On December 7th at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California, The Game Awards 2023 will begin. The ceremony honors the best in gaming for the current calendar year, with categories covering art direction, audio, best multiplayer, RPG, and more. Leading the nominees for 2023 are Baldur’s Gate 3 and Alan Wake II, with eight … Read more
The Esports Awards is a ceremony that has honored greatness in the spectrum of competitive online gaming and streaming since 2016. 35 Esports Awards are given out in total, with honors superlatives from Game of the Year to Esports Cosplay of the Year. Anywhere competition occurs, there will be winners and losers. These are two … Read more
Fall is a special time of year for gamers, and no, it’s not because of limited edition Halloween skins. October is the time of year that brings one of the world’s most popular MOBA (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena) championships to a close: League of Legends Worlds. What is LoL Worlds and Where Can I Watch … Read more
As the light of sports returning appears at the end of the at-home tunnel, the top legal US betting sites are making sure bettors aren’t “Mr. or Ms. Irrelevant” during the remaining time in quarantine. On May 9, Bovada Sportsbook raised the stakes by launching “The Sim Classic” — a month-long simulated tournament of the … Read more
With the sports world still on pause during the global pandemic, fans and bettors alike anxiously await the return of some of the great American pastimes. Today, sports gamblers bet on just about anything you can think of as long as it’s allowed under US and international gambling laws. Featuring live odds for legal esports … Read more
“The House always wins” is no longer true after the coronavirus caused sportsbooks in Las Vegas and Nevada to suffered considerable losses in March 2020. Across all of the state’s sportsbook operators, the total amount of revenue generated from Nevada sports betting amounted to $1.45 million, according to the March report released on Wednesday by … Read more
It’s a safe bet to say the coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the growth of the esports sector in the legal sports betting markets, both in the United States and internationally. Online esports betting on amateur and professional multiplayer video game tournaments was just beginning to pick up steam. Placing real-money wagers on live esports odds … Read more
As competitive gaming continues to grow in popularity, one online US sportsbook is now ready to get on the esports betting action. FanDuel Sportsbook on Friday announced it is now accepting bets on the 2019 League of Legend World Championship Finals, becoming the first online and mobile app sportsbook to legally offer esports wagering in … Read more
More than a month ago, the tournament field for the 2019 League of Legends Worlds Championship was 24 teams deep. However, those initial LoL Worlds odds showed two teams atop the boards, and those two teams – as expected – have advanced through the tournament to meet for all the (digital) marbles. Going into the … Read more
Some things in life are more important than money or games. For the protesters in Hong Kong, life means “Five demands, not one less.” Complete withdrawal of the extradition bill from the legislative process Retraction of the “riot” characterization Release and exoneration of arrested protesters Establishment of an independent commission of inquiry into police conduct … Read more
Who will lift the Summoner’s Cup? While G2 Esports may be the West’s best hope, and Faker—the greatest League of Legends player of all time—wants to restore SK Telecom T1 and all of South Korea to its former glory, the esports oddsmakers have opened China’s FunPlus Phoenix as the odds-on favorite to win 2019 League … Read more
The International 2019 (TI9) is set to be one of the biggest spectacles in Dota 2 esports history when it kicks off the main event in China tomorrow, and oddsmakers have posted betting odds on who they believe will take home the Aegis of Champions. Held at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai, TI9 is the … Read more