Twitch Streamer Calls Out Pokimane on Her Stand Against Gambling

Published 09/21/2022, 9:15 AM EDT

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Pokimane is known for expressing her opinions on anything that she feels is not right. For example, the situation of gambling that recently affected many people on Twitch, with numerous cases of scams. Eventually, the streamer decided to ask the officials to ban such activities and related streams. Twitch did that as well by revealing a new policy against gambling content.

However, it looks like one content creator, in particular, thinks otherwise when it comes to Pokimane’s approach on gambling. Streamer Corinna Kopf took to Twitter to call out Imane for promoting gambling herself, in older videos.

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Corinna Kopf raises questions on Pokimane’s stance on gambling in Twitch streams

Kopf is among the most popular creators across the globe. She has gained a massive following due to her active presence and regular content on her social media handles. As a gaming streamer, she also plays titles like Fortnite and PUBG: Battlegrounds. Recently, she posted a tweet tagging Pokimane in relation to the ongoing anti-gambling campaign across the Twitch community.

A few days ago, top gaming streamer Pokimane called out the platform to ban gambling. She even urged her followers and everyone else to raise more voices in order to make pressure on the Twitch execs to come up with strict action.

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Just a few days later, Twitch did share an announcement regarding the upcoming policy against unregulated gambling websites’ streams.

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Given the seismic situation, more people now seem to chime in with their own responses and Corinna Kopf is one of them. The streamer tried to bring the attention of everyone on Pokimane’s own streaming sessions in which she promoted gambling. This is what Corinna claimed while sharing a picture from Imane’s old videos.

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The tweet from Kopf shows a screenshot from one of Poki’s older streams with the monitors by her side. Kopf tried to draw attention to the zoomed-in content on the monitors. In her tweet, she pointed that out and speculated that Imane herself used to promote gambling games in her videos.

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But it’s still not confirmed whether the image Kopf shared relates to any kind of gambling game or not. As of this writing, Pokimane hasn’t responded back to Corinna’s tweet. What are your thoughts on this news? Let us know in the comments.

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