Twitch to banStake.comstreams and other unlicensed gambling content
by Ash Parrish from The Verge - All Posts on (#63VZ9)
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge As the conversation concerning Twitch and the platform's allowance of gambling streams continues to swirl, the platform has struck its first blow. In a tweet on Tuesday evening, Twitch stated that it will ban streaming of gambling sites that include slots, roulette, or dice games" in a policy update effective October 18th.
An update on gambling on Twitch. pic.twitter.com/lckNTY9Edo
- Twitch (@Twitch) September 20, 2022
Critically, Twitch is not banning all gambling, nor even all streaming of the gambling forms mentioned above. There will be a carveout permitting sports betting, fantasy sports, and poker, while the streaming of slots, roulette, and dice is only prohibited if the websites streamed aren't licensed in the U.S. or other...