CSGO Gambling and class action against valve

[Ahab]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PGjqCSExHU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8fU2QG-lV0 (strong language)

So tmarTn2 and ProSyndicate made youtube videos showing winnings (betting on a site the own and have access to the backend is just...) while also streaming them gambling with the intent to draw more people to the site while never disclosing they were the ones who owned the site in the first place, Hopefully the FTC gets involved in this.

Valve's "response"
http://store.steampowered.com/news/22883/

3klik on the subject
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL-0MNEcELU

Total Biscuit on the subject (strong language throughout)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z_VY8KZpMU

War Owl on gambling sites
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpzKjUGgxgc

Jim Sterling video on it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ng_SbSdUkc8

http://www.oneangrygamer.net/2016/07/youtuber-tmartns-csgo-lotto-may-have-breached-ftc-and-florida-state-laws/6590/

Statment from team envyus
https://teamenvyus.com/blogs/owners-blog/regarding-trevor-martin-and-csgolotto

BBC news piece
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-36702905

Article by pcgamer
http://www.pcgamer.com/csgo-skin-gambling/

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-07-04-youtube-stars-criticised-after-it-emerges-they-owned-gambling-site-they-promoted

We are Bryce Blum, Ryan Morrison, and Jeff Ifrah – three lawyers that work extensively in the esports industry – and we’re here to talk about gambling in esports. AUA!

https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalOffensive/comments/4rep4f/we_are_bryce_blum_ryan_morrison_and_jeff_ifrah/

The Richard Lewis Show with VideoGameAttorney Ryan Morrison
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-L_HleywA8

suit against the site and valve
http://steamed.kotaku.com/youtubers-behind-csgo-lotto-scandal-get-sued-1783300898
http://www.polygon.com/2016/7/7/12116902/csgo-lotto-and-owners-sued-over-illegal-gambling-allegations

Another suit
http://www.polygon.com/2016/7/6/12109022/valve-csgo-lawsuit-interview
http://www.jonesward.com/our-cases/class-action/csgo-gambling-lawsuit/

PsiSyndicate admitting to doing paid promotions without disclosing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEQscWWI6Gw

Phantoml0rd and CSGOShuffle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dY3ltGjUBUo

Another gambling site snafu this time involving m0e
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sO22YayYqYE

Also we have a class action against valve for knowingly allowing things like the above to happen.

Defendant Valve Corporation (“Valve”),
headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, owns the sports league product and is a key component in the online gaming marketplace through its Steam platform. Valve has knowingly allowed an illegal online gambling market and has been complicit in creating, sustaining and facilitating that market.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06-28/counter-strikes-valve-face-lawsuit-over-skins-gambling/7546646
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-06-24/valve-faces-lawsuit-over-video-game-gambling
http://www.polygon.com/2016/6/23/12020154/counter-strike-csgo-illegal-gambling-lawsuit-weapon-skins-valve

Not to sure that will go anywhere but valve do profit from the sale of every skin and from the sale of keys they also dictate rarity of skins which sets the price so they do have at the least a finger in the pie and the want to allow the gambling scene to continue.

Skins do have a value and can be sold for steam wallet funds so maybe the whole crate and key gamble will be getting a deeper look as well instead of being glossed over as harmless.

[KillahInstinct]

Think we can safely say OP has derailed this thread enough, sorry for my part in it.

Besides it being a topic we woudl normally not allow on the forums, I allowed it for a while - with the continued spreading of misinformation it's sadly not a factual discussion about the integrityi and future of CSGO anymore.