9.9M views · Jul 4, 2016 · 13:48 · 0 HN recommenders · 4 mentions · discussed 2016–2017
An h3h3Productions video on the CSGO gambling scandal involving the YouTubers ProSyndicate and TmarTn, who promoted a gambling site they owned without disclosing it.
Why Hacker News points people here: HN cites it as a record of the CSGO gambling controversy and of undisclosed influencer ownership.
“Video discussing the situation”
Video discussing the CSGO gambling controversy.
Video discussing the situation: this video Counter-Strike player files suit against Valve over ‘illegal gambling’ surrounding CSGO link link Previous Discussion: link
“caught up in a seemingly worse controversy of non disclosure and more”
Example of undisclosed influencer ownership in CSGOLotto controversy.
>"Instead, according to the complaint, Warner Bros. instructed influencers to place the disclosures in the description box appearing below the video. Because Warner Bros. also required other information to be placed in that box, the vast majority of sponsorship disclosures appeared “below the fold,” visible only if consumers clicked on the “Show More” button in the description box. In addition, when influencers posted YouTube videos on Facebook or Twitter, the posting did not include the “Show More” button, making it even less likely that consumers would see the sponsorship disclosures." So a disclosure in the notes box below a video is not enough. I wonder what this will mean for the guys from CSGOLotto [0] who are caught up in a seemingly worse controversy of non disclosure and more. [0] this video
“it's an example of the type of business an anonymous LLC would be used for”
It would've prevented this 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.
“They created a Counter-Strike "lottery" website and uploaded a lot of videos of themselves winning big”
There was a not-dissimilar scam orchestrated by some popular Youtube channels last year, also mostly targeted at their own followers and fans: this 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.
