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Last year, Twitch returned to live, in-person events holding them in San Diego and Amsterdam. The convention\u2019s health policies caused controversy after Twitch announced that it would not require masks<\/a> for either event. After considerable social media backlash, Twitch reversed its decision, mandating masks but only at TwitchCon San Diego<\/a>. San Diego continued to make news when a streamer broke her back<\/a> after falling off a mechanical bull at TwitchCon\u2019s famous (now infamous) foam pit. This might only be a temporary change in venue. There\u2019s a chance that Twitch could return to San Diego as it\u2019s done in the past, returning to the city in 2019 after hosting events in San Jose and Long Beach, California. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Holding the US leg of the event in Las Vegas seems like an interesting choice, especially after Twitch banned certain forms of gambling streams<\/a> from the platform. Despite the ban, which led a prominent gambling creator to stream on a rival site<\/a> connected to Stake.com, one of the gambling websites explicitly banned, gambling streams are still popular on Twitch. And as livestreaming from TwitchCon is a popular pastime for the streamers in attendance, I don\u2019t doubt that some of them will film themselves actually gambling. I wonder if that might fall afoul of Twitch\u2019s ban<\/a>. Guess we\u2019ll find out in October. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n