Twitch is a website that allows people to stream live videos, where viewers can enjoy a great mix of games, sports, vlogs and more. During these live sessions, viewers can interact with the various streamers through live comments that create a more familiar atmosphere.

Something that has been very controversial lately is whether handles streamers for casino games good or not. Hot discussions between top streamers such as Trainwrecks, H3H3, Pokimane, xQ3 regarding the credibility of various casino sites have aroused many emotions. Where questions regarding Twitch's stance on sponsoring casino games often were recurring. Since the various streamers are considered to have a very large influencing effect on their viewers and it has turned out that there are some shady collaborations among many of them.

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After being silent for a long time regarding these questions, Twitch finally came up with an answer with new restrictions on links and referral codes to casino sites. They say the following in their statement:

To prevent harm and scams created by questionable gambling services that sponsor content on Twitch, we will prohibit sharing links and/or referral codes to sites that offer slots, roulette, or dice games.

They then go on to say that they will continue to monitor gambling-related content and, if necessary, further action will be taken. To give all casino streamers a humane time to comply with this, the new enforcement will be delayed until 17 August 2021.

So, they do not remove gambling streamers completely, but they are certainly held tighter in a leash this time compared to before. Something that has received a lot of attention lately is the massive out-pumping of deals and offers by various online casinos through various streamers out there. Where their unsaturated pressure on offers and deals caused the cup to overflow. Exposures for deals that many times turned out to lead to shady and frivolous websites, got many thoughtful. In the casino world, it is seldom easy to punish the individual cases, instead stricter rules involving all parties are often the solution.

In an industry like this, it is very rare for the market to become self-regulating, instead it continues until major regulations such as this ban of links and referral codes that Twitch now takes. Since they mention that they will continue to monitor gambling-related topics, further restrictions may certainly emerge as alternative solutions that help them to regulate this industry in a smoother way and not as drastic measures as this time. News like this certainly comes as a punch under the belt for casino streamers who are doing affiliation on Twitch and how they will tackle this bitter news remains to be seen.