have time till 17th August to remove any such contents from their videos.

News ref: https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/twitch-introduces-restrictions-on-gambling-related-links

Do you foresee any Impact on crypto gambling?

Does this apply to bookies as well, or pure gambling only? What about poker sites, for instance?
I don't use twitch, so it's hard to assess the potential impact from the outside. How popular are crypto casinos specifically when it comes to sponsorships on Twitch, for example? If the streamers are largely promoting fiat casinos, it's not going to affect the crypto gambling negatively. That being said, I found an interesting read on the topic. Taking it into account, I guess Stake.com might be hit pretty hard by this new policy, as it was a top streamer's main sponsor, and the crypto gambling market might suffer overall, as, apparently,

Twitch is in the middle of a gambling boom, fueled by the rise of so-called “crypto casinos”—websites where gamblers can purchase cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum for use in digital games of chance like slots, blackjack, and baccarat.  And sites like Stake and Roobet are paying popular streamers to play the casino games on their channels, sometimes offering tens of thousands of dollars an hour, according to streamers and experts interviewed by WIRED.

[smyslov]

The latest creator update from Twitch says,

"To prevent harm and scams created by questionable gambling services that sponsor content on Twitch, we will prohibit sharing links and/or referral codes to sites that offer slots, roulette, or dice games,”

Now streamers have time till 17th August to remove any such contents from their videos.

News ref: https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/twitch-introduces-restrictions-on-gambling-related-links

Do you foresee any Impact on crypto gambling?

There are no impact gamblers rely more on forums and Youtube for daily updates about their favorite gambling sites Twitch is just an alternative venue, I'm not into Twitch and I don't know their popularity, this is the only thread that mentioned Twitch and gambling, most Youtube, blogs, and gambling directories, it's their loss anyway content provider will return to Youtube.

[Reid]

It is a good thing. Twitch is making a big impact on young gamers and they just want to clean it up. 
It's not about taking away jobs from people but more about protecting the minds of the younger people to avoid bad habits when they grow up.
In the gambling industry, this will have a bad and good effect.
Good - it will take away the doubts of gamblers from betting sites sponsoring these players/vloggers with fake reactions when they win the game.
Bad - more in the financial side. 

[Kakmakr]

Streamers are very creative people..... they will find ways to bypass these restrictions. So imagine this scenario.... the Streamer creates a personal website or an account on his/her social media platform and encourage the people to go there.... when they get there, they are presented with hidden url's to fake review pages ...where the Streamer link his/her ref link to that Url. 

What about a green screen ...flashing their referral name on a demo video .... they say nothing... they just show "demo" movies.  (Example : A video of their big win.. that are stored on Youtube... where the Youtube video have the referral link) 

[tabas]

Twitch is just one of hundreds of tools for promoting gambling sites. Obviously this is not good for casino promotion, but I think it is still just a drop in the ocean of possibilities when it comes to crypto gambling promotion. I think this decision will have very little, if any, impact.

Casinos who are into twitch sponsorship through its streamers, they can easily pull it out. I also think that the impact is going to be little and for such casinos, they can look to other medias where they can advertise.
On the end of twitch, this is also nothing to be considered.

[bitgov]

Twitch is just one of hundreds of tools for promoting gambling sites. Obviously this is not good for casino promotion, but I think it is still just a drop in the ocean of possibilities when it comes to crypto gambling promotion. I think this decision will have very little, if any, impact.

Casinos who are into twitch sponsorship through its streamers, they can easily pull it out. I also think that the impact is going to be little and for such casinos, they can look to other medias where they can advertise.
On the end of twitch, this is also nothing to be considered.

Of course. Casinos have specific budgets that they spend on advertising each month. If the budget does not change, the money will simply be transferred to the ad fee elsewhere. If the casino thinks well and chooses a good new ad space, then with a bit of luck it may have an even better effect in terms of the effectiveness of crypto gambling promotion.

[STT]

The harm of risk, we will endeavor to wrap every person in cotton wool to prevent any possible negatives from real life.  A load of nonsense that is repeated continually in modern life, gambling is normal.   Far better is to act positively and teach all people how to money manage their budgets in multiple ways, credit cards do far more damage then the concept of risk and gambling on that risk.

[hello_good_sir]

Very interesting indeed.

My first instinct is how are casinos going to advertise now? A big portion of their advertising were going through Twitch through affiliated gamblers which drew in crowds in the thousands. Roobet has a pretty deep partnership with Exposed or whatever his name is, for instance.

But now, a big portion of their revenues will probably be taken away as well - gambling is a very lucrative business, after all, and tips going to these streamers are sizeable.

[aioc]

They made their stand and it's their platform there are so many scam gambling sites in the industry like Betking and 1xBIT they just want to protect their platform, but when it comes to impact on Crypto gambling, I don't think there will be any, the Cryptogambling industry is doing great, it's only a matter of time before all gambling site on the internet adopts Cryptocurrency, and there's a lot of online platform and venues to promote gambling sites as affiliates.

[Wexnident]

Very interesting indeed.

My first instinct is how are casinos going to advertise now? A big portion of their advertising were going through Twitch through affiliated gamblers which drew in crowds in the thousands. Roobet has a pretty deep partnership with Exposed or whatever his name is, for instance.

But now, a big portion of their revenues will probably be taken away as well - gambling is a very lucrative business, after all, and tips going to these streamers are sizeable.

Well there are still a LOT of places where they could advertise on. Youtube for example is one place, advertisements for websites, heck even this place. Gambling content seems to be still allowed, and instead, just links and referrals are the ones that are banned since some advertisers just pull the users out to some weird-ass place where they could possibly get scammed or even hacked, is what I think anyway. I'd reckon Roobet and others would just need to adjust on how they advertise exactly. They could still put the site out and let streamers play, just no links or referral codes.

[Cling18]

It's a good move to eliminate and stop scam links being shared in Twitch but I hope that other platforms would also do the same thing since most social media platforms these days are filled with scam links. We, users, should also be skeptical and think before we click because scammers are everywhere and they would do everything to deceive us.

[ethereumhunter]

Maybe the impact on crypto gambling is a reduction for the number of people who will see their ads but not for loyal members already playing gambling on their site. Maybe the crypto gambling site needs to think about how they will promote their site using the other things because I am sure they will use the other social media to continue their campaign.

But I am sure that will not give too big an impact on them because they already take benefits from Twitch. But for the scam site already using Twitch promoting their site, it can not use that site again, but that will not stop them from chasing the next target.

[coin-investor]

Twitch is a streaming site that wants to establish itself in the streaming business and they want to have a good and clean reputation by getting rid of these scam gambling sites that are being promoted by streamers hosted on their platform, these streamers will have to stop and move to other channels, but this move by the management of Twitch has no impact in the Crypto gambling, Bitcointalk is enough to attract more gamblers.

[Cacingkemi]

It's good that they do have restrictions but I think it's much better if they filtered out real and fake gambling sites, but I think it's really hard work to spot which sites are fake or not since some legitimate gambling sites can turn into scam and there's no way we can predict or to know that.

[qwertyup23]

The latest creator update from Twitch says,

"To prevent harm and scams created by questionable gambling services that sponsor content on Twitch, we will prohibit sharing links and/or referral codes to sites that offer slots, roulette, or dice games,”

Now streamers have time till 17th August to remove any such contents from their videos.

News ref: https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/twitch-introduces-restrictions-on-gambling-related-links

Do you foresee any Impact on crypto gambling?

This is a good move on Twitch. There are lots of gambling activities that are tagged as a scam by various users. Unfortunately, there are also some streamers who promote gambling-related links as they receive commission from the website. Unknowingly to the public, such streamers own a share of the gambling website which in return, benefits them at the end.

I do not see any big effect on crypto gambling with this announcement. Even if Twitch is considered one of the biggest platforms of streamers, this restriction wouldn't hurt much on the player base on crypto gambling as a whole.

[tabas]

Casinos who are into twitch sponsorship through its streamers, they can easily pull it out. I also think that the impact is going to be little and for such casinos, they can look to other medias where they can advertise.
On the end of twitch, this is also nothing to be considered.

I wonder why they come out with that implementation, Youtube is not doing that, and they are going to benefit because they have established content creators and gambling followers, these streamers of course will look for better alternatives, Youtube is the best alternatives, although the competition is very high.

It is written on the link that has been posted.

“To prevent harm and scams created by questionable gambling services that sponsor content on Twitch, we will prohibit sharing links and/or referral codes to sites that offer slots, roulette, or dice games,” the announcement says. “We will continue to monitor gambling-related content and update our approach as needed.”

[ene1980]

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Do you foresee any Impact on crypto gambling?

I have not used Twitch and hence i am not really bothered with the news but how can it have any impact on the gambling space. The reason they might have restricted them is because of the constant spam and nothing else, there are shills out there that would irritate you for a long time and the only logical solution you find in a short period is to ban them and hopefully that is the case here.