Do you think eSport gambling will become more popular than normal Sport betting?

[Kakmakr]

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.

[DoublerHunter]

^ 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.

[eaLiTy]

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

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.

[Becky666]

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 .

[acroman08]

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.

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.

[pixie85]

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.

[carlfebz2]

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

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.

[AmoreJaz]

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

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

[ethereumhunter]

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

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.

[abel1337]

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.

[serjent05]

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

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.

[Distinctin]

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.

[dunfida]

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.

[Hippocrypto]

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.

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.

[FlightyPouch]

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.

[kawetsriyanto]

Do you think in the future people will bet more on eSport than actual Sport events?

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.

[shoreno]

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.

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  .

[Wexnident]

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.

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.

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.

[kire - cryptzino]

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

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.

[aioc]

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.