YouTube announced on Tuesday that it will tighten its policies on content that promotes illegal gambling, with changes set to take effect on March 19.
The new measures target content that directs viewers—via URLs, embedded links, logos, or spoken references—to gambling sites and apps that have not been approved under local legal requirements.
According to YouTube, only gambling services that meet local regulations and have been certified by Google Ads or reviewed by YouTube will be considered authorized. Even if a site or app meets these standards, its content will be removed if it promises guaranteed returns—a practice YouTube deems incompatible with genuine gambling activity.
In addition to the prohibition on directing users to unapproved services, YouTube will also start age-restricting content that promotes online casinos. However, notable exceptions remain: online sports betting content and depictions of in-person gambling will not be subject to these new restrictions. This means that while flashy ads during sports broadcasts or celebrity endorsements of betting sites might persist, videos that explicitly promise foolproof wins could become much less common on the platform.
The move comes amid growing concerns over the proliferation of gambling-related content since the 2018 Supreme Court decision that allowed U.S. states to legalize gambling. Critics argue that the flood of such content has contributed to an increase in problem gambling—a risk that, according to the National Council on Problem Gambling, has risen by roughly 30 percent since then.
YouTube’s decision mirrors similar actions taken by Twitch in 2022, when the streaming platform banned certain types of gambling content. Twitch later expanded its policy, resulting in a significant reduction in views for betting-related streams.
While gambling companies and industry groups contend that legal gambling content can help channel users toward regulated markets, advocates for consumer protection see the new restrictions as a necessary step to curb the harmful impacts of unregulated gambling practices.
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