The fact of the matter is this:
- Many of the streamers do not disclose this, and those who do, they usually explain it in very confusing & unclear terms.
- A lot of people are being deceived by this; They believe that they are gambling with real money.
There's absolutely no need for Roobet to promote fake bets like this. It would be totally possible for them to keep things real, and only allow their advertisers to bet with real money. Entertaining content and keeping things real are not mutually exclusive.
Roobet made a decision -- They willingly chose the path of greediness, and they're intentionally producing highly deceptive ads.
I don't think Roobet is trying to deceive anyone by helping streamers out in this manner. Many popular sites(Fiat and Crypto) do this and there is nothing wrong since it's still money at the end of the day which is all that matters.
This is a smart way to tempt gamblers to be honest. Roobet and the streamers profit together while the audience needs to their research before investing.
How do you think this "helps" streamers? Yes, this clickbaity content will get more views to the Roobet partners -- But at what cost? That's a loss for those streamers who want to keep things real, and who don't want to promote their channels with fake bets.
Also, this establishes a vicious loop; Since there are so many streamers making fake bets, the only way to stand out will be to do
even bigger fake bets. We already saw this with one of Roobet's partners, m0e_tv. At first, he was making fake bets of just a few thousand per video, which quickly escalated -- Soon, he was making videos of literally winning/losing
hundreds of thousands in a single video, even though it was 100% non-withdrawable house-money. After I pointed this out, Moe removed the relevant videos from his channel.
It's absolutely clear that Roobet is intentionally deceiving people. Otherwise, they wouldn't do any fake bets. Can you think of any legitimate reasons as to why they allow fake bets in the first place?
"there is nothing wrong since it's still money at the end of the day which is all that matters."
I don't get this argument. As I mentioned, in some cases the streamers are risking literally zero money, even though they claim otherwise.
It's absolutely mind-blowing that some people find this acceptable. Roobet and the streamers are literally lying to their audience, and they're preying on naive people who genuinely believe that gambling can be a quick way to make money, just like their favorite streamers.
This one is another topic, but what makes it more disgusting is the fact that Roobet is heavily targeting channels where the audience consists of children primarily. Sponsoring Jake Paul and Ricegum, for example, is quite questionable in my opinion.