xQc Gambling 2026: The Stats, the Deals and the Quit

He's wagered billions on Stake, said he quit, and kept going. Here's how much he still gambles on stream, what his stats mean, and his streams summarized.

Kadri SaarBy Kadri Saar · Updated 2 October 2026

  • $3.6bnwagered on Stake, per the stats he showed on stream in June 2025
  • 1,345,423bets placed, and 1,200,994 of them lost
  • $2,666his average bet
  • 1 of 27of his September 2026 streams was in the Slots & Casino category
xQc, streamer Felix Lengyel, in July 2023
Photo: Esfand, CC BY 3.0

Who is xQc?

xQc is Félix Lengyel, a Canadian streamer born in 1995 in Laval, Quebec. He's the most-watched streamer on Twitch from 2020 to 2022, according to his Wikipedia entry. He also played Overwatch at the professional level.

  • Where he streams: kick.com/xqc, with 1.12 million followers. His Kick deal let him keep streaming on Twitch too.
  • The Kick deal: signed in June 2023, worth $70 million over two years, with about $30 million more in possible bonuses. It isn't exclusive.
  • His casino: Stake, where his gambling stats come from.
  • His Kick bio: "THE BEST AT ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING. THE JUICER. LEADER OF THE JUICERS."

xQc's gambling stats: what $3.6 billion wagered means

He opened his Stake stats during a Kick stream in June 2025.

xQc's Stake statistics, June 2025
StatFigure
Total wagerednearly $3.6 billion
Bets placed1,345,423
Bets lost1,200,994
Bets won144,429
Average bet$2,666

There are two things on that table that are easy to misread. First, $3.6 billion wagered is not $3.6 billion spent. Winnings are bet again and again, so the same dollar is counted many times over.

Also, losing 89% of bets is normal for slots because most spins pay back less than what was spent. That win count says nothing about whether he is up or down for the long run, and the Stats screen doesn't show that.

Earlier totals don't align. GosuGamers says that as of September 2023, he was at $1.5 billion, while VegasSlotsOnline said he showed $2.6 billion that same year. Either way, he continued betting after saying he was done.

What $3.6 billion in bets costs at the house edge

With this kind of turnover, casinos keep a small percentage and it becomes a large sum over time.

Expected cost of $3.6 billion wagered, by house edge
Type of gameHouse edgeExpected cost
Blackjack, dice and similar games1%$36 million
A typical online slot4%$144 million
A low-paying slot setting6%$216 million

These are average results over the long run. His actual results could be above or below these average results. Over 1.3 million bets, results pull hard toward the house edge. That’s the inevitable outcome of the game, no matter if you bet $1 or $2,666.

Our No Max Win Casinos Page details the other side of high-stakes gambling.

xQc and gambling, from Twitch to quitting and back

He has said numerous times that he was done with gambling. The results show how that turned out.

  1. 2022

    October: Twitch bans streams of sites like Stake. xQc follows Trainwreckstv and Roshtein to Kick.

  2. 2023

    June: signs his $70 million Kick deal. Asked whether he's paid to gamble, he answers: "everyone knows I am" (GosuGamers).

  3. 2023

    August: says he lost $1.1 million on his first gambling trip to Las Vegas.

  4. 2023

    October: posts a $5 million win in chat and adds: "Nah I already withdrew my shit, I ain't gambling no more" (Dexerto).

  5. 2025

    June: his Stake stats show nearly $3.6 billion wagered, about $1 billion more than in 2023.

  6. 2026

    September: one slots stream out of 27. The rest is GTA roleplay and reaction streams.

As of 2023, he claimed his Stake and Kick deals combined to a yearly total of $275 Million (VegasSlotsOnline). Neither company confirmed this.

Is xQc still a gambling streamer?

Barely going by results from September 2026. Kick streams for the month are below.

xQc's Kick streams by category, September 2026
CategoryStreamsHours
Just Chatting13144
Grand Theft Auto V12125
Slots & Casino19
Escape From Tarkov19

In September, he streamed close to 290 hours, of which close to 9 hours were in Slots & Casino. He did not make the top 15 in that category. The top 10 who did are on our top 12 gambling streamers page.

If you want to play on the same site as him, Stake does not accept customers from 45 places including the US, UK and Ontario. Our Stake review has the full list, and streamer casinos compare the other options.

More gambling streamers

The other 11 streamers we cover, and the casino each one plays on. All 12 are ranked on our top gambling streamers page.

xQc gambling FAQ

How much has xQc gambled?

Félix showed stats on stream in June 2025 that said nearly $3.6 billion was wagered on Stake across 1,345,423 bets. That's the total of all bets placed. Winnings get bet again, so it's far more than any money he could have lost. Learn the stats.

Did xQc quit gambling?

He said so in October 2023, right after the $5 million win. In June 2025, his Stake stats showed that over $1 billion more had been wagered since then. In September 2026, only one of his 27 Kick streams was in the Slots & Casino category.

Is xQc paid to gamble?

He said in 2023 that "everyone knows I am", and in 2023 he claimed his Stake and Kick deals combined were worth $275 million a year. The companies have not confirmed the figure.

How much is xQc's Kick deal worth?

$70 million over 2 years from June 2023, with approx. $30 million in additional bonuses, per Wikipedia. The contract is non-exclusive, allowing him to continue to stream on Twitch.

What casino does xQc gamble on?

Stake, the casino whose founders also own Kick. Stake doesn't accept players from 45 places, including the UK, US and Ontario.

Play it safe

Gambling is for adults only (18+, or older where local law says so). Treat every deposit as money spent on entertainment, never as a way to make money. If it stops being fun, take a break with the casino's own tools or talk to Gambling Therapy, which offers free support in many languages.