SINGAPORE: In order to win bets on an online gambling site, the captain of an e-sports team deliberately lost a match. Malcolm Chung Wai Kiat, 25, was sentenced to four months' jail on Friday (May 26) and ordered to pay a penalty of S$400 (US$296). The Singaporean pleaded guilty to one count of c
SINGAPORE: In order to win bets on an online gambling site, the captain of an e-sports team deliberately lost a match.
The court heard that Chung was an active online gamer and represented RSG Resurgence ESports in e-sports tournaments, a type of competitive video gaming. This particular tournament was among the more prestigious regional Valorant e-sports competitions. Teams stood to win US$25,000 in the 2020 tournament.His team lost the first two matches against teams from Singapore and South Korea, and the last match was against a team from Japan.
Chung's team lost the match by a score of 0:2. Chung had deliberately underperformed and instructed his teammates to follow suit. RSG Resurgence suffered negative publicity that damaged its credibility as an e-sports organisation, and Valorant developer Riot Games began investigating Chung and his team.
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