Bans in CS:GO for Betting on Matches

Not long after a wave of bans for coaches in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive esports scene, another high-profile case is about to unfold - this time involving players who bet on matches at bookmakers. ESIC (Esports Integrity Commission), which investigates cases of fraud in esports, published a report that summarizes the results of the investigation.

Thirty-five players who violated the Anti-Corruption Code were banned from professional competitions. The duration of their bans is, depending on the severity of the offense, from one to even five years. ESIC's document focuses mainly on players from the Australian region.

The penalties are given on a five-level scale:

• Level 1: Betting on matches - 12 months
• Level 2: Betting on one's own matches - 24 months
• Level 3: Serious betting (betting on more than ten matches) - 36 months
• Level 4: Betting against one's own team - 48 months
• Level 5: Betting against own team in more than ten matches - 60 months

In the statement the commission stresses that it is not only betting against one's own team, but also any betting on the results in one's own backyard that is detrimental to the scene. This is because it cannot be ruled out that the player in question may have had access to confidential information regarding a match that may have been fixed.

Players have been banned from all organizations that work with ESIC, including but not limited to: ESL, DreamHack, Eden, BLAST or WePlay.

The list of banned players is as follows:

1. Jeremy "motion" Lloyd - 12 months
2. Patrick "falcon" Romano De Sousa - 12 months
3. Jonathan "Del" Sackesen - 12 months
4. Grayson "vax" Uppington - 12 months
5. Aiden "meta" Wiringi Jones - 12 months
6. Kaito "minusthecoffee" Massey - 12 months
7. John "jcg" Grima - 12 months
8. Isaac "prodigy" Dahlan - 12 months
9. Billy "beetee" Thomson - 12 months
10. Kieren "Muzoona" Jackson-Clapper - 12 months
11. Matthew "zilla" Zdilar - 12 months
12. James "roflko" Lytras - 12 months
13. Damon "damyo" Portelli - 12 months
14. Jak "jtr" Robinson - 12 months
15. Daniel "rekonz" Mort - 12 months
16. Nicolas "lao" Gulloti - 12 months
17. Marcus "mdk" Kyriazopoulos - 12 months
18. Joel "pearss" Kurta - 12 months
19. James "jamie" MacPahil - 12 months
20. Ioan (Ionica) "bowie" Tuleasca - 12 months
21. Joshua "joshaaye" Wilson - 12 months
22. Ryan "kragz" Clarke - 12 months
23. Stephen "sjanastasi" Anastasi - 12 months
24. Damian "jd" Simonovic - 12 months
25. Carlos "rackem" Jefferys - 12 months
26. Joshua "jhd" Hough-Devine - 12 months
27. Corey "netik (aka nettik)" Browne - 12 months
28. Roman "matr1kz" Santos - 24 months
29. Cailain "caily" Lovegrove - 24 months
30. Akram "adk" Smida - 24 months
31. Andy "Noobster" Zhang - 36 months
32. Jayden "foggers" Graham - 48 months
33. Sam "tham" Mitchell - 48 months
34. Mate "habbo hotel" Poduje - 48 months
35. Samuel "samy" Jarvis - 48 months
36. Daniel "deezy" Zhang - 48 months
37. John "wots" Zhu - 48 months
38. Daryl "mayker" May - 48 months
39. Matthew "jam" Castro - 60 months
40. Alvin "Gravins" Changgra - 60 months
41. Wilson "willyks" Sugianto - 60 months

ESIC has announced that the investigation into betting among pro players will continue. In the future, we can expect similar statements regarding the US and European CS:GO scenes.

• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive - official blog
• Esports Integrity Commission - official website

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August 21, 2012

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