ESIC Issues Bans To Seven Pro CS:GO Players For “Betting-Related Offenses”
The Esports Integrity Commission has issued year-long bans to seven MDL competitors for violating their Anti-Corruption Code.
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The Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC) has dealt bans to seven Australian ESEA Mountain Dew League (MDL) competitors for “betting-related offenses.” Each player has received a 12-month-long ban for placing bets on MDL matches as well as other professional CS:GO games, which goes against both the MDL rules and ESIC code. ESIC will announce further updates on additional investigations “in due course.”
The bans went to seven Australian MDL players who competed across four different teams. From a team called Rooster 2, Damian “JD” Simonovic, Carlos “Rackem” Jefferys, and Joshua “jhd” Hough-devine have been dealt year-long bans. Joining them is Akram “akram” Smida and Corey “nettik” Browne from Rooster, Stephen “stvn” Anastasi from LAKERS, and Daryl “Mayker” May from Ground Zero.
The players mentioned were found to have placed bets on MDL and other professional CS:GO matches, a breach of ESIC’s Anti-Corruption Code, according to the joint statement released by ESIC and ESEA. The ESIC has also “referred this matter to law enforcement,” as the players’ conduct may have violated criminal codes in certain jurisdictions across Australia.
In the statement, the ESIC reminds current CS:GO competitors of its Anti-Corruption Code, which prohibits placing bets on any professional match of the game they compete in. Players who compete in multiple games are prohibited from betting in any of the games they are involved with. Along with players, this rule goes for managers, coaches, and any team staff members.
The ESIC ends its statement with a comment on additional investigations within MDL Australia and North America. The organization states that there is currently “a high volume of investigations being coordinated by ESIC relating to match manipulation behavior.” Earlier this year, countless CS:GO coaches were dealt varying bans by the ESIC in response to the exploitation of an in-game bug that gave spectating coaches an unfair advantage.
The Commission says the investigations are “complex,” requiring “necessary collaboration with law enforcement” in specific jurisdictions. They will release updates on other investigations “in due course as [they] work with stakeholders to finalize [their] investigations.”
The players mentioned previously will be banned from any CS:GO competition put on or promoted by ESIC members for one year.
Source: ESIC
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