CSGO pro suspended for betting on matches he played in ESIC\/Valve\/Unsplash: Alexander JawfoxThe Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC) has provisionally suspended CS:GO pro Joel \u2018joel\u2019 Holmlund due to multiple breaches of its Anti-Corruption Code. The Swedish player, 18, was found to have placed bets between March 27 and 31 on matches that he was playing in, including two bets against his own team, GODSENT, in a series that they lost. After initially indicating that the matches in question were only from the BetBoom Playlist Urbanistic tournament, ESIC has rectified its statement to include matches that the team played in the IEM Dallas Closed Qualifier. Additionally, joel was found to have placed 17 bets on various CS:GO matches between March 29 and May 1. Valve stated in a 2015 blog post titled \u2018Unnecessary Risks\u2019 that professional players \u201cshould under no circumstances gamble on CS:GO matches, associate with high volume CS:GO gamblers, or deliver information to others that might influence their CS:GO bets.\u201d joel was served with a notice of charge on August 30 and denied any wrongdoing, prompting ESIC to gather additional evidence to verify his claims. \u201cConsidering the gravity of the allegations, Mr. Holmlund\u2019s current active participation in an ESIC-affiliated event, and being satisfied with the compelling evidence presented in its further investigation, ESIC has elected to suspend Mr. Holmlund via a Rejection Order Notice,\u201d ESIC stated. According to ESIC, the investigation into joel\u2019s betting activity includes \u201cdigital footprints, including IP addresses, device IDs, and browser information\u201d, records of individual bets placed during events, and links between betting accounts and social media platforms. The Swedish player has until October 6 to present new evidence. After this, ESIC will make a further statement revealing the final outcome of the investigation and potentially imposing sanctions. joel responds to ESIC suspension On X\/Twitter, joel said that his suspension is \u201c[an] injustice\u201d and argued that ESIC was \u201cforced\u201d to act after he helped Victory Zigzag qualify for the BLAST Premier Fall Showdown last week. \u201cThey are accusing me of several stuff I didn\u2019t do, and that\u2019s fairly obvious,\u201d he wrote. \u201cStill, if I come out publicly, I am breaking confidentiality. \u201cI am still willing to cooperate with ESIC and will give my final answer around October 6 together with my lawyer.\u201d The news of the suspension ends months of speculation about the player, who was suddenly benched by GODSENT in May despite being the team\u2019s best player. The Swedish organization has issued a statement in response to ESIC\u2019s suspension, confirming that joel\u2019s removal from the team was connected to the investigation that was being conducted by the esports watchdog. His contract with the organization has since been terminated. The 18-year-old is widely regarded as one of the most exciting rising talents in Sweden and has averaged a 1.12 HLTV rating in 2023. Prior to joining GODSENT in January, he notably played for Galaxy Racer and Monte.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
CSGO pro suspended for betting on matches he played in ESIC\/Valve\/Unsplash: Alexander JawfoxThe Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC) has provisionally suspended CS:GO pro Joel \u2018joel\u2019 Holmlund due to multiple breaches of its Anti-Corruption Code. The Swedish player, 18, was found to have placed bets between March 27 and 31 on matches that he was playing in, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37847\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}