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Popular online Twitch streamer Ludwig has announced that he and xQc, along with the help of several other people, have managed to completely repay all of the victims of the Sliker gambling controversy that took place last month. If you’re unfamiliar, popular Twitch streamer and former Team Liquid member ItsSliker duped his fans out of well over $200,000 to help fund his gambling addiction. ItsSliker had asked his fans for money, claiming that he’d been locked out of his bank account, and used the funds for gambling and paying back debtors.
Ludwig announced closer to the event that he would work with others help victims of the scam, and almost a month after the debacle, it now seems like all of those fans who were duped have been given their money back. Ludwig reveals that 72 people were affected by ItsSliker’s scam, and that the streamer managed to con a total of $242,956 out of them. Ludwig then calls on Twitch to “do your job” and ban ItsSliker from the platform.
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Thankfully, this sort of controversy may happen less in the future, as the events that unfolded following the ItsSliker con prompted Twitch to ban the streaming of unlicensed gambling sites, specifically those that deal in cryptocurrency. Granted, it does very little to prevent streamers from scamming their audience, but it will put a dent in the gambling meta on Twitch and we should hopefully start seeing less of it on the platform as a result.
we successfully paid back the victims scammed by sliker he stole close to $250,000 now it’s time to do your job @twitch and ban him pic.twitter.com/cw3NlY39gP — ludwig (@LudwigAhgren) October 14, 2022
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