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Deception, Lies, and CSGO

h3h3Productions · 9.9M views · 2016-07-04 · 13:48

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Overview

An h3h3Productions video on the CSGO gambling scandal involving the YouTubers ProSyndicate and TmarTn, who promoted a gambling site they owned without disclosing it.

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HN cites it as a record of the CSGO gambling controversy and of undisclosed influencer ownership.

Discussed on HN; no positive recommendation is recorded in this export · HN mentions 2016–2017

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What people said

sillysaurus3 · 2017-08 · Reference

It would've prevented [VIDEO] from getting caught. Not that that's a good thing, but it's an example of the type of business an anonymous LLC would be used for.

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meowface · 2017-07 · Criticism

There was a not-dissimilar scam orchestrated by some popular Youtube channels last year, also mostly targeted at their own followers and fans: [VIDEO] They created a Counter-Strike "lottery" website and uploaded a lot of videos of themselves winning big, while never disclosing that they were the secret owners of the site. Of course, their supposed recorded lottery winnings were staged as a way to drive traffic and money to the site.

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Mao_Zedang · 2016-07 · Reference

Video discussing the situation: [VIDEO] Counter-Strike player files suit against Valve over ‘illegal gambling’ surrounding CSGO [LINK] [LINK] Previous Discussion: [LINK]

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