Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) has actually acquired not only the enormous gamer base and esports status of its predecessor, Global Offensive, but also its deeply linked virtual economy. Central to this economy is the phenomenon of CS2 gambling– a multi-million-dollar market that exists mostly in…[Read more]

Few phenomena in the history of esports have actually been as controversial, rewarding, and culturally prominent as CS: GO gambling. What started as a basic peer-to-peer trading system for virtual weapon skins snowballed into a multi-billion-dollar shadow economy. Even with…[Read more]