eSports Betting Rising at Bwin

Sat, Apr 2, 2016

Bwin.party is seeing a steep increase in eSports betting that should see it overtake even betting on the Champions League in soccer. Betting on eSports is already up more than 300 percent in early 2016.

Bwin.party, which began offering eSports markets in June 2015, has seen a steep rise in eSports betting in early 2016 with Betting on League of Legends rising at a pace that could see more money bet on eSports than soccer’s Champions League.

According to a reports in SBC News, bwin sees 69 percent of its eSports betting on League of Legends and overall all the company has seen a 312 percent increase. After League of Legends, the popular shooter CS:GO accounts for 15 percent of bwin’s eSports betting, followed by Dota 2 at 10 percent and then Starcraft 2 at 6 percent, the report said.

Germany leads in the company’s eSports betting accounting for 41 percent of bets, the report said.

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