RE:Betinvest / Sportradar eSports - Hello??Score??Anybody Home? I'm not as keen on eSports as BANGKOKBOY, but here's more related news to the above earlier post. For those interested.
On Thursday, esports betting will get a boost when the Overwatch and Call of Duty league announce a partnership with Sportradar, a data company that watchdogs sports leagues. The company will “monitor global betting activity” related to competitions in the leagues and “report any potential integrity issues to the company to help safeguard the integrity of the competitions,” according to a statement announcing the deal.
Michael Lawton, a senior research analyst for the Nevada Gaming Control Board, noted that the uptick in requests for esports betting is being driven by event organizers as opposed to gamblers, but other people in the industry hope momentum is gathering.
“I think what happened in Nevada is huge,” said Andy Miller, CEO and founder of NRG Esports and co-owner of the NBA’s Sacramento Kings. “It’s going to introduce people to esports, and I think esports betting is going to be enormous when you realize there are so many games and they play all the time.
“It’s not just Sunday afternoon. It’s 24/7 around the world, and you have a younger generation of teenagers and when they’re able to bet it will likely be on esports rather than traditional sports because they know those games and those players.”