According to reports, Twitch has banned 120 Counter-Strike streamers for violating their terms of service after accepting sponsorships from gambling websites.
In recent years, Twitch has intensified its efforts to prevent gambling on its platform by revising its guidelines to prohibit live gambling and partnerships with gambling companies for streamers. As a result, the Stake-supported streaming platform Kick was developed.
The new regulations stipulated that promoting skin gambling, specifically involving Counter-Strike skins, was prohibited. Streamers were also prohibited from being sponsored by these sites.
Despite the rule, numerous streamers are allegedly ignoring it and continuing to receive sponsorships from CS gambling sites, leaving themselves vulnerable to potential bans.
CSGORoll was one of the skin gambling sites that sponsored streamers.
According to an article from Barron’s about the increase in gambling advertisements on Google and Facebook, it was revealed that out of the top 300 most-viewed Counter-Strike streams on Twitch, 120 of them were sponsored by a gambling site.
According to Twitch’s community guidelines, any sponsorships related to skins gambling are prohibited. If a streamer is found to have violated this rule, their content will be removed, they may face demonetization, or their account may be suspended.
According to Barron’s, streamers and YouTubers have reported receiving offers of up to $200,000 per month to endorse gambling sites.
Despite Barron’s report of a Twitch stream that violated the rules by being sponsored by a gambling site, the streamer was able to continue streaming on the platform.
If you were to browse the Counter-Strike section on Twitch, it would not be difficult to come across multiple streams promoting skin gambling sites, with some even openly engaging in gambling activities.
Despite implementing new rules last year in late 2023, we reported that skin gambling sponsorships were still rampant. It appears that over a year later, this issue has yet to be resolved.
According to Barron’s, it was not only Twitch that was involved in displaying skin gambling advertisements. Google and Meta were also implicated in this issue. Additionally, they discovered that CS gambling websites like CSGORoll, Key-Drop, and Hellcase were the top spenders on ads.
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