Esports in the European sports betting market

Esports has been a fixture in a growing number of European sportsbooks for several years now, but how has Covid-19 affected the sector?

While esports requires a level of expertise to understand the dynamics of the key titles, this adds an extra element of learning to the adoption process. This in turn requires some additional work on the part of regulators to keep up with a rapidly evolving sector.

Here Esports Integrity Commissioner Ian Smith is joined by Antonia Zerafa of the Malta Gaming Authority to discuss how regulators can keep up with these developments.

Panelists: Ian Smith, commissioner, Esports Integrity Commission; Antonio Zerafa, sports betting integrity manager, Malta Gaming Authority