An Online Skins Gambling website for the first-person shooter game Counter Strike is being prosecuted for allowing under-age gambling to take place.
The website is operated by the popular FIFA YouTuber Craig 'Nepenthez' Douglas and Dylan Rigby. The pair have been charged with promoting a lottery and advertising unlawful gambling and also allowing under-age gambling to take place by the Gambling Commission.
It is estimated that the gambling of in-game items, also known as 'skins' is worth over $4 billion. This new form of gambling does not currently have any direct regulation but is being prosecuted under the general Gambling Act.
“Two men have been charged with offences under the Gambling Act in what is believed to be the first prosecution involving betting on video games.
Dylan Rigby and Craig Douglas, who are both from Essex, are charged with promoting a lottery and advertising unlawful gambling.
Mr Douglas is also charged with inviting children to gamble.”
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