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Twitch Prohibits Streamers from “Promoting or Sponsoring” CS:GO Skin Gambling

Twitch禁止主播“推广或赞助”CSGO皮肤赌博

April 7, 2026
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Summary

This article reports on Twitch’s updated Community Guidelines restricting gambling-related content, particularly the prohibition on promoting or sponsoring CS:GO skin gambling websites. The policy reflects increased platform scrutiny over unlicensed gambling activities while maintaining a distinction that allows certain regulated gambling categories such as sports betting and poker.

Twitch has updated its Community Guidelines to prohibit the promotion and sponsorship of skin gambling websites.

In response to gambling-related livestreaming issues on the platform, Twitch issued new guidelines in 2022 prohibiting the dissemination of any websites that are not licensed in the United States or other jurisdictions providing consumer protection. Such websites include those offering slot machines, roulette, and dice games.

The new guidelines explicitly identify prohibited websites, including Stake.com, Rollbit.com, Duelbits.com, and Roobet.com, and also prohibit the appearance of their free social versions on the platform.

According to the updated guidelines, users are not allowed to share links or promotional codes for websites involving slot machines, roulette, or dice games, such as displaying banners of online roulette games within videos.

This measure has led to the loss of gambling-related content creators on the Twitch platform.

Twitch is currently strictly enforcing its platform policies and has recently released further updates prohibiting streamers from promoting or sponsoring Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) skin gambling websites.

In a statement to Dexerto, Twitch indicated that this move is related to the renewed interest in CS:GO skin gambling. Twitch stated: “CS:GO skin gambling has once again attracted widespread attention, therefore we have explicitly clarified in our FAQ that promotion or sponsorship of such activities is not permitted.”

At the same time, Twitch has added blaze.com and gamdom.com to its list of prohibited gambling websites.

Based on Twitch’s current official policies, the platform still permits the dissemination of content related to fantasy sports, sports betting, and poker websites.

中文原文

Twitch更新社区准则，禁止宣传和赞助皮肤赌博网站。

针对平台上的赌博直播问题，Twitch于2022年发布了新的准则，禁止传播任何未在美国或其他提供消费者保护的司法管辖区获得许可的网站，且这类网站包含老虎机、轮盘赌和掷骰子游戏。新准则明确了禁止的网站包括Stake.com, Rollbit.com, Duelbits.com, and Roobet.com，同时也不允许在平台中出现这些网站的免费社交版本（free social versions）。

根据更新的准则要求，用户不得共享包含老虎机、轮盘赌或骰子游戏的网站的链接或推广代码，如视频中出现在线轮盘赌游戏的横幅等。

此举导致Twitch平台赌博相关的内容创作者的流失。

Twitch目前严格执行平台政策，近期发布了新的准则内容，禁止主播推广或赞助《反恐精英:全球攻势》（CS:GO）皮肤赌博网站。

Twitch在给Dexerto的声明中表示，此举与用户对CSGO皮肤赌博重新产生兴趣有关。Twitch表示，“CSGO皮肤赌博再次引起了广泛的关注，因此我们在FAQ中明确申明，推广或赞助行为是不被允许的”。

与此同时，Twitch平台增加了禁止的赌博网站：blaze.com和gamdom.com。

从目前Twitch的官方政策来看，Twitch仍允许在平台传播梦幻体育、体育投注和扑克网站。

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