BETBY First to Earn ESIC CPU v CPU Gold Standard

The assessment took place in August 2026. ESIC publicly launched the new standard on October 29, two weeks before naming BETBY as its first accredited company.

BETBY Passed an Audit in August

The review included an on-site audit, additional evidence checks and independent assessment. ESIC confirmed these steps in its November 12 announcement. The commission examined controls over match results, software changes, access permissions and the infrastructure running automated competitions.

Stephen Hanna, ESIC’s CEO, said the assessment should establish "what ran, who could change it" and what evidence remains if something goes wrong.

BETBY has agreed to annual reviews to keep the accreditation.

Three Types of Software Under One Standard

The October 29 framework covers competitions in which computers play against computers. Their results are then supplied to betting markets. ESIC sets different requirements depending on how the matches work:

• Locally deployed machine-learning models must have identifiable, approved versions;
• External LLM services require an exact model version to be recorded for each match;
• Fixed algorithms must retain records of the software build and its configuration.

The rules also cover security, incident reporting and software deployment. These checks concern the systems producing the games, not the betting odds offered to customers.

BETBY Is Alone in the New Register

ESIC’s earlier esports betting standard has four active certificate holders: SIS, GTSports Leagues, Drafted.gg and BETER. A check of the new CPU v CPU register on November 13 found only BETBY.

The two programmes examine different competition formats. Operators now have a separate accreditation to check when selecting automated esports content. BETBY’s award covers the assessed operations, rather than every product the company supplies.