Valve has started to target
Steam gambling websites that use OpenID API and will be sending out cease and desist notices if necessary.
Not exact matches
The CS: GO skin
gambling controversy was one of the biggest ongoing stories of last year - check our previous coverage if you missed it - and ultimately spurred Valve to block
Steam accounts that were used by
gambling websites.
This is because Valve is the owner of the
Steam API which is essential for the integration of the gambling website with the User's steam acc
Steam API which is essential for the integration of the
gambling website with the User's
steam acc
steam account.
In case the user can not log into the
gambling website with his
Steam account, then he practically will not be able to access the skins which we wants to
gamble with or purchase more skins for the use of money.
The
gambling websites were not only hosting illegal bets over the game and teams but were also using the
Steam platform to carry out the same.
Since many Counter-Strike: GO
gambling websites use a user's
Steam account to conduct business, Valve could be found liable.