Gambling faces limitations, so marketers are exploring new ways to promote. Social media have become one of the methods. I have already written about
the top 50 Instagram & TikTok accounts for gambling advertising. But gambling is strictly regulated on these platforms. Therefore, Twitch may be a more suitable platform.
Twitch allowed streamers to share referral codes and links without restrictions for a period. Today, it is
prohibited to stream sites that include slots, roulette, or dice games and aren’t licensed either in the U.S. or in other jurisdictions. But following the rules, influencers can stream various gambling sites on Twitch.
We have collected 2,505 Twitch channels related to gambling and I make the top 40 of them sorted by the number of hours watched.
The information in the above top is relevant at the time of data collection. The
Demo_Gambling/iGaming Twitch Marketing Inventory List 2023 includes the number of peak viewers, average viewers, hour watched per day, active days, and etc.
More and more businesses are turning to influencers, considering their vast audience and impact. The effectiveness of influencer advertising can be attributed to the strong bond between influencers and followers. When influencers recommend or review products, viewers perceive their opinions as highly reliable, surpassing the credibility of traditional advertising methods. Influencers offer a unique advantage in terms of targeting, allowing advertisers to concentrate on specific target audiences. That's why we have compiled 2,505 streamers into a single list -
Gambling/iGaming Twitch Marketing Inventory List 2023, which served as the basis for this top. Considering the restrictions faced by gambling, influencer marketing on Twitch can become effective and allows companies to achieve more quality results.
It actually baffles me how people end up watching these sort of streams, because unless it is rigged or these streamers have a lot of money to waste, then they are simply pouring money into a dead end. I guess that is the attraction, people get to see someone fritter away vast amounts of money and see all the fancy graphics light up the screen with wins. However those deposits either come from 1) super rich kids, who are given allowances from their parents and build a following which might become self sustaining or 2) added by the casinos themselves, who likely also rig the win rate for certain accounts or otherwise give the illusion that winning is more common to people who might be watching.