Despite some major controversies in the past, games like Counter-Strike: Global Offensive continue to support a thriving, unregulated gambling scene. And these days, Valve seems pretty disinterested about trying to police this space. We take a look at what that's meant for players who've gambled away life-altering amounts of money and try to make sense of Valve's decision not to step in and do something about it. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PeopleMakeGames Created by Quintin Smith: https://twitter.com/Quinns108 And Anni Sayers: https://twitter.com/anni_sayers 0:00 - 1:52 Intro 1:53 - 14:57 The creation of Steam's back-door casinos 14:58 - 22:31 Speaking to CS:GO's problem gamblers 22:32 - 23:21 Why this problem is bigger than CS:GO 23:22 - 33:23 How Valve profits from these sites 33:24 - 36:23 Taking these questions to Valve