As esports continues to grow in popularity and revenue, there was no doubt that professional sports betting would follow, and now the Nevada Gaming Control Board has wagering for the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:CS:GO ESL Pro League Season 11: North America.

The approval allows for wagers to be made on the following classifications: Head to Head, winner of Each Match, and Overa꧃ll Season Winner. Additional wagers that deviate from any of these three classifications may still be allowed but require a separate application and approval.

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Esports betting is already a massive business venture online, with organizations like "betwayesports" and "888 sport" facilitating wagers on games like CS:GO, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:League of Legends, DOTA 2, and more. If there is an esports scene꧃ involved for any game, there is someone willing to give odds on a wager༺.

The approval by the Nevada Gaming Control Board comes as no surprise when one considers the amount of money that is moving through organizat🐲ions and prize pools of tournaments. Current place prize money for esports in 2022 to be around $1.8 billion, so movi🤡ng to legitimize betting is a smart move considering how quickly competitive gaming is growing.

🧸Of course, with betting comes the problem of maintaining integrity among players and organizations 🐻to avoid match fixing. Around the world this is becoming a major issue as players work to throw games in exchange for payment, or to bet on the results of a game themselves.

In August of last year, six professional CS:GO competitors were arrested in in Australia following a six-month investigation by the Sporting Integrity Intelligence Unity and the Crime Intelligence Unit for suspi🃏cious activity relating to esports. Estimates were that over 20 wagers were made as the players collaborated to maximize winnings from wagers by throwing certain games.

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Eff♒orts have been implemented to curb any unethical behavior that spoils the essence of competitive gaming. In September of last year, esports bookmaker "Loot.bet" announced a formal partnership with the Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC) in an effort to fight corruption in professional gaming.

So far only CS:GO has received approval for betting in Nevada, but we should not be surprised to see the other major games listed in the near future. While CS:GO is a popular game, Fortnite, DOTA 2, League of Legends, and others draw major crowds and have immense prize pools at💟 most tournaments.

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