It’s a new and exciting age in the world of online sports betting with new events being added to the roster every year. One of the betting options that’s gaining a lot of ground is eSports (electronic sports) which is a form of competitive video gaming – predicted to attract around 15 million people in 2020. In eSports, professional teams or individuals compete against each other in a league or tournament setting, either online or within a local area network (LAN).

Professional eSports contests are generally played in front of live audiences, at stadiums or arenas, with millions of fans watching the action via streaming services and even some bigger television networks like ESPN.

eSports betting

If you’re getting started with eSports betting, then here are a few things to consider:

• the teams and players competing
• the maps and formats of the particular game
• the latest strategies and tactics being used and tracking your results.

There are also many ways to place your bet on eSports events, with the most popular being the outright winner. There is also the match handicap option, whereby the ‘favourite’ team is assigned an appropriate handicap to level the playing field. Then there is the totals bet, which is a bet placed on specified outcomes, such as number of goals, kills or rounds in a game, higher or lower than the figure set by the bookmaker.

There is a lot of money to be made by betting on eSports, with SportingbetSA offering easy-to-use betting options, great odds and Live Betting opportunities!