“Holy f**ing s**t” - Fans react as xQc reveals that he wagered more than $685 million on Stake
Twitch sensation Felix "xQc" revealed the amount he has wagered on the controversial slots and gambling website Stake during a recent livestream.
Felix pointed to a story published by Bloomberg a few days ago that discussed the negative impact of prominent streaming personalities playing slots and gambling live on stream.
A statement in the report stated that the French-Canadian streamer's affiliate code had allegedly brought $119 million to Stake. Felix spoke about this statement and revealed that the actual amount that he wagered on the gambling website was more than $685 million (or 29540.47723783 BTC).
As expected, the streamer's moment went viral on the subreddit r/LivestreamFail. Several fans expressed their amusement at the clip, with one of them saying:
During the August 8 livestream, the former Overwatch pro shed some light on the amount he has wagered on Stake after reading the claims made in the Bloomberg story on the prevalence of gambling on Twitch.
He started by saying that if someone wanted to write something about him, they should post the truth. He said:
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xQc took to his Stake account to reveal the statistics of the gambling account and highlighted at the the amount that he has wagered on the website and added:
The reaction thread on Reddit attracted replies from more than 375 fans. Redditor u/_Nelzin clarified what wagering on Stake meant in-depth:
Some speculated that the 26-year-old gamer would've lost in the ballpark of $22 million and stated:
Others felt that the statistics were "useless" or even misleading:
u/bad13wolf mentioned that wagering statistics were not useless because:
Fans compared xQc's stats to Twitch streamer Tyler "TrainwrecksTV" and revealed that the latter had wagered an
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