ESIC issues 35 bans for betting-related offences in Australia

22/1/2021 - 10:00

The esports watchdog group has released the latest findings of its large investigation into betting activity in Counter-Strike.

The Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC) has announced that it has banned 35 players for periods ranging from 12 months to five years for breaches of its Anti-Corruption Code in member events in Australia. These bans are in addition to the sanctions handed down to seven players in October for placing bets on ESEA MDL Australia matches.

The offences, which include betting on an individual's own team and against it, have been reported to local authorities as they represent a potential breach of the criminal law in Australia, ESIC explained. The association noted that it has not yet made a ruling on whether there have been acts of match-fixing as the investigation — which is being carried out in conjunction with law enforcement — is still ongoing.

Akram "⁠ADK⁠" Smida and Daryl "⁠Mayker⁠" May, two of the players suspended on October 23, have had their bans increased to 24 and 48 months, respectively, "following newly-available evidence".

ESIC added that "the presence of collusive behaviour by close associates" of the offending parties was detected during the course of the investigation. These non-player associates, who in several instances "placed identical bets to those placed by the offending parties", have also been referred to the authorities.

While analysing the data at its disposal, ESIC created a sanctions matrix with five levels to ensure that the bans were "were consistent and proportional to the offences". You can find that matrix below:

Betting on matches - 12 months
Betting on own games - 24 months
Aggravated betting (over 10 matches) - 36 months
Betting against team - 48 months
Aggravated betting against own team - 60 months

Below is the complete list of people who have been banned by ESIC for betting offences in Australia since October:

Jeremy "⁠motion⁠" Lloyd - 12 months
Patrick "⁠Falcon⁠" Desousa - 12 months
Johnathan "⁠Del⁠" Sackesen - 12 months
Grayson "⁠vax⁠" Uppington - 12 months
Aidan "⁠Meta⁠" Wiringi Jones - 12 months
Kaito "⁠MinusTheCoffee⁠" Massey - 12 months
Mason "⁠MSN⁠" Trevaskis - 12 months
Johnny "⁠jcg⁠" Grima - 12 months
Isaac "⁠Prodigy⁠" Dahlan - 12 months
Billy "⁠BeeTee⁠" Thomson - 12 months
Kieren "⁠Muzoona⁠" Jackson - 12 months
Matthew "⁠ZILLA⁠" Zdilar - 12 months
James "⁠Roflko⁠" Lytras - 12 months
Damon "⁠damyo⁠" Portelli - 12 months
Jak "⁠jtr⁠" Robinson - 12 months
Daniel "⁠rekonz⁠" Mort - 12 months
Nicolas "⁠lato⁠" Gullotti - 12 months
Marcus "⁠MDK⁠" Kyriazopoulos - 12 months
Joel "⁠PEARSS⁠" Kurta - 12 months
James "⁠Jamie⁠" Macphail - 12 months
Ionica "⁠Bowie⁠" T. - 12 months
Joshua "⁠Joshaaye⁠" Wilson - 12 months
Ryan "kragz" Clarke - 12 months
Stephen "⁠stvn⁠" Anastasi - 12 months *
Damian "⁠JD⁠" Simonovic - 12 months *
Carlos "⁠Rackem⁠" Jefferys - 12 months *
Joshua "⁠jhd⁠" Hough-Devine - 12 months *
Corey "⁠nettik⁠" Browne - 12 months *
Roman "⁠matr1kz⁠" Santos - 24 months
Cailan "⁠Caily⁠" Lovegrove - 24 months
Akram "⁠ADK⁠" Smida - 24 months *
Andy "⁠Noobster⁠" Zhang - 36 months
Jayden "⁠foggers⁠" Graham - 48 months
Sam "⁠Tham⁠" Mitchell - 48 months
M. "⁠Habbo Hotel⁠" Poduje - 48 months
Samuel "⁠samy⁠" Jarvis - 48 months
Daniel "⁠Deezy⁠" Zhang - 48 months
John "⁠wots⁠" Zhu - 48 months
Daryl "⁠Mayker⁠" May - 48 months *
Matthew "⁠Jam⁠" Castro - 60 months
Alvin "⁠Gravinz⁠" Changgra - 60 months
Wilson "⁠willyKS⁠" Sugianto - 60 months

*Bans started on October 23, 2020

These bans will have effect across ESIC's members, which include ESL, DreamHack and BLAST. The esports watchdog association called on non-member tournament organisers to honour these sanctions.

ESIC underlined the need for "a unified understanding of the implications of inappropriate betting behaviour and observance of anti-corruption mechanisms" to prevent esports from "facilitating attractive fraud opportunities for bad actors". It also reminded that "professional players (at the very least)" should refrain from placing bets on the game from which they earn an income "in order to preserve the integrity of the esports landscape internationally and mitigate the potential for bad actors to take advantage of our sport."

The watchdog association added that it is still conducting other investigations into potential betting offences in "a number of other CS:GO leagues, including leagues located in North America and Europe, and a significant number of other leagues in multiple game titles." Further updates on these probes and the cooperation with law enforcement authorities will be issued "as and when it is appropriate to do so", ESIC said.

Correction: An earlier version of this article referred to Noobster as being a member of AVANT. The Australian organisation has since clarified to HLTV.org that the player only filled in for the team and was never signed.

Oceanic in a nutshell ehh.

2021-01-22 10:01

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Oce scene got fucked roight in the down undah D:

2021-01-22 11:03

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And they said matchfixing doesnt exist

2021-01-23 05:33

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imagine betting on your own matches with your own account / identity

2021-01-23 05:41

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Who cares about a bunch o no-namers. This is happening in the lower levels of csgo everywhere.

2021-01-23 10:15

Bro, I've played against half of these players on retakes. They are actually bad, no joke. I'm surprised they even have a hltv profile

2021-01-22 12:24

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Haha Jtr deserved, man always talks shit

2021-01-22 12:29

i will move to australia and win every ESL tournament there

2021-01-22 21:06

lmao i think I saw my cousin play with or against jtr once. That guy was so bad and talked a boatload of shit

2021-01-22 16:51

yes because people try so hard in retake LOLOLOLOLOL you have no hltv cry more

2021-01-22 20:08

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They actually do, it's almost sad. I always put on some music and rush everywhere I can and it triggers them cos they struggle to kill me. Yeah, I don't have a hltv profile cos I don't really play the game all too often. I have another purpose in life you know. Would be cool if I did, but I have to be in a team for that and I don't have the time for that

2021-01-22 23:22

No one try's in retakes dude. It's for people who haven't warmed up or players who just want to have fun.

2021-01-23 00:15

Trust me bro, if you go on a spectre server and you see ranks 1-100, you know it's gonna be sweaty

2021-01-23 02:17

holy fuck dude ur sick

2021-01-23 00:38

They just actually get banned here. It's the same shit in every region lmao

Oh snap!

Press F to pay respect

yikes, rip AU CS

2021-01-22 10:02

Betting on matches - 12 months ??? Does that mean that you can't bet on CS matches or what lol

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Not as a pro

2021-01-22 10:04

Insider info. Same way relatives of athletes are not allowed to bet

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*in before half of the EU and CIS scene getting banned*

2021-01-22 10:06

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Possible, if you are talking about the lower tier

2021-01-22 10:08

I think it's clear at this point ESIC isn't capable of doing anything anywhere else in the world

2021-01-22 10:23

You would see some VERY BIG cis names getting banned

2021-01-22 10:39

na low tier, asia, cis, bulgaria etc... also germany for cheating

2021-01-22 11:18

50% of the pro scene would have been banned probably if shit was being investigated between 2014-17

2021-01-22 11:07

ESIC scared against russian mafia and chinese triad. That's why they're not touching china/sea and cis.

2021-01-23 02:26

There is something called round bet, let's say you win the round, because of delay that round wasn't played yet, so you can bet on your team, or like a molotov/knife kill when there is any

2021-01-22 10:30

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no, this means they bet on other teams playing and got banned lol

2021-01-22 10:31

"which include betting on an individual's own team and against it'' Read the article

2021-01-22 10:34

read again. He is referring to the 12 month ban, which is handed to players betting on other teams (not his own team or opponent).

2021-01-22 10:56

Those who bet on their own team got a 24 months ban

2021-01-22 11:06

You actually think the betting sites have a delay the same as the streams do? The delay from the matches to the betting sites is almost non-existent... they certainly can't place a bet in that time

2021-01-22 23:52

willyKS :(

rip polish scene now

2021-01-22 11:53

Lol

noo not Habbo Hotel

Pools closed :()

2021-01-22 13:11

due to stingrays

2021-01-25 01:09

axaxaxaxaxa

2021-01-22 10:03

damn thats alot of people haha

typical australian

You ever been to Australia or even spoken to an Australian?

2021-01-22 12:31

One time I ate at Outback Steakhouse, does that count?

2021-01-22 14:52

yes :D

2021-01-22 16:54

sry, i meant that it's typically situation in australian cybersport, cause it doesn't receive any progress. so therefore listed cybersportsmen can't receive enough money for a good lifestile

2021-01-22 17:22

Noooo not Habbo Hotel

Yikes

now wait till they announce europe's and NA's list... how long will it be...

Oof, that would be a blast on the scene but actually I would imagine that it occur on low tier CS because of the lower income they could get by playing CS

2021-01-22 10:07

yeah, sadly csgo scene has a lot of hidden scandals that are coming on light now... or they will come in near future. Same will be (or already is) happening in valo too. I'm sure that like 1/3 of csgo and valo scenes will be gone if esic report that

2021-01-22 10:09

of course valo has all of the hidden scandals, they're signing all of the banned CS players after all

2021-01-22 10:19

it's more like all NA cs players will be on valorant...

2021-01-22 14:13

All NA banned players will be in Valorant lol

2021-01-22 11:05

You can't bet on matches as a pro? Damn

Insider info. Some pros are friends with eachother, even from other teams, so maybe pro X wants to matchfix and tells pro Y so they can get money too.

2021-01-22 10:20

You cant on your own match

2021-01-22 12:39

"Betting on matches - 12 months Betting on own games - 24 months" on matches - 12 months own games -24 months that is what am talking about

2021-01-22 12:42

U right

2021-01-22 13:21

not as any type of person involved in the scene. Casters, coaches and org owners can't bet either, not even their family members

2021-01-22 16:49

WHO?

x35

2021-01-22 12:46

Sad to see these many players get bans but if they really were match-fixing and doing all the betting stuff then I'm glad they were punished

who?

lol the whole scene nuked

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imo burn it to the ground

not really any notable players there from top 5 or so aus teams

you need more than just the top teams to have a healthy scene

2021-01-22 10:26

Absolutely. That's also why the NA scene is dying now, instead of orgs buying out nonexistent tier2 teams pushing for the top. Without the sub-top, there's no transition of talent and barely any sponsors in the domestic scene.

2021-01-22 11:37

Having this kind of "talent" banned is better for the scene in the long run. Integrity over perceived health. Purge em! NA scene is dying because of other underlying issues. OCE scene has vivid lower-tier teams and they'll manage.

2021-01-22 12:16

Well, I agree. I'm not arguing for the fact that they shouldn't be banned.

2021-01-22 12:28

Rooster is a top 5 AU team((

2021-01-22 11:04

? Literally won't have more than the slightest effect on the scene, only two players from notable teams.

2021-01-22 10:33

#99

2021-01-22 10:36

XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

rip gravinz and willy - the only hope of polish CS

RIP HABBO HOTEL ((((((((((

atleast there aren't any tier1 AU pros! except nettik i guess..

Big rip

2021-01-22 10:10

Well at least now people can now realize that match-fixing/betting while being a pro actually is a problem. Really wish ESIC can finally punish the NA MDL scene and the ASIA scene, for me it's where the sketchy shit happens all the time, also the Bulgarian teams should also be looked at.

who cars about the tier 1000 MDL scene. Matchfixing isn't a problem in the tier 1 scene in EU and what's left of it in NA

People who enjoy the game and enjoy watching it care, don't forget that MDL is a platform where young talent show themselves to the top teams.

2021-01-22 10:29

That's a good point but too much sketchy things going on in that league imo

That's why I hope ESIC can catch the people who match-fixed and ban them, so the league can be clean again

2021-01-22 10:45

I would Bet 5$ that there are also some teams im EU MdL involved in matchfixing

2021-01-22 14:22

No investigation on Asia

Asia is fucked

2021-01-22 11:48

Thats tuff, thats tuff Who can order sign now?

2021-01-22 10:13

are they banned from all events?

2021-01-22 10:16

from tournaments that the tours' organisation cooperative with ESIC ESL, Dreamhack, ESEA, Flashpoint, etc.

2021-01-22 10:18

but other organizers are encouraged to follow the ESIC ruling

2021-01-22 10:21

Are ESEA part of it? didn't see them mentioned, only DH, ESL and Blast all though surely ESEA will honour the bans

ESEA is owned by ESL, been that way for half a decade... hltv.org/news/16444/esl-confirms-esea-ac..

2021-01-22 13:00

ESEA was bought by ESL a couple of years ago...

2021-01-22 14:32

Yo le noob, ESEA is owned by ESL I think, so they should indeed respect the ruling.

2021-01-22 16:58

48 and 60 months R.I.P.

F JD

2021-01-22 10:17

Why is it always Australia? Esic operate only in Australia?

If they ban EU cs dead

2021-01-22 11:49

we have tight regulations around most match fixing for any sports, including Esports. :/

2021-01-25 01:10

oi m8 we xiters m8

"matchfixing doesn't exist"

Lineem up

lmao the australian scene?! Are most of these actually banned for betting in general? I never thought it is not allowed? are they only not allowed to bet on leagues where they also play? or not allowed to bet on CSGO? or not on any sports?

Not allowed to bet on any CSGO as a pro. All of the 12 month bans are for general bets. Other scenes are still under investigation.

thanks a lot!

2021-01-22 15:11

They can't bet on any ESIC tournament (basically 90% of tournaments)

2021-01-22 11:02

ahh alright thanks

The AU CS was a plague, except the top 5 you could be sure every second match is fixed 1s people played stupid things, couldn't aim anymore etc. Glad they cleaned it a bit! Now they should keep going to Asia, CIS, NA and finally EU

2021-01-22 14:33

ye it's like that in most sports for good reason tbh. if you a pro --> no bets on your sport!

2021-01-22 15:55

they should look at na and eu too. i know there are lots of matchfixing going on in na and eu mdl and probably tier 1-2-3 teams and their sponsors are fixing some matches too.

'ESIC added that it is still conducting other investigations into potential betting offences in "a number of other CS:GO leagues, including leagues located in North America and Europe, and a significant number of other leagues in multiple game titles."' It is coming

2021-01-22 10:22

Seems like nobody will look at Asia tho which has the most shady rumours

2021-01-22 11:01

Because mafia

2021-01-22 11:50

You don't fuck with china

2021-01-22 12:40

I'm pretty sure that's due to match fixing and illegal betting being heavily involved with the Triads aka China's mafias and gangs.

2021-01-22 13:37

Joshaaye?? I guess on the bright side there's only two notable players in that whole list. Looking forward to ESIC's comments on Vitality having a stream running during Blast.

You rang? :P

2021-01-23 22:11

Brooo, I know it probably feels like 'RIP illustrious pro career' at this stage but you can get through this mate, you can rise back up! Ah, just seemed really odd to see you on this list lol. *Also haven't seen you cast for ages.

2021-01-23 22:39

Haha I'm all good mate. Haven't really had anything to cast. I'll be back on board this season. It'll be easier for me once daylight savings finishes.

2021-01-26 04:47

rip habbo hotel

aussie CS getting EXPOSED lmao, fucken degenerates

rolfko :((((

oceanian scene in a nutshell

2021-01-22 10:24

Dw mate, yours will be coming up soon :)

2021-01-22 11:30

Betting against team, so what does it mean when u dont bet against your team. Which team is against then

Hahahahahahahahhahaha dead scene

2021-01-22 10:25

how are they catching? they can bet with their friend account?

60 months holy shit cya in 5 mens))

Didn't read the whole thing, but according to: "ESIC noted, however, that it has not yet made a ruling on whether there have been acts of match-fixing as the investigation — which is being carried out in conjunction with law enforcement — is still ongoing." If there wasn't any match fixing(at least it seems like it's not entirely), what's the issue with betting on your own team?

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some bet against themselves, I guess they cant prove if they did that and threw on purpose or just knew they were shit and wanted to make some money

Yeah but that's just the point.. I mean, yeah I wouldn't say it's completely right(betting on yourself is fine in my opinion, against yourself.....so so...), but still...getting banned for that? idk...any written rules for this?

play.esea.net/content/league_rules_CSGO yea

2021-01-22 10:46

Still, that's ESEA rules, are there any rules set by ESIC? If there are rules against it, then yeah that's totally fine, but still each platform has its own rules, ESIC should have their own rules as well I guess.. But I guess they deserve it for breaking the rules, even though I'm not sure I totally agree with them, but my opinion is irrelevant :)

2021-01-22 11:41

Bet on yourself to win, pay the other team to throw, profit. That aside, it should just be proper that pros dont bet on matches, even other matches as a lot of players are friends and can get insider info.

2021-01-22 23:59

What kind of insider info? Anyhow, betting on own game is reasonable, betting on other irrelevant matches? I don't really think so, but again, no one cares about what I think :)

2021-01-23 00:18

Because matches can be fixed so that both teams are in on it

But then it's just match fixing, which is obviously wrong.

2021-01-22 11:42

Exactly, they can't prove that they've fixed matches, but betting on yourself means that there's a big chance of it happening

2021-01-22 13:12

Pro player shouldn't bet on matches AT ALL, they have insider info on their own team and other teams/players. Say for example you know that two of your teammates are going through a slump this week or maybe a certain player has a minor wrist injury but you know this due to your status as a pro. You know your chances of losing is high so you bet against your team. Morally wrong and also every tournament org has anti betting rules.

2021-01-22 13:10

Meanwhile in CIS, no one has been banned yet... This shows that at least Australia's laws are followed through

2021-01-22 10:27

Matchfixing ftw

2021-01-22 10:35

Well it sucks that other countries allow matchfixing ... :(

Lol ESIC have about a 0% chance of dealing with CIS

tbf your scene was the most obvious one behind Chinese cs... Maybe they inspect the CIS region now, but it had to happen for the sake of Renegades, Chiefs etc. to clean this shady scene!

2021-01-22 14:37

Lmao wtf r u on about Aussie cs is legit These players bet on other games, not their games. Read the report

2021-01-22 14:38

XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

2021-01-22 10:28

0.95 rating player needs to make a few extra dollars before being kicked off of a regional team kekw

This is a huge list of players heading to Valorant.

HAHAHAH LMAo

So will this affect ESEA games? I'm not sure if ESL/ESEA is same entity but if they're not then i wonder if ESEA will follow this and ban them. Almost all of them are low-tier teams that only play in MDL. Being banned from blast, majors etc. is irrelevant since none of them would play in those tournaments anyway.

ESEA is owned by ESL

They can't play on ESEA either

2021-01-22 10:59

Any tournament organizer should respect the bans and not allow any of these players to play

2021-01-22 13:56

hahhahaha fvcking noobsssss

“Betting on matches” wait what? Players are not allowed to bet on unrelated to them games? Wtf

Same rule in every sport

First time i hear that, always thoughts that its bad to bet only on your own games since you can influence those.

Yes, but still the ban for betting on your own games is longer

2021-01-22 10:37

Jail them, mens

Australia tier 999999999999999999999999999999 cs

I thought AU players were good people

M. "⁠Habbo Hotel⁠" Poduje :DDDDDDDDDDDDDD

lost all respect for noobster

2021-01-22 12:06

OCE the only region to do something about match fixing

2021-01-22 10:38

"Betting on own games - 24 months Betting against team - 48 months" Why would someone bet for your own team's win if you want to benefit financially?

If u know the outcome what’s the problem?

You're confident you'll win

2021-01-22 10:58

Potential match fixing?

2021-01-22 12:20

Jail those fucking matchfixers, sup habbo hotel?

Wtf ?????? Guys dont bet in tier 2/3 matches.

2021-01-22 10:41

finally stvn cheater banned heroic should disband

2021-01-22 10:43

lmao do like a asian investigation and ban the whole scene pls it"ll have like idk 90% of the players banned

2021-01-22 10:44

Yo le noob, Doing this would mean stand against the chinese triads, and ESIC investigators are not suicidal I guess.

2021-01-22 17:24

xd rip au scene

So players are not allowed to bet at all? Or does this only relate to betting on/against their own teams?

2021-01-22 10:49

They can't bet at all. If what ESIC stated is correct they can't even bet in an Astralis match they have 0 inside information about

2021-01-22 10:57

now pls investigate asian csgo its been gone beyond our expectation

2021-01-22 10:51

china is untouchable man

2021-01-22 10:52

sea, mongolia, south asia everythin man not only china

2021-01-22 11:08

2021-01-22 19:01

ALL SO YOUNG? why are they so stupid wtf?

Guess they didn't read the rules

Wut

lol u better check europe and 90% players above tier 1 would be banned axaxaxxa

2021-01-22 10:54

*Below Tier 1. There is nothing above Tier 1

2021-01-22 11:22

below right

2021-01-22 11:23

So, again, reasonable punishments being handed out and Valve has nothing to say about it. What do they have to say to the young people they handed out permanent bans to? #FreeVSM

Unfortunate, but deserved :(

Nobody looks seriously at esea tournament. Problaly more like 50% teams fixing at this tournament.

2021-01-22 11:00

Salaries in tier 3 teams are so low or winnings on betting are so high? Why did this guys not want to pursue a dream and a good career?

There not banned from Valve tho so they can technicaly still play Majors

Remember what happened to the previous players convicted of match-fixing ?

Well the ibp guys, got banned, back then i think it was alot more in the top tier for all we know the Astralis core could have done the same back then... but no one have looked in to the top teams, im not saying that they have done it, but it could have happen once meaby i 2013 or somthing, imagen ur playing nip, just put everything on nip to make some money at of it or so idk

2021-01-22 11:15

Well the point is Valve reacted and banned all players permanently. Not only IBP but also a French team and a Polish one. I wouldn't be too surprised if they were to act the same way, for players who bet against their own team for example

i started following the Cs secene late 2015 so yeah, i just heard that the IBP guys dot banned cuz of matchfixing

2021-01-22 11:34

lmao

What exactly does "Betting on matches - 12 months" cover? Matches in same league or what?

The problem is that they can have insider information. Whether or not they did is irrelevant. If they are competing, they should not be able to bet.

yeah, did he just get banned for betting on a csgo match? a bit confusing

2021-01-22 11:10

any matches. pro players - and anyone else earning a living from csgo - are not allowed to bet on any csgo matches anywhere.

2021-01-22 11:24

I dont even think the rules are that strict in other sports :o

i just found out from a pro baseball player (who's also a streamer) that he's not allowed to bet on any sport at all.

2021-01-24 06:28

Deserved, more embarrassed and disgusted at other people as well.

You people should take a look at kragz's twitter. Literally not caring about it. Don't comment, No need to be toxic. But just witness their idiocy.

hollyy thats sad

2021-01-22 11:56

its just a game bro who cares, its good to see he isnt depressed about a video game

2021-01-22 21:04

Looks like OCE Valorant is about to get way more competitive.

LUL players getting the longest bans are polish what a surprise It also seems noobster was noob at betting

2021-01-22 11:09

IBP BE LIKE : WHATTTTT?

2021-01-22 11:13

Bye bye Australian scene I guess. It's a pity but I guess it will make all these match-fixing piece of sh*t think twice. I wonder how Valve will react considering how they did last time with match-fixing.

2021-01-22 11:14

Bro, CIS and Asian CS should be quaking in their golden boots.

Defintily, I'd say 85% of the subtop is rotten. How can you even allow betting on matches played by amateurs, that's beyond me.

2021-01-22 11:20

The bloody state of you lot...

so many young players. rip

2021-01-22 11:16

Wtf habbo hotel is there

apac cs

2021-01-22 11:21

good riddance

jesus aussies wtf, also wtf habbo hotel, you were the chosen one

2021-01-22 11:26

LUL

ibp and epsilon were given life bans, and here we have 12 months ban lul unfair for ibp, simply because they were the first ones who got caught, with no clue how harsh future penalty can be and 7 years later we have this, 12 months for exactly the same shite

2021-01-22 11:35

They got unbanned in less than 3 years and these guys get 4 years lol

Habbo hotel noooooooo. lul

rip australia?

Maybe they should look at Czech scene, where betting is new favourite hobby of organisations :DD

Oh no.

2021-01-22 11:39

now ban whole Budapest Five roster.

2021-01-22 11:43

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, oi oi oi. HINT: NA MDL also have a shit ton of matchfixers.

2021-01-22 11:47

Hahah poland always the biggest fixers

rip skade fate soon

More people for valorant i guess.

twitter.com/willyKS11/status/13525524087..

2021-01-22 11:57

I mean how do you find that out.. Or were they so dumb to bet under their own name lmao

2021-01-22 12:00

Habbo Hotel 48 months for betting against his team with odds from 1.01 to 1.05 hahaha

2021-01-22 12:05

oh wow thats fking a looot

i hope they all will be arrested

2021-01-22 12:07

WTF 2 polaks doing there?

2021-01-22 12:10

aussies are so dodgy lmao

2021-01-22 12:12

CHINA ! YOU ! ARE ! NEXT !

2021-01-22 12:17

Daaaamn, those guys are not smart

2021-01-22 12:19

Expeted for a toxic community.

Australians back at it again FeelsWeirdMan

2021-01-22 12:21

LMMMMMAAAAAOOOOOOOOOOO

2021-01-22 12:23

2 polish ofc LOL

2021-01-22 12:25

35 now valorant players pls now Europe , russia etc.. and China tylooo at 1st

so did i get this correct. Players are not allowed to bet at all ? maybe because of inside information or why?

2021-01-22 12:30

yeah feels weird, like i get betting on enemy shouldn't be allowed but why can't you bet on yourself or matches you're not in??

2021-01-22 12:33

in case you thought the NA scene was dumpster fire, heres something far worse

2021-01-22 12:34

LITERALLY WHO????????

2021-01-22 12:36

FOGGERS

AUSTRALIA SOSAT, vot vam i ban za 322.

Seems crazy to me that betting for your team will net you 24 months and against is 48 months. Betting against your team is clearly wrong since you can throw the match and make that outcome happen. Betting on your team to win though... Well isn't that basically what every tournament with prize money is? A bet that you'll win and get some prize money? Hard to see why that is even immoral much less deserving of two year ban.

2021-01-22 12:41

The ennemy team can contact you to say they will throw. Then you split the profit, it was used in real sport as well. Some pros thought they would evade most consequences that way, nope.

2021-01-22 13:44

Whole Australian scene banned

whole country banned loool

Dead scene

2021-01-22 12:45

i didnt know that australia had 35 players.

Australia banned

2021-01-22 12:50

"Habbo Hotel" got 48 Months... RIP

2021-01-22 12:52

PRAY FOR AUSTRALIA. BTW THATS MOST INNOCENT REGION. NA OR EU REGION IS MOST CORRUPTED (NOT TALKING ABOUT CHINESE REGION BECAUSE THERE 100% GAMES ARE 322)

2021-01-22 12:53

omg 60 months

2021-01-22 12:55

Welcome to the jail bish

2021-01-22 12:57

Now everyone who didnt even read the acticle will think that all these players are dirty matchfixers but it is not true. Because some of them made bets (not against themselves) on other CS:GO games like a lot of players in all regions do ESIC decided to kill all competitions in the region. With this amount of banned players scene will be dead soon, gj

2021-01-22 13:04

yes, they are. rules are rules, they must follow them or will be consequences. now they have to face them. fuck au scene btw

2021-01-22 13:32

No, they aren't, what a stupid take, breaking rules means they get banned but it doesn't mean they are matchfixers if they didn't bet against their team

2021-01-22 13:34

If you bet on a Match in a competition that you compete in its just fair to get banned Obviously they only bet on matches where they knew the outcome because they were fixed

2021-01-22 18:57

hahahahah

2021-01-22 13:06

hahahahaha

2021-01-22 13:09

INDONESIA LOL if anyone is surprised by any of this, then my condolences

RIP HABBO HOTEL

2021-01-22 13:15

Whats wrong with betting if match is not fixed... If Astralis play with tier 2 team n any pro bets on Astralis how its wrong...

2021-01-22 13:20

Lmao as if was like that. Even washed up tier 6 players cling to the scene because of the matchfixing money.

2021-01-22 13:42

aussie valorant scene seems promising

2021-01-22 13:24

THEY DIDN'T EVEN PROVIDE EVIDENCE TO PROVE THE FRAUD XD source: players twitter ESIC IS FCKING USELESS PIECE OF SHIT

Rooster players knew about their bans when seeing hltv news and a lot of banned coaches reported not getting informed by ESIC too

2021-01-22 14:05

2021-01-22 13:31

EU & CIS pls

2021-01-22 13:35

Agree with betting on own team, might be a tad harsh. Zoner got the same sentence and he has been cheating for years. but just betting in general is BS. FREE Australia Jeremy "⁠motion⁠" Lloyd - 12 months Portugal Patrick "⁠Falcon⁠" Desousa - 12 months Australia Johnathan "⁠Del⁠" Sackesen - 12 months Australia Grayson "⁠vax⁠" Uppington - 12 months Australia Aidan "⁠Meta⁠" Wiringi Jones - 12 months New Zealand Kaito "⁠MinusTheCoffee⁠" Massey - 12 months Australia Mason "⁠MSN⁠" Trevaskis - 12 months Australia Johnny "⁠jcg⁠" Grima - 12 months Australia Isaac "⁠Prodigy⁠" Dahlan - 12 months Australia Billy "⁠BeeTee⁠" Thomson - 12 months Australia Kieren "⁠Muzoona⁠" Jackson - 12 months Australia Matthew "⁠ZILLA⁠" Zdilar - 12 months Australia James "⁠Roflko⁠" Lytras - 12 months Australia Damon "⁠damyo⁠" Portelli - 12 months New Zealand Jak "⁠jtr⁠" Robinson - 12 months Australia Daniel "⁠rekonz⁠" Mort - 12 months Australia Nicolas "⁠lato⁠" Gullotti - 12 months Australia Marcus "⁠MDK⁠" Kyriazopoulos - 12 months Australia Joel "⁠PEARSS⁠" Kurta - 12 months Australia James "⁠Jamie⁠" Macphail - 12 months Australia Ionica "⁠Bowie⁠" T. - 12 months Australia Joshua "⁠Joshaaye⁠" Wilson - 12 months Australia Ryan "kragz" Clarke - 12 months Australia Stephen "⁠stvn⁠" Anastasi - 12 months Australia Damian "⁠JD⁠" Simonovic - 12 months Australia Carlos "⁠Rackem⁠" Jefferys - 12 months Australia Joshua "⁠jhd⁠" Hough-Devine - 12 months Australia Corey "⁠nettik⁠" Browne - 12 months

I hope they don't waste their time with asia , no use banning the whole scene there :p.

2021-01-22 13:41

RIP in peaces

they are so young cheaters oceania to valorant confirmed

2021-01-22 13:51

Hey can we do something about half of the NA MDL scene doing shady shit then just switching to valorant?

2021-01-22 13:55

OMEGALUL

Why the fuck ESIC is banning for just betting? Yes, players have inside info. And so? It doesn't violate a shit. They hadn't any info that ANY betting is forbidden. ESIC is a dumb fucks. More ban for ADK for betting on own team in a match, yeah yeah yeah

2021-01-22 14:03

Rules are rules but ADK ban is too much imo and the treatment they give to AU scene compared to other rule breakers like stream snipers is really unfair

2021-01-22 15:32

Au scene is dead now, can you now name at least one good player beside avant-order-renegades? Roflko and Nettik are banned now. I loved it much, it was a really funny shitshow to watch.

2021-01-22 17:20

Are you retarded or what ? Do you think it is normal in any sport to have inside info and let the guys to bet on?? Even they play these matches and can influence it. They just think they are untouchable behind the PC. If they catch you in soccer, you can go to the prison. This guys received only ban for 12 months. Do you realize how many people are affected because they bet on their matches with given results? So many matches in that ESEA shit events ended with weird result and nobody gives a shit until ESIC. Thanks for their work.

2021-01-22 18:10

You just lost money on matchifing and mad Had never bet on AU because i knew something like this is happening

2021-01-22 18:41

Sure I'm mad when I lose money due to guys fixing. So you have to skip china matches, low tier eu, na matches etc. Imo it is better to clean the scene from fixers than let it go like nothing happening there :) If you still dont see problem, then it is waste of time with you I guess.

2021-01-22 19:09

Chelleos is not banned but it really is sad that most promising orgless team has 3 players banned((

2021-01-22 18:12

a random pt flag appears LUL

2021-01-22 14:10

Always one pt guy to durty our country XD

I bet it was that single guy who taught all the dirty stuff to the Aussies. GG random fella falcon

2021-01-23 14:50

ESIC please continue in that, next station EUROPE would be nice. Poland with 10 teams and x matches between themself smells too. Would be nice to investigate whole 9to5 tourneys and clean EU scene from players who trying to influence game. Well done ESIC :)

2021-01-22 14:27

EU would mess things up 2 much so they won't do shit. They might do it in NA cuz their scene is weaken now, but I don't think they will.

2021-01-22 15:03

They should do it asap. It happens everyday some weird stuff. Imo it is worse with that corona situation because they play from their home and it is easy for them to matchfix. These magic pauses or unreal comebacks are there so much often last days to be just coincidence. It really wont be lose if some shit teams get banned because of matchfixing between themself (to be honest, I'm not surprised they are fixing with these tourney structures where you play qualification and whole tourney for more than month and prize is only for first two place).

2021-01-22 18:19

bruh, how I make moneys now Sadgee

2021-01-22 14:28

Hilarious it happens only there, should check EU also.

2021-01-22 14:30

ESIC is doing a good work, those ppl need to be punished.

OCE is the easiest to throw under the bus... Watch nothing much gets done in NA and EU/CIS, let alone Eastern Asia LUL

2021-01-22 14:39

If that happens you know shit is corrupted as fuckkkkkkk. USA, Russia & China in particular but yeh. We need to see some bans in all 3 regions.

2021-01-22 15:20

+, they are pussies, and valve won't let them kill already dying scene

2021-01-22 18:42

Good job, well done

Lmao

2021-01-22 14:40

Wouldve done the same, they can make a year salary by betting on a few matches and they earn nothing from cs anyway

2021-01-22 14:41

Australian CSGO worse than Australian Cricket yikes Cheating everywhere.

2021-01-22 14:43

5 years ban, rip polish guys

2021-01-22 14:48

Habbo Hotel is kill

2021-01-22 14:58

i was at house eating dorito when phone ring “Habbo Hotel is kil” “no”

Yo le noob, RIP Habbo Hotel

2021-01-22 20:13

what a bunch of losers

sad

2021-01-22 15:00

whole australia lol

2021-01-22 15:06

Nice ....finally cleaning house..... fixing f*ks

2021-01-22 15:12

Expected

habbo hotel lol

2021-01-22 15:26

i hope they made alot of money throwing games cus they are gonna be collecting trolleys from woolies and coles from now on if they havent

so i understand all of these bans except the 12 months one. when exactly is someone considered a pro? if they give bans like this there should be a strict definition of a "pro". if i have a match on hltv and won 200 dollar from some shit cup and the next day i bet on astralis vs navi i am considered a pro that could have inside information? do i need to be signed to a team? imo thats a bit weird.

2021-01-22 15:31

Unluko AUS players, they aint gonna do shit to CIS or EU cuz they dont care. Whilst in AUS, the police investigate betting seriously LUL ESIC I'll be waiting to see how many EU/CIS player get banned ...

2021-01-22 15:36

2021-01-22 15:37

They had a scene? wow.

OOF

2021-01-22 15:38

XAXAXAXAXA

2021-01-22 15:53

James "⁠Jamie⁠" Macphail - 12 months Akram "⁠ADK⁠" Smida - 24 month Nicolas "⁠lato⁠" Gullotti - 12 months So sad for Virtus.Pro, Extremum and Godsent :(

And for heroic North really dodged that bullet tho

2021-01-22 16:21

fuck heroic, no es3tag no love

finally now time for chinese noobs

2021-01-22 16:01

Bulgarians teams when

2021-01-22 16:06

Tencent likes this post.

Hey upside down GB, wot doink?

2021-01-22 16:23

Dirty fcking matchfixers, 35 PLAYERS ALSO everyone in australia matchfix? wtf is this

2021-01-22 16:24

I’m sure the list for NA, EU/CIS, & Asia are mucchhhh longer. Probably much more damaging as well.

2021-01-22 16:52

Yo le noob, More than half of thse are for betting on tier 1 matches while they are playing for fun in AU scene, not for matchfixing.

2021-01-22 20:14

yo le retard read yourself 10 people got banned for atleast betting against OWN TEAM they who got 48 months

2021-01-22 20:20

Yo le fckn mongol with negative IQ, Let me explain maths to you: the majority = more than half, and more than half of the bans are 12 months, which if you knew how to read are for betting on unrelated matches (tier 1 games). Now stop browsing and revise your maths kid.

2021-01-22 20:23

thats about all australian players in csgo.

2021-01-22 16:26

That is what happens when you add Low Level cs on hltv

2021-01-22 16:27

They can now call themselves Valorant Pros!

2021-01-22 16:34

Valorant time

2021-01-22 16:38

I don't know a single one player

2021-01-22 16:41

keep in touch do not forget to write when you go to poop

2021-01-22 16:46

I did ty

BRUH

2021-01-22 16:44

Sad to see Habbo Hotel go.

2021-01-22 16:47

huge loss honestly

2021-01-22 17:02

Imagine being banned for 12 months just for betting on ANY match, thats fucked lmao

2021-01-22 17:32

they should be jailed for betting on matches because they know inside info they must be thankful it's only 1 year bans

2021-01-23 00:20

RIP AU scene

Esic is a joke

2021-01-22 18:18

Lol and Chinese Mafia still running kekw

2021-01-22 19:00

put them all in jail so they learn a lesson

2021-01-22 23:13

I hate to see that this is only country that got caught. I can't believe its only them. Need bigger names and lot more country's.

2021-01-23 00:02

ban some randoms but you refuse to take action again top 10/15 teams? Smart smart how much did they pay to you??? Man, this is a super obvious corrupt company. Its funny when people like Richard and Thorin talking only positive shit about those guys..makes me feel they get money also. Loosers

2021-01-23 01:29

valve better perma ban all of them

2021-01-23 01:35

I'm waiting for report from EU scene :).

2021-01-23 01:40

country built by convicts what do you expect

2021-01-23 02:09

Anyone who bets on csgo knew this was coming.. lol I've been calling them out on this for months now I've lost enough to these aussies.

2021-01-23 02:13

nooooo not habbo hotel

2021-01-23 02:45

HAHAHAHHA

2021-01-23 06:16

Anyone who bet on and lost money to these fraud aussies knew it was rigged..

2021-01-23 06:28

Habbo Hotel nooooooooooooo

2021-01-23 06:43

Trump pls pardon the guys 🥺

2021-01-23 07:16

Was the ESIC established before or after the iBuyPower scandal in 2014? I'm just confused how players that commit similar actions can have varying punishments.

2021-01-23 10:10

Hey ESIC, here's your next Task : hltv.org/matches/2346198/gamerlegion-vs-..

2021-01-23 12:38

I just don't get it whjy can't you bet on your own team winning... like yes ofc you can't bet against your own team but why can't you bet on your own team winning?

2021-01-23 14:53

"Betting on own games - 24 months Aggravated betting (over 10 matches) - 36 months Betting against team - 48 months Aggravated betting against own team - 60 months" Kinda short bans.

2021-01-23 17:14