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How US casinos are embracing esports

The growth of esports betting globally through 2020 has been discussed at length. Its potential in the US market alone is vast, but it’s certainly been more of an uphill challenge given the legality of sports betting state to state.Despite these hurdles, esports betting in the US has still developed considerably in recent times, not least in Nevada and New Jersey. The former’s casino, or entertainment venues, offering has naturally played a major role in that.

Indeed these venues have looked at esports from not only a betting perspective, but very much as a whole new set of events and consumers that the ‘entertainment capital of the world’ could service and accommodate.