Clip showing TrainwrecksTV giving money to Twitch staff goes viral on Twitter, adding fuel to gambling debate

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TrainwrecksTV and xQc's feud with certain streamers who took stances against gambling on Twitch has taken on a new dimension. Today, a clip showing Train giving large amounts of money to Twitch staff went viral on Twitter.

Ostonox is an editor for HasanAbi, one of the most prominent critics of gambling on the Amazon-owned platform. The clip shared by him shows TrainwrecksTV giving away cryptocurrency worth at least $30,000 to a couple of Twitch employees.

While there is nothing overtly illegal about accepting money from streamers, critics of the platform feel they cannot trust it to impose regulations.

Notably, Ostonox has been making edited videos about the current drama surrounding xQc and Train, who have defended the act of playing slots and other gambling games on stream in the aftermath of the ItsSliker controversy.

Until January 2022, djWHEAT was one of the longest-standing employees of Twitch. As a member of the founding team, it is safe to say that he has some insight into the industry.

Pepegafish and Rellim were the two employees who could be seen in the video accepting large amounts of money from the streamer. djWheat tore into the practice, calling it a clear violation of the Amazon Business Conduct & Ethics Policy. Importantly, he didn't blame TrainwrecksTV who was allegedly seen giving out approximately $80K to the two staffers.

Using the hashtag Twitchstopgambling in every tweet, Ostonox posted a thread on Twitter. In one of them, the creator also draws attention to both Train and xQc leaving the United States to go to Canada because of its lax gambling laws.

He also brings up the Mizkif controversy which occurred after yesterday's interaction between him and TrainwrecksTV on Twitter. The spat ended with Train