Zack "Asmongold" recently compared Twitch to Kick after a viewer pointed out that slots were still a big category on the Amazon-owned platform despite the severe restrictions on gambling.
While reading the chat during a recent livestream, Asmongold came across a message claiming that Twitch still had a "massive" userbase that gambled on stream. He read the comment out loud:
The streamer immediately wanted to verify this claim and pulled up the Twitch 'Browse' tab to get the viewership numbers:
Towards the end of his livestream, Asmongold once again started comparing streaming platforms. Naturally, the topic of gambling came up, and viewers pointed out that slots as a category was alive and well on Twitch despite previous 'bans.'
While this news is not exactly new, xQc recently found Neymar gambling on Twitch and called the platform out. Asmongold was quite surprised to see how many people were watching the category on the purple platform. He even started comparing its viewership to that of games like Genshin Impact, Overwatch 2, and even the ASMR channels.
The OTK co-founder said:
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He couldn't believe that the numbers were also bigger than ASMR channels:
The streamer then pointed out the biggest reason he thought people were moving to Kick from other platforms like Twitch. He wholeheartedly agreed with a comment from a viewer and said:
Here are a few reactions to the slots category being bigger than ASMR:
The debate about livestream gambling has been a recurring one when comparing streaming platforms, especially now that many content creators are making a shift to Kick.
Kick is a platform with integral connections to the online crypto-gambling casino Stake. It has a much less stringent TOS when it comes to slots
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