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Counter-strike: Global Offensive developer Valve has ruled that professional players cannot place bets on matches, even if they're not participating. Valve-sponsored Counter-strike tournaments and ...

Michael McWhertor is a journalist with more than 17 years of experience covering video games, technology, movies, TV, and entertainment. In a statement, Valve said it’s directing its Counter-Strike: ...

A little-noticed upset in competitive Counter-Strike: Global Offensive last year has been confirmed as a fixed match involving numerous pro-players and thousands of dollars in wagered money. Now Valve ...

The Counter-Strike: Global Offensive match-fixing scandal has been oddly silent as of late. The Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC) has been hard at work figuring out precisely what occurred within ...

Recently there was a massive match-fixing and betting ring scandal that rocked the whole North American and Canadian Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) scene, seeing numerous players and a ...

Six Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players in Australia have been arrested on suspicions of match fixing. Victoria Police have been investigating the allegations for nearly six months now after a ...

The latest Counter-Strike 2 patch potentially signals a drastic overhaul to game length in the Valve shooter, as competitive and private matches are disabled, and a fan-favorite map is added to the ...

Valve has investigated the recent case of match-fixing involving two teams in the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive professional scene and decided to ban those involved from future tournaments. Recent ...

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Less than a month after a round of permanent bans were handed out to cheating Counter Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) players for fixing professional tournament matches, another team has become ...