We've talked a lot about Twitch in Virtual Legality at this point, but at no time have we ever really been worried about the future of the platform...until now. It's time to talk about gambling, both in the literal and figurative sense. Sometimes its a corpse that twitches...in Virtual Legality. CHECK OUT THE VIDEO AT: https://youtu.be/XY-qHX0FVKA #twitch #gambling #streaming *** NEW MERCH LINK: https://virtuallegalityshop.myshopify.com/ *** INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING THE CHANNEL? UTREON - https://utreon.com/c/hoeglaw/ PATREON - https://www.patreon.com/VirtualLegality MERCH - https://virtuallegalityshop.myshopify.com/ BITCAST (Sundays 11AM Eastern) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgHBXONMT06nX_8RZ5r32UA *** CHAPTERS 00:00 Introduction 1:11 Twitch vs Gambling 10:00 Twitch vs Streamers 35:54 Conclusion *** Discussed in this episode: ARTICLES https://kotaku.com/twitch-gambling-xqc-pokimane-stake-trainwreck-betting-1849560661 https://kotaku.com/top-twitch-streamers-fight-over-sketchy-gambling-stream-1847186269 https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/20/23363443/youtube-creator-music-licensing-program-monetizing-longform-videos TWEETS https://twitter.com/Twitch/status/1572347129192132611 https://twitter.com/Twitch/status/1572525437196148738 https://twitter.com/zachbussey/status/1572615009208786946 https://twitter.com/DevinNash/status/1572587986835099649 TWITCH BLOG https://blog.twitch.tv/en/2022/09/21/a-letter-from-twitch-president-dan-clancy-on-subscription-revenue-shares/ ANCILLARY https://store.steampowered.com/news/group/4145017/old_view/1697191267930157838 https://ir.aboutamazon.com/annual-reports-proxies-and-shareholder-letters/default.aspx https://s2.q4cdn.com/299287126/files/doc_financials/2022/ar/Amazon-2021-Annual-Report.pdf https://www.businessofapps.com/data/twitch-statistics/ *** "Virtual Legality" is a continuing series discussing the law, video games, software, and everything digital, hosted by Richard Hoeg, of the Hoeg Law Business Law Firm (Hoeg Law). CHECK OUT THE REST OF VIRTUAL LEGALITY HERE: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1zDCgJzZUy9YAU61GoW-00K0TJOGnPCo DISCUSSION IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS LEGAL ADVICE. INDIVIDUALS INTERESTED IN THE LEGAL TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS VIDEO SHOULD CONSULT WITH THEIR OWN COUNSEL. *** Twitter: @hoeglaw Web: hoeglaw.com