xQc loses about half a million dollars betting on FIFA World Cup Finals in favor of France
Twitch streamer Felix "xQc" Lengyel has continued to gamble on the controversial crypto gambling website Stake, where his latest half-a-million dollar loss went viral online after Argentina defeated the defending champions in the FIFA World Cup finals.
The streamer posted a screenshot of the gambling stub hours before the match, where it could be seen that he had put a whopping $500,000 on France winning the World Cup. Lionel Messi and his teammates lifted the third trophy for their nation after a nail-biting finisher, which led to the penalty shootouts for the ultimate honor in world football.
While Mbappe's hat-trick would later equalize the score, Felix had cashed out around $5k after France was trailing 2-0. The decision led many in the streaming and esporting community to call on Twitch to expand their gambling restrictions to include sports betting.
Gambling and Twitch have a very contentious relationship, which has culminated in the recent upsurge in traffic to the up-and-coming streaming platform Kick. Owned by the owners of Stake, it aims to provide a safe haven for creators looking to stream slots and other types of gambling activities.
While Drake and Trainwreckstv (both sponsored by Kick) have attracted massive audiences to Kick, xQc is still on Twitch. Despite being a variety streamer, Felix is quite well-known for his gambling streams on Twitch in the past, where he used to play slots and other things before that type of content was banned from the platform.
His latest bet had him set a massive amount of money on the FIFA World Cup Finals.
After publicly cashing out the $5K, he explained to his audience that it would not have made a difference even if France went on to win the match because the bet was
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