根据日前发布的一项声明，知名的直播主xQc批评Twitch在博彩直播方面有着双重标准。他指出，巴西著名足球运动员小内马尔在一次直播中公开进行博彩，而Twitch明文禁止此类型的内容。
博彩一直是Twitch相当具争议性的话题，该平台对博彩的规定一直很宽松。然而，在该网站一些知名人士的持续游说下，Twitch最终还是紧缩了对博彩流的政策。
尽管Twitch已经禁止博彩直播，但平台上仍然出现大量此类型的直播。而最近所颁布的新规定，直播主如xQc的频道已不再被允许出现此类内容。
Trainwreckstv和其他内容创作者纷纷公开抨击Twitch就算更新政策也不愿意开放博彩直播。知名的的直播主xQc也对该平台如此作为表示反对。
在他的《当个创世神》（Minecraft）直播过程中，xQc的聊天室记录把话题导引至小内马尔的直播间，眼睁睁地看到这位足球运动员在直播自己的博彩行为中输掉了几千美元，让他大吃一惊。
他说：”这些废话像在鸡蛋里挑骨头，我很不想成为反对Twitch的头儿，但这些看起来象是小学生下的决策好像单纯只想养活那些白痴。”
“不管在道德上或是法律上都是绝对不会有问题的事，但如果Trainwrecks或我在这个网站上这么做的话，我们的直播间可能会在4天内遭到禁止。”
在直播期间，一些观众试图会内马尔的博彩行为辩护，表示他所使用的屏道Blaze并未出现在Twitch公告的禁令当中。然而xQc随即反驳，表示该向禁令适用于所有类型的在线博彩，并不单单指某些特定的网站。
The streamer’s retort is subject to debate as it may not be supported by factual evidence from Twitch’s Community Guidelines. The current guidelines were updated in October of last year to promote safety and security, as well as to speed up innovation on the platform. Under the “Prohibited Gambling Content” section, the guidelines prohibit the following:
Furthermore, Twitch does not allow the sites below to be streamed on the platform, or linked to in chat:
Moving forward, Twitch retains the right to identify other banned websites or associated domains in the future. Whether a website is banned or allowed is determined by a number of perimeters, “including whether the site includes safety protections, such as deposit limits, waiting periods, and age verification systems, [or] whether streamers use or encourage VPNs to evade geoblocking.”
Another important consideration is “whether the site is licensed in the US or other jurisdictions that provide sufficient consumer protections.”
Blaze is neither one of the listed banned websites, nor an associated domain, keeping Neymar’s betting from being an immediate breach of the guidelines. The next natural step seems to be for Twitch to determine whether Blaze fits the parameters set by the platform’s guidelines highlighted above, and update the banned list in the case that it doesn’t.
However, Twitch has refrained from updating the banned list since it was uploaded nearly six months ago, despite instances of Stake copy-cat casinos spawning on the web. This blurs the effectiveness of such a list as a solution against prohibited gambling sites, as updating the list does nothing more than push the problem another few months down the line.
Cut off the head of one casino, and two more will take its place, so to speak.
Additionally, some viewers suggested that Neymar, streaming from Brazil, might not be subject to Twitch’s regulations, which only apply to American streamers. In response, xQc noted that when he was doing gambling streams, he resided in Canada, yet still had to comply with Twitch’s rules.
Just the same, the guidelines’ focus seems to be on whether the given domain is on the prohibited list or not (or is an associated domain of one on the list), not the source location of the stream.
At this time, Twitch has stated that it has no plans to ban broadcasting websites that are dedicated to fantasy sports, sports betting, or poker.
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