Australian players who have set up matches in CS: GO are going to court

Five Australian players will have to go to court for allegedly staging matches in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.

In mid-2019, five players were arrested in Australia suspected of betting and deliberately lost in an esport match of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. At the time, four 20-year-olds and one 27-year-old started an official investigation into the murky business, and now that investigation has concluded that there is material to sue.

According to ABC News, five players have raised up to $ 30,000 in betting and now face up to ten years in prison for allegedly setting matches. But the team has plenty of time to hire lawyers (the $ 30,000 will be good for them) and to prepare their defense. Namely, their trial is scheduled only on September 15 this year.