User:John Cummings/Articles/Donkey Kong 64 livestream

Background
In December 2018, the UK charity Mermaids was designated £500,000 in funding by the National Lottery. However, the funding was put under review after criticism of the charity, including by Irish comedy writer Graham Linehan, who created a post on Mumsnet calling for members of the forum to email their concerns to the National Lottery.

Livestream
In response to this, on 18 January 2019, YouTuber Hbomberguy began a livestream attempting to 101% complete the video game Donkey Kong 64, with a goal of $500. The stream became popular and raised over $350,000 USD for Mermaids.

Guests
Among other guests, the stream featured an appearance by American politician Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Money raised
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On 19 February 2019, the National Lottery concluded its review into the charity and announced that it would follow through with the promised donation, stating that "did not find any grounds to withhold the grant.".