By Jerome García

Esports

Oddin Becomes Anti-corruption Supporter for ESIC

April 19, 2021

Oddin, the Czech esports live odds provider, joined ESIC as an anti-corruption supporter. As a result of the collaboration, Oddin will help ESIC fight against match-fixing and corruption within the esports betting industry. Oddin Joins Esic as an Anti-corruption Supporter The Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC) announced today that the Czech esports live odds provider, Oddin, […]

By Julie Moraine

Industry

ESIC Partners with the Betting Industry, Does Not Work for It

April 12, 2021

The Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC) has had enough of the accusations hurled at it for a while that it was working for the betting industry and released over the weekend an official statement. SB 165, ESA, Banned Players Special attention the esports integrity body paid to Nevada SB 165 sponsored by Sen. Ben Kieckhefer, which […]

By Jerome García

Esports

Esports Integrity Commission Adds Relog Media as Member

January 31, 2021

The Serbia-based esports organization, Relog became the latest Esports Integrity Commission member. By joining ESIC, the company aims at strengthening fair play and ensuring sports integrity during events. Relog Becomes the Latest ESIC Member The esports media company, Relog became the latest member of the Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC). Announced on Friday this week, as […]

By Mike Johnson

Esports

ESIC Adds 247 Leagues and SportsModule as Members

January 29, 2021

SportsModule and 247 Leagues have become the latest members of ESIC in a bid to clean esports from cheating and corruption. ESIC Adds New Members in Bid to Keep Esports Clean ESIC’s lineup of trusted and committed members continues to increase with the latest addition of SportsModule, and the company’s subsidiary, 247 Leagues, which is […]

By Julie Moraine

Industry

GLMS Reported Slight Increase in Alert Reports in 2020

January 24, 2021

The Global Lottery Monitoring System (GLMS) published its 2020 Annual Monitoring and Intelligence Report, providing the main highlights in terms of objectives, key facts and figures. As part of the report, GLMS released data related to the number of suspicious alerts for the year. Alerts and Alert Reports The integrity body dealing with detection and […]

By Julie Moraine

Esports

ESIC Sanction against Bezhanov Rescinded with Immediate Effect

October 19, 2020

The Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC) released the appeal result for Sergey ‘LMBT’ Bezhanov, one of 37 professional coaches in Counter Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) who were banned from coaching following a recent cheating scandal. Bug Exploit Scandal Bezhanov and the others were suspected of exploiting a “spectator bug” in CS:GO which allows players to move […]

By Mike Johnson

Esports

ESIC Continues Hunt for Cheaters, Bans 34 More CS:GO Coaches

September 28, 2020

The Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC) released an update on its investigation over a bug exploit in CS:GO. After the ban of 3 coaches at the beginning of September, now ESIC banned 34 more coaches caught using the exploit. The First Update on ESIC’ Massive Investigation on CS:GO “Free Camera” Exploit At the beginning of this […]

By Mike Johnson

Esports

ESIC Hunting for CS:GO Tournament Cheaters, Bans 3 Coaches

September 4, 2020

The Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC) launched a massive investigation for the use of a bug exploit. ESIC will inspect tournament Demos going back as far as 2016. The esports integrity guardian revealed earlier this week that three coaches were already banned for using the exploit. A Massive Investigation by the Esports Integrity Commission The Esports […]

By Mike Johnson

Insider

Ian Smith: ‘It’s a Myth Most Esports Players Are Underage’

August 13, 2019

The Esports Integrity Coalition (ESIC) is an initiative that Integrity Commissioner Ian Smith would describe as a pragmatic endeavor. Not a proponent of gambling, Ian has realized the pressing need to have an overseeing body in the quickly expanding esports industry, providing consistent regulations, a suspicious betting alert network and rulings in contentious cases to […]