Counter-Strike pros continue to be banned from the game

Only a few months later a number of professionals Counter strike players have been banned from betting on their own matches, the Esports Integrity Commission issued sanctions “against 35 players for betting offenses ”.

These offenses have taken place in Australia, North America and Europe, and the ESIC works with the police in every territory, particularly in Australia where this stuff can be break the law.

While ESIC says sanctions are not yet an example of match-fixing, they add that “there is a good chance that she will issue match-fixing charges arising from the ongoing investigation ”.

The bans, which vary in severity from 12 months to 60 months, are for a combination of players betting on their own matches, betting against their team in competition and in general betting on the matches of the competitions in which they are part.