At the end of May, the former coach of the 100 Thieves Sean Gares team accused Valorant Esports in North America, namely the Challengers Na tournament, which is appearing very heavy. The incident was constantly floating and forcing Riot Games to intervene and notify the investigation clearly.
On July 31, Riot Games officially announced the results of the investigation. The investigation was coordinated by many internal parts of Riot and partners to ensure transparency such as Sporttradar, Grid and the International Betting Liem Association (IBIA). After 2 months of investigation, Riot Games determined that there was no evidence that there was fraud, organized manipulation or misconduct related to confirmed betting.
A series of inspection actions have been taken by Riot Games to resolve the problem: First, the parties conducted a careful review of the match between Blue Otter and Shopify Rebellion, and 6 other matches mentioned. The test includes tournament data, player account, behavior diary and information in the game. There are no signs of fraud or abnormal activity.
Betting -related activities are also carefully examined by Riot Games. Betting pages, betting photos posted on social networks have been tested and not detected any suspicious behavior. The allegations related to the Riot Games staff intervening in the match are also determined to have no evidence to conclude violations.
In the end, the publisher Valorant confirmed that there was no evidence to verify any allegations related to fraud, manipulation of scoring or wrongdoing in betting for any player, team or organization. Although the investigation has been conducted thoroughly, Riot Games will continue to monitor the situation and have the right to expand or restart the investigation if there is reliable information related to the incident.
