“Our income is down about two-thirds from where it was a year ago.”Ī growing community of slot-focused content creators have started to make a living off YouTube, posting videos of them risking - and sometimes winning - large sums of money in casinos across the U.S. “We can empathize with those furloughed and waiting to return to work,” said Heidi Clemons, half of the husband-wife duo behind The Slot Cats channel. New uploads have dropped dramatically since the YouTubers lost the ability to create more content inside casinos, resulting in a major drop in views and pay for some. O’Connell used to watch an average of four videos every day, but his viewing time has been cut in half in recent weeks. “I watch because I get to learn what’s new (with slots) … and the personalities coming through make the channels. “You get that authentic moment of the win (in these videos),” O’Connell said. The Connecticut resident sets aside time every day to watch his favorite slot machine YouTubers, a growing niche of the internet where creators film their slot play. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) across the country have been shut down for weeks, but that hasn’t stopped Joshua O’Connell and others from experiencing the rush of a slot machine jackpot. Evoni runs Dianaevoni Vegas Slot Machine Videos youtube channel. Diana Evoni at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, Sunday, Jan.
