Counter-Strike: Corruption players accused of rigging games to gamble

Loving games begins to be haunted in Australia. Five players have been charged by the Victoria police for intentionally losing in games of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and, in this way, make bets knowing that they were going to win them. They are the first charges of this type that occur in Australia. This is the first time that this type of practice has been pursued by the authorities in the country..

Australian authorities pursue matchmaking in CS: GO

The charges imposed on these five players come after an investigation by the Victoria Police Police Sports Integrity Intelligence Unit, which began last year, and has resulted in six arrests. Five Victoria men have been charged as a result of this investigation on the same matter.

: tipping bets in your favor "corrupt conduct". One of them has also been charged with cannabis possession.

Neil Paterson, Assistant Commissioner of the Victoria Police, has stated that the accused they had earned up to $ 30,000 betting this way in the games of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. As reported from ABCThe investigation started in March last year at the ESEA Mountain Dew League, an online third-party league that takes place in the United States, Europe and Australia itself.

They would have earned $ 30,000

Regarding the profile of these types of players: we find that they are young men who are attending secondary school or university. "We have young men, usually 19 or 20 years old

, who have no police record, "Paterson said last year." They are allegedly involved in corruption offenses, at a fairly young age that could have serious consequences for them. "He added," The large volume of men young people involved in the game, both in high school and college, is in epidemic proportions"

We have to remember that the Australian government was one of those that was also against the loot boxes, considering them online bets

. Counter-StrikeFor his part, it is not the first time that he stars in similar headlines: a player, who claimed to be addicted to games, came to spend thousands of dollars both in this title and in The Hobbit: Kindoms of Middle-earth or Smite.