TrainwrecksTV says he could have earned billions off affiliates - chose not to

• TrainwrecksTV has criticized mainstream streamers over their complacency in promoting gambling in a bad way
• The streamer lambasted the affiliate model in gambling, and said that there was a better way to do stuff in the space
• TrainwrecksTV insisted that gambling was bad, no matter how you couch the activity, but still argued that there are people in power to do it better

The affiliate business is a simple one - you direct a paying customer to a business, and you get a cut out of the bargain. In the gambling world, it’s often a cut of the player’s overall losses.

TrainwrecksTV, an influential and often controversial online casino streamer, has recently commented on how he could have earned billions from affiliate commissions, but chose not to.

On at least one occasion, the streamer described the model as predatory and has even criticized fellow streamers who choose to use it to bring in extra revenue.

For his part, TrainwrecksTV said he was firmly against the model and has never participated in affiliate deals. Notably, the streamer has been earning a living through streaming, independent of how many people would end up playing and where, giving him a degree of flexibility to dictate his own terms.

The streamer discussed affiliate codes briefly in a live stream on Kick, a platform that was set up as a direct rival to Twitch in the wake of the 2022 gambling ban. He said that he may have earned as much as $2bn had he been willing to accept such deals, but refused in the end.

TrainwrekcsTV noted that affiliate pushing would never actually disappear, and added that there has to be a "better way" to do it. He did so to "make it right," referring to the fact that there should be a better way than affiliate pushing to promote gambling websites.

The streamer compared the affiliate scene as it stood as "pitch blackness," and argued that the "light" he tried to bring in had done nothing. "If anything, I am a ----ing r-----," Trainwrecks added in his characteristic, robust language.

"I am rejecting $2bn dollars to do it right, and people are literally doing it for $500K," he continued, adding: "The worst possible way."

TrainwrecksTV used this to call out his fellow streamers and say that they were already generating five to ten times more than their view counts, and why did they need to get so greedy in the end to do it in the "scummiest," "darkest" way possible?

"Yes, gambling is bad no matter what, but there is a better and a worse way to do it," Trainwrecks continued. He criticized mainstream streamers who knew better - and understood the technicalities behind the streaming industry, and had the means to do it right, but "no."

"Come on, let’s just do it right," he concluded.

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