Why is this the only place I can find any discussion about this topic? Absolutely ridiculous. I found your thread through google
after much digging through all these streamer crypto sponsorships. I must say it was hidden pretty well.
I'm guessing they bring too much money to the people on the forum for anyone to be honest about what kind of a shady practice this really is. If I had more affiliation with the section I'd definitely consider tagging them, but who am I, really? Perhaps i'm also out of touch with the standard business practices in this space, but from a (relative) outsider looking in, this just seems so weird.
I don't think this is too much controversial because I saw different streamers getting support from their sponsors like the gambling platforms what are the reason? Because it's part of their marketing strategies that gives the viewers another hype experience like the player losses a lot but made a comeback so this becomes a good image too. It's not a fake bet because at the same time they have a contract and this is part of their advertisement. It's a different part of the player who uses his or her own money because at the same time still, a gamble is a gamble.
- the influencer has no actual (or very little) skin in the game. They are not betting with their own money no matter how you try to spin it.
It's just one of the market strategies of online gambling due to high competition arises. A sad but it's true that we used to rely on the reviews of those who experienced playing or gambling on the certain sites and we didn't also recognize which of those comments are true and which one are the fake paid reviews. And we can't blame the fake paid reviewers because they are also need that cash/payment that they can get with using their name and dignity to testify a false information.
- most of these influencers are millionaires, they definitely do not have any financial urgency to promote any of these (sometimes) morally dubious products to their audiences. The rest of your statement is gibberish and not understandable at all.
On one hand this could definitely pass as a scam, on the other it could be just one marketing tactic that works well. I do not know exactly how many gambling sites and casinos do this trick, but this is fairly common in auctions and events like that. Now it is up to the player whether they awill let their basic instincts overtake their critical judgement and let themselves get finessed by these sites, but personally, I do not indulge myself in leaderboard contests as I am not a high-roller myself.
If a streamer does not use special software to distort the results of the game and the game itself in the casino that he demonstrates, then I do not see any analogy with paid comments, which are deliberately deceiving. The fact that the casino gives him money for the game and he does not risk anything does not matter.
Ah, but it does matter if the streamer continously gets his account topped up by the site administrator until he wins big - that's just deceiving practices.
People do really have that kind of hate when an advertiser do make use of money owned by the house itself or simply they know that it isnt theirs for them to spent on.I dont know
why people had bad impressions when it comes to that where the thing matter most is about the user experience and the possible chances that you can possibly hit when you
do play on a certain platform.People cant just really moved on if those funds are their own or been sponsored.What matter most is the fairness of the site and
the user interface and experience towards it and they should really be focusing on this one rather than on personal opinions.
And being fair and honest with their customers isn't part of the user experience? nor does it contribute to the overall perception of the fairness of the casino? (it does..)
Yes, even if the game is completely virtual (for fake money from the casino), then the audience in any case can evaluate the casino interface and other parameters important for them (we will assume that the house edge is approximately the same everywhere and is known in advance). I do not know what one can be angry with in such a situation and where there can be deception.
You are already being deceived and thus you conclude that there could be no other possible way in which they are also deceiving you? How about they rig the odds of streamers as well? Wouldn't that matter either?
Most of the comments in this thread are a special kind of mental gymnastics. I get it, they're just getting their "bag" too (I can't say I haven't done the same), still - for me personally i feel like you'd have to be absolutely mentally challenged to play on any of these (un)licensed casinos at this point.