A friend talked to me the other day about how they were tempted to go play some slots after seeing a stream for the last couple of days.
I decided why not and told him to send me a link so we can watch together for a while. During the span of 20 minutes the streamer got at least 3 jackpots of over 100x.
We all know that when playing slots it's more likely than not that you end up burning your entire balance before you can win anything significant. Surely you could get a few wins here and there but not enough to remain in profit forever.
So this got me suspicious and I started digging. On online forums like this one many people have observed that streamers and those doing slot videos on YouTube have very unrealistic streaks.
Of course this raises suspicions but casinos keep doing these sponsored streams.
So I wonder what could possibly be going on here. Is it normal to see so may wins as the streamers get? And if you see this, doesn't it make you less likely to trust a casino hosting something seemingly so suspicious?
OK, apply some critical thinking here. What is the incentive of the people involved?
A casino wants to get money by selling their gambling.
A youtuber wants to get money by showing ads.
You come along, watch a youtube video about the casino. What's your incentive?, want to get money gambling, as suggested in the ad.
Casino pays youtuber, youtuber creates video for you, you pay the casino. Circle is complete.
It's the same with, say, an alcohol ad. You see people smiling and having a great time with beers. You buy the beer. Maybe you don't have a great time. Maybe you do. But that doesn't matter anymore, the ad creator and the beer maker both got their money already.