Not that that has slowed the rising tide of online crypto-gambling influencers, she points out, with popular casino streamer xQc boasting a combined social media following of almost 17 million. “Some influencers are playing with ‘fake’ money provided to them by their casino sponsor and may also be breaking British gambling laws by promoting and showing how to access these sites, which are illegal in this country,” she writes. In searching for the answer to that very question, she went on to discover “some troubling practices in this online community.” The video in question showed Drake win an eye-watering $6.7m on a single spin of the wheel, and left Burgess asking herself: “Why was one of the most famous people in the world streaming himself gambling online?” Nor are there queues of spectators spilling out of betting shops.” “It’s not like crowds gather around punters chancing it on slot machines in pubs. The piece saw digital investigations journalist Sanya Burgess chart her journey into the world of crypto gambling, starting with a chance encounter with a video of rap superstar Drake playing roulette on social media.
Sky News invited us “inside the wild world of crypto casinos” this week, as it published a superbly formatted long-form feature on the emerging vertical.
