10 Biggest Video Game Blunders Of 2016

4. The CS:GO Lotto Debacle

Absolutely every single detail about this one is a mess, so hang tight as we go on this unmoral rollercoaster ride.

First things first, for those who do not know, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive lets players obtain gun skins with real money. Players are also allowed to turn right around and sell them for more real cash, as well. As a result, numerous gambling websites were founded to jump on the money train - one that supposedly had upward of $2 billion worth of business, and one of them was CS:GO Lotto.

CS:GO Lotto was no different than all the numerous sites that allowed gambling on weapons skins, however it was the people behind the site that caused such an uproar.

Over time it came into public knowledge that well-known YouTube gamers Trevor Martin and Thomas Cassell were owners of the site, but not until it was too late. See, Martin and Cassell had released numerous videos "promoting" CS:GO Lotto, funnelling traffic and money into a website they owned, but made it seem as though they did not.

Lawsuits would be filed against both Cassell and Martin, as well as Valve, centring around the fact that Valve has allowed "illegal gambling."

Mostly, Martin and Cassell's reputations were hit hard, as now most of the community see them as tricksters and liars. Even as they tried to heal the damage by setting all CS:GO Lotto videos to private, the damage was done. And truthfully, there's A LOT more to this entire situation, there's just simply not enough room to describe it all.

Long story short, Martin and Cassell lied about their involvement in a gambling site they were promoting, resulting in lawsuits and a lot of angry people.