PGL Singapore Major: Four Betting-Backed Teams Rebrand

Four of the 32 teams at the PGL Major Singapore will compete under different names after tournament organiser PGL confirmed its full team list on November 9, 2026. 

The organisations are tied to betting brands, a topic that sits squarely within esports betting, and have had to drop those names because the companies behind them are not licensed to operate in Singapore, as reported by HLTV.

The New Names

PGL revealed the field in a post on X and on its own news site. BC.Game will play as GOSH, 1win as THE ONE, BetBoom as BB Team and PARIVISION as PVISION. 

PGL's field announcement lists the teams under those names for each stage of the Major. According to TalkEsport, BC.Game and 1win will use entirely new logos, while BetBoom and PARIVISION keep their usual ones. The rosters are unchanged.

BC.Game takes the name of a live-streaming platform it recently partnered with. Its roster for the event is s1mple, Magisk, asap, Senzu and mzinho, with TaZ as coach and BnTeT registered as a substitute on PGL's roster sheet. PGL places GOSH and PVISION in Stage 1, THE ONE in Stage 2 and BB Team in Stage 3.

Why Singapore Forced The Change?

Singapore's Gambling Regulatory Authority says on its website that advertising and promotion by licensed gambling operators is prohibited unless the authority approves it, and that it is an offence to advertise unlawful gambling to people in Singapore, including from outside the country. 

The rules sit under the Gambling Control Act 2022, and trade coverage ahead of the Major linked them to team names, logos and in-game stickers. Teams with gambling sponsors were reportedly told those sponsors could not be shown either.

BC.Game chief executive Ali Muhanned said the organisation knew about the Singapore restrictions and had submitted an alternative name while waiting for PGL and Valve to respond, TalkEsport reported. The four teams were reportedly given about a day to propose neutral names once the issue surfaced.

Not The First Rebrand

The change is familiar for these organisations. TalkEsport notes that BetBoom appeared as BB Team and PARIVISION as VISION at IEM Beijing 2026, while 1win competed as The One during ESL Pro League. 

At The International 2026 in Shanghai, BetBoom used BoomBoys, PARIVISION played as Team Vision and 1win appeared as Iron Wing. BetBoom had said earlier that it would not use the BoomBoys name at the Singapore Major.

The renaming also lands against a commercial backdrop. PGL extended its partnership with betting operator 1xBet in September, keeping the brand as exclusive betting partner for PGL Counter-Strike 2 and Dota 2 tournaments through 2029, as covered in our earlier report on the 1xBet and PGL extension. The Singapore event is also the first Counter-Strike 2 Major held in Southeast Asia, according to bo3.gg.

What Happens Next?

The Major starts on November 24 with Stage 1, which features 16 teams including FaZe, Liquid, 100 Thieves and HEROIC. 

Stage 2 follows from November 28 and Stage 3 from December 2. The playoffs run from December 10 to 13 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium, ending in a best-of-five grand final. Fans and bettors tracking the event should look for the new team names on brackets, broadcasts and results pages, because the original brand names will not appear.

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