Twitch Bans Streaming Of Steam Gambling Sites Such As Cs Go Lotto

Streaming of Steam gambling sites such as CS: GO Lotto is now prohibited on Twitch, the leading streaming platform has announced.

The ban on such streams is not the result of new Terms of Service, but simply the result of Valve’s decision to outlaw the use of its Steam API to create Steam gambling sites.

“Today Valve released an announcement clarifying the intended use of Steam’s trading system and OpenID API. Valve specifically notes that using ‘the OpenID API and making the same web calls as Steam users to run a gambling business is not allowed by our API nor our user agreements’.

“As a reminder, per Twitch’s Terms of Service, broadcasters are not permitted to stream content that breaks the terms of service or user agreements of third-parties. As such, content in which the broadcaster uses or promotes services that violate Valve’s stated restrictions is prohibited on Twitch.”

It remains to be seen how sites affected by Valve’s decision will continue to operate.

Source: Twitch