{"id":73639,"date":"2026-06-06T11:59:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T11:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/ed-craven-says-kicks-partner-program-doesnt-reward-gambling-streams\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T11:59:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T11:59:41","slug":"ed-craven-says-kicks-partner-program-doesnt-reward-gambling-streams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/ed-craven-says-kicks-partner-program-doesnt-reward-gambling-streams\/","title":{"rendered":"Ed Craven Says Kick&#8217;s Partner Program Doesn&#8217;t Reward Gambling Streams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News )<\/b><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"@container mb-[25px] rounded-sm overflow-clip py-0.5 pr-0.5 pl-2.5 bg-success-100\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-m overflow-clip rounded-[6px] !bg-success-10 p-3 @[420px]:p-m\">\n<h2 class=\"m-0 flex items-center gap-s text-[19px] !text-[#1c1c1c] md:text-[20px]\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"16\" height=\"10\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 10\" fill=\"none\" class=\"shrink-0 text-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M1 1.5h14\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><path d=\"M1 8.5h10\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><\/svg><span>Key Takeaways<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"m-0 flex list-none flex-col gap-m pl-0\">\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Kick co-founder Ed Craven said the Kick Partner Program does not reward viewership from Slots or Casino streams.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Craven made the comment replying to gambling streamer TheDoctor, who has nearly 100k Kick followers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Craven, who co-founded both Kick and crypto casino Stake, urged the streamer to post in non-gambling categories.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>No Partner Pay for Slots or Casino Streams<\/h2>\n<p>Kick co-founder Ed Craven told a gambling streamer on June 3 that the platform\u2019s Kick Partner Program (KPP) \u201cdoesn\u2019t currently reward viewership from Slots or Casino streams.\u201d The streamer, known as TheDoctor, had <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheDoctorGamble\/status\/2061795447858180207\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">complained<\/a> \u2013 in reply to a Kick post urging creators to hide their view counts and focus on \u201cmore authentic metrics\u201d \u2013 that he had never been offered a Kick deal despite nearly 100,000 followers, roughly 2,000 average viewers and almost 10-hour daily streams. Craven <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/StakeEddie\/status\/2062117252825272547\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wrote<\/a> that the streamer would \u201cperform really amazing in other categories\u201d and closed with \u201cwe\u2019re here to support you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The remark, <a href=\"https:\/\/win.gg\/ed-craven-responds-to-thedoctor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">surfaced<\/a> by win.gg, is a rare on-record acknowledgment from Craven \u2013 who co-founded both Kick and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/a-quick-introduction-to-crypto\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">crypto<\/a> casino <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/what-is-staking\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stake<\/a> \u2013 that the platform\u2019s flagship creator-payout program excludes the gambling content Kick is closely associated with.<\/p>\n<p>TheDoctor is not a straightforward example of a sidelined creator. He promotes the gambling platform DegenCity through his own affiliate code and a $100,000 leaderboard competition, and days earlier had <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheDoctorGamble\/status\/2060262963886637077\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> he was leaving Kick over a 30-second ad. His complaint nonetheless drew Craven into plainly stating what KPP will and will not pay for \u2013 and underscored how a gambling streamer like TheDoctor earns through operator and affiliate deals rather than platform partner pay.<\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/ed-craven-says-kicks-partner-program-doesnt-reward-gambling-streams\/\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News ) Key Takeaways Kick co-founder Ed Craven said the Kick Partner Program does not reward viewership from Slots or Casino streams. Craven made the comment replying to gambling streamer TheDoctor, who has nearly 100k Kick followers. Craven, who co-founded both Kick and crypto casino Stake, urged the streamer to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3947362403,"featured_media":73640,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73639"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3947362403"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}