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Twitch expands its ban on gambling livestreams
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Twitch expands its ban on gambling livestreams

[ad_1] Amazon-owned Twitch said Wednesday it's expanding the ban on livestreams of gambling content on the platform.The company said it will now prohibit streams of online casinos Blaze and Gamdom, adding to the four sites it banned last October when its new gambling policy went into effect. Twitch announced the restrictions after a controversy broke out on the platform last year involving a streamer accused of scamming users and other content creators out of thousands of dollars to fuel a gambling addiction. That led some big-name streamers to protest the platform's lax policies on gambling streams. As the pressure intensified, Twitch said it would prohibit websites that include slots, roulettes or dice games and aren't “licensed either in the U.S. or in other jurisdictions that provid...
Twitch To Ban Crypto Gambling Livestreams After Backlash From Influencers
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Twitch To Ban Crypto Gambling Livestreams After Backlash From Influencers

[ad_1] Twitch will ban controversial crypto gambling livestreams after backlash against recent multi-million-dollar sponsorship deals enjoyed by top Twitch personalities. Twitch will ban controversial crypto gambling livestreams after backlash against recent multi-million-dollar sponsorship deals enjoyed by top Twitch personalities. Twitch, which is owned by Amazon. com Inc., will prohibit livestreaming gambling sites like Stake.com, Rollbit and Duelbits.com that “aren't licensed either in the US or other jurisdictions that provide sufficient consumer protection,” Twitch said in a statement posted on Twitter. Stake.com, the most popular of these sites, is licensed in Curacao. The ban goes into effect October 18. “While w...