ATOX Esports hit with heavy bans over illegal betting

The Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC) has announced bans ranging from eight months to life for ATOX Esports players coaches, and analysts over integrity breaches.

Those affected by the rulings include Counter-Strike players Gan-Erdene “dobu” Batbold, Bat-Enkh “kabal” Batbayar, Munkhsaikhan “Zesta” Erdenebaatar, Temuulen “MiQ” Byambadalai, and Otgonlhagva “AccuracyTG” Batjargal, head coach Tuguldur “FlyNN” Gansukh, and team analyst Ana-Erdene “nuka” Baasantogtokh.

ESIC handed out all bans due to breaches of its anti-corruption code.

Kabal, dobu, and nuka were found to have committed the most serious offences and will serve lifetime bans.

Those include involvement in over 70 suspicious bets between late 2024 and March 2025, with the activity linked to Chinese organised crime syndicates.

Even though this is the first time ESIC has publicly announced the bans, ATOX Esports were provisionally suspended from all ESIC member events early in March.

That meant they were disqualified from BLAST Open Spring 2025 and replaced by The Huns Esports, despite winning BLAST Rising Asia Spring 2025.

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At the time, no information on the ban was provided to the community.

In the report, ESIC revealed that its investigation commenced in September last year, following suspicions of match fixing in ATOX’s 0-2 loss to Team Falcons in ESL Pro League Season 20.

The investigation unveiled evidence such as betting slips and correlations between IP addresses and betting accounts; however, initial findings did not reveal how extensive ATOX Esports’ involvement was.

While the majority of ATOX Esports receive harsh punishments, AccuracyTG and Zesta will serve less severe sentences for failing to report the breaches to ESIC.

Meanwhile, Yalalt “yAmi” Oyunbileg and Tuvshintugs “Annihilation” Nyamdorj, who were a part of ATOX during ESL Pro League Season 20 but did not receive any punishments, are subjects of a different investigation.

ESIC bans issued to ATOX Esports

• Gan-Erdene “dobu” Batbold – lifetime
• Bat-Enkh “kabal” Batbayar – lifetime
• Munkhsaikhan “Zesta” Erdenebaatar – eight months
• Temuulen “MiQ” Byambadalai – one year
• Otgonlhagva “AccuracyTG” Batjargal – eight months
• Tuguldur “FlyNN” Gansukh (coach) – three years
• Ana-Erdene “nuka” Baasantogtokh (analyst) – lifetime

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