E-sports is one of the most progressive sports in the world. Big investments are being made as base of esports fans became massive, mainly in Asia. Obviously we cannot take esports as mature as any of the olympic sports, but the rise of attention to this market is eminent.
Even sportsbooks want to bring new offering to their customers and they’re very aware of esports as a potential big market for their business.
Games like Counter strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO), League of Legends (LoL), Dota 2, Heartstone, Overwatch or Starcraft II were most viewed on Twitch in 2017. Those are also game with most respectable leagues that takes place all over the world. There were 165 million esports enthusiasts in 2018 with prediction this number will go as high as 250 million by 2021 and expected total revenue over US$1.5B in the same year. Business this big can’t be ignored by main sportsbet providers. We will look at some of the bitcoin sportsbooks that offer esports bets regularly.