A popular Twitch streamer admitted to conning friends and followers out of hundreds of thousands of dollars to pay his gambling expenses. It's prompted calls for the site to crack down on users broadcasting live bets in online casinos.
— ludwig WITH THAT SAID, the STREAMERS & VIEWERS who sell a false reality should be banned, people who gate keep giveaways through codes that require you to gamble should be banned, people who hide all losses and only show wins should be banned, things like this are predatoryvia private messages how he had chatted with Sliker on Discord for two years before the streamer asked to borrow £3,000 — which he did pay back, gaining Haris’ trust in the process.
Haris added that Sliker had no shortage of excuses when it came to not repaying these loans, using evidence of his Twitch income and sponsorships to make his creditors believe they had “nothing to worry about.” The whole time, Haris thought Sliker only owed money to him and three other individuals.