Streaming Gambling. What you need to know about gambling streamers
In December 2018, broadcasts on the Twitch.tv portal under the casino tag were watched by more than 75 thousand visitors. According to the statistics of the service itself, only in November 2018, 153 gambling channels were registered in it. And this is despite the scandal and the ban on the broadcast of roulette, poker and slot machines in 2016. Gambling topics are interesting to the audience, and videos with real-time winnings can collect hundreds of thousands of views, ending up in the ranking of the most popular.
About streamers and streamers
Streamers - people who use webcams to broadcast live to the world what they can do or like to do most in life. Fans of gambling entertainment broadcast their game in virtual or land-based casinos, accompanying their own actions with comments. They chat with subscribers, hold contests and quizzes. Many professional gamblers have gained popularity thanks to useful tips and flyhacks, which they share with their audience.
The average streamer is a girl or guy aged 25-35. Many openly position themselves as ludomaniacs - people with gambling addiction. They spend hours broadcasting in real time, devoting all their free time to the game. Russian-speaking blogger Vitus Razor in an interview said that the idea to start a channel gambling-themed came to him because he himself likes to watch the genuine emotions of a gambling man. At the moment of a big win, the streamer and his viewers experience similar feelings.
Popular Russian-speaking streamers
Professional gamblers runet organize their channels on Twitch.tv and YouTube, less often turn to Dailymotion and Hitbox. All resources develop their functionality based on the needs of gamers. Regular video games are honored on streaming sites, but the administration of video hosting sites has a mixed attitude to slot machines and other gambling entertainment. Such channels are occasionally blocked, and their owners are forced to create new accounts. For this reason, it is difficult to judge who of the Russian-speaking gamblers the most authoritative. Often for this purpose it is necessary to operate with the statistics of already blocked channels:
- LUDOJOP - 137 thousand subscribers on YouTube, less than 100 thousand on Twitch. The main direction is slot machines. The average statistics of views of live broadcasts - 58-64 thousand. LUDOJOP's video in which he wins 18 million rubles in the video slot Jurassic Park, gained more than 200 thousand views and hit the top of YouTube.
- Vitus - 25 thousand subscribers on YouTube and 40 thousand followers on Twitch. His main focus is slot machines. Live broadcasts get up to 26-27 thousand views.
- Anatoly Filatov - 29 thousand subscribers on YouTube, 13 thousand followers on Twitch. Famous Russian poker player. Live broadcasts gather up to 25 thousand views. Anatoly Filatov not only organizes streams, but also produces useful video content.
- Mr Slotshunter - 19 thousand users on YouTube, almost 6 thousand on Twitch. Streams slot machines, Wheel of Fortune, prefers big bets. Broadcasts gain 4-6 thousand views.
- Andrey TTR - almost 4 thousand subscribers on YouTube and 2.5 thousand on Twitch under the nickname ttrcasinoru. In addition to live broadcasts, he makes videos about gambling, compilations of lifehacks and reviews of other gambling streamers. From time to time TTR has poker broadcasts, which gather up to 8000 views.
Among English-speaking streamers, DavidLabowsky, LetsGiveItASpin, Slotspinner, Blackcatseven and RocknRolla offer interesting content.
Pros and cons of gambling streaming
Streamer Vitus also stated in an interview that the broadcasts help people "knock down the thirst for gaming." Such content in part allows viewers to engage with the game without having to launch video slots. Mr. Slotshunter sees another reason for the popularity of casino streams: "A lot of people just often have nothing to do, and they're looking for some entertainment online." However, quality content is not just entertaining, but can also be beneficial. Reviews of new slots give users the opportunity to quickly understand the mechanics and subtleties of the machine without real cash contributions, simplifies the choice of game in the stream of novelties from developers. Often such channels are organized by the operators themselves gambling entertainment.
Real broadcasts have negative sides as well. Russian-speaking bloggers receive income not only from monetization of likes and clicks, donations and advertising inserts. Opponents of broadcasts argue that large winnings are a fake to attract new customers to the casino. Some authors of live broadcasts give links to sites with dubious reputation or make stories with the aim of targeting minors. It is the attraction of users under 18 years of age that has led to the tightening of rules on Twitch and YouTube up to the blocking of channels.
Source : https://newsofgambling.com/translyatsiya-azarta-chto-nuzhno-znat-o-strimerah-azartnyh-igr/
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