Interview: xQc\u2019s blockbuster Kick deal allegedly had nothing to do with Twitch\u2019s gambling ban Kick StreamingIn an exclusive interview with Dexerto, xQc\u2019s agency explains that his blockbuster Kick deal had nothing to do with Twitch\u2019s gambling ban and Stake\u2019s ownership. When Felix \u201cxQc\u201d Lengyel penned his $100 million deal with the streaming platform Kick, it lit the entertainment world on fire. One of the largest of its kind, it drew comparisons to blockbuster sports signings which it handily dwarfed in price. However, questions arose surrounding the nature of the deal as Kick is backed by the online casino Stake.com, and xQc has long been critical of Twitch\u2019s handling of gambling streams in the past. So, did xQc\u2019s Kick deal have anything to do with Twitch\u2019s gambling ban and his gambling streams? xQc\u2019s Kick deal had nothing to do with Stake and gambling, agency claims Talking to S\u00e9bastien Delvaux, the COO of Evolved, the talent agency representing xQc, he says that the deal had nothing to do with gambling or Stake. \u201cThe actual Kick conversation, Stake was never part of that, [Kick] was very clear, and we were very clear,\u201d he said of their discussions with the streaming platform about the deal. \u201cThey were very clear that Kick as a platform is not just an outlet for Stake, and we were very clear that Stake and deliverables around that potentially cannot be part of this contract.\u201d Delvaux said this was to ensure the quality of xQc\u2019s streams didn\u2019t suffer, as the experience for viewers would decline if he was made to do gambling streams. \u201cThere\u2019s no world in which we want 100% of xQc\u2019s to be gambling, or even for fans to feel like this move is going to deteriorate the quality of their experience as to what they\u2019re used to on Twitch.\u201d Rather, Delvaux says the contract allows xQc the choice to do gambling streams if he wants to, but is never obliged to do so under the deal. \u201cMaking sure that Felix has the freedom to gamble, if he wants to, because a lot of fans do enjoy those types of streams, but isn\u2019t necessarily obligated to do it in any way, was very important to us. So he can do it if he feels like it\u2019s something that he wants to do at the time, but there\u2019s no obligation in the Kick contract for him to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Interview: xQc\u2019s blockbuster Kick deal allegedly had nothing to do with Twitch\u2019s gambling ban Kick StreamingIn an exclusive interview with Dexerto, xQc\u2019s agency explains that his blockbuster Kick deal had nothing to do with Twitch\u2019s gambling ban and Stake\u2019s ownership. When Felix \u201cxQc\u201d Lengyel penned his $100 million deal with the streaming platform Kick, it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50562\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}