Esports Integrity Coalition (ESIC) on organisaatio, joka on perustettu valvomaan e-urheilun reiluutta sen eri osa-alueilla, kuten sopupelaamisessa, "douppaamisessa" ja vedonlyönnissä. Tänään pidetään Maltalla uusi kokous, jossa ovat paikalla muun muassa ESL, DreamHack ja Blast Series keskustelemassa e-urheilun vedonlyönnistä.
Viimeisen 12 kuukauden aikana on tullut ilmi "hälyttävä määrä" epäilyttävää vedonlyöntiä. Vuonna 2018 saatiin 74 ilmoitusta, ja kasvua on melkein 75%.
Englanniksi ilmaistuna kokouksen asialistalla on seuraavaa:
• Improved funding for integrity issues; especially the hiring of a specialist investigator
• Enhanced player education
• A common framework of standards for esports
• A crack-down on unregulated skins and unlicensed betting
Asiaa kommentoi Ian Smith, ESIC Integrity Commissioner.
"We have a clear focus on what needs to be done and how we need to do it. If we act quickly, and collectively, we can head this growing issue off at the pass. We are delighted that 20 significant esports stakeholders are attending, but this now needs everyone involved; in particular we need all esports related game developers to start taking this issue seriously given that, to date, not one developer has contributed one dollar to our fight for competitive integrity in esports and we are in danger of being overwhelmed. No-one wants to see esports lose its credibility over an easily preventable threat to its integrity."