ESIC investigating 15 allegations of match-fixing in CS:GO
After ESL and BTS have both banned coaches for exploiting a spectator bug to cheat in CS:GO, ESIC has announced that its ongoing match-fixing investigation in the esport has turned up 15 cases which it considers "to be of significant concern for the industry." These investigations are yet to be concluded, and while they might not all result in guilty verdicts, the sheer number of them is cause for alarm.
The investigations began 18 months ago, and were triggered by "suspicious bet alerts through [ESIC's] global integrity monitoring framework." Investigations of this nature are complicated and often slow moving, as the betting patterns can be both difficult to trace and to source, while deliberate actions on behalf of the players can be difficult to prove.
The investigation has centred around the MDL tournament series, ran by ESL subsidiary ESEA.
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