The famous YouTubers viciously punished for gambling FIFA 17 coins
It is somewhat incomprehensible how some people refuse to learn from the mistakes of others. Last year, the gaming community was rocked by scandal of online gambling of CS: GO skins with the site that was established and maintained by two influential YouTubers that pretended that it is not their site while they published videos on their big wins on the lottery.
At the beginning of 2017 UK Gambling Comission had run his first ever lawsuit against gambling in video games because YouTuber Craig "NepentheZ" Douglas and his partner in crime Dylan Rigby were doing that on more openly way than last year's duo. NepentheZ in court pleaded guilty to charges of keeping unlicensed bookmakers and promoting illegal gambling, and Rigby along the same set an extra charge for guided unlicensed bookmakers because he has been dubbed the main driver of the illegal business.
"Respondents know that their site was used by children and that their behavior is illegal, but they turned blind to the purpose of significant revenue. The Court describes the impact of online gambling on children 'serious' and 'frightening'.- Sarah Harrison, president of the UK Gambling Comission
The two of them led the Galaxy Foot page where people could use FUT coins from FIFA games as the currency for betting on real events. The same resources could then withdrawn from your account on the website and transfer back to the game, while NepentheZ is who mainly played the role of promoting the whole intrigue is the owner of the YouTube channel with 1.45 million subscribers on which every day publishes videos related to FIFA Ultimate Team.
We found out that the accused would avoid prison, but Rigby was fined in the amount of 174 thousand pounds, and Douglas in the amount of 91 thousand pounds. Among the used evidence the found recording of twelve year old how is he using their site what the judge called "terrifying" then the video from NepentheZova channel in which he assures viewers that they do not have to be of legal age to use the site because it is a virtual currency.
Accused Craig "NepentheZ" Douglas, meanwhile, has offered a public apology through a series of tweets via his official Twitter profile as a sign of humility and good will.
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