In the latest development in the debate over gambling streams on Twitch, the platform announced that it will be banning streaming of unlicensed "gambling sites that include slots, roulette, or dice games."
The policy change, which goes into effect Oct. 18 and applies to sites "that aren't licensed either in the U.S. or other jurisdictions that provide sufficient consumer protection," follows a recent controversy involving the streamer Silker, who is accused of scamming fellow streamers out of hundreds of thousands of dollars to support his gambling habits.
The scandal led some of the platform's biggest streamers to call for a ban of gambling streams, of which there are hundreds on Twitch that bring in tens of thousands of viewers at any given time, and left many poker streamers uncertain about their livelihoods.