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Even before the Covid-19 virus, eSport events have been drawing higher viewership than normal Sport events online.

" The League of Legends (LoL) World Championship was the most watched esports event of 2019, according to digital streaming data published by Esports Charts.

With 137 million hours of viewership, the Riot Games competition outperformed the Dota 2 International Championship and the IEM Katowice Major, which registered 88 million and 53 million respectively. The figures, which do not take into account data from Chinese platforms, represent a 66 per cent year-on-year increase for last year’s LoL World Championship over the 2018 competition." Source :
https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/lol-world-championships-esports

The third season of the F1 Esports Series recorded a 76% increase in online viewership to 5.8 million, with 2019 online viewership totalling 5.8m and 169m social media impressions accumulated, making it a milestone year for the F1 New Balance Esports Series. Source :
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.2019-f1-esports-series-records-largest-ever-audience.4G12AoLCpCBi3B5p8tQ3xQ.html

Do you think in the future people will bet more on eSport than actual Sport events? Let's discuss.

^ Probably it possible.
We know that our government seeking a way to avoid anybody contact games sports and probably this sports game is very suitable at this situation amid COVID- 19. This e-sports that we know only as a virtually now we can see that the adoption becomes a global sensation that even bettors also want to watch because commonly people now are in staying at home.
Nevertheless, look at this stats graph showed below.
https://i.imgur.com/jYDiX7J.png

During the lockdown when there was no sporting events i started monitoring all the eSports events and i have seen some dubious game plays in the past three months and i am sure the players are manipulating the betting line and it will attract hardcore gamblers.

The match today for example which was dubious was ENCE v Heroic. Heroic won the first set and in the second set they were leading and then suddenly ENCE came from behind and the odds for winning the second set for them was over 10 and they magically won and in the third set they won the first two points and the total odds for Heroic went over 2 and then from that situation Heroic won easily just giving away 3 more points after that.
These is just a single match which i saw today and i had seen many matches like these in the past where the team winning from impossible situations.

A critical look at the current eSport gambling clearly show that it becoming one of the popular gambling than the sports betting. Some data from Dota 2 which is the highest  awarding prize game on esport, it has $224,942,531.46 so far, this bring into conclusion that eSport is taking a new dimension in the world of sport betting. Also, counter-strike: global offensive is the second highest awarding prize game, it has $98,196,757.51 so far. So, there's a clear indication of eSport taking the lead.  Here is a full list  (https://www.esportsearnings.com/games).

with the tournament of competitive gaming increases every year, it is a possibility. also, with the newer and incoming generation will be more exposed to technology and eSports fans will increase every year and since new gamblers will be exposed and familiar to eSport there is a chance that these gamblers will be interested in betting on eSport.

I don't think so, especially when you try to compete with football. I feel like sports have fans in every social group, age and sex. Esports are mainly watched by young males.

Like what is the average CS player? A boy age 19?
There are surveys comparing players in sports and esports and the results show that pro players are also much younger with footballers at 26 and LoL players at 21.

I think that this simple thing that sports are watched by both young and old people and esports mostly by people around 20 and younger will make normal sports perform better.

Basing of stats and into that image above given by previous poster then it do shows the possibility and since we are heading into the future where technologies becomes even more
better and been applied in gaming industry then theres no doubt that recognition and popularity would rise up.

I remember wayback when im still on highschool where these games are popular but not really that much on a big scope specially dota2 but years passed where they do held up
tourneys and become big over time even up to now.

eSports is really gaining massive popularity even before the pandemic and already a multi-billion dollar industry. so i wont be surprised if one day it will surpass the revenue of the usual sports betting.
and you will noticed that this industry is very popular among millennials or younger generation, so they are getting a large percentage of population to join this industry. consider the generation today who are equipped with gadgets. no doubt this sector will really boost its presence in the next coming years

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesayles/2019/12/03/global-esports-revenue-reaches-more-than-1-billion-as-audience-figures-exceed-433-million/#69ae54211329

It could be possible, but I think that eSport gambling and Sports betting will have their own fans, and I think we don't have to compare which will be more popular ;D

When people stay at home and can not go out, they will search another thing that they usually do, and if they found that thing is on the internet, maybe they will learn that so they can continue to play. Maybe they will move from Sports betting to the eSport gambling, or maybe they will be back to the Sports betting after they can go out, we don't know.

As a player of different esports game, I believed that esports can surpass the usual sports events, Charts doesn't lie and the esports has the high chance to sustain its growth in upcoming years given that our technology is getting better and better and the young generations are being hooked up with the competitive games. Also, new competitive games are being created that can make people into a craze, Unlike the physical sports that the games are repeatedly played.

Honestly, this is the current trend now, and more people take notice of the comfort of home viewing.  With the current pandemic issue and the worry of people going out, this may lead to eSport becoming more and more popular.  Aside from that, the restriction of the government of mass gathering will also push this esport to the gambling industry since the industry needs profit and without an audience the normal sport betting is at disadvantage so most institution will then resort to esport to continue their operation and profit.

No, it will not happen, sports betting will remain as the most popular and with more online platforms that would cater bets, it will only grow in the long run.
Sports is a physical game, most of us are playing it, while on Esports, these are only new games that most players are the young generation.

This is just my opinion only, maybe I'm a bit bias since I'm not really gambling in esports but I'm consistently gambling in sports betting.

Why would need to compare the two? They can both become big and popular without the need on competing these two things.They have different markets yet
we know on whats virtual and physical sports.

When it comes to popularity then theres no doubt that normal sports betting do really have that but we cant deny the fact that esports is becoming more
bigger.

Good if they do yet i do even engage in between these things since i do know physical sports and some gaming ones which is really a good option for me.

The demand between young and old groups of people will only be appreciated when it comes to actual surveys. I guess both eSports and normal Sports betting will be popular on same scenario, because every person has their own preference when it comes to gambling. But for this time that there's a physical distancing to avoid transmission of disease mainly covid-19, I believed eSports gambling is having the advantage as to compare with the normal one.

The thing that makes me wonder that esport would be more popular in terms of betting is the fact that we are under a pandemic right now and that sports are being stopped. But right now that the sports are resuming, I guess sports would still be more popular than esports.

Esports might gain a lot of viewership in the past but I don't think it would compare to the sports for example like in Basketball. People would bet more in basketball than a LoL match. Esports is still growing, but I think big players in the world of gambling might still stick to sports since people might be scared of what we call match-fixing in esports since it is the scandal of it for a long time now.

If eSport continues to grow well and they can have more events/matches, then it is possible. As we know that many actual sports are delayed during Covid-19, betting on eSport is probably increasing as they have more events/matches. It is the sign that many gamblers prefer joining the betting on eSport than waiting for too long the actual Sports events. Well, I hope the increase in eSport betting not only the Hype during Covid-19 and it will decrease gradually after Covid-19 is over. Anyway, it is good to have many alternatives to betting.

we have the same thoughts  . sports has a high number of viewers compare to esports and its not just one sport but many sport have a different set of fans while on esport only few games have a high number of fans  .

 dota is supposed to be the high watched game for esports but because its first and old now , gamers feel bored and try new games like lol  but as soon as people will got bore with it  . the viewers can decrease too and will transfer on other more newer games  .

Highly possible. Yes, there are people that both enjoy normal sports and eSports, but most eSports are easily catered by the young age right now. Most of those young ones are actually influenced at an early age by games played on eSports. Still, it isn't that particularly difficult to watch both, it's just that eSports right now is comparatively growing at a huge rate compared to normal Sports, BUT if you consider how it started from zero, that is completely understandable.

The issue of young and old probably stemmed from the fact that eSports is still young. When compared to sports that were already showing its prowess for a long time right now, it's understandable how both young and old people enjoy it, compared to how eSports is comparatively enjoyed by young. However, such problems would probably move on after a few more decades, when the old is replaced by the new "old". Also, age 19-20 is the age where players start entering the scene, while the average age is around 22-25. But expect no one to exceed the age of 30.

Nope (in terms of volume).

It could get close, but not more popular.

Every single football game from the main leagues and horse race is with ~1m turnover per market just in Betfair. Smarkets numbers are close too. When you add the bookies like bet365, Pinnacle and so on, the amounts are astonishing.

137 millions hours viewership is a huge number that alone is enough indication that it's popularity is growing, and the promotion will take a major lift in this period of time because of the pandemic, people will have a chance to see this kind of events because they are locked in their homes right now.

There are many reasons why now the Esport Gambling is more fun and there are many participants who want to join, rather than normal sports, if you see enthusiasts in all the esported crowding factors, this stadium or house marked esport has its own dance power for: spectators, enthusiasts etc.
This reason has its own meaning and the difference between esport and ordinary sports.

Example: people bet of course to make a lot of money, esport has that way to attract enthusiasts, that's the difference with other sports, esport makes more money.
Much is offered by gambling esport, for example games (MOBA), they are responsible for the prizes collected which can break the level of $ 25 million USD.
Just imagine for the first winner to receive $ 11 million USD, and so on including the participating team and the next winner, this is the biggest number, for this reason esports has its own charm for many people who join esports, no wonder all gambling addicts turn to esports.

Esport popularity growing rapidly indeed and following it people who bets for this sport also increase especially when this pandemi still not over yet and most of sports events postponed then Esport could be good alternative to those who still want to make bets but in the future when everything back to normal and pandemic over i think people will back again to sport betting so in my view Esport gambling cannot surpassing sport bets popularity

Esport gambling is growing and growing these days,i remember back time when this is mostly having teen participants and limited mature people but now?they are spreading the world with all generation.

From son/daughter to mother/father and sometimes even Grand parents are going into this.

So basically this will grow but yet?Normal sports betting will remain since majority of people are into physical games.

I agree physical games will be the biggest part in the next decades, but who knows after that. Many folks from the first generations of esports from the 80/90s are still playing today and now have their own kids. Esports will grow over time even more, and with so many viewers already in the big tournaments, gambling will become a huge part of esports. Many esports casinos are using the huge secondary markets for skins and mounts in some games as currency to gamble.

The excitement and momemtum is far different between the two sports. Though esports are in great advantage during this lockdown but the normal sports betting is still in the hearts of the players. Some players also not fond of esports, too. Anyway, we can't say who's gonna be popular in the future but as long as there are sports betting in some gambling sites whether it is esports or normal sports, the multiple choice to bet, the better and more fun right?

Needs long time for eSports gambling to be more popular than normal sports betting. Normal sport betting is still easier to understand for even newbie compared to eSports. I myself not interested in eSports since I knew it for the first time year ago if I recall it correctly. Imho, normal sports gambling will be still leading in the next few decades.

esport and sport gambling in my opinion have their respective markets and communities. for those who love technology, and modern games, of course esport will be their choice. However, for those who like classic games, then they will tend to choose traditional sport gambling. In customer, esports will continue to grow. More popular or not, I think most esport gambling will follow the trend. There will be a time when the game gets the attention of the audience, at that time maybe the gambling esport will come popular at least until the trend goes down.

It is a market share thing. Gambling sites has to look at the latest trends and then they have to gear their operation, based on the latest demand. Go to the majority of the online betting sites that offers online Sports betting and you will only see a small amount of them offering eSport betting.

I think a lot of them do not have experts in eSport that can help them with the fixtures and betting odds, so they simply ignore the shift into eSports. The gaming industry must adapt to the changing needs of the younger generation or they will lose a lot of business and profit to the other sites that are shifting more to eSports.  ;)

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With the growth of the internet, many people, especially younger people, like to play online games than offline games. We might not see some of them are playing traditional games, but they play online games. And that is included with online gambling, which is become popular in this pandemic. So eSport will also grow like the other, and maybe it will use as a gamble for people who want to make money.

We never know esports is getting pouular now because of the young generation, and they have the upperhand now because of the lock down, sports betting has been on us for so many years before the advent of the internet, but times are changing, there might come a time where Esports leads the betting in the future, the stats never lie.

No, I don't think that will happen.
Because of new circumstances people will need to adjust and e-sports betting will become more popular than it's now but it will not replace regular sports.
People just love sport for a reason and sonet or later we'll get back to normal sport events, matches and championships and that is what people enjoy and want to bet on. I can't imagine that e-sport is only offer that is awailable to us.

It seems to me that it all depends on the fact when the sport will resume its activities to the full, if at all possible in the near future due to global epidemic.

Betting on e-sports has its own audience, which was before quarantine, now it has increased because many drew attention to it for lack of alternatives.

I think there's no need to compare with whichever will be the one that shall gather more bettors in the future. Both has their own edge and has a lot supporters, fans and bettors. I'm an esport fan and supporter and I can't have my bias on this topic. Because as we look at the traditional setting, we can't deny the fact that they have a lot of supporters and there's more to come for their industry as they took a break because of this pandemic.

eSport is getting the popularity especially for bettor since sports was cancelled during the pandemic, but in reality, we can't really say they can beat the sports betting industry because it's a big industry, it was already here before esports was introduce, so no way it will.

I'm interested to know on how we will convert this into bets because we are tacking here about betting by comparing sports betting and eSport betting.
As per my research, I found this article saying Sports betting market expected to reach $8 billion by 2025 (https://www.marketwatch.com/story/firms-say-sports-betting-market-to-reach-8-billion-by-2025-2019-11-04), so with that we already have an idea on how big the sports betting market is, while for eSport we have no idea yet.


Agree with you but it's better if we discuss it with comparison in figures, and there's no figure on eSport then sports betting rule in the competition.

It depends because although e-sports are starting to gain more attention, traditional sports events remain popular. A lot of people are already into e-sports that's why e-sport gambling is also becoming in demand but I doubt that everyone will shift from sports betting to e-sports. The two will remain popular because gamblers can be a fan of both. It's just that, we cannot have the usual sports event we had before because of the pandemic that's why a lot of gamblers are moving in e-sports. But once everything comes back to normal, they will still receive the same attention they used to have.

Let's expect that e-sports events and betting will be really popular because of technology. But since it has a different excitement with traditional sports events, I don't think we have to worry about who will gain more attention from gamblers because both of them will.

well  if that will happen at least not in our generation because majority of us loves seeing their Team in physical playing and not those computer animated games.

and also we must let our children Know what is the importance of Sports in actual and not those they only need to Sit infront of their computers.

I guess I found some figure too.


source : https://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/esports-market-123759465.html

Still too low compared to the sports betting market, and it's hard for eSports to surpass the market of sports betting since as it grows, same thing is happening with the sports betting market.

It's really hard to Believe that league of legends manage to surpass Dota 2's popularity but its understandable with the recent changes of new patches some Dota players got turned off of the game as it was like not playing Dota anymore.
Anyways back to the question, i agree that Esports will gain much more popularity because of newer generations prefers playing online games because it has cool graphics, animations and various things you can't do in physical sports.

It will grow faster as years go. You have the so-called "boomers" for which eSports make zero sense, while you have newer generations coming up for which eSports are something very exciting they look up to .. hence the higher possibility imo for them to exceed the industry of real sports gambling.

As older generations get older, the newer ones will make eSports boom within a matter of decades imo. While real sports will be popular as well, eSports are going to be a bigger thing specifically due to the fact that anyone can join an international match and train with their own team against others (like on CS:GO) as if they were in some international championship. Gives you a great feeling to know you are placed against better and better players. With real sports, that's a much harder feeling to get.

Each and every one of us have different likes and hobbies when it comes to that. Some of us really like playing which they find it interesting for them, and some other people are finding sports as their hobbies. It can be both and it depends on the people because sports can be put into a game. Just like NBA, FIFA, UFC and etc., they are sports which are introduce in a gaming platform.

It is not that necessary to compare because we have our own taste when it comes to gambling. Commonly for us, sports are very common and most of us are knowledgeable about that. Esports betting fans can play sports betting and sports betting fans can also play esports betting once they play some Esports game like League of Legends, Dota 2, CS:GO and etc.

We really have different preference in choosing different kind of gambling games.

As of this current situation, I think Esports betting will be more popular than normal sports betting because most of us are still afraid of going outside to avoid contact with other people. There are still some spots that don't allow the audience in the arena because it would be crowded if they will let this thing happen. If you are really want to bet even though you are at home you may do the Esports betting, for sure there are always stream for every sports event and there you can bet what you want to bet. That is better compared to the normal sports betting because the virus is still there and we need to be careful.
Indeed, i also prefer to sports in normal sports betting because I can watch live the event, but with his current situation, its better to choose the Esports betting.

This is just a matter of time and probablt needs few generations of more gamers..

Athletic sports is considered more sexier right now, but after physics and graphics get better and movement gets more variety, they are going to be way easier to market.
And one thing that "real" sports are bringing to the table is athletics, but eSports could fuse that in by brining augmented reality in games too, in big halls, where you could modify the room to respond suits, the results could be state of the art movie-like effects.

There are still more fans with basketball, football, cricket, baseball and so on.

Although, the fans for esports are also a lot. Dota 2, CSGO, LOL, PUBG, and other games that I haven't mentioned. What I see that esports are truly growing and it's like an unstoppable train. It could become more popular but even with the pandemic, people are looking for their traditional sports betting games.

If you see the esport event data, the number of viewers is increasing compared to normal sport events, this proves gambling
esport can be more popular than normal sports betting. Based on my observations this happened because the corona vaccine
has not found until now. As a result, many people who have to be at home, eventually become interested in esport. But if the
vaccine can be found in the near future, normal sport events can again increase in popularity. Because can watch the game in
stadium, this is the advantage of normal sports compared to esport.

The opening of 21st century remarks the beginning of modern era. Technology spread vastly all over the world. Games and sports become more popular because it is not only for a physically fit person but it can be for children, grandparents and even girls. Many people catch up easily how an Esport game played than in real sport. Although we know that there are established fan already in sports, Esports become dominated time by time.

Imagine, if every people can relate to the game they will more gamble their money to the best team they know. Right now, we don`t see yet the gap between sports betting and esports gambling because we are still amidst of their popularity but soon, Esports gambling may maneuver the whole ecosystem of gambling.

In future, probably robots controlled by human through computer may become the famous esports gambling as an alternative to the boxing that is common to us. Seems like an impossible, but who knows? Time will dictate everything.

Now, that many sporting events are coming back and for sure sports betting will have an uptrend again online. But for esports, this will do no change because we've been into esports whether the world situation is in good or bad shape. The major change in the esporting events are their prestigious events have been cancelled and that's the same as the normal other sports that we're also watching and betting.

It might as of now the interest of sports betting has been reduced due to the pandemic and the alternative way is e-sports which is very common and the players no need to be in field just to play. In a room with PC and the internet with of course social distancing they can able to perform any e-games sports.
I have doubt that while the pandemic wasn't lifted yet bettors might still use this e-sports betting for their own risk and health.

I tend to agree because the result of my short researched was the majority in the survey they found out that the numbers of e-sports gamers, bettors, and viewers were increased. Probably because people now are in a stay at home.

If we think that the popularity of e-sports games has increased and gamblers have started to make more bets in this area, yes, I think that such bets will be more popular in the future. As an example, we can see that there are no sports bets due to the cessation of sports competitions and therefore many gamblers are turning to alternative areas such as e-sports. In addition, if I think that competitions such as e-sports carry less risk during today's process, I think that the rate of preference will increase over time and even will be preferred more than normal bets, although there is a low probability.

We don't need to think about it, it's a fact! There is one nice article about egaming :

"The eSports industry has seen tremendous growth over the years both in terms of viewership and revenue. The increasing viewership is what mainly contributed to the revenue growth – and it’s not just because those viewers are generating revenue. Brands, seeing the potential of reaching a large and engaged audience, are investing in eSports marketing both directly and indirectly. That’s what has mainly contributed to the rapid revenue growth in the industry."

"By 2021, Newzoo predicts that the annual growth rate will be approximately 14%. They also predict that the number of casual viewers will grow to 307 million. And that there will be 250 million eSports enthusiasts, making the total audience 557 million."

Source: https://influencermarketinghub.com/growth-of-esports-stats/#:~:text=eSports%20Viewership%20is%20Growing,-Since%202016%2C%20there&text=Between%202016%20and%202017%2C%20there,the%20total%20audience%20335%20million. (https://influencermarketinghub.com/growth-of-esports-stats/#:~:text=eSports%20Viewership%20is%20Growing,-Since%202016%2C%20there&text=Between%202016%20and%202017%2C%20there,the%20total%20audience%20335%20million.)

Kids are growing, and they know more about gaming then about sports. Asian countries are the leaders, there you have a situation where esport is more popular than classical sport (if I can say it like that), when I watch some LoL games from there I think of it as higher levels, for example my country is far from that.
And with these numbers from this article we can say that esports will become more popular than normal sports betting. With this peace it can happen in next 20 years!

As much as I want esports betting to be a big thing I doubt it'll take over most of the popular sports. Their numbers are indeed growing but it might not be the same for the betting side because gamblers have their own preference and stick to the sports they're more profitable on which is usually basketball, baseball,hockey and other main sports. Some of the games could also be less enjoyable since it takes more time to understand the mechanics unlike most of the ball games.

It is true that Esports are getting more popular these times of the pandemic but I doubt that it will ever be more popular than sports betting.

It is true that the viewership of each tournament is increasing but that we can't always relate that to betting since we can't always say that if there are a lot of people watching, there will be a lot of bets on it since not all of them are betting themselves. Sports bettors are not even watching the game itself, they watch the replay or just look at the result of their bet directly to the site.

Yeah! Coz why not? I mean, the eSports industry is now getting recognized, imagine that eSports  is now included in SEA games so I will not be surprised if it will be included in the Olympics soon. Besides, I nelieve that it also have a huge fan base because not only millennials are into this but also the young at heart.

I notice that betting only focuses on MOBA and FPS games but I'm optimistic that it will expand and consider PvP games such as Tekken and Mortal Kombat because these games are active on conducting tournaments as well :D.

These type of games can overtime increase their revenue but that no way sports betting will be surpass by eSports in terms of popularity.
Sports betting industry will continue to grow, as gamblers learn to gamble online it would interest them and that is the trend in the future, but as we can see, sports are real sports, people love to watch the physicality and they idolize the players, eSports is just a different type of game, not a kind of game that the public would look into.

I tend to disagree on that, the mechanics of a game is easy to understand.. just as it is easy to learn the rules of any Sport game. Yes, there might be more complex games like Dota, where you will have to learn what character has what skills and abilities, but most of this is explained by the commentators during the streaming of these games.

A transition between eSport betting and normal Sport betting should be easy, if you watch enough games from previous tournaments and you figure out what each players strong points and weak points are.  ;)

I prefer to Dota 2 since my nephew plays that game ;D
I can ask them to teach me for a while so I can play it as a newbie. If the eSports can grow in this pandemic, I think that will give a lot of money to the company, and they will use another promotion to introduce to people, and invite them to feel the game.

So each fan can play both eSports betting and sports betting simultaneously, and I am sure that they will like to play another type of game if they have a big curiosity about the new games.

The only scenario it would happen is if ever more and more popular eSports would show up more than the actual sports we could have by now. We are on the digital age and that's a possibility but I think that will still be on the distant future and physical sports is still far from over.

well, the audience of esport is rising and rising... i guess yes. it will happen not in near future, but definitely will

Audience of eSports mostly gamer and this is far  different from sportsman .

in real sports mostly the fans and viewers are also players or at least Knew the games since younghood so the trust and passion is there and not just because they are betting for gambling.

It is a growth sector, has been for some time and many noticed and are continuing to invest right now.   More investment will return more teams and competition and possibility for players to have a career, better audience coverage of games and so on.   That will all help betting in reflecting a more accessible sector overall, as well as of course the game developers themselves.

However I do think its slightly disappointing that we didnt see more opportunity in this current scenario where sports in some cases completely stopped, it gave a real gift to virtual sport events.     Even in esports people want to attend the actual event, there is a demand for competition in person even with games which can be at distance, technology has not yet delivered zero latency over the globe not even within most countries is it that close.    So I think it might be going a bit too far to say esports over takes main stream sports, also I have to add a large part of demographic on esports is under the age of 18 so there is not the depth of market in that regard imo.

Something I wonder if it a good idea to attach the word "sport" to the online alternative to physical sport. May you could do that with virtual competitive games that involve real physical movements or real exercising of the body. Its important that people don't gradually lose what "sport" is about. 
I honestly don't want the "Sport" without physical activity or adequate physical activity (esports?) to have more bettors though. Maybe it already does

I agree that sports will never be toppled by esports but I think you're overlooking into something.

Most of the Millenials these days are fan of esports. Yes, they are fan of it that is why we can't just say that it is a type of game that wouldn't watch by the public in the near future. This might become more popular than other sports, to be honest. All in all, I see the sport being enjoyed in the future by a lot of people, still, I don't see it overtaking sports when it comes to betting, right now.

I think so with our current situation eSport gambling will be more popular at the moment I guess because they have more matches than the usual sports like basketball, football, etc. but in some country, I think some physical sports is already ongoing but not like big tournament is back on track. I really miss watching live those games, let us hope that everything will get back to normal.

Actually, I don't think that eSports gambling can become more popular than normal sports gambling.

We all know that, many games have been abandoned due to the coronavirus epidemic, many games have been postponed for several months, some games have started in a limited way.

so those who used to gamble in these games have nothing to do now. Again, many people have lost their jobs due to coronavirus, they are spending their leisure time now.  so, they bet on eSports. after a few months, if all the sports are back to normal, the old sports gamblers will return to sports gambling again.

It's true that eSports gambling is become more famous than past, but it will never be more popular than sports gambling, at least I think so.

Dont think that eSpot gambling will be popular than regular Sport because they are just different. Each sport has its fan-base. It is like comparing pepsi and coca-cola - like which is more popular. Depends on the situation.

I don't think electronic games will be as popular as sport games that have many fans, Yes, statistics indicate that this sector has grown significantly as a result of the epidemic, but in the near future we will witness the return of physical sports, Then we can see the real stats.

There is always probability moreover it relates to the development of the technology. later, there will be much more interesting and advanced technology related to sports. Of course, this is also easy to be played, watched, and also enjoyed by the people around the world without having to come to the place directly.

however, it doesn't mean that the normal sports betting will end. Many people will always be fan of it. Moreover, direct betting may be more challenging and also cheering compared to the eSport. Additionally, we can watch it live and fee the ambiance of the sport itself directly.

Well, this pandemic is just temporary once the vaccine is done and I know for sure that lots of gamblers will get back to their business once everything is fine and the lockdown is lift off. I still believe that normal sports betting is more popular than the eSport gambling but the possibility that eSport will become more popular is already there.

I don't think it will...
I read many predictions that say Esport will be balanced in interest and popularity with normal sports in the future. the market and interest in esport continue to increase each year, but the survey still shows that normal sports still has enormous popularity at any time.

Sports betting will always be popular. It's just that during the pandemic virus, obviously, only few sports are open for betting and that's the reason the number of betting is declined. If the situation got back to normal (after the new normal), it will now back again on their usual track.

Esports is no doubt on-trend and the fact that it was now included as one of the sports events, ASIAN games, for example, then we can say that the industry is now getting bigger.

Now going back to subject, it will become more popular than normal sports betting? What's the basis of popularity? The number of bets? I'm a E-sports enthusiast and I know how to play most of their games, also joining a mini-tournament but they only became trendy "mostly" on gamers and on those people who have knowledge about the game. Sports betting covered mostly all audiences and gamblers with different preferences so I can say they will always be popular for more years to come.

Bottom line, no need to compare their popularity. E-Sports obviously only covered few games while usual sports betting covered most sports in general.

That's correct, the volume of bets in sports betting is way bigger compared to eSports betting.
In terms of market comparison, they are too different as sports betting attracts more matured audiences, hence, we can expect that more money are flowing in sports betting. I'm a sports bettor and I have some friends who also do the same, also have some friends who do online games but they don't bet on eSports as for them sports betting is more interesting and exciting to bet on.

There is a possibility for this as due to lockdown and CoVID-19, the situation has become worst for normal sports which gave huge boost to eSports betting which is why many bettors have shifted their interests to watching eSports instead of normal sports. But I'm waiting for the audience gatherings on the grounds during normal sports games/matches becoming possible, and then we'll see what happens next.