Twitch's Gambling Ban May Be Too Little, Too Late – Game Rant

After Twitch found itself at the epicenter of a gambling scandal, the streaming giant has since doubled down on its prohibition of gambling anywhere on its platform, but the decision could be too little, too late. Despite other companies taking more of a hard line stance against gambling to protect their users, Twitch has allowed a gray area to take hold on with a history of gambling scandals from streamers getting sponsored by online casinos to the obscure legality over crypto usage. As a result, while competitors like YouTube cracked down on such content, Twitch remained a haven for it. But with Twitch’s gambling ban now in effect, the platform’s delayed response to the issue at large has meant that a sizable community has developed and grown in this gray area. So not only has the damage already been done to Twitch’s users that have allowed them to develop gambling addictions over time, but this inaction has resulted in echo chambers forming around gambling communities that will only make it harder for them to break these addictions. Twitch’s ban can’t break these communities up, and instead will push them to a new platform where the cycle will just repeat. Twitch
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