Silker is a Twitch streamer and would use his influence & position to ask for money from his viewers, other streamers, friends, etcetra. Then he would gamble away all of this borrowed money on sports betting. Mostly tennis matches lol
Here's a tweet by Jake Lucky on this
https://twitter.com/JakeSucky/status/1571309473402355712Twitch has turned into a cesspool of gambling addicts and gambling pushers. Do you think it's a responsible content creation & moderation on a platform which is used by teens, kids, and young adults?
Will this be the straw that will finally break the Camel's back and will force Twitch to ban gambling streams?
I hope it does.
There are a lot of parallels between people getting addicted to gambling and people who follow some of these streamers in a cult-like fashion. Many people out there look at the lifestyles of streamers, getting paid all day to play games essentially, and end up worshiping them like a celebrity. It's slightly sad in a way because they think through donations and other activities that they somehow form a bond with these people, but once these streamers reach a certain level they will just be churning viewers. At that point they are earning so much money from donations, sponsorships and other funding they really won't notice if all their original subscribers left and new ones came in. Not even sure why Twitch tolerates this when they are meant to be a relatively young fan base orientated site.