Trainwreck hits back at Twitch gambling ban demands after Sliker controversy Twitch: Trainwreckstv \/ Twitch: ItsSlikerTwitch star Tyler \u2018Trainwreck\u2019 Niknam \u2014 the face of the platform\u2019s gambling section \u2014 has hit back at multitudes of claims to ban the practice on Twitch following news of \u2018Sliker\u2019 \u201cscamming\u201d viewers out of thousands to gamble. Gambling on Twitch has been a controversial topic for years, especially since the rise of Slots on the platform. However calls to ban the practice were amplified after \u2018Sliker\u2019 admitted to asking fans and fellow streamers for loans in the thousands to gamble with. The accusations of \u201cscamming\u201d were plentiful, and Twitch\u2019s biggest gambling streamer Trainwreck admitted to being one person trying to help Sliker repay their gambling debts. However Niknam has stopped short of joining the chorus of streaming stars to ban the practice, claiming what Sliker did was different to the content that\u2019s popular on Twitch. \u201cTo be clear, the people scapegoating Slots, Blackjack, and Roulette and not blaming the individual are the real problem,\u201d Trainwreck said on September 18. \u201cOn top of that, Sliker was a sports betting addict, the one type of gambling that is normalized and I don\u2019t hear a single one of you clout goblin f**ks talking about.\u201d The Twitch star did add a caveat to his claims though: those that abuse the influencer relationship and deceive viewers should be booted off the platform entirely. He called some of the practices gambling streamers use to engage viewers \u201cpredatory\u201d, and there needs to be more accountability for those stars. \u201cWith that said, the streamers and viewers who sell a false reality should be banned. People who gate keep giveaways through codes that require you to gamble should be banned. People who hide all losses and only show wins should be banned.\u201d Twitch is yet to take any action on gambling streams in the aftermath of Sliker\u2019s admissions. Individual stars have taken it into their own hands though, with Felix \u2018xQc\u2019 Lengyel and Ludwig Ahgren banding together to repay fans \u201cscammed\u201d by Sliker. Trainwreck has also vowed to help those affected. Social media has exploded with anecdotes of people losing thousands after being influenced by streaming stars to gamble, and some big names like Imane \u2018Pokimane\u2019 Anys have called for its ban.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Trainwreck hits back at Twitch gambling ban demands after Sliker controversy Twitch: Trainwreckstv \/ Twitch: ItsSlikerTwitch star Tyler \u2018Trainwreck\u2019 Niknam \u2014 the face of the platform\u2019s gambling section \u2014 has hit back at multitudes of claims to ban the practice on Twitch following news of \u2018Sliker\u2019 \u201cscamming\u201d viewers out of thousands to gamble. Gambling on […]<\/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-61929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61929","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=61929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61929\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}