Pokimane<\/a>, the most-watched female streamer, threatened a boycott of Twitch. Others, like gambling content producer Trainwreck, also chimed in, although he doesn\u2019t have much to worry about. Per a recent post, he\u2019s made $360 million off his content, so a ban won\u2019t break him.<\/p>\nTwitch Not Ready to Ban Gambling<\/h2>\n Twitch\u2019s gambling ban policy focuses on unregulated, unlicensed, or dubious content and doesn\u2019t target gambling as an industry. This is because there\u2019s too much money on the table for it to implement a complete ban.<\/p>\n
Certain operators pay big money to streamers, as evidenced by Trainwreck\u2019s comment about his financials. Twitch gets 50% of a streamer\u2019s monetization efforts, although some have other deals in place. For these, the streamer gets 70%, while Twitch takes 30%.<\/strong><\/p>\nThat policy is going to change next year. There will be a 70\/30 split of the first $100K a streamer makes. After that, it goes to 50\/50. This is also according to Twitch\u2019s new policy. The company says the change will only impact the leading 10% of all streamers.<\/p>\n
MontanaBlack88 reportedly earns around $4.5 million a year streaming on Twitch. Some channels earn significantly more. Between these affiliate deals and advertising, blocking all gambling-related content wouldn\u2019t be conducive to Twitch’s bottom line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Twitch announced in September that it would crack down on gambling on the streaming platform. The new, stricter rules have been live since October 18, and a week in, don\u2019t seem to be totally effective. In Germany, Twitch giants like MontanaBlack88 have already made a fortune from slot machine-related betting streams. He is now mostly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":238980,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[81883,16693],"tags":[82205,82852],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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