Gambling in the Twitch streaming community is not an unfamiliar sight. Multiple gambling organizations offer large sums of money to various streamers to promote or play their games live on stream.
Many content creators have often turned down the opportunity to earn big due as they do not want sponsorship affiliations with betting activities. However, a certain percentage of personalities are also open to receiving gambling sponsorships either because of the truckload of money or due to their addictions.
Fans have always had divided opinions regarding the entire thing. Most believe that gambling on livestreams can promote unhealthy lifestyle avenues. Many streamers refuse to engage in gambling for policy reasons, keeping in mind that many of their viewers may be minors.
Nevertheless, streamers gambling is not an unfamiliar sight, with many big-timers having won and lost lots of money.
xQc is among the most popular streamers on Twitch, where he has racked up over 10 million followers. The Canadian has always had an addiction problem, but he recently announced a fully-fledged gambling-sponsored stream, which has divided opinions.
In a recent stream, while playing a virtual slot machine game called Joker Troupe, xQc managed to win a whopping $2.5 million from a wager of only $400. It is considered a world record in this particular slot game.
Sticking with the 26-year-old, Felix lost an astonishing $825,050 in a slot machine game called the Pragmatic Play's The Wild Machine in a stream.
Although initially in the stream, he could not win more than a few hundred to a thousand dollars, xQc managed a major sweep in the game's latter stages by picking up over $800K. However, his celebrations were cut short when he went on to refresh the
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