{"id":60052,"date":"2024-02-26T09:16:21","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T09:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/?p=60052"},"modified":"2024-02-26T09:16:21","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T09:16:21","slug":"esports-to-beat-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/esports-to-beat-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Esports to Beat Football?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-60053\" src=\"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/eSports-football-300x157.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/eSports-football-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/eSports-football-768x401.png 768w, https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/eSports-football.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>SOFTSWISS Shares Sports Betting Trends 2024<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Esports is raising its position among top sports by bets in 2023. The product team of the SOFTSWISS Sportsbook, a top sports betting software provider, reflects on the past year.<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\">Esports Unstoppable Rise<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Over the past three years, the top three sports by bets remain unchanged, with football, tennis and basketball maintaining their leadership. In contrast, esports has demonstrated a consistent upward trend, progressing from <strong>the seventh position in 2021 to the fourth in 2023.<\/strong> Notably, Counter-Strike stands out, claiming the sixth position among the top ten disciplines by the number of bets.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Alexander Kamenetskyi, Head of SOFTSWISS Sportsbook<\/strong>, comments: \u201cConsidering the rise of esports, we guide our partners to focus on cyber disciplines, engaging audiences beyond traditional betting demographics. Highlighting the cybersports potential for operators, <a href=\"https:\/\/newzoo.com\/resources\/trend-reports\/newzoo-global-esports-live-streaming-market-report-2022-free-version\">Newzoo\u2019s report<\/a> projects 640 million viewers by 2025.\u201d<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\">Mobiles Drive 92% of Operator GGR<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Another notable trend in sports betting, which has remained unchanged for several years, is the consistent growth in bets made from mobile devices. According to the SOFTSWISS Sportsbook,<strong> 80% of bets in 2023 were placed via mobile<\/strong> versus 70% in 2022 and 68% in 2021. This trend solidifies as players increasingly opt for mobile convenience, especially in live betting scenarios. More importantly, it was <strong>mobile devices that contributed 92% to the operators\u2019 GGR.<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Kamenetskyi <\/strong>adds: \u201cMobile betting is one of our main focuses in product development. We put much effort into improving our mobile application and mobile website. It is specifically important for locations facing challenges with internet connectivity and regions like LatAm and Africa where internet coverage is still growing.\u201d<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\">Casino Turnover Drops During Major Sports Events<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The SOFTSWISS Sportsbook team has repeatedly emphasised shifts in player behaviour around major sports events. Specifically, there was a 10\u201320% drop in online casino turnover, coinciding with the World Cup 2022. This highlights a dynamic wherein a significant portion of casino players redirect their focus towards sports betting based on seasonal patterns. Considering audience preferences, reinforcing casinos with sportsbooks is a logical step.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Kamenetskyi <\/strong>adds: \u201cThis pattern underscores the strategic imperative for iGaming stakeholders to recognise the synergistic relationship between casino ventures and sportsbooks. Combining these options not only enhances casino appeal but also maintains player engagement, especially during sports events. In this context, it is worth mentioning that the SOFTSWISS Sportsbook is compatible with any casino platform on the market.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Additionally, the SOFTSWISS Sportsbook team notes the strengthening of other trends like regulation and responsible gambling that have recently been highlighted in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.softswiss.com\/reports\/igaming-trends-2024\/\">iGaming Trends 2024 report by SOFTSWISS<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SOFTSWISS Shares Sports Betting Trends 2024 Esports is raising its position among top sports by bets in 2023. The product team of the SOFTSWISS Sportsbook, a top sports betting software provider, reflects on the past year. Esports Unstoppable Rise Over the past three years, the top three sports by bets remain unchanged, with football, tennis [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":60053,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-igaming","category-press-releases"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Esports to Beat Football? - iGaming Post<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/esports-to-beat-football\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Esports to Beat Football? - iGaming Post\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SOFTSWISS Shares Sports Betting Trends 2024 Esports is raising its position among top sports by bets in 2023. 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