Resolution criteria on PolyGram: This market refers to the Counter-Strike Round of 16 match between Alliance and Lavked in the BC Game Masters Europe Series #1 Playoffs, initially scheduled for May 8 at 10:00AM ET. This market will resolve to "Alliance" if Alliance win the match against Lavked. This market will resolve to "Lavked" if Lavked win the match against Alliance. If the match is canceled (not played at all), ends in a tie, or is delayed beyond 7 days from the scheduled date without a winner determined, this market will resolve to 50-50. If the match begins but is not completed, and one team wins due to the opponent's forfeiture, disqualification, or walkover, this market will resolve to the team who wins.
PolyGram is an on-chain prediction market where you trade YES or NO outcome shares with real USDC on Polygon. For this market, buy YES if you believe the event will happen, or NO if you think it won't. Your maximum loss is your stake — winning shares pay $1.00 each at resolution. Unlike sportsbooks, there is no house edge: prices are set by supply and demand from other traders and reflect the crowd's real-time probability.
Market outcomes
| Match Winner | 100% YES | 0% NO |
| Map 1 Winner | 0% YES | 100% NO |
| Map 2 Winner | 100% YES | 0% NO |
| O/U 2.5 Games | 100% YES | 0% NO |
| Map Handicap: ALL (-1.5) vs Lavked (+1.5) | 0% YES | 100% NO |
| Odd/Even Total Kills | 0% YES | 100% NO |
| Odd/Even Total Rounds | 0% YES | 100% NO |
| Odd/Even Total Kills | 100% YES | 0% NO |
Alliance and Lavked are set to contest a Round of 16 match in the BC Game Masters Europe Series #1 Playoffs on 8 May at 10:00 AM ET, competing in a best-of-three Counter-Strike format. The current order book on Polymarket reflects a 100% implied probability for Alliance, indicating the market has priced them as near-certain favourites. This extreme probability typically emerges when one team holds a decisive competitive advantage or when liquidity constraints limit price discovery at the extremes.
Counter-Strike playoff matchups at this stage often see significant probability compression around established regional hierarchies. European regional qualifiers have historically produced predictable outcomes when top-seeded organisations face lower-ranked challengers, though upsets do occur when preparation gaps narrow or tactical innovation disrupts expected patterns. The 100% reading here suggests traders view Alliance's competitive positioning as sufficiently dominant that meaningful uncertainty has been eliminated from the order book.
Traders monitoring this market should track any roster changes, recent tournament results, or scheduling disruptions announced by BC Game Masters or the competing organisations in the days preceding 8 May. Player availability, illness, or equipment issues have previously altered competitive dynamics in European Counter-Strike playoffs. The settlement window closes at 20:00 UTC on 8 May, providing a twelve-hour buffer beyond the scheduled match start; any delay extending beyond 7 May without resolution would trigger a 50-50 settlement under the market's terms.
This market settles from the official outcome published at https://www.twitch.tv/bcgamemasters. A proposer submits the final result to the UMA optimistic oracle on Polygon; the two-hour dispute window closes and payouts clear in USDC.
The mechanics for trading "Counter-Strike: Alliance vs Lavked (BO3) - BC Game Masters Europe Series #1 Playoffs" are the same as any other PolyGram event contract. Each YES share resolves to $1 if the event happens, or $0 if it doesn't. The current price between 0¢ and 100¢ is the market's probability estimate, set live by the order book.
$117K in lifetime turnover and $0 of resting liquidity puts this market in the top 30% by volume for esports contracts on PolyGram. Order-book depth is thin — large orders may need to be split across the book or executed as limit orders.
Last 24 hours alone saw $106K in turnover, well above the lifetime daily-average for this market — a clear sign of news catalysing trader activity right now.
The market has been open for under a month — fresh enough that information asymmetry remains a real factor.
Higher-volume markets tend to have tighter spreads and faster price discovery — meaning the displayed YES/NO percentages are more likely to reflect the true crowd-implied probability rather than a single trader's directional view.
Resolution is sourced from https://www.twitch.tv/bcgamemasters. Settlement is executed by the UMA optimistic oracle on Polygon, with a 2-hour dispute window before payouts clear.
This prediction market is scheduled to close on 8 May 2026. After the resolving event occurs, settlement typically clears within 24 hours once the UMA optimistic oracle confirms the outcome. All payouts are in USDC on the Polygon network.
To trade on this prediction market, create a free PolyGram account at polygram.ink, deposit USDC via Polygon, and place a YES or NO order on the outcome you believe in. You can learn more on our how-it-works page. Your maximum loss is limited to your stake — there is no leverage or margin.
When the outcome is determined, winning YES shares pay out $1.00 each in USDC, while losing shares pay $0. Settlement is handled by the UMA optimistic oracle on Polygon — a proposer submits the result, a two-hour dispute window opens, and if uncontested, payouts are distributed automatically. You can withdraw your winnings to any Polygon wallet.
Prediction-market positions can lose 100% of staked capital. Outcomes are uncertain by definition — historical accuracy of crowd-implied probabilities is high in aggregate but not for any single market. PolyGram does not provide investment advice. Trade only with capital you can afford to lose.
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