Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is one of the most famous video shooters that turned the whole gaming world upside down. It doesn’t differ a lot from the initial versions, as the game essence lays in the confrontation between the elite forces team and terrorists. Nowadays, CS:GO is more than just an online game – a recognized eSports discipline with its own fans, prestigious leagues, and even championships. In 2017, the prize funds of Electronic Sports League and Intel Extreme Masters amounted to over 1 million dollars, and experts are expecting a further rise in this number. Besides, one should mention large-scale tournaments held by the game’s developer, Valve Corporation, which always rewards winners of CS:GO matches with generous prizes.

Given the game structure, CS:GO betting is quite similar to the procedure of placing bets on other team games. The conflict unfolds in accordance with the classic “win-los-draw” scheme. You can bet on the outcome, and this is called a ‘money line bet’. The coefficients reflect expected chances of teams A and B to win, based on the statistics of previous matches.

In order to win on CS:GO bets, players need their own gaming strategies. First of all, one has to learn carefully all the rules. It is advisable to play online, at least temporarily, since that can help you gain insight in every detail, and also know every single team taking part in a certain tournament. Numerous factors here can affect the final results: from the teamwork to the importance of the match. By and large, CS:GO tournaments have various rules and format, but the most popular kind is games with the mixed system – a group stage and play-off.

Making a bet on CS:GO matches in bookmaking offices, you need to be aware of the fact that there are several formats of fights such as bo1, bo2, bo3, bo5. The digit near “bo” means the maximum number of matches used in one match. In case one team won the first 2 map, the game is automatically over because the last map cannot influence the outcome.