There's also bizarre games too. Cricketers compete in 2 v 2 games surrounded by large banners showing superimposed fans cheering. Contestants of “table basketball”, a neon-lit arcade machine, ostensibly represent countries from around the world.

The locations of the games streamed to 1xBet are never disclosed by organisers, but Bellingcat has identified a series of sites across Russia, Ukraine and Belarus that host these amateur tournaments.