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Esports Entertainment Group Joins Esports Integrity Coalition, Commits To Highest Level of Esports Integrity Monitoring
Esports Entertainment Group Joins Esports Integrity Coalition, Commits To Highest Level of Esports Integrity Monitoring.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nBIRKIRKARA, Malta, Jan. 23, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Esports Entertainment Group, Inc. (GMBL:OTCQB) (or the \"Company\"), a licensed online gambling company with a specific focus on esports wagering and 18+ gaming, is pleased to announce it has joined the Esports Integrity Coalition (ESIC), an independent global body that aims to protect the integrity of esports, including working with the world’s largest betting operators and esports organizations to safeguard players, combat cheating and educate audiences. This association is another milestone for VIE.gg, the world’s first and most transparent esports betting exchange.\n A GLOBAL ESPORTS COALITION TO MONITOR, PROTECT AND ENFORCE Established in 2016, the Esports Integrity Coalition is a not-for-profit association taking responsibility for disruption, protection, investigation and prosecution of all forms of cheating in esports including the threat of match fixing and betting fraud, as well as, other integrity challenges posed to the esports industry. Current partners include ESL, DreamHack, Intel, UK Gambling Commission, Esports Insider and many other important esports entities. Since the coalition has formed it has led efforts to uphold standards of vital principles applied to esports such as leading a 2017 investigation that culminated in two Dota 2 players getting banned from UCC tournaments for two years for betting fraud.   Most recently, Counter-Strike:Global Offensive player Nikhil ”forsaken” Kumawat received a five-year ban by ESIC from all esports related activities for or with any ESIC member organizations, after being proven guilty of using hacks on two CS:GO tournaments. VIE.gg and its members will benefit from its membership in ESIC as follows:  a) The ESIC suspicious bet alert system is a global network of operators and regulators that identifies and eradicates corrupt betting;  b) Contributing to the anti-corruption education of players and helping make the esports ecosystem safer; c) Tapping into the accumulated best practices developed by ESIC and its members;  d) Greater viability in the esports space by association with ESIC and its coalition of members. Ian Smith, Commissioner of the Esports Integrity Coalition stated “We are impressed by the early commitment Grant Johnson and ...