How Valve is Profiting from Steam's Back-Door Casinos

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Counter-Strike 2
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Counter-Strike 2 (2023)
Duration: 36:24
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Despite some major controversies in the past, games like Counter-Strike: Global Offensive continue to support a thriving, unregulated gambling scene. And these days, Valve seems pretty disinterested about trying to police this space. We take a look at what that's meant for players who've gambled away life-altering amounts of money and try to make sense of Valve's decision not to step in and do something about it.

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0:00 - 1:52 Intro
1:53 - 14:57 The creation of Steam's back-door casinos
14:58 - 22:31 Speaking to CS:GO's problem gamblers
22:32 - 23:21 Why this problem is bigger than CS:GO
23:22 - 33:23 How Valve profits from these sites
33:24 - 36:23 Taking these questions to Valve



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Tags:
Valve
CS:GO
CS:GO Gambling
Valve Gambling
CS:GO Skin betting
CS:GO betting
Steam gambling


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