eSportsventure

The online bookies that offer e-sports betting is starting to tally up, and another contender in this market is eSportsventure.com who opened up shop in November 2013. Trying to acquire a piece in the fast growing e-sports betting market, their main focus lies on that aspect of their betting options. They do offer bets on regular sports like football, tennis, formula 1 and others, and even have a casino and an option to try your hand at binary trading - all which can be done from the same online wallet.

Although they have a more diverse selection of gambling options, their main priorities lies with their e-sports sortiment, and it shows with their wide options of bets, games and leagues to bet on.

eSportsventure Overview

The first thing you notice when you visit eSportsventure.com is that it has a pretty slick design. They are still (even though they have gone live) somewhat in the testing phase, so updates might yet be seen.

You find a list of the different parts of the website at the top, so you can browse to the vice you prefer, be it e-sports betting, regular betting, gambling in the casino or binary trading. Beneath these are a list of the top games. For now they are focusing on the top 4 games that are being played competitively:

• Dota 2
• League of Legends
• Starcraft 2
• Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO)

Under this you find your bet slip on the right, but a nice feature that I like is the current, biggest ongoing tournaments slideshow they show. This will keep you in the loop if you aren't following the scene all day and everyday. There are far too much to keep track of, so it's great to get an overview of what is hot right now in all of e-sports.

I also like that when you access the betting menu, you can browse the different bets, without having to remove the list of tournaments. This is something that is bugging the hell out of me when it comes to Pinnacle Sports, but at eSportsventure you can browse this freely, only the list in the middle of the page will update.

Is it safe to bet at eSportsventure?

As I often mention in my reviews and our guide to e-sports betting you need to be careful when handling money online. This goes for whatever transaction you are doing, and of course online betting is no exception.

When it comes to eSportsventure, the only part that is somewhat scary with them is that they are a brand new operation. I am always skeptical of new operations, but besides being a new online sportsbook, they seem to have done most things right:

First and foremost, they are licensed and regulated in Malta. They own a class 2 license, which allows them to create odds themselves. The license is issued by the Lotteries and Gaming Authority in Malta and you can check the latest update on the license on their LGA website. Given that this institution is overseeing that things run by their rules makes me worry a whole lot less about depositing money at their site.

Seeing they have a team of e-sport enthusiasts, former pro players and employees with bookmaking experience this does not strike me as a fly-by operation. But proceed with caution as always. Never deposit more money than you can afford to spare or lose.

The Positive about eSportsventure

It is always a positive that more and more sportsbooks are offering bets on e-sports, but there are more with these guys!

The first thing is they have very competitive odds. They are often on par or better than Pinnacle Sports, which is a great feat given Pinnacle's strive to be market leaders on most bets.

There is also the introduction of a lot of different prop bets. eSportsventure is trying to add a lot more proposition bets to their selection to make it more exciting for their customers. Things like first blood, most kills, totals, and so on are gonna be found on the regular at this bookie.

Deposit bonus - another great feature, which is lacking at the other bookies, is the advent of bonuses and promotions. Now you can receive a 10% signup bonus if you create a new account. Simply deposit money, and you will receive an additional 10% on top of it. So for example, if you deposit $1000, you will receive $100 extra. This money needs to be turned over 5 times the amount you deposited (so in this example, $5000) before you can withdraw the money.

The deposit options are a lot bigger here than with the other bookies. They allow all of the most popular ones, including credit cards, Neteller, Skrill, Paysafe Card, Bank transfers and others. You can use most of these both for deposit and withdrawal, and the process is most often very swift.

The Negative about eSportsventure

I feel that new sites needs to prove themselves before I will call them a great sportsbook, but eSportsventure has all the things in place to become such a site, but for now, I will merely call them good :)

There are some negatives besides the "newcomer" tag: for example the forced-parlay in group stage e-sports betting. I understand the reason that they do this, but it still hurts as a bettor having to be forced to bet on at least three games when in the group stages. It is to try to prevent betting scandals, but still a nuisance.

Another one is that US bettors are not eligible to create an account on their website. This is a problem that is common for US bettors as the laws and legislations on online gambling are pretty harsh in USA. But fear not! This is being worked on, and gambling shops are opening up in New Jersey which recently passed a bill to legalize it. Soon it will be coming to the rest of the country as well.

Conclusion

I would certainly urge anyone to try out eSportsventure if they are looking to do some betting on the upcoming e-sporting events. The fact that most of the employees have connections to the industry and are eager to support it makes it almost a must to include this in the list of bookies that are being utilized. Look for these guys to become the industry leaders in the e-Sports betting markets very, very soon!