CSGO Lounge shuts down skin gambling operations

ESports game developer Valve Corp.’s crackdown on video game skin gambling websites is finally paying off more than a month after the skin scandal broke out.

The latest and biggest casualties in this war on skin gambling websites is CS:GO Lounge, which has made an announcement on Facebook on Wednesday that they are finally ending their onsite betting for good.

“Today we are announcing that we are closing our virtual items betting functionality with immediate effect. Depositing virtual skins and items in order to place a bet is not possible anymore,” the website said. “At the moment we are working on a solution for items withdrawal, please stay tuned for an update on this topic.”

Without its skin betting operations, CS:GO said that the company and its sister site Dota2Lounge will remain as an e-Sports entertainment and information platform which will offer new features to the public “very soon.”