LoL: ZYB Esport vs Ici Japon Corp. Esport (BO1) - LFL Regular Season

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Market context

Polymarket is pricing ZYB Esport vs Ici Japon Corp. Esport at **0% YES** today, which makes the contract look effectively dead on the board even though the match is still listed in the LFL Summer 2026 regular season. The event is a **single-game, best-of-one** League of Legends fixture, and the market settles directly from the result: a ZYB win pays out YES, an Ici Japon Corp. win pays out NO, while no game or a delay beyond seven days from the scheduled date would send it to 50-50 through the contract’s conditional tokens on Polygon and USDC rails.

That 0% print is best read against a prior meeting that already went ZYB’s way. Strafe’s match page records one previous head-to-head between the sides, with ZYB beating Ici Japon Corp. 1-0 on 8 April 2026, and the same source also shows ZYB coming into this summer meeting with a modest recent win rate. Other live match listings point in different directions on pricing, with Bo3.gg showing ZYB around 1.635 and Ici Japon Corp. around 2.188 on decimal odds, which implies a close contest rather than a near-lock for either side.[2][4]

The main trader catalysts are practical rather than narrative: whether the scheduled 19:00 UTC start actually happens, whether the organiser keeps the fixture on the published Summer Round 1 slate, and whether any late roster or broadcast changes affect a BO1 that settles immediately on completion.[2][6][14] Sofascore and other match trackers still list the pairing as scheduled for 5 August 2026, but the contract’s outcome will ultimately turn on the official match result, not pre-match market colour.[1][5]

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Methodology

We track LoL: ZYB Esport vs Ici Japon Corp. Esport (BO1) - LFL Regular Season across the five venues with material prediction-market liquidity. The probability shown is the live Polymarket mid; the comparison rows summarise how each venue treats the underlying contract — fees, KYC thresholds, settlement currency, deposit options. The highlighted row marks the cheapest route into Polymarket's order book.

Resolution & payout

Settlement runs on-chain. Polymarket's contract logic separates YES and NO shares as conditional tokens; at resolution the winning share lifts to $1.00 and the losing one to $0. The outcome input comes from the UMA Optimistic Oracle, which secures against bad resolution with a bond + dispute window.

Once finalised, the smart contract pays USDC to the holders' wallets within minutes — no withdrawal fees beyond Polygon network gas. Kalshi settles in USD via CFTC clearance, Betfair in account currency net of commission, Manifold in play-money mana with no cash-out.

UK Frequently Asked Questions

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