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The History of eSports Betting
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Betting on sports has been around for a very long time with some of the earliest records dating back to ancient Greece when spectators would place bet on which gladiator would win the fight. Since then, sports betting has evolved into a complex machine that let’s anyone bet on pretty much anything.
Over the past decade and the development of the internet and new technologies, betting on sports has added several new ways to gamble like live dealer casinos, live betting and virtual sports betting. Now, one of the latest gambling trends that has become increasingly more popular in the past few years is eSports betting.
Of course, some may argue that eSports is not a real sport and should be classified as a competition. However, an increasing majority of people like John Skipper, the president of ESPN, consider it a sport. This is because to be a professional eSports athlete requires tremendous motor skills and tactical understanding.
And since it is a sport, people will bet on it!
A short History of eSports
For those who are not familiar with e-sports, it pretty much started as simple competitions between fans of video games that go as far back as the 1970s when games would get together and hold private competitions for games like “Spacewar” in 1972 to the famous “Space Invaders Championship” held by Atari in 1980.
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