Tyler “Trainwreckstv” Niknam is once again under fire for gambling, and the reveal of his pay from gambling companies is fuel for angry fans.
Trainwreckstv remains the face of gambling on Twitch, with other big names like Abraham “Sliker” Mohammed and Félix “xQc” Lengyel joining in on the action. As the controversial section continues to grow, fans are paying closer attention to the companies in the space. With Trainwreckstv publicly gambling away hundreds of thousands, loyal subscribers are looking deeper into his ties to the websites he plays on. Now the streamer has come out and admitted how much he makes from sponsorship.
Here’s how much money Trainwreckstv is getting paid to gamble on Twitch.
Trainwreckstv has confirmed that he got paid $360 million for gambling across 16 months.
Trainwreckstv revealed that figure during an Overwatch stream with Lucas “Mendo” Håkansson and Georgie “Poke” Karam. While discussing his experiences gambling, the conversation turned to his partnership with Australian gambling company Stake. After some probing, Trainwreckstv finally dropped the numbers behind his biggest partnership.
“I’ll release what I got paid since the beginning of my contract. I’ve been paid $360 million for 16 months of gambling,” said Trainwreckstv in a now-deleted clip.
It’s not clear if this money was directly paid from Stake to Trainwrecks in the form of sponsorship or if that money was given to Train to gamble with. If the former, that could be the single most lucrative sponsorship in the history of streaming.
Trainwreckstv’s net worth is possibly north of $500 million from his gambling sponsorships and partial ownership of streaming platform Kick.
Trainwreckstv founded Kick in 2022 along with Stake cofounders Bijan Tehrani and Ed Craven. 50% of the company is owned by Ashwood Holdings and the other half is owned by Tehrani. It’s not clear how much of the company belongs to Trainwreckstv, but he likely has a significant investment in the website’s success. Kick’s more relaxed attitude toward mature content has helped it garner a considerable base of both viewers and streamers.
That is in addition to his money earned through streaming. Trainwreckstv’s $360 million gambling sponsorship from Stake is possibly the biggest sponsorship in streaming history. If he kept it or invested it into Kick, it’s possible that that figure has grown. Trainwreckstv has not publicly disclosed his net worth, so fans can only guess at how much money the streaming mogul actually has.
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