The Esports watchdog group has banned 35 players for periods ranging from 12 months to 5 years and will continue to investigate further offenses in Australia, NA, and Europe in cooperation with law enforcement.
Sanctions that have been issued in the release of today are not for match-fixing but for betting on an individual’s own team and against it. However, the ESIC states that there is a high possibility that it will issue match-fixing charges arising from the ongoing investigations that will potentially include some of the players that have been sanctioned today.
ESIC created a sanctions matrix with five levels to ensure the bans were “proportional to the offenses”.
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
You can find the complete list of people who have been banned for betting offenses in the Tweet.
Sanctions issued in today’s release are not for matching-fixing. However, ESIC is of the view that there is a high possibility that it will issue match-fixing charges arising from the ongoing investigations, potentially including against players sanctioned today. (2/2) pic.twitter.com/PU7bt5Iedl
— ESIC (@ESIC_Official) January 22, 2021
