Valve’s latest assault on CS:GO skin traders shows dev’s commitment to fighting gambling

Valve has started to swing the ban hammer on CS:GO skin traders who use gambling websites like CSGOEmpire mere days after it added gambling to the list of bannable offenses on Steam on May 9. At least three notable skin traders have been banned since the Steam Online Conduct blog was updated.

The accounts banned purportedly had CS:GO inventories worth $250,000, $200,000, and $185,000 and were seemingly affiliated with CSGOEmpire, according to CS:GO personality DonHaci. CSGOEmpire is a website in which users can gamble and trade skins or sell them for money.