Betway has announced that it will sponsor the Electronic Sports League's (ESL) UK Premiership.
The eSports league is operated by Turtle Entertainment in Cologne and has 5 million registered punters.
“Betting is already a huge part of the CS:GO [Counter-Strike: Global Offensive] community and our partnership with Betway will provide a tried and trusted alternative for our fans and spectators, encouraging growth within the UK,” said Peter Mather for ESL.
“The partnership with ESL further cements our commitment to the e-sports community and we can't wait for the play-offs and finals to get started,” Alan Alger, media relations for Betway said.
The Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament final kicks off on October 24, 2015 at MCM ComicCon to be held in London.
GREGJO 8 years ago
eSports betting is the future of the betting in my opinion. Sponsoring of a big event is a very good advertising of the bookmakers. Some years ago almost nobody knew about this type of gambling. Betway is not one of the biggest bookmakers so this is a very good chance for them to increase the betting volume on their site....
eSports betting is the future of the betting in my opinion. Sponsoring of a big event is a very good advertising of the bookmakers. Some years ago almost nobody knew about this type of gambling. Betway is not one of the biggest bookmakers so this is a very good chance for them to increase the betting volume on their site.
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sharpe 8 years ago
It's becoming much popular nowadays amongst the sports bookmakers to enters the eSports market and Betway is the serial company who will do that. Obviously the bookmakers sees great potential in this business and except that they have really serious amounts of spare funds to trying research new markets which could turn...
It's becoming much popular nowadays amongst the sports bookmakers to enters the eSports market and Betway is the serial company who will do that. Obviously the bookmakers sees great potential in this business and except that they have really serious amounts of spare funds to trying research new markets which could turn them in even more successful companies.
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