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Twitch can be confusing, especially to people new to the site. Chat is full of people gambling, requesting songs, redeeming rewards, issuing other random commands, and of course, just chatting. It’s easy to get overwhelmed by it all. Through it all, one of the most common questions I get is, what are coins and how do I use them?
Twitch Points
First, let’s talk about Twitch points. These are points that you earn just by watching the channel. These points are part of the Twitch site and can be earned by simply watching the stream, but you also earn bonuses through activities like following, cheering, subscribing, participating in a raid, etc. Subscribers earn points at double the rate. Click here for more information on earning Twitch points.
Checking your Twitch point balance is easy. Look for the small Daddio icon at the bottom of chat – the number right next to that is your Twitch Points balance. Clicking the points will bring up a menu of options for point redemptions. If you see something that catches your eye, click for more information or to redeem.
What makes Twitch points great is their simplicity. You earn them automatically and redemption is easy. One of the biggest drawbacks, however, is that there’s no way for the streamer to award Twitch points as bonuses, no way to gamble points, and no way to even see how many points each person has. That’s where Coins come in…
Coins
Coins are powered by Streamlabs (a plugin to Twitch) and allow for things like bonuses and gambling. As a streamer, I can give out coins for things like winning a game, telling me a great joke, or even as a thank you for your support. As a viewer, you can gamble the points and redeem coins for the same items as Twitch Points (more on that below). There’s even a leaderboard showing how many points each viewer has! Typing “!coins” in chat will return a message showing your current coin standing.
Coins can be redeemed for the same items as Twitch Points, but redemption is a bit more complicated. If you’re watching in a browser, you can click the “Store Items” link on the leaderboard to browse and complete redemptions. Redemptions can also be made via this website or via chat command.
Gambling and exchanging Twitch Points for Coins
As mentioned above, Twitch Points cannot be gambled or awarded as bonuses by the streamer. If you’d like to exchange some of your Twitch Points for Coins, you can do so by redeeming the Exchange Twitch Points for Coins option in Twitch (click the Twitch Points icon at the bottom of chat to pull up the redemption menu). Exchanges are at a 1:1 rate (1000 Twitch Points = 1000 Coins) but note that Coins cannot be exchanged for Twitch Points – only Twitch Points for Coins.
Gambling is done by typing the !gamble command in chat. Just type “!gamble” followed by the number of coins you want to risk. For example, “!gamble 100” would bet 100 coins.
There’s a lot more to coins and channel points than what’s covered here, but this should be enough to get you started. Now get out there and start earning, gambling, and redeeming those points and coins!
Can you gamble on Twitch?
Maybe a better question would be should you gamble on Twitch?
The answer is both straightforward and kind of confusing. After all, there are many different types of “gambling”. You’ve got standard online casino games like poker, slots and blackjack and then you have gambling like CS:GO skins (we all know how that went) and then you have the seemingly innocuous stream giveaway. In this post, we’ll go over some of the rules around Twitch gambling and whether or not you’re in the clear (as a viewer or streamer).
Gambling on Twitch: What You Need To Know
First things first, you cannot stream illegal gambling on Twitch. Duh, right? Secondly, whatever gambling you are streaming has to be legal in the place you’re streaming it from (the jurisdiction). For example, you can’t just claim “it’s legal somewhere”. It has to be legal where you are.
Twitch also has rules about how long you can stream legal gambling activities (keyword: legal). Twitch allegedly says you can’t show more than 30 minutes of consecutive gameplay with real money. While it’s unclear where that rule lives in Twitch’s Terms of Service it appears to be known by several gaming bloggers. “The rule is that the broadcasting game play can’t be 30 or more minutes of consecutive gambling. The streamer can simply switch from real-money to play-money gaming for a few minutes, and then switch back for up to 29 more minutes,” explained user Grameister777, on a blog post explaining Twitch gambling laws. Other blogs and Reddit posts backed up this claim.
If you are going to abide by the 30-minute rule, make sure to have a “mature content” warning and require users to verify their age.
That said, there doesn’t seem to be a huge crackdown on these activities. Twitch has categories like “Slots” and “Virtual Casino” readily available. In fact, when I clicked into them there was no age gate. Streamer ClassyBeef, who plays in “Slots” category, did have a clear 18+ warning and suggestions like “Don’t think of gambling as a way to make money” and “Don’t gamble when you’re depressed or upset.”
Gambling Within Gaming
What about betting on skins? Or gambling using gameplay? For the uninitiated, “In video games, skin gambling is the use of virtual goods, which are most commonly cosmetic elements such as ‘skins’ which have no direct influence on gameplay, as virtual currency to bet on the outcome of professional matches or on other games of chance.” (Thanks, Wikipedia)
This is a very popular form of “gambling” and the rules are murky at best.
Back in 2016, when the CS:GO debacle occurred, Valve changed its terms of service which in turn changed the landscape. In a nutshell, advertising “gambling” to your viewers, then rigging the system is not a good way to go. When Valve changed their Terms of Service so did Twitch.
Valve stated that using “the OpenID API and making the same web calls as Steam users to run a gambling business is not allowed by our API nor our user agreements.” Twitch’s TOS reminds viewers that breaking a third-party TOS, is equivalent to breaking their TOS.
Valve also issued several cease and desist letters to 23 sites they believed involved in skin gambling that were inappropriately using their services.
All of that said, skin gambling and virtual currency is still alive and well. But remember, if you are interested in pursuing those “types'“ of streams you may be putting yourself at financial and legal risk.
Gamble Twitch Command
Are Giveaways Gambling?
A ton of streamers offer giveaways to their viewers, which doesn’t seem like gambling but there are still rules to follow. For example, you cannot charge money for entires or increase the odds of winning for people who donate more money. The easiest way to think about it is, make sure you’re not doing any kind of pay to play. Giveaways should just be an added value for watching your stream — a giveback to your community.
Twitch Gamble Points
Questions about Twitch gambling? Feel free to drop a comment, but since the rules seem to be the Wild West it’s unclear who will have the correct answer.