Where to bet on esports

There’s plenty to bet on this week but not all sites have every tournament and esport listed. Even if they do, it’s worth shopping around to see what good value esports betting odds are on offer. Here’s a rundown of what the esports bookies are up to this week.

Betway

So far this week, Betway has only listed odds for CS:GO, League of Legends and StarCraft 2. I’m sure they will release some more of their special bets, especially for the CS:GO DreamHack Malmotournament, as it’s clear they are big fans of the game.

Bet365

Bet365 has been pushing boundaries again this week by being the first major bookmaker to release odds for a Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) event, namely the PUBG Gamescom Invitational. Team SoloMid is currently the favorite at odds of 5/1 (6.00) with Cloud 9 and Team Liquid at 11/2 (6.50).

The majority of odds listed on Bet365’s site are League of Legends (LoL) games as they have a variety of markets for each event. As an example, for the LCK Regional Qualifiers alone, there are 20 different bet types.

SkyBet

SkyBet has a healthy selection of LoL games on offer as well as odds for the CS:GO Pro League, Dota 2 Pro Dota Cup, StarCraft 2 – Global League and Hearthstone LB Brawl. Although its odds aren’t always the most competitive, SkyBet does have some markets available that many other bookmakers don’t.

Pinnacle

Pinnacle has similar esports available to SkyBet this week but with the addition of some markets for the Warcraft 3 – Golden Championship Series. There is a variety of CS:GO tournaments on offer at Pinnacle but as usual, very few betting markets to choose from. Interestingly, its only CS:GO matches are of the Star Challenge tournament, despite there being multiple better options to choose from.

Unikrn

At the time of writing, Unikrn has markets for CS:GO, StarCraft 2 and LoL. I would expect more from an esports-specific bookmaker but fingers crossed Unikrn adds some more odds to the site throughout the week.

Betspawn

Betspawn is certainly one of my favorites again this week, with great odds and a ton of esports tournaments to choose from. There are odds for eight different CS:GO tournaments listed on the site already, as well as odds for Dota 2, LoL, Hearthstone, StarCraft 2, Heroes of the Storm, Warcraft and Crossfire. It is a seriously underrated bookmaker and always worth looking at when deciding whom to bet with.

GG.bet

GG.bet seems to be releasing its PUBG odds a little later in the week, perhaps taking notes from Bet365, which was the first to list odds for the event. Elsewhere on the site, there’s plenty to choose from in multiple esports, despite missing a few decent tournaments from the list.

Unibet

I mentioned last week that Unibet was worth keeping an eye on when comparing odds, and that’s still sound advice. Its odds will move regularly and sometimes you can pick up some great value on top esports matches. For this week so far, it has listed odds for CS:GO, StarCraft 2 and LoL.

In British Columbia Canada ?

You can check out our local BCLC site : https://www.playnow.com/ for wagering on all your esports action.

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