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Press “A” to Ready-Up: Insight into the Growing Industry of Esports
July is a notoriously bad month for sports fans. No NHL, no NBA, no NFL, and unless your team is above .500 after the all-star break you have probably already checked out of baseball this season. Of course, Wimbledon and the British Open certainly provide their share of entertainment to golf and tennis fans, but […]
Having Skin in the Game – How Video Games are Entering the World of Gambling
Gambling has accompanied sports-watching for hundreds of years. In Canada alone, it was reportedly estimated that $500 million are spent annually on provincially-regulated sports gambling. Similar gambling activities are now prevalent in digital arenas. Popular strategy video games, such as Starcraft and Dota 2, have given rise to the massive industry of eSports, or professional competitive […]