Twitch has announced a ban on controversial crypto-gambling livestreams after several multi-million dollar sponsorship deals were struck by the platform’s top personalities.
“While we prohibit sharing links or referral codes to all sites that include slots, roulette or dice games, we’ve seen some people circumvent those rules and expose our community to potential harm,” Twitch said in a statement on Twitter.
Crypto-gambling livestreams have become a phenomenon on the platform, often garnering more than 50,000 viewers per stream. Several of the streamer’s most prominent personalities had threatened to stop streaming on the website if action wasn’t taken.
Several of the culprits shown crypto-gambling on the site are doing so with websites not licensed in the United States, which opened Twitch up to legal ramifications.
The ban will begin on Tuesday, October 18th.
