Gambling sponsorships have been a hot topic of debate on Twitch recently, and Charlie “MoistCr1TiKaL” was recently interviewed by HealthyGamerGG about this exact matter. Although the interview addressed a wide variety of topics, it inevitably came to crypto and gambling streams.
While Charlie is perfectly fine with cryptocurrency sponsorships, gambling sponsorships like Stake are an entirely different matter. He would later elaborate on how he feels about gambling in general on Twitch as well.
With big streamers like xQc and Trainwrecks pulling in huge numbers and regularly hosting gambling streams, gambling on Twitch has become a serious issue of debate. Some streamers, like Destiny, feel that it’s all fake outrage and not really a big deal.
During the interview, Charlie spoke with Dr. K on HealthyGamerGG. The Harvard-trained psychiatrist spoke about streamers who have recently come under fire for running gambling streams and mentioned that there are a lot of crypto sponsorships as well. Cr1TiKaL replied:
Stake is a whole other matter though, according to MoistCr1TiKaL. Stake spends millions of dollars sponsoring streamers and having them gamble on the Stake website. Hasanabi recently spoke about this as well, explaining how predatory the system is. He continued:
Charlie mentioned how easy it is to get onto Stake and sign up, and the streamers are basically being paid to gamble and get other people to join in too, which is incredibly suspicious behavior by the company. MoistCr1TiKaL stated:
Dr K. wasn’t familiar with Stake as he thought it was a crypto sponsorship, but MoistCr1TiKaL explained that it’s an online crypto casino where people can just throw crypto into a Stake account and start gambling.
And that seems to be where
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