Twitch To Ban Gambling Streaming By October 18th.

[Mauser]

What do you guys think of this development?
According to the published article, the reason for the ban is due to backlash they(Twitch) received from influencers.

Do you think backlash received from influencers is enough reason for Twitch to ban gambling streaming on their platform?

That is a pretty big development for the gambling streamers who rely on Twitch to make money. With less than a month that is going to create a lot of problems. I don't like that Twitch seems to be controlled by the influencers and they can decide what should be streamed and what not? So it's fine for 12 year old kids to see girls in bikinis all day on twitch and donate money to them, but it's not okay for adults to watch gambling online?

At least some parts of gambling like Sports betting and Poker is still allowed. Personally I rarely watch Twitch, because it seems like a waste of time to me. Why spend time watching someone else make money online, when I could use the time and gamble myself? In the past I used to follow a few poker players on Twitch, but now I prefer to play myself than watch them. Same goes for the whole gaming community, I understand that many people enjoy the chat interaction but I would prefer to control my own character than to watch someone else do it. I am not so familiar with the whole streaming area, I know that Mixer from Microsoft failed back in 2020 and since then I didn't hear much about a big competition for Twitch. But maybe there are different streaming platforms. Also it seems that streaming gambling for casinos that are licensed in the USA seems okay, that is a one sided.

[1715346744]

1715346744

[1715346744]

1715346744

[1715346744]

1715346744

[1715346744]

1715346744

[1715346744]

1715346744

[Darker45]

Pretty big.

I think there is a trend whereby more and more gambling ads are going to be banned around the world. In this particular case, the consequence may be that banned streamers may look for other means to continue working, but being online gambling addiction one of the fastest growing addictions and serious problems nowadays, I believe that regulations will tend to prohibit advertising it.

This isn't about gambling in general. This is apparently about crypto gambling. There is actually no ban against gambling streaming on Twitch. What is there is a ban on certain gambling platforms and there must be a reason why crypto platforms are specifically targeted.

Just recently, there was a backlash on Twitch against its gambling policies. This is the result. The response of Twitch isn't a ban on gambling but a ban on sites that aren't registered in the US "or other jurisdictions that provide sufficient consumer protection." The latter part makes everything subjective from their end.

But as most crypto platforms including those specifically mentioned in its post are Curacao-licensed, it is clear that Twitch doesn't give much value to such licenses at least in terms of consumer protection.

[delfastTions]

It seems to me that such advertising bans are due to the fact that the usa government has begun to somehow more actively and harshly apply regulation. For many years, the legislator has not been able to figure out how to deal with cryptocurrency in general throughout the world. Different countries approach differently, but still focus on US law. It is also worth adding that the online crypto-casino industry is also poorly regulated by law. So I think that finally the US government decided on more stringent regulation. Even now is a very opportune moment because the cryptocurrency market is completely calm and very low activity. Such a time is well suited for the adoption of strict regulations by laws.

[arwin100]

Pretty big.

I think there is a trend whereby more and more gambling ads are going to be banned around the world. In this particular case, the consequence may be that banned streamers may look for other means to continue working, but being online gambling addiction one of the fastest growing addictions and serious problems nowadays, I believe that regulations will tend to prohibit advertising it.

But as most crypto platforms including those specifically mentioned in its post are Curacao-licensed, it is clear that Twitch doesn't give much value to such licenses at least in terms of consumer protection.

Maybe twitch is just eliminating things which they think they don't need or have issues that's why they don't give to much weights on curacao registered based casino since they think that this is the nest of scammers. I think they are doing what they think right in terms of costumer protection since sometimes crypto casino streamers always hype up their viewers and spreading false information towards the casino they are promoting on.

[AnotherAlt]

Well, well, well. That's interesting. Twitch was one of the best platforms for gambling streamers. Gamblers also love to watch gambling streams on twitch. As we know, Gamblers get paid from the casinos to do the stream for their platform and get some referrals. Twitch gambling streamers used to make money by streaming casinos. Let's see if they prohibit gambling streams. It will be a piece of unfortunate news for both casinos and streamers.

[Saisher]

Just recently, there was a backlash on Twitch against its gambling policies. This is the result. The response of Twitch isn't a ban on gambling but a ban on sites that aren't registered in the US "or other jurisdictions that provide sufficient consumer protection." The latter part makes everything subjective from their end.

But as most crypto platforms including those specifically mentioned in its post are Curacao-licensed, it is clear that Twitch doesn't give much value to such licenses at least in terms of consumer protection.

They don't want to get the ire of the regulators if they only target Cryptocurrency casinos that are not registered in the US, they are not that big and they need to address issues and criticism, I'm not a regular user of Twitch its only alternatives for big platforms like Youtube and Daily motion, it's their loss anyway, streamers still have Youtube and of course, they are going to look for alternatives, a platform that will be considered as Twitch close competitor besides Youtube.

[Captain Corporate]

Whenever there are some companies that uses their right to allow or not allow something, people think that is an attack to their freedom. Which means that people actually think companies are responsible for letting them do whatever they want, or its a personal attack. Thats the case, any company in the world has a right to not allow something as long as  it is accepted by law, Twitch doesn't have to let gambling streamers continue gambling on stream, thats not a personal attack to anybody, because they have the right to do that and its their own company and they can manage it however they see fit. This is not some illegal plan to get some people, its just how they want to continue doing business thats it.

[jrrsparkles]

Simply due to the influence of famous personnel opinions may led the company to take such change but I don't know they realize how much revenue loss is going to be faced by them since many people love to watch the gaming and gambling related steaming only so if they take down one then its going to be atleast 20 to 30% of engagement and also the creators will simply move to other platforms and going to continue what they are doing.

[pawanjain]

Now that's a big news because Twitch is like "The" place for streaming gambling sites content.
It is also used by other gamers for streaming but influencers had been using this platform for their own benefits.
Paid streaming started it's evolution from on this platform since many influencers started streaming on Twitch.
Now that gambling streaming is going to be banned it's gonna create a short term trouble for those influencers.
Twitch has done a good thing banning gambling streaming since many people used to get inspired to gamble from those streams.

[notblox1]

Stake is trying to buy Dlive from what I heard Eddie say on his weekend stream. If that happens, then Stake streamers will have a home. I wonder if they will allow competitors to stream as well? Buying the platform would be 1 way to monopolize the market, at least on that particular platform.

Really? I didn't know about this but it could be a good idea if they allow other gambling websites to advertise.
It's not going to be good if they turn in Stake-only promotional video platform, but since this is blockchain based it should be harder to make strict censorship.
Maybe there are other alternatives like Dlive or Dlive can always be forked

[yahoo62278]

Well, well, well. That's interesting. Twitch was one of the best platforms for gambling streamers. Gamblers also love to watch gambling streams on twitch. As we know, Gamblers get paid from the casinos to do the stream for their platform and get some referrals. Twitch gambling streamers used to make money by streaming casinos. Let's see if they prohibit gambling streams. It will be a piece of unfortunate news for both casinos and streamers.

Both the platform and the streamers make money from gambling streams and advertisements but it seems like Twitch only wants to protect its reputation so they have to give up gambling streamers. It will surely have a negative effect on those who are making money from gambling streams on the said platform but I'm sure that they will still look for other opportunities and platforms to pursue streaming since it's their way of making money.

Twitch is owned by the multi billion dollar company Amazon. I think they can afford to take a loss if needed while they look for other ways to grow the platform. They're gonna be hurting at 1st but i'm sure they will recover their losses somewhere.

[AmoreJaz]

Well, well, well. That's interesting. Twitch was one of the best platforms for gambling streamers. Gamblers also love to watch gambling streams on twitch. As we know, Gamblers get paid from the casinos to do the stream for their platform and get some referrals. Twitch gambling streamers used to make money by streaming casinos. Let's see if they prohibit gambling streams. It will be a piece of unfortunate news for both casinos and streamers.

Both the platform and the streamers make money from gambling streams and advertisements but it seems like Twitch only wants to protect its reputation so they have to give up gambling streamers. It will surely have a negative effect on those who are making money from gambling streams on the said platform but I'm sure that they will still look for other opportunities and platforms to pursue streaming since it's their way of making money.

Twitch is owned by the multi billion dollar company Amazon. I think they can afford to take a loss if needed while they look for other ways to grow the platform. They're gonna be hurting at 1st but i'm sure they will recover their losses somewhere.

i have the feeling that later on they will change their approach on this matter. as they specifically mentioned popular crypto sites at the moment, some will take advantage of using other casinos not yet mentioned from their announcement. they will also understand later on that even if they ban those sites on their platform, it may greatly impact their streamers and just go to another network.

[noormcs5]

It seems to me that such advertising bans are due to the fact that the usa government has begun to somehow more actively and harshly apply regulation. For many years, the legislator has not been able to figure out how to deal with cryptocurrency in general throughout the world. Different countries approach differently, but still focus on US law. It is also worth adding that the online crypto-casino industry is also poorly regulated by law. So I think that finally the US government decided on more stringent regulation. Even now is a very opportune moment because the cryptocurrency market is completely calm and very low activity. Such a time is well suited for the adoption of strict regulations by laws.

It seems that the target is only cryptocurrency gambling streaming and not the overall gambling streaming will be banned on twitch.
If the goal for the US government is to come strong against cryptocurrencies (which looks like is the case at the moment), we say see strict regulations against the crypto in near future, resulting in a more bad impact on cryptocurrencies prices which are already hovering near the support.

[stomachgrowls]

Pretty big.

I think there is a trend whereby more and more gambling ads are going to be banned around the world. In this particular case, the consequence may be that banned streamers may look for other means to continue working, but being online gambling addiction one of the fastest growing addictions and serious problems nowadays, I believe that regulations will tend to prohibit advertising it.

But as most crypto platforms including those specifically mentioned in its post are Curacao-licensed, it is clear that Twitch doesn't give much value to such licenses at least in terms of consumer protection.

Maybe twitch is just eliminating things which they think they don't need or have issues that's why they don't give to much weights on curacao registered based casino since they think that this is the nest of scammers. I think they are doing what they think right in terms of costumer protection since sometimes crypto casino streamers always hype up their viewers and spreading false information towards the casino they are promoting on.

It would be normal for a company on eliminate on things which would really bring out some headache and possible huge problems into them and since there were complaints and petitions on what that Twitch streamer had

done then it would be that normal that they would really be taking out some action but it did really end up into huge extent where they do prohibit offshore casinos which it isnt in US would be definitely be excluded on

using up the platform but as been said that those streamers/influencers would just simply jump off ship into other places where they could continue their business.

[dothebeats]

Finally.

Gambling content creators can still upload their content somewhere else, or perhaps someone can take advantage of this situation and create a gambling-only live streaming site and they can stay in there.  Twitch isn't known for always choosing the greater good for its viewers and content creators, but this one IMO shows that if people fought hard for something good, companies will still give in simply because they know the repercussions.

Perhaps they should go next with some 'just chatting' creators that are somewhat implying lewdness on their content. Lots of teens are in that platform and that is one way to also poison their minds.

[AnotherAlt]

Twitch is owned by the multi billion dollar company Amazon. I think they can afford to take a loss if needed while they look for other ways to grow the platform. They're gonna be hurting at 1st but i'm sure they will recover their losses somewhere.

Interesting. I didn't know that Amazon-owned Twitch. If you talk about losses, they will recover. Their industry is large-sized. The loss from losing Gambling streamers will be a tiny amount for them. Note They only prohibit gambling streamers and not everyone else. So, I don't think they will care much about it. It would be great if any other competitive take this chance and rebuild/design their platform.

[Nrcewker]

That is going to hurt a lot of people as some were making real good money on Twitch. I am thinking of popular streamers as Xposed, Ayezee, Foss, ... They also stream on Youtube but the go platform has always been Twitch.

Only the streamers will be affected by this, and no one else. The gambling site will be still making the money and also the twitch.
The remaining streamers stuck in between.
Nevertheless we can’t go against the rules. Can we? So yes we have to follow the rules.
Same rule has been already followed on YouTube, Now Twitch will also follow the path.
The streamers should start attracting other genre audience, if they want to make their channel alive, and continue making a living from it.

[goldkingcoiner]

~snip

What do you guys think of this development?
According to the published article, the reason for the ban is due to backlash they(Twitch) received from influencers.

Do you think backlash received from influencers is enough reason for Twitch to ban gambling streaming on their platform?

I am a bit worried at this development, to be honest. Not only is twitch shooting themselves in the foot by banning a large audience as well as many infliencers, but they are also destroying an important part of the gambling casinos cash-flow. I think bigger online gambling casinos won't bother this as much as it will the smaller casinos trying to make names for themselves. Marketing tactics will have to become a bit sneakier. I wonder what kind of marketing the casinos will go for next, once gambling streams become completely regulated away  

[electronicash]

Twitch is owned by the multi billion dollar company Amazon. I think they can afford to take a loss if needed while they look for other ways to grow the platform. They're gonna be hurting at 1st but i'm sure they will recover their losses somewhere.

Interesting. I didn't know that Amazon-owned Twitch. If you talk about losses, they will recover. Their industry is large-sized. The loss from losing Gambling streamers will be a tiny amount for them. Note They only prohibit gambling streamers and not everyone else. So, I don't think they will care much about it. It would be great if any other competitive take this chance and rebuild/design their platform.

surprising to know they are owned by amazon. well they have all the right to do whatever they think is necessary. a battle is lost. a company that big will not mind losing money and users, its just a tiny chunk of their profit. what streamers can do is just to move on to another platform that is more friendly to them.

[Reatim]

Twitch is owned by the multi billion dollar company Amazon. I think they can afford to take a loss if needed while they look for other ways to grow the platform. They're gonna be hurting at 1st but i'm sure they will recover their losses somewhere.

so now I know how they can afford or decide to ban such gambling site in which bringing them more funds as popularity of the listed gambling site or even all the site they are going to ban is indeed that High.
with them being owned by this multi billion company? they wont really care if which site they are going to ban for streaming as they can sustain the business with others and their reputation will remain clean and good for proper and best result of their business.