Twitch Chimes In On Gambling Broadcasts

[HardOCP News]

In a blog post earlier today, Twitch says that streaming content that breaks any game's terms of service is against its rules. Now all that's left is for YouTube to ban the practice as well and quit paying streamers that promote gambling and you might make actually be getting somewhere.

As a reminder, per Twitch’s Terms of Service, broadcasters are not permitted to stream content that breaks the terms of service or user agreements of third-parties. As such, content in which the broadcaster uses or promotes services that violate Valve’s stated restrictions is prohibited on Twitch. Our Rules of Conduct lists other examples such as playing pirated games and playing on unauthorized private servers.

 

[BloodyIron]

Twitch is so much better because of it too

 

[DF-1]

twitch doesnt enforce shit, like when they said they would ban people not playing games, or people playing games in a 2% of the total screen window and the 98% rest showing their breasts.

just give them viewers and they'll keep you on. They do like to make nice statements though.

 

[britjh22]

So it sounds like this would just get rid of CS:GO gambling streams, and not things like blackjack/poker streams that aren't breaking a TOS?

 

[Pringle]

twitch doesnt enforce shit, like when they said they would ban people not playing games, or people playing games in a 2% of the total screen window and the 98% rest showing their breasts.

just give them viewers and they'll keep you on. They do like to make nice statements though.

They've even created a new "Social Eating" designation that streamers flip to whenever they just want to sit in front of the camera and not play anything. So essentially, Twitch created a workaround for their streamers.