CS:GO ban wave leaves over $2m in skins in permanent limbo

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A recent CS:GO ban wave has caught over 40 accounts linked to in♛-game trading, resulting in a reported $2 million worth of skins being potentially lost fo❀rever.

As reports, Valve’s latest ban wave is catching skin traders associated with gambling sites. While CS:GO skin trading has long been comꦡmon in the popular shooter, it’s the link to gambling that Valve appe𝄹ars to be taking issue with – a ban wave in May also hit various traders who had dealt with gambling sites.

a document of traders it alleges to have engaged in a scheme to “illegally launder” crypto through a rival site called CS:GO Roll. Most of the names on that list would go on to be banned by Valve that same day.

That prompted CS:GO Roll owner to on Twitter, calling it “sad” that “16 people who support themselves financially from trading skins on my and other platforms” have been banned𝓡 “for a total cost of $2m in skins, because they have been falsely accused of money laundering with no evidence by this 💛bitter individual.” 

It doesn’t end 👍there, either. Other CS:GO skin traders who haven’t been banned have started , assumedly to part with something that’s likely been through a skin gambling website. How much that impacts general skin value going up in smoke remains to be seen, but we’re already at quite a lofty sum.

While the public bad blood betwe🌌en the two sites has been rumbling on for a few months, it’s worth mentioning Valve updated its to expressly mention gambling as a prohibited way💎 of using your Steam account. People reporting others could bring something to Valve’s attention, though it all comes as the developer is looking to enforce the rules anyway.

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Iain Harris
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