Streamer ItsSliker Admits To Scamming Over $200,000 From Followers To Fuel Gambling Addiction
The streamer on Twitch and former Team Liquid member ItsSliker recently admitted to having stolen a sum of money estimated at well over $200,000 from fans and followers in order to fuel a growing gambling addiction. The web of lies and deceit created by the content creator only came crashing down when debtors began to share their stories on social media.
“I used to gamble a lot of my money. Basically, all my Twitch money,” ItsSliker apologized. “I would come across streamers and ask them if I could borrow money. I wouldn’t give them the reason, obviously. Because it was gambling, I would lie to them.” The streamer noted how they “never intended on scamming anyone,” promising to pay back the stolen money.
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The popular content creators and fellow streamers xQc and Trainwreck were apparently both involved in the affair as debtors, the latter claiming to have given more than $100,000 to ItsSliker, something which seems to have caused their friendship to crumble.
“This is what gambling has done for me,” ItsSliker said. “That shit is dangerous. This is the epitome of a fucking gambling addict. I used to lie to my viewers and say to my viewers ‘I used to gamble a long time ago.’ It was a lie. I used to continuously gamble.” ItsSliker went on to apologize for hurting “hard working individuals,” promising to “get help” in the near future.
The news broke when a user on Twitch going by the name of Mikelpee shared a video featuring ItsSliker asking for money. The streamer claims to have been denied access to their bank account before asking their followers for help and promising to pay them back in a couple of months. The video soon turned up on Reddit, prompting a
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