UPDATE:

Trevor Martin (aka TmarTn) yesterday published and subsequently pulled down an apology video regarding his involvement in the alleged undisclosed promotion of CSGO Lotto, the site he both owns and founded:

You can see a reupload of the original video below:In the video, Martin says that his "connection to CSGO Lotto has been a matter of public record since the company was first organised". While this is technically true - documents regarding his ownership of the company were publicly available - he fails to address the fact that one video appears to show him pretending to have been told about the site by a friend after the company was founded, his failure to disclose involvement with the site in any videos about it, or one video that seems to show him logged into CSGO Lotto through a bot account.Martin does address the controversy around not adequately preventing those under 18 from gambling using CSGO Lotto, and refutes the accusation that his uses of CSGO Lotto may have been rigged.The video's removal from his channel has been another point of contention, with Martin simply explaining he was "disappointed in it" Eurogamer has since contacted Martin's lawyer about a new statement, but was told there would be "no further public comments on the matter". It's unclear if or when Martin will address the issue again.The other YouTuber accused in the scandal, Tom Cassell (aka ProSyndicate) has said . "I'll be responding to everything soon. I want to make sure I address every issue possible when I do." Cassell has continued to publish unconnected videos since the allegations were made.



I do however stand very firmly behind the fact that @CSGOLotto has never & will never scam/steal from players. — Mr. Syndicate (@ProSyndicate) 4 July 2016

YouTubers TmarTn and ProSyndicate have been implicated in a scandal surrounding the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive betting scene.YouTube channel h3h3Productions (in association with HonorTheCall ) has alleged that both TmarTn and ProSyndicate have used their channels to advertise a Counter-Strike betting site, CSGO Lotto , without disclosing that they are the site's President and Vice-President respectively.TmarTn - real name Trevor Martin - has 5 million YouTube subscribers across two channels, while ProSyndicate - real name Thomas Cassell - has 9 million.CSGO Lotto, like many Counter-Strike betting sites, lets players wager weapon skins they have won in the game's loot crates. Counter-Strike skins can be valued at thousands of dollars, making this a potentially very lucrative or costly practice. One of Martin's videos shows him winning approximately $13,000 worth of skins.h3h3's video includes clips that show both Martin and Cassell using the site. One clip of Martin shows him discussing CSGO Lotto, saying: "we found this new site [...] I ended up following them on Twitter and stuff, and they hit me up, and they're talking to me about potentially doing like a skin sponsorship."The video goes on to show another YouTuber, Scarce , reporting that Martin has previously claimed that he originally used CSGO Lotto in the video as a way to decide whether to invest in the company. However, h3h3 shows company incorporation documents that appear to show Martin as the company founder, dated from before that original video was released.Disclosure lines are present on several of Martin's betting videos, but h3h3 points out that the Internet Archive indicates these were added after Honor The Call released a video alleging Martin's impropriety last week.Failing to disclose that one owns or is being sponsored by a company while promoting it can be seen to violate USA's Federal Trade Commission Act - if the FTC deemed this a breach of the law, both Martin and Cassell could be punished.Since h3h3's video went live, Martin appears to have made all of his Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Betting videos private , meaning they cannot currently be viewed. Cassell has since made a statement about the situation on his Twitter feed We'll update you as we learn more.

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