The German Twitch streamer Marcel “MontanaBlack” Eris showed casino streams on the streaming platform for years. In September 2019, he became one of the largest Twitch streamers in the world with casino streams. In a stream, the 34-year-old now explains the conditions under which he showed gambling back then – and how it works today with streamers Theo “Scurrows” Bottländer and Kevin “orangemorange” Bongers.
What does MontanaBlack have to do with gambling?
- MontanaBlack has shown gambling on Twitch for a long time. He reached his peak in September 2019 – at that time, MontanaBlack became one of the largest streamers worldwide. Gambling streams played a crucial role: When he showed casino streams, an average of 65,000 people watched him.
- MontanaBlack later said he made gambling popular on German Twitch, even claiming that he “contaminated” German Twitch with it – everyone only wanted to see casino streams.
- However, MontanaBlack has not shown gambling on Twitch for a long time. Apparently, he had trouble with German authorities. We at MeinMMO spoke to a lawyer about why MontanaBlack no longer shows gambling.
MontanaBlack has already hinted that if he ever moves abroad, he will start showing casino streams on Twitch again.
This is the current conflict surrounding casino streamers: In the footsteps of MontanaBlack, other German Twitch streamers like Scurrows and orangemorange have entered in recent months.
They are involved in a conflict with a number of opinion bloggers like Tanzverbot, who accuse them of enticing people to gamble with their casino streams. The conflict escalated at gamescom 2022 into a scuffle.
Internationally, the crypto casino Stake is viewed critically, with which German casino streamers are also connected: The streamer Scurrows wears a Stake chain around his neck.
MontanaBlack had an appearance at gamescom as well:
Mass gathering of MontanaBlack fans leads to violence at gamescom – Here’s what the organizers say
There are beliefs that the streamers have special deals and favorable conditions with Stake, which compensate for their losses – however, the losses of viewers who emulate the streamers are not mitigated at all.
MontanaBlack says he streamed for “entertainment” – With casino bonus money
This is how MontanaBlack sees his own casino streaming: In a Twitch stream after gamescom from the bed of a hotel room, MontanaBlack talks about his own past as a gambling streamer (via twitch):
Chat, you know my opinion on casinos. But I also streamed casino back in the day, it was already 4 years ago, I streamed casino for entertainment. It wasn’t about millions. It wasn’t about: You stream this often and get 2 million euros in a month.
Brother, I loaded money myself out of my own pocket and had a bonus where I had double or triple – so, I loaded 2000 and had 4000, 6000 to play. That was a completely different time, dude.
MontanaBlack
This is how he sees the streaming of Scurrows and orangemorange: MontanaBlack seems to have no problem with the streamers supposedly earning millions of euros through deals with the casino. What bothers him is how they behave online since they make so much money.
MontanaBlack criticizes the behavior of the casino streamers Scurrows and orangemorange:
In his view, Scurrows and orangemorange now flaunt their wealth. The lot of money has spoiled their character:
They think they are modern rappers and have achieved something in their lives. But they have just given up the reach they built for casinos. […] They behave on the internet like the last idiots right now.
I sent orangemorange a voice message when he just started with casino streams and said to him: “Dude, just keep your damn mouth shut on the internet, do your streaming bullshit with casino and that’s it.”
MontanaBlack
The streamer judges: You can have all the money in the world. If you are trash as a person, then you are trash.
MontanaBlack had an appearance at gamescom as well:
Mass gathering of MontanaBlack fans leads to violence at gamescom – Here’s what the organizers say
