The International 2026 · Shanghai
Team Spirit take the Aegis 3–2 — the $18.7M whale recap
An $800K map ticket dead, a $1.48M one cashed, and the 25-cent cashout that cost $329K.
Esports · CS2 · Dota 2 · League of Legends
Esports whale bets
Esports has quietly become one of the heaviest markets on Stake's high-roller feed. tail.bet has tracked $259.8M across 8,319 Counter-Strike, Dota 2 and League of Legends whale bets. The biggest of them clear a million dollars on a single map, and the two Dota majors below alone drew more six-figure action than most football weekends.
Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2026 pulled $42.8M, the second-largest tournament in the entire archive, led by an $860K single on Team Falcons.
Esports tracked, all-time
$259.8M
8,319 whale bets
Counter-Strike
$114.9M
3,580 bets · 59% win rate
Dota 2
$70M
2,371 bets · 66% win rate
League of Legends
$74.9M
2,368 bets · 58% win rate
The tournaments the whales chased
Counter-Strike · 19 to 22 June 2026
Intel Extreme Masters Cologne Major 2026
$42.8M
988 whale bets tracked
Biggest: $860K on Team Falcons
Dota 2 · May 2026
DreamLeague Season 29
$16.2M
546 whale bets tracked
Biggest: $296K on Team Spirit
Dota 2 · June 2026
BLAST Slam VII
$10.4M
337 whale bets tracked
Biggest: $330K on Team Spirit
Biggest esports bets on the feed
$1M · Team Liquid
Team Spirit - Team Liquid · The International 2026
$1M · T1 Esports
T1 Esports - Gen.G · LCK 2026 Rounds 3-4
$860K · Team Falcons
Team Spirit - Team Falcons · Intel Extreme Masters Cologne Major 2026
$800K · Team Falcons
Team Spirit - Team Falcons · Intel Extreme Masters Cologne Major 2026
$741K · Team Vitality
Team Vitality - Team Falcons · Intel Extreme Masters Cologne Major 2026
$619K · Aurora Gaming
Aurora Gaming - FURIA Esports · Intel Extreme Masters Cologne Major 2026
$600K · G2 Esports (1.5)
G2 Esports - Team Spirit · BLAST Open Fall 2026
$521K · Team Falcons
FURIA Esports - Team Falcons · Intel Extreme Masters Cologne Major 2026
$507K · Team Falcons
Team Vitality - Team Falcons · Intel Extreme Masters Cologne Major 2026
$503K · PARIVISION
PARIVISION - 9z Team · Intel Extreme Masters Cologne Major 2026
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Why esports betting got this big
A few years ago a five-figure ticket on a Counter-Strike map would have stood out. Now the high rollers on Stake trade six figures map by map, especially around the CS2 majors and the Dota 2 calendar. The prize pools help: the Esports World Cup runs a pool north of $75 million, and events like IEM Cologne carry the prestige of a full Major. tail.bet captures each of these bets from the public high-roller feed with the original bet slip, the odds, and the graded outcome once the match settles.