A mixture of tier-one gatekeepers and promising tier-two projects will get a rare chance to lift a trophy on LAN, as the Global Esports Tour Rio 2024 is set to begin shortly. The $200,000 event will take place from the 18th until the 20th of April, culminating in an unusual Saturday Grand Final. Read our GET Rio 2024 preview below. Open a Thunderpick account and claim your bonus 1 100% up to €/$600 On your first deposit Thunderpick Review Premier Crypto Esports Betting Site Extensive Pre-Match & Live Betting Markets Popular & Niche Esports Markets bet now Terms and Conditions ..read more

Last month, Heroic announced an exclusive deal that named Thunderpick their exclusive betting sponsor across the majority of its teams. EsportsBets reached out to Heroic for comment on this landmark announcement and received a response from none other than Heroic’s CEO, Oliver Valsgaard. Valsgaard was kind enough to share with us some insight into the fan-focused nature of the partnership and offered some high-level insight into why we’re seeing more and more teams embrace betting sponsors. Heroic’s CEO, Oliver Valsgaard – Image via Heroic From your release, one of the key things mentioned was ..read more

The Esports World Cup Foundation has today (Tuesday, Apr. 16) announced that the total prize pool for the inaugural Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, will be over 60 million dollars. In a release distributed to the press, the Esports World Cup revealed the enormous sum, stating that it had broken the record for the largest prize pool ever awarded at an esports tournament. As part of what the official announcement dubbed “life-changing prize money,” $30 million+ will be earmarked for tournament winners specifically. Additionally, $50,000 will be awarded to MVPs in each competition. And ..read more

The scriptwriters’ ideal final between Europe’s legendary duo sees G2 Esports and Fnatic meet in a LEC final once again. The most storied LEC organisations are set to battle it out for another title, bringing the pinnacle of the LEC back to the old guard after a season with storylines so far dominated by its newcomers. Here we’ll look into the matchup to help punters in their League of Legends betting efforts ahead of the final on Sunday, April 14 in the Riot Games Arena Berlin. RANK OPERATOR BONUS INFO ACTION 1 150% up to €400 + 100 Free Spins Click on our link and use Bonus Code:&nb ..read more

China’s second CS2 big event sees a repeat Grand Final matchup, as MOUZ take on FaZe, hoping to avenge themselves in IEM Chengdu 2024’s big finale. RANK OPERATOR BONUS INFO ACTION 1 150% up to €400 + 100 Free Spins Click on our link and use Bonus Code: ESPORTSBETS LeetBit.io Review Crypto Esports Betting & Casino Brand L33T Leveling System Rewards Weekly Esports Bonus up to 200 USDT bet NOW 2 100% up to €/$600 On your first deposit Thunderpick Review Premier Crypto Esports Betting Site Extensive Pre-Match & Live Betting Markets Popular & Niche Esports Mar ..read more

The IEM Chengdu 2024 playoffs are set to begin shortly, with six teams hoping to clinch the title together with the lion’s share of the $250,000 prize pool. Along with some of the usual contender teams, Astralis and Liquid made their way to the arena after a couple of impressive group-stage performances. With the hottest CS2 betting event of this week commencing soon let’s take a closer look at the bracket and each team’s chances at lifting the IEM Chengdu 2024 trophy in just a few days. Open a Thunderpick account and claim your bonus 1 100% up to €/$600 On your first deposit Thunderpick ..read more

In an extraordinary announcement dated Apr. 8, 2024, online iGaming giant Betway, owned by Super Group Limited, informed its affiliate partners that it had ‘taken the difficult decision to cease [its] trading activity in the Japanese market by 30th April 2024.’ Affiliates received the news in a Betway Partners Alert ‘Japan update’ in which Betway also expressed ‘sincere gratitude for the partnership.’ The communication to its partners revealed scant details about why Betway had decided to pull the plug on its Japanese operations. Partners have been informed that Betway will honour existin ..read more

Esports analytics company Esports Charts has published some incredible insights and statistics about the PGL Copenhagen Major 2024 as part of a collaboration with online esports betting service GG.BET. The statistics and details for the first ever Counter-Strike 2 Major were unveiled today as part of a release and a new post on Esports Charts. The insights dive into some of the CS2 betting statistics and essential minutiae of CS2’s first Major outing. For example, Esports Charts highlighted which teams were most successful in pistol rounds. Connected to this, if a team was successful in a pist ..read more

Ukrainian esports tournament organizer and production company StarLadder is returning to Counter-Strike 2 events. The company announced it was officially “back on the road” with the unveiling of four new seasons of its legendary StarSeries on April 1. Revealed by release, the four seasons of StarSeries will begin in May 2025, and continue through into 2026. Each event will feature 16 teams, and qualifications will be held around the world. The prize pool was not confirmed at the time of writing. The prospective schedule of the the StarSeries events is listed below: StarLadder StarSeries CS2 ev ..read more

At the close of the Copenhagen Major 2024 on Sunday, March 31, tournament organizer PGL unveiled a host of new Tier 1 events for the next two years. Elaborated on in a release posted after the initial announcement, PGL committed to multiple Counter-Strike 2 events between 2025 and 2026, and more beyond. As per the release, PGL will host at least 11 CS2 tournaments throughout the years 2025 and 2026, with more to come since then. The prospective schedule for these tournaments is as follows: PGL 2025 Tournament Schedule: PGL CS2 Tournament #1: February 10-24 PGL CS2 Tournament #2: March 31 – Ap ..read more