Markets bet on BLAST Porto, LEC winners

Myriad Markets used a September 1 social-media post to point users to esports prediction markets tied to BLAST Open Porto 2026 and the LEC 2026 Summer Split. The post did not disclose absolute payout figures in the message itself, but linked to live market pages where prices and event-level volume were visible. (myriad.markets) BLAST Open Porto was already in its playoff phase as the post circulated. HLTV listed the Counter-Strike event as running from August 26 to September 6, with Spirit and MOUZ already through to the semifinals and quarterfinals set for Falcons against G2 and FURIA against Vitality. (hltv.org) (myriad.markets) ### What exactly was Myriad pointing traders toward? Myriad’s BLAST market is structured as a winner-take-all event market that resolves to “Yes” for the tournament champion and “No” for every other listed team. The market page says official results from HLTV are the resolution source and says the market closes September 20, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. (myriad.markets) ET. Myriad also listed a market for the LEC 2026 Summer Split winner. The market rules shown in search results say it resolves to “No” for all listed options if the split is postponed beyond December 31, 2026, canceled, or a winner is not declared by then. (hltv.org) ### Which teams were leading the BLAST Porto market? Spirit was the top-priced outcome on Myriad’s live BLAST page when viewed on September 2, at 39 cents. The same page showed Falcons at 23 cents, MOUZ at 15 cents and Vitality at 11 cents, with the event page displaying $219,000 and team-by-team volume figures including $8,680 for Spirit, $9,200 for Falcons and $12,300 for MOUZ. (myriad.markets) HLTV’s bracket helps explain why those names were central to the market. Spirit and MOUZ had already secured semifinal berths, while Falcons and Vitality still had quarterfinal matches to win before reaching the final four. (myriad.markets) ### What do the BLAST prices represent? Prediction-market prices are quoted in cents because each contract settles at $1 if the outcome happens and $0 if it does not. That means a 39-cent Spirit contract implies the market was pricing Spirit at roughly a 39% chance to win, while 23 cents for Falcons implies about 23%. (myriad.markets) Myriad’s page did not show any payout summary in the September 1 social post itself. The live market page instead showed event-level volume, team-level volume and buy prices, leaving users to infer the crowd’s current probability view from those prices. (hltv.org) ### How does the LEC side of the story compare? Polymarket’s LEC 2026 Summer Split winner market, surfaced in search results, showed Karmine Corp leading at 55% and G2 Esports second at 40% when crawled on September 2. That provides one contemporaneous read on how esports betting markets were pricing the League of Legends title race as playoff matches approached. (myriad.markets) Liquipedia lists the LEC 2026 Summer split as running from July 24 to September 20 at the Riot Games Arena in Berlin and other roadtrip venues, with upper-bracket semifinals scheduled for September 5 and the event ending September 20. (myriad.markets) ### What happens next on these markets? BLAST Open Porto’s next on-server milestone is the September 6 grand final, according to HLTV’s event page. The LEC 2026 Summer split’s next listed playoff matches are the September 5 upper-bracket semifinals, with the split scheduled to conclude on September 20, according to Liquipedia. (hltv.org) (liquipedia.net) (polymarket.com)