Quote Originally Posted by Miss Fussy View Post

The fact that people are asking Brandon O'Lying what he spent the money on and him not answering along with that woe is me post certainly makes it gambling losses. What's interesting about the whole thing though is that the gambling sessions he records on these cruises is believed to be with dummy money, but I have assumed that are times on the cruise where does play with real money (just not those sessions being recorded).

I use to watch his videos when he had a job and would live stream very occassionally out of Las Vegas, and when he started doing the cruise videos IIRC he said he quit his job to focus full time on his youtube channel which was very surprising to me because at that time he had 25k-ish subscribers and in a very competing market of gambling channels I thought it was very risky. He won a car on wheel of fortune and sold it and I'm guessing he used it to put towards his channel in hopes of growing it.

I stopped watching his videos at that point but I did watch his live streaming in Las Vegas recently, he got very tilted and clearly did not look he could afford to loose whatever he put on the table. That and the woe is me post seems to suggest his channel has not gone the way he had hoped to and had uped his gambling to try and make back what he has spent on his channel and/or trying to claw back previous losses. After I saw the post I looked at social blade - he currently has about 45k subscribers but if you look at the montly gained subscribers it had been steadfast except for two times in the past several months where there was quite a spike so I'm guessing he bought subscribers at that point.

You're absolutely right about youtubers who have gambling channels and their inability to quit when its clearly not working out - be interesting to see where he goes from here.
I think you absolutely nailed it in this post. If the long gambling session are in fact “funny money” they would of course be separate and controlled. The agreement would have to be very specific. They are still playing on the ship with real chips. My thought was maybe they do this when the ship is in port & no gambling is allowed if they can.

Things I’ve noticed…

1) He chases his losses. One way or another. Whether the wagers are real or not, the way he bets will get him buried faster than the average. The Cruise is free for gamblers precisely for guys like him. He likely can’t help himself on those cruises and gambles his own money much more than his initial “plan”.

2) The channel benefits from nearly daily uploads but is hurt by his lack of variety. The casino seems to have three table games and that is it. BJ, UTH & 3 card poker. The content is actually too consistent for YouTube. To the point it gets repetitive, tedious, lacking creativity, etc.

3) The channel needs actual brick & mortar casino gambling that feels “real” to grow. Why does he not tape much of that? Well, he’s spoiled by the “funny money” sessions. When he goes to a real casino they may let him film, but they damn sure are going to have him bet with real money. Like you said Fussy, he likely gets himself buried when he tries to do this.

So what you’re left with is a pissed off gambler. Curating his comment section like a bonsai tree. Blaming his audience for losing money. Complaining about his Uber & flight expense.

“I Lost all this money to make content for you…it’s not because I am a degenerate or anything like that. Gambling is my job. The 12K I chunked off was just practice for the funny money sessions. I’m stuck on this cruise ship with nothing to do. And it’s all for YOU. This has nothing to do with me. I do it all for YOU. My viewers. I am the modern day Jesus Christ. My “Entertainment” losses are my sacrifice for you. It’s not my damn fault. Now watch this Stake.US martingale session and sign up under my affiliate code God Damn it!”