Your Input Please Do you think The Bandit is a fake streamer now?

[kidgloves]

He comes across as quite OCD tbh. Money earning aside, you have to have some of that mentality to be able to churn out the amount of content he does on a daily basis. Also comes across with his recent fitness campaign where he went at it for 3-4hr walks for days on end. Even things like using the same script almost verbatim at the start and mid point of the videos for the promotion of his links and own website suggests comfort with repetition.
Personally he has saturated his content to a point like most others, I watch less and less videos. I used to worry I was getting behind but now just don't bother unless I find a thumbnail worth clicking on.
3 hrs slotting of an evening is enough for me and I probably don't enjoy all of that. Lord knows how he doesn't find this a chore.

 

[Avernite]

Not fake. He's most likely being paid money per vid and benefits from highroller cashback/rake perks which all up would nudge him into positive RTP.

Sad to say a lot of the entertainment factor is gone with him playing the same games on bonus buys over and over. At least when he was playing on Mr Vegas/VS he was actually playing different games normally which made them less predicable.

 

[slot_zombie]

I remember he mentioned he making nearly 20k/month in YouTube AdSense revenue alone. Add in the revenue from affiliation, paid sponsorship from casinos plus he also got sponsored to play certain Relax Gaming titles.. definitely a profitable operation.

And to me, that's where the magic stops. It might not be fake money, but there's no risk, no jeopardy or human interest if the overall outcome of the gambling operation is guaranteed to be a profit, win or lose on the slots. I unsubbed a couple of months ago.

 

[mack341]

As soon as he started playing at the crypto/unlicensed sites I lost interest overnight.

Yet before I never missed his vids, he made it an often very enjoyable viewing of somebody else's slot 'experience'

I had a feeling the autoplay being removed by ukgc was perhaps also a factor for him to need bonus buys more and more.

 

[Reelsoffun]

I had a feeling the autoplay being removed by ukgc was perhaps also a factor for him to need bonus buys more and more.

And the sheer fact it can take hours to hit multiple bonuses on slots naturally.

I can totally forgive him for doing bonus buy instead of normal play, the amount of bonuses he plays per video could literally take all day to achieve in normal play, so where 1hr of content probably used to take him 6-8hrs maybe 4hrs on a good day, now it’s probably only 1.5-2hrs.

I am also starting to see some evidence of bonus buys being better value overall than normal play too, but most people don’t always agree with that, everyone has their own opinion on that.

 

[trancemonkey]

I'm sure I've noticed the word DEMO at the bottom of the screen in some videos.. I mean he's doing bonus buys, in GBP, which as we all know are outlawed in the UK.

 

[Jono777]

I'm sure I've noticed the word DEMO at the bottom of the screen in some videos.. I mean he's doing bonus buys, in GBP, which as we all know are outlawed in the UK.

He's explained (and pressed) the demo / real play situation in one of his video, think it is real funds he's using mate.

He's also playing at BC Game and another Crypto casino using a VPN to get around UKGC regs.

 

[slotmaster]

He's explained (and pressed) the demo / real play situation in one of his video, think it is real funds he's using mate.

He's also playing at BC Game and another Crypto casino using a VPN to get around UKGC regs.

Hold the boat! Did you just turn "green" on the forum as I swear you were "blue" like a day ago? LOL

 

[jasonuk]

Hold the boat! Did you just turn "green" on the forum as I swear you were "blue" like a day ago? LOL

Well spotted!

Paleo Meister Member: This is really freaking old - but a well respected member. Once a member has 2000 reaction points + 2500 posts and have been registered for ten years - they become an "Paleo Meister Member".

They've had the first two for a while, but their ten year anniversary is tomorrow (computers and off-by-one errors, a classic combination). Apparently I've just hit 10 years as well on Friday

 

[Jono777]

Didn't even notice lol ,well spotted both of you!

Did know my 10 years here was approaching this month but not paid THAT much attention and did not realise also that I got an "upgrade"

There should be some sort of "well done prize" where if you've been here 10 years and contributed none stop with no (lengthy) absences you get £100 cash in your casino accounts from all casinos you're a member of.

Alternatively you could have your username changed to green

 

[slotmaster]

YAY Jono! Sorry for derailing but a big event for my buddy Jono, back to fake streamer talk.

 

[Jono777]

I've watched both the videos he uploaded today, seems genuine enough to me still, the commentors on the videos obviously think otherwise, in the main.

Some of it is bitterness, those dick heads who want to sit watching £50 spins and 5K buys etc always post negative stuff but he does himself no favours by constantly repeating the same small selection of games.

 

[kou187]

Interesting story I thought I would share with this thread for anyone that cares.

I remember watching Steve on youtube videos he did with the jackpotty forums guys.

Years before the bandit existed as a slots persona on youtube.

There was one video on YouTube were bandit and his mates are all playing roulette,

and bandit wad doing loads of silly impressions and noises and celebrations as they all huddle round playing the fobts.

Surely someone else has seen this video?

It was titled,

Roulette BIG WIN BARNSLEY

Anyways.....

It was deleted from YouTube a year after the bandit channel went live conviently. And a few months after I questioned him in the comments asking him about the video,

maybe a coincidence?

Or maybe bandit just didn't want his face out there? The latter more then likely.

And when I commented about this video to bandit around the 1st year into his channel, he did actually reply to my comment asking if it was him in this roulette video,

He said that he had no idea what i was on about and that it must be someone else.

I was what like wtf?

I've seen you, I've heard you, and they were calling said person Steve in the video. It's 1 million percent him.

you see him on camera his body face etc Multiple times throughout playing roulette with the lads.

Maybe this is why the video got deleted?

The reason I even stumbled upon the video was because at the start of my gambling it was solely roulette played, hence I ended searching up fobt/roulette videos on youtube.

Just thought this was some bandit history not many people might have known about, that he used to be bang on the fobts and there were videos of him playing them and rainbow riches on youtube way before the bandit existed.
i thought this was interesting enough to add to this thread for anyone that didn't know.

And No. Im not hating on the guy because i dont hate him,
I still like him and enjoy his personality still, Its not him, its the content now that dropped in quality.

Just a shame its all crypto bonus buys, same game, in his videos now. And that every line of the video is predictable now. And feels like he's pumping out content just to pump it.

Bring back the Reel King roller coasters. And the last spin bonuses that put you in profit from the brink of death.
Those videos were great, and what made the channel thrilling to watch.

Now it seems just like everyone else's slot video on Youtube. I'm sure he used to be pissed on a lot of his old videos?
Maybe that's what made them great?

 

[Kroffe]

Didn't even notice lol ,well spotted both of you!

Did know my 10 years here was approaching this month but not paid THAT much attention and did not realise also that I got an "upgrade"

There should be some sort of "well done prize" where if you've been here 10 years and contributed none stop with no (lengthy) absences you get £100 cash in your casino accounts from all casinos you're a member of.

Alternatively you could have your username changed to green

Oh i see, now that you are old and experienced you are green.

 

[mack341]

Interesting story I thought I would share with this thread for anyone that cares.

I remember watching Steve on youtube videos he did with the jackpotty forums guys.

Years before the bandit existed as a slots persona on youtube.

There was one video on YouTube were bandit and his mates are all playing roulette,

and bandit wad doing loads of silly impressions and noises and celebrations as they all huddle round playing the fobts.

Surely someone else has seen this video?

It was titled,

Roulette BIG WIN BARNSLEY

Anyways.....

It was deleted from YouTube a year after the bandit channel went live conviently. And a few months after I questioned him in the comments asking him about the video,

maybe a coincidence?

Or maybe bandit just didn't want his face out there? The latter more then likely.

And when I commented about this video to bandit around the 1st year into his channel, he did actually reply to my comment asking if it was him in this roulette video,

He said that he had no idea what i was on about and that it must be someone else.

I was what like wtf?

I've seen you, I've heard you, and they were calling said person Steve in the video. It's 1 million percent him.

you see him on camera his body face etc Multiple times throughout playing roulette with the lads.

Maybe this is why the video got deleted?

The reason I even stumbled upon the video was because at the start of my gambling it was solely roulette played, hence I ended searching up fobt/roulette videos on youtube.

Just thought this was some bandit history not many people might have known about, that he used to be bang on the fobts and there were videos of him playing them and rainbow riches on youtube way before the bandit existed.
i thought this was interesting enough to add to this thread for anyone that didn't know.

And No. Im not hating on the guy because i dont hate him,
I still like him and enjoy his personality still, Its not him, its the content now that dropped in quality.

Just a shame its all crypto bonus buys, same game, in his videos now. And that every line of the video is predictable now. And feels like he's pumping out content just to pump it.

Bring back the Reel King roller coasters. And the last spin bonuses that put you in profit from the brink of death.
Those videos were great, and what made the channel thrilling to watch.

Now it seems just like everyone else's slot video on Youtube. I'm sure he used to be pissed on a lot of his old videos?
Maybe that's what made them great?

I remember reading about his comedic exploits with pals on fruit machines, something about wandering around with a bin on his head ?

I think he posted a pic of his wedding once, so he's definitely revealed his boat race and wife's!
(Might've been on twitter)

He strikes me as a resourceful guy, somehow he'll make a success of something.

 

[Valhalla]

Wasn’t that long ago that he posted his face on one of his videos. He said something along the lines of people keep commenting and asking for a face reveal “so here it is”, he may also have mentioned that he’s quite tall if I’m not mistaken.

The best video is still the £100,000 win on Jammin’ Jars, and the subsequent funny edit of said win…

 

[TheAddict]

Felt more cool to be on the blue team, tbf. Gramps usually end up with the green

 

[kou187]

I remember reading about his comedic exploits with pals on fruit machines, something about wandering around with a bin on his head ?

I think he posted a pic of his wedding once, so he's definitely revealed his boat race and wife's!
(Might've been on twitter)

He strikes me as a resourceful guy, somehow he'll make a success of something.

That's correct mate, he puts a grey bin from the coral bookies on his head in the video which was sadly deleted. Knew I wasn't going crazy!

 

[JGslots]

Hey guys. I go to Vegas with The Bandit each year, I’ve known him many years before even he started his channel, so I’ll try and cover some points.

As others have pointed out he (like me) was addicted to playing fruit machines and the likes back in the day, he then made the transition into learning how to play certain machines and turned this into winning on them.

Launching his channel on YouTube he played very low stakes and quickly realised even at that level it got expensive, so he had to look into other ways of paying for it, namely affiliation.

As the channel grew he earned more and so he could play at higher stakes.

Unlike many people on the ‘scene’ Steve has always had an active interest in gambling and loved a good session on many land based arcade/pub/casino stuff.

As many people have pointed out he now plays at crypto casinos and plays at higher stakes, this is basically because he can afford to do this and the UKGC has pretty much made it impossible to play at the level he plays at and enjoy it.

When we go to Vegas, we pretty much spend the whole trip gambling. Steve plays high stakes roulette and slots, I always try to persuade him to film some bits, but he really isn’t that keen haha.

He’s such a genuine guy, we have a fantastic time each trip, so from my point of view he’s a gambler at heart. He’s pretty much identical in real life as he is in videos, if the slots are playing like dog shit then he will be vocal about it!

Rob

 

[Jono777]

Reading this makes me think back to my very similar story. If only I'd had a little more motivation and commitment then I feel "what could have been?"

Did go thru the addicted to AWP's transitioning into exploits and emptiers and not losing and have always kept the online stuff strictly under control from day one.

Don't think I would have ever streamed but did briefly make videos for YT (no AD Rev) so could have gone down the affy route years back.

However as they say, no point crying over spilt milk lol

 

[jasonuk]

Reading this makes me think back to my very similar story. If only I'd had a little more motivation and commitment then I feel "what could have been?"

Did go thru the addicted to AWP's transitioning into exploits and emptiers and not losing and have always kept the online stuff strictly under control from day one.

Don't think I would have ever streamed but did briefly make videos for YT (no AD Rev) so could have gone down the affy route years back.

However as they say, no point crying over spilt milk lol

It's a very thin line though - gambling being as addictive as it is, any of us would require far more discipline to run it as a business than we would as a player. In the case of Bandit, Hypa, Rolla and other "traditional" gambling streamers, many viewers over the years have questioned where the "casual" plus affiliation line ends, and the addiction line begins.

A similar argument comes up with AWPs and early generations of online gambling - they see the positives of knowing the tricks or playing EV+ bonuses all the time, but ignore that gambling could have consumed them in a way that even if they made tens of thousands of pounds (or more), if they didn't show the restraint in the early days it would likely have consumed them.

I only played AWPs occasionally (seaside etc) as a casual, but could see the potential warning signs as a teenager and stayed away from online for nearly a decade as an adult. So I also missed the golden era of ridiculous bonus offers and "free money" - but if I'd jumped in too early, would younger me have kept it in check? Tough one to answer really...

 

[satchnz]

I used to watch most of The Bandit’s videos but stopped watching recently (except for the odd one) for the following reasons:

- If every spin is not a large win, or every bonus is not a max win, he gets tilted. I find this very tedious now.
- Although the guy plays slots for many hours each day, he seems to be is clueless in terms of new slots and how their mechanics work (NoLimit City slots aside), even if it is a variation on a slot he has already played. The frustration he displays in these scenarios is also very tedious.

I watched him struggle to buy a Mystery Mission To The Moon bonus once as the bonus buy button was disabled. The reason was because he had the extra bet enabled, and even I as a non bonus buy player knew that this was the issue (e.g. most if not all Prags with extra bets operate this way). He ended up closing and reopening the slot and magically the bonus buy button was enabled again, due to the bonus bet being off when first loaded. He never twigged. Maybe I’m being a bit harsh with this one but everyone has a brain…

At the start (I’ve only been watching him for the past couple of years) I found his reactions to be amusing. That has sadly now gone for me.

I believe he is playing with real money though. The stakes he plays with pale in comparison to most other slot streamers out there. I don’t see anyone buying only £/$200 bonuses anymore.

 

[Kroffe]

I used to watch most of The Bandit’s videos but stopped watching recently (except for the odd one) for the following reasons:

- If every spin is not a large win, or every bonus is not a max win, he gets tilted. I find this very tedious now.
- Although the guy plays slots for many hours each day, he seems to be is clueless in terms of new slots and how their mechanics work (NoLimit City slots aside), even if it is a variation on a slot he has already played. The frustration he displays in these scenarios is also very tedious.

I watched him struggle to buy a Mystery Mission To The Moon bonus once as the bonus buy button was disabled. The reason was because he had the extra bet enabled, and even I as a non bonus buy player knew that this was the issue (e.g. most if not all Prags with extra bets operate this way). He ended up closing and reopening the slot and magically the bonus buy button was enabled again, due to the bonus bet being off when first loaded. He never twigged. Maybe I’m being a bit harsh with this one but everyone has a brain…

At the start (I’ve only been watching him for the past couple of years) I found his reactions to be amusing. That has sadly now gone for me.

I believe he is playing with real money though. The stakes he plays with pale in comparison to most other slot streamers out there. I don’t see anyone buying only £/$200 bonuses anymore.

Ive not really watched a bandit video since he used to do those Reel king ones.
Even back then he had something against looking up how a slot works and instead would just guess and often be wrong.
I never really understood why someone would do that, it takes like 30 seconds to click the 'info' button and check up on how a feature works.
If you are playing slots for a living it might just be worth spending a tiny amount of time reading up on it so you know what you are talking about.

As far as fake or real goes id say all slot streamers are fake to some degree in that they dont represent the normal person experience in any way.
Endless supply of generous reload bonuses not available to the public is similar to using fake money as far as im concerned.

 

[interlog]

With regards Steve not showing his face, this was shown a number of times on his Soccer Million twatter account.

He also did a few live streams on Twitch some years ago including the camera on.

 

[satchnz]

I never really understood why someone would do that, it takes like 30 seconds to click the 'info' button and check up on how a feature works.

I always take a quick look at the paytable of any new slots I play. I even humour myself by opening the NoLimit and Hacksaw paytables knowing full well that I won’t take most of it in…