{"id":6806,"date":"2019-02-26T03:25:07","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T03:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=6806"},"modified":"2020-10-05T22:25:15","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T02:25:15","slug":"esports-betting-slow-to-catch-on-with-nevada-bookmakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/esports-betting-slow-to-catch-on-with-nevada-bookmakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Esports betting slow to catch on with Nevada bookmakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Electronic sports are going from strength to strength worldwide, but that trend is not necessarily reflected in the gambling industry.<\/p>\n<p>At a time when the United States is embracing sports betting like never before, only a very small fraction of wagers are going towards esports.<\/p>\n<p>Part of the problem is that <a href=\"\/sites\/\" title=\"Best esports betting sites\">licensed sportsbooks<\/a> are reluctant to go all-in for what they see as a fledgling and volatile sector of the industry.<\/p>\n<p>Sandra Douglass Morgan, Chairwoman of the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB), revealed earlier this week that only four Nevada betting operators have made requests to process esports bets since 2017.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/us\/\" title=\"Best betting sites for the United States\">USA ESPORTS BETTING SITES<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>She compared the situation to a similar issue surrounding skill-based slot machines.<\/p>\n<p>Although such games are now legal in Nevada, only three manufacturers have gained licences.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Similar to skill-based gaming, there seems to be public interest in esports but not a significant demand from licensees to offer wagers on esports events,&#8221; Morgan said in her speech at the UNLV Gaming and Hospitality Education Series.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As the esports evolve and oversight and sanctioning organisations emerge, the board expects an increase in the amount of esports style wagering.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Eight US states have legalised sports betting since May last year, while Arizona and New York are close to joining the list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Sandra Douglass Morgan, Chairwoman of the Nevada Gaming Control Board, bookmakers won&#8217;t embrace esports betting until the industry is better developed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":6809,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[4,471,5],"class_list":["post-6806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured","tag-gambling","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6806"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6806"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14308,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6806\/revisions\/14308"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}