LoL: Fluxo W7M vs FURIA Esports (BO3) - CBLOL Regular Season

Platform comparison

Market context

Fluxo W7M are due to play FURIA Esports in a best-of-three CBLOL regular-season series, and the market should be read against a fairly one-sided recent record rather than the 0% crowd price. FURIA have generally carried the stronger profile across recent CBLOL and LTA South meetings, with multiple match pages showing them higher in rankings and favoured by a wide margin in community and market tools, while Fluxo have been more volatile and dependent on upset results.[4][6][12][15]

For a trader running this programmatically, the key historical anchor is head-to-head form: several recent match trackers show FURIA ahead overall, although Fluxo did beat FURIA 2-0 in April 2026, which is the main reminder that a Bo3 can swing on draft quality and side selection rather than season-long reputation alone.[2][3][8][11] In practical terms, a bot or conditional-order setup would treat a 0% YES line as a likely stale or mispriced state only if live scheduling, roster, and start-time data confirm the series is still active and uncancelled; otherwise the correct fallback can be 50-50 under the market rules if the match is abandoned or delayed beyond the window.

The main catalysts to watch are official match start confirmation, any postponement notices, and whether the fixture is completed within the seven-day settlement window, because the market resolves differently for a played series, an unfinished series, and a match that never starts.[1][4][12] Sofascore lists the game as finished 0-2 for FURIA at 18:00 UTC on 9 August 2026, which, if mirrored by the official competition feed, would remove uncertainty around cancellation risk and lock the outcome to FURIA rather than leave it for a delayed settlement path.[1]

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Methodology

This page is a comparison snapshot: one live quote, four reference venues with their key attributes, and a single execution path — every trade button routes to Polymarket Bot UK, which mirrors the Polymarket order book directly.

Resolution & payout

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On Kalshi (CFTC-regulated) resolution runs through their in-house clearing engine in USD. Betfair Exchange settles after match end in the account's local currency. Manifold pays no cash — only its in-platform "mana" currency.

UK Frequently Asked Questions

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