The skin gambling era is over

[Kenneth]

News - In-Game Item Trading Update

Steam just released this post about how they will be sending notices requesting they "cease operations through Steam, and further pursue the matter as necessary"

Skin gambling has run rampant in CS:GO since 2014 and as of recently has caused a ton of drama since a lot of these website owners were gambling on their own websites without clarifying that they in fact own them. This caused H3H3Productions to make a video about one website in particular that caused a community uproar.



Even before this there was a streamer who is known as m0eTV who got caught asking the website he owned 10% equity in to give him the results of future rolls so he knew which way to bet his skins. These people were using the back end of their websites for profit. M0e claimed it was to lose and win at will for entertainment on stream and he never cashed out but regardless it exposed what was truly going on in this industry.

Now everybody is wondering what does this mean for CS:GO? I mean even if you are completely against gambling you cannot deny the fact that skins were a huge piece to the success puzzle. It got people hyped over tournaments, it got them more viewers on Twitch through giveaways, and much more. So does the game lose a lot of players because of this? That's up to you guys and I would love to hear your opinion on the gambling scene in CS:GO as a whole.

[Thomja]

I read about something similar. Is it possible perhaps to just have the site deal with another currency to pass around this problem?

Or potentially just makes new accounts? I'm curious to see which sites will survive and which will be put to sleep. As well as seeing what kind of workaround the community will come up with, if any.

Valve said that they are not affiliated with these sites and I of course believe this to be true. However, Valve is making a shit ton of money just from having people gamble.

Exciting time in the world right now! Exciting time.

[somaliasky]

Maybe Valve is affiliate with OPSKINS instead of those casino site ))))))
If you read the complaint filed in Connecticut, plaintiff lawyers allege a conspiracy where Valve sell/issue skins(Casino Chips) so the players can use them to gamble in jackpot/casino site. If the skins truly have no value, then it will probably be ok. In order for this conspiracy theory to be valid, they must show OPSKINS knowingly participate in this gambling circle as well. That is, OPSKINS act as a channel for the casino/gambler to cash out the proceeds. If it`s proved, then all of them are going to jail for long long time.

If Valve doesn't really care or have no stake in any of these sites, they should cut ties with all of them including OPSKINS. It`s suspicious that they let OPSKIN of the hook when they are in the center of this scandal.

[GoXLd]

Maybe Valve is affiliate with OPSKINS instead of those casino site ))))))

I've been thinking about this thought, given the policy of this company - they cannt sleep well knowing how much money flies past them.