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Board Gambling discussion
Re: CS:GO and Betting
by
STT
on 01/05/2020, 20:45:00 UTC
Hello there!

Tell me please is it true thatin CS:GO players can agree on the outcome of the game and thereby falsify the final? or is it just a rumor? Thanks

At top level play it would be nonsensical to do so, the pay off vs the livelihood these players have now is not worth it.    Its the end of them playing in CS pretty much, the reason is if found out and its often something will come out they will be banned.   Any player banned cannot take part in valve related events, anything that receives any type of direct support.   There are lots of matches organised outside of Valve influence but if you are excluded from that base line it means a team finds you as damaged goods and will not pay to have a fifth wheel.    s1mple used to be banned from ESL events for example, he was close to teamless despite being one of the worlds best players so a valve ban is even worse then that.

The contrast is that the most famous throw game case was dating back to 2014 and I bet on this famous game because I knew of the one of the underdog players was greatly underrated, he later won a world title.   In 2014 the team that threw did not receive any compensation for playing, they got very little.   Free flights to LAN and a computer I think was about the benefits, maybe sticker money not sure.   So in base terms money wise it made sense to them to pay for the highest bidder which was a gambling ring.   Right now its easy to be honest as players are far better off and receive wages or at least are looking forward to that possibility.