LoL: Dplus KIA vs KT Rolster (BO3) - LCK Round 3-4 Legend Group

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Market context

Dplus KIA face KT Rolster in a best-of-three League of Legends match in the LCK Legend Group, and a **YES** share on this market pays out if Dplus KIA win the series, while a **NO** share pays out if KT Rolster win. The current crowd-implied price of **59% YES** means traders are treating Dplus as a modest favourite, but not a dominant one, which fits a series where either side can still win two games first. The scheduled start is 9 August at 08:00 UTC, so the market is mainly about whether the match is played and completed on time, not the wider season standings.[1][2]

Recent meeting history gives a useful frame for reading that 59%. Independent match databases and previews show a mixed but competitive head-to-head: one source records Dplus ahead overall across the longer sample, while another notes KT have had the better recent run and were able to beat Dplus in a high-profile reverse sweep earlier in 2026.[12][16] In other words, a price near 60% does not signal certainty; it suggests traders are balancing Dplus’s longer-term strength against KT’s proven ability to win this specific pairing.[10][16]

The main catalysts to watch are simple operational ones: official schedule confirmation, any time change, and whether the series starts and finishes before the settlement window closes on 9 August at 14:00 UTC. If the match is cancelled, delayed beyond seven days, or otherwise unresolved under the market rules, it settles 50-50 rather than to either team.[1][2] Before kickoff, the safest signals are the league schedule, the live match page, and any late roster or format announcements, because these are the factors most likely to affect whether the market resolves cleanly.[1][2]

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Methodology

We track LoL: Dplus KIA vs KT Rolster (BO3) - LCK Round 3-4 Legend Group 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.

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