Betting
The esports betting market: its size, its rules and its sponsors, reported as market news.
Brazil's betting law from 2018 to 2026: legalization to provisional ban
How Brazil legalized fixed-odds betting in 2018, built a licensed market by law and ordinance, opened it in 2025 and banned it by provisional measure in 2026.
BettingBrazil's Provisional Measure 1,394 shuts its regulated betting market
A provisional measure published on September 25 bans fixed-odds betting and its advertising across Brazil. The Senate's summary of September 29 sets out the deadlines and the cost.
BettingBETER Reports eFootball Betting Spiked Around the World Cup
BETER's World Cup 2026 report found eFootball turnover up 20% and gross gaming revenue up 24%, as the supplier expanded into 10 US states this year.
BettingPrediction markets in esports: how event contracts are regulated
Event contracts on esports matches sit between federal derivatives law and state gambling law in the United States. How the CFTC frames them, and why a Washington court sided with the state.
BettingSuspicious betting alerts in esports: what the IBIA numbers mean
Esports drew about a fifth of the suspicious betting alerts the industry's integrity body reported in early 2026. What an alert is, how it is counted and what it cannot prove.
BettingOfficial esports data rights: who owns match data and who buys it
Live match data is a product. This guide explains who holds the rights to it, how organizers license it, who the customers are and why betting rules keep coming back to it.
BettingKansas and Wyoming license Oddin to supply esports betting products
Esports betting supplier Oddin says regulators in Kansas and Wyoming have approved it, taking it to ten North American jurisdictions. How two US states license the companies behind the market.
BettingWhy esports betting is illegal in France, and what the law says
France allows betting on sport but not on esports. The regulator's position, the 2010 law and its closed list, the 2016 law on competitions, and how the ban is enforced.
BettingESIC names Runestone its official data partner for integrity monitoring
The Esports Integrity Commission announced a multi-year deal on July 1 under which Runestone flags suspicious activity and supplies evidence-based reports to its investigations.
BettingGRID supplies official esports data and streams to Polymarket
Data company GRID has announced a partnership with Polymarket: official match data, visualizations and live streams for the prediction market's esports hub. No value or term is given.
BettingEsports betting in Great Britain: what the Gambling Commission asks
Great Britain regulates esports betting like betting on any live event. What the Gambling Commission requires, and where it sees risks: integrity, young audiences, skins and prizes.
BettingCan esports players bet? The ESIC code's betting rules, explained
What the Esports Integrity Commission's code forbids players, staff and teams to do around betting: their own game, inside information, gifts and approaches.
BettingValve answers New York's gambling suit as a class action is filed
Valve has published its reply to New York's loot box lawsuit, saying its mystery boxes are not gambling. A proposed class action on the same ground was filed in Washington on March 9.
BettingKalshi files esports player-stat contracts with the CFTC, bars insiders
A self-certification filed on March 6 sets how esports player-statistic contracts are settled from official data and lists the players, staff and officials barred from trading them.
BettingNew York's attorney general sues Valve over loot boxes as gambling
New York's attorney general filed suit against Valve on February 25, alleging that paid loot boxes in Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2 and Team Fortress 2 are illegal gambling under state law.