The dark side of e-sports – An analysis of cheating, doping & match-fixing activities and their countermeasures

We analyze the prohibited behavior of esports teams in terms of cheating, doping, and match-fixing. In the theoretical part, we use a game theoretic model which highlights the incentive to cheat and potential countermeasures. Definitions are given for the terms cheating, doping and match-fixing, as well as organizations that impose sanctions against them, measures against the use of illegal aids, and concrete sanction with illustrated examples.