'Doesn't plug anything at all'.... Seriously? He nearly always mentions his own website with the prize draws etc
To be fair, he hasn't actually done any prize draws since January.
And I don't see the issue with mentioning his own website.
His website was the only place you could view his vids while his YT channel was in limbo.
Personally, I don't understand the hate he gets.
I've watched a ton of his vids and I have found some of them to not only be very entertaining, but also to serve as invaluable eye-openers with regards to the dangers of online gambling, something which he DOES allude to on a regular basis.
The Bandit has his own "style" of play (eg "forcing" the top win on Reel King with his ladder gambles).
I am fairly sure he has NEVER recommended his style of play to anyone, given the truly volatile swings he has endured on that game.
I would like to think that anyone who has seen one of his monster downswing videos has thought to themselves "Nope, that style of play ain't for me".
The Bandit said it himself "online slots are the devil". And he's not all that far off the mark.
Also, at least he doesn't have those utterly cringey thumbnails on YT vids like DickSlots, CasinoTwatty and ChipTwonkz do.
And while some of the sites he USED to promote were not CM-accredited (eg BetVictor, Betfair), at least he has not lowered himself to promoting sites that are more bent than a nine bob note.
There's plenty out there who have no such scruples.
I can't help but think that because he is part of a community that includes such unscrupulous people, he gets unfairly tarred with the same brush.
Finally, I do believe the win is 100% genuine and his reactions were also genuine. Excitement, anticipation, ecstacy and joy, followed by sheer disbelief and a feeling of utter dumbfoundedness.
Which is precisely how I would expect someone to react when they have just hit the biggest win of their online slotting life.