Esports Betting Articles

Betting on The International 2018 – My Top Pick and Analysis It’s almost time for The International 2018. The group stage is nearing its conclusion, and the main event of the leading Dota 2 championship will be starting in just two days. I already wrote a post covering The International 2018…

A Look Ahead to The International 2018 and Its Betting Opportunities Can you imagine being awarded over $10 million for winning a video game competition? Despite the professional esports scene now being firmly established and tournaments regularly featuring multimillion-dollar prize pools, I still find myself amazed at just how much money…

How Augmented and Virtual Reality Could Affect Esports In the summer of 2016, the world got it’s first taste of consumer usable, mainstream, beloved augmented reality with the release of Pokémon Go. The game spread like wildfire throughout the globe, maintaining a huge player base even today. Pokémon…

MGM Grand and Unikrn to Offer Cryptocurrency Prizes for Esports Events The face of Las Vegas is changing… once again. The Las Vegas casinos are some of the most highly-regulated operations in the world. The Nevada Gaming Control Board and Commission watches everything that goes on, especially on the famous Las…

The Easiest Esports to Understand Getting into esports can be difficult to do. There are simply too many options, and many games have a huge learning curve even from the spectator’s side. If you’re just getting into esports, you may want to do some shopping…

Esports Professionals and Video Game Addiction The esports scene has exploded since the past few years, largely thanks to major league video games like Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, League of Legends, and Defense of the Ancients 2. It’s a growing industry and it doesn’t look like it’s…

Why This Year Could Be the Jackpot for League of Legends The NA LCS has officially transitioned from a big-time community esport into a real organization filled with different corporations from around the world. For example, we have teams coming from the NBA, like the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland…

Top Picks for the 2018 EU LCS Playoffs The EU LCS (the European League of Legends Championship Series) is a completely different spectrum from the NA LCS (the North America League of Legends Championship Series) and the LCK (the League of Legends Champions Korea). They have different types…

Four Teams That Have the Highest Chance of Making It to the NA LCS Playoffs If there’s one thing we’ve seen about the 2018 NA LCS, it’s that this year’s Spring Split regular season has been extremely unpredictable. Players are becoming more versatile, and teams have learned to adapt to face against veteran teams like…

Why Las Vegas is Quickly Becoming the New Esports Destination Las Vegas has a rocky history with esports. While the relatively new form of competition was kept away from Sin City for quite some time, the doors broke open not long ago. With Vegas now embracing competitive esports, the city…