Story of Brian Christopher, the Most Popular Slot YouTuber (2022)

Published: 18.03.2019, 11:19

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Brian Christopher, the host of the BCSlots YouTube channel, is one of the biggest slot YouTubers out there.

After trying to become a full-time actor in Hollywood, he has risen to fame in the slot gaming community and even had a Forbes article about him, following his channel being shut down by YouTube in 2018.

With over 318,000,000 views on his channel, Brian is even more popular than his fellow slot gamers, such as Slotlady.

What’s more, Brian is also a shrewd businessman. In early 2021, he opened Brian Christopher Slots at Plaza, a BCSlots branded gaming area at the Plaza Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The venue will, without a doubt, become a place of pilgrimage for fans of the YouTuber.

Now let’s explore channel history and Brian Christopher Wiki:

Start of the Channel

Before becoming a popular Youtuber, Brian had a brief tenure as an actor, playing in such TV series as Stock and Awe and The Listener, while later getting a small part in The Leftovers.

He started the BCSlots channel as a hobby in 2016. However, when the subscribers’ count starter to grow, he recruited more people to work on the channel and is at 479k subscribers as of February 2022. More than 41.5k people are following Brian on Instagram.

This success is largely attributed to the fact that videos are posted daily. In the videos, Brian is traveling across the US, visiting various casinos, winning, losing, reacting, and regularly live-streaming his gameplay.

Another peculiarity is the so-called “Group Pull”, in which the fans that travel with him all bet collectively on a single slot.

Additionally, he has an official fan club of Rudies, the name he has given to his audience. The club members get access to special live streams and exclusive offers on his merch.

BCSlots Private Life

Brian is undoubtedly one of the most famous openly gay men in the gambling industry. He has been happily married for over 10 years and has been in a relationship with his spouse for over 15 years.

Brian is traveling around the US playing slots in various land-based casinos. Sometimes you can see his spouse joining gambling trips.

To find out how Brian Christopher’s husband Marco and Brian met read an exciting love story with emotional twists and one of the cheesiest pick-up lines that actually worked.

Channel Suspension Controversy

In June 2019, YouTube has suspended his channel, due to a Community Guidelines violation in one of his videos. However, the video was the same as others and contained no dangerous acts, to which YouTube was referring to.

The drama around it caused quite a stir and even Forbes author David G. Schwartz has covered it. As Brian said: “For them to turn around and shut me down with zero explanation hurts.”

After filing an appeal only to be denied, he received a short email from YouTube saying that his channel was reinstated after a re-review. No apology or explanation was given by YouTube.

He is now uncertain about the channel’s future, as YouTube might just do it again at some point. Even though he is going stronger than ever and the Rudies can support him off of YouTube if anything goes wrong, not being sure about his passion and livelihood can be discouraging.

Nevertheless, Brian Christopher doesn’t seem to stop. The same night his channel was back up, he won a major $10,000 jackpot, which you can watch below:

Patreon – How to Become a Rudie

As mentioned above, Brian Christopher, just like many other YouTubers, has a name for his fans – rudies. They can be regularly seen accompanying him in the videos or during his slot cruise. Some of the fans are his Patreon supporters, who get certain rewards by pledging monthly donations.

The levels of support start at $5, which provides the patron a possibility of a private casino live stream from Brian, early access to his events, and access to the patron-only Facebook group. Some other Patreon perks from BCSlots include:

• Celebratory Rudies Chip on each Anniversary
• Follow Brian on social media – $10
• Co-Producer credit on all videos – $50
• Guaranteed access to any Brian Christopher’s group event – $100
• Private VIP casino tour with Brian every 6 months of being a patron at that level – $500
• Senior executive producer position – $1,200

Official BCSlots Face Masks

In 2020, Brian Christopher started selling his own face masks. Faithful Rudies could now buy official BCSlots masks on his official website.

There are currently 7 different face masks available for purchase. They all have a black design and feature the following graphics:

• BCSlots.com
• I’d Rather Be Gambling
• Jackpot
• Lucky
• Rude
• Rudies4Life
• #Winning

In order to collect all 7 face masks, a faithful fan would need to pay 104.93 USD.

COVID-19 Casino Tour

Brian Christopher made it to the front pages of several news websites in the summer of 2020 when he organized a tour of 21 casinos during the coronavirus outbreak.

The goal of the tour was to see what measures casinos were taking in order to ensure employee and patron safety during the pandemic. The blogger shared his findings through his official website.

At the end of the tour, Brian concluded that many casinos followed government rules perfectly, while others were either overzealous or reckless.

Read Bob Casino’s full coverage of BCSlot’s Covid-19 casino trip.

Brian Christopher Slots at Plaza

In early 2021, Brian and the Plaza Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas announced a trailblazing joint project that forever changed the relationship between slot bloggers and gambling venues.

The project is called Brian Christopher Slots at Plaza, a special BCSlots branded gaming area at the Plaza Hotel.

It features sixteen of Brian’s favorite slots, including such land-based hits as Cleopatra II, Coyote Moon, Dollar Storm, Lock It Link Huff N’ Puff, and Lightning Zap.

This development is monumental as it is showing that offline gambling venues are paying increased attention to Twitch slot streamers and casino YouTubers.

Jonathan Jossel, the CEO of the Plaza Hotel & Casino, said that his company believed that social media influencers like Brian Christopher have completely transformed the way the general public views slot machine gaming.

With the ability to share your wins and losses with millions of people at a tap of a button, offline gambling is becoming as social as its online counterpart.

The company believes that, by opening a BCSlots themed section of their casino, they will be able to attract some of Brian’s 320,000+ subscribers to their venue.

And the company’s gamble seems to have already paid out, with Jossel stating that the BCSlots area has already brought a lot of new business to the casino.

Brian Christopher Slots Net Worth

Naturally, Brian does not disclose how much he makes from videos on YouTube. Nevertheless, it’s safe to assume that the income from playing slot machines alone is enough to keep playing them, seeing the number of videos where relatively big wins take place.

The said YouTube channel would not bring too much income, however, as gambling videos cannot be monetized. The only income here would be donations made during live streams, affiliate deals, and promotions.

Patreon

A lion’s share of  BCSlots net worth would obviously come from Patreon. The BCSlots channel is supported by 2,913 patrons (updated Septrmber 2021). Considering that the smallest pledge level starts at $5/month and that there is only one Senior Executive Producer ($1200 pledge), two Executive Producers ($500 pledge), 6 Associate Producers ($100), 11 Co-Producers ($50) mentioned in his latest video descriptions, Brian is bound to get around $15,000 a month from Patreon alone.

This doesn’t include BCSlots merchandise items in his online store or special events, such as the slot machine cruise or Rudies Weekend 2021.

It is important to note, however, that most of the money goes to content creation. As Brian himself puts it on his Patreon page, editors, marketing and social managers, assistants as well as photographer and videographers are required to produce the videos. On top of that, traveling expenses for casino trips cost a dime as well.

Considering the factors above, most of Brian Christopher’s Patreon earnings likely go into his online store or his channel.

This article was updated on February 22, 2022.

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