Twitch’s biggest streamers are asking the platform to get rid of gambling

Twitch’s biggest streamers are asking the platform to get rid of gambling

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  • Gita Jackson, Vice
September 20, 2022 11:01 PM
  • Gita Jackson, Vice

Some of the biggest stars on Twitch, including Pokimane and Hasan Piker, are rallying behind the hashtag #TwitchStopGambling to ask the company to ban gambling from its platform after one of their fellow streamers revealed that he has a gambling addiction.

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Abraham Jehad “Sliker” Mohammed, a streamer on Twitch who plays games like Valorant and Counter-Strike Global Offensive but more commonly chats with his fans, was called out yesterday by some his fans, as well as his fellow streamers for taking money from them without paying it back in order to fuel his gambling addiction. Streamers like Hasan Piker, Matthew “Mizkif” Rinaudo, and Félix “xQc” Lengyel joined together on a Discord call on stream to confront him about his actions.