If you don’t already know, E-Sports are professional electronic games, with athletes who work hard every day, with training routines, aiming for high-level competitions. E-sports, on the other hand, are also games, but the same can be done in a virtual way, without a real player, only with spectators and bettors following the results live. It’s no secret that E-Sports are becoming increasingly popular all over the world, and the betting market has already taken over. More and more all the best bookmakers and betting platforms around the world are starting to offer E-sports options.
According to a report by ICE365, e-sports betting has reached $13 billion by 2020. Moreover, revenues are expected to rise from $7.7 billion in 2017 to $18.5 billion by 2026, a giant leap. Clarion Gaming’s head of eSports, William Harding, said in an official statement that the outlook for the electronic gaming scenes is great, and that the ICE365 report aims to provide the industry with the intelligence needed to spot opportunities.
All the figures show that bookmakers around the world can and should invest even more in the e-sports sector, consequently also in virtual sports betting.
How to bet on E-Sports?
All e-sports and virtual games are easily found in bookmakers. To bet, you just need to be of legal age, i.e. at least 18 years old, and then create an account at any company. After that, it is necessary to put a balance on it, and there are several methods, such as boleto, cards, and transfers, varying according to the company chosen. After that, it is necessary to choose the modality you want to bet on, because each one has its betting options and peculiarities.
The most traditional in all of them is the duel winner’s market, and it is even very simple, just bet and root for the chosen one to win. For example, in Counter-Strike, if you choose a team to win the game, all you have to do is cheer for it. However, we have other betting options, such as for a team to win the round or even the match without losing a round. To cite another modality as an example, let’s go to soccer, with the super traditional FIFA or PES. There is the option to follow a world championship, with a player X facing another, and then bet on the winner, goal numbers and much more. If it is virtual sports, the options are the same, with the difference that we will not have a player controlling the teams, but the machine, which follows a set schedule.
It is always worth pointing out that each game has its own types of bets, so it is important to know the modality, teams, and players before placing a bet, because only then will the user have better odds of winning.
Conclusion
Without a shadow of a doubt, eSports betting is here to stay and is excellent for those who know the medium. You just need to study a lot, know the games in depth and see in which ones you intend to bet. Doing this initial sifting is very important. After all, you always win by focusing more on a certain game.
This does not mean, however, that you cannot bet on CS:GO, Dota 2 and League of Legends at the same time. It is just that, in the beginning, it might be good to limit the range of action a little more. We hope this material has awakened you in eSports, after all, as we said, eSports betting has been gaining more and more space on sports betting sites and is a great way for you to extract profit. And if you want to stay on top of what’s going on in the world of sports, stay tuned to our news section.