Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The gambling epidemic is taking over America and many other countries. And Russia and Eastern Europe is no exception - online gambling addiction & sports betting is everywhere in the Post Soviet world. Let's talk about why Russian online gambling is so insane, how Russian speaking influencers like Mellstroy promote it and why all of it turns into the Eastern European version of the Hunger Games.

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Timestamps
00:00 Online gambling addiction in Russia
01:31 Sports betting & legal casinos
02:48 Illegal online casinos are EVERYWHERE
04:27 This issue is bigger than just Russia
05:22 Mellstroy - the worst gambling streamer
07:47 How Mellstroy went viral in the West
09:55 Mellstroy's Russian Hunger Games
11:30 This is dystopian
13:47 It gets EVEN WORSE
15:11 Mellstroy is in trouble
16:09 Gambling is becoming normalized in Russia
17:53 Gambling streamers are blowing up
19:29 Russia's Drake is also gambling now
20:34 The most cynical gambling streamer
22:22 Russia DOESN'T CARE
23:18 Post Soviet countries are cooked