{"id":4023,"date":"2025-01-08T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abiosgaming.com\/press\/?p=4023"},"modified":"2025-01-08T13:27:33","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T12:27:33","slug":"esports-trends-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abiosgaming.com\/press\/esports-trends-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Abios’ 2024 highlights and esports betting trends shaping 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As esports has continued to grow, so has Abios \u2014 so it only makes sense that 2024 was a massive year for esports, esports betting, and Abios alike. While we’re already looking ahead at what we will accomplish in 2025, we wanted to celebrate some of the biggest W’s in esports this past year!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Esports viewership skyrockets in 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The biggest games in esports have continued to get bigger, with games like League of Legends and Counter-Strike 2 continuing to not only be on top, but keep esports growing strong. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The League of Legends World Championship 2024 was an ode to this glorious sentiment. It broke all kinds of viewership records, including the most-viewed match in esports history<\/a> when the Grand Finals between T1 and BLG had 6.9 million peak viewers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brazil legalizes esports betting for 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

On January 1, 2025, Brazil launched a legal and regulated online betting market. Fourteen companies have been launched along with it<\/a> but many more are to come in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is massive for Brazil, with betting fans awaiting this moment since the legislation was approved back in 2018. With esports fan culture being so large in Brazil for titles such as FC25, VALORANT and Counter-Strike 2, it will be interesting to see how the esports betting segment will pan out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abios introduced new features and product improvements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We had a lot of great improvements in 2024 that further helped sportsbooks create exciting experiences for esports fans. This included a Counter-Strike 2 Bet Builder<\/a> coming to the entire Kambi network. We also introduced an ebasketball suite<\/a> for interested partners, providing continuous coverage of over 3,000 monthly events. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And we can’t forget our new esoccer bet builder<\/a>, which has barely been seen on the market before and comes with a series of product improvements, enabling higher uptime and more extensive coverage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Abios’ new partnerships expand esports betting further<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Esports betting sites are no strangers to the likes of League of Legends, Dota 2, and Counter-Strike 2, but always-on titles such as esoccer have also picked up steam. Not the least due to the influx of football fans during Copa America and Euros<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We partnered with Svenska Spel<\/a> to further expand our esoccer offerings to even more communities. The sportsbook will now offer esoccer for its customers, bringing them engaging live betting experiences. We also partnered with Rei do Pitaco<\/a> to bring fantasy esoccer to Brazil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Said Anton Jan\u00e9r, Managing Director at Abios: “We are delighted to have signed this long-term partnership with Rei do Pitaco to power fantasy esoccer for millions of players across Brazil, providing 24\/7 content that perfectly complements their existing DFS offer.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top esports team Vitality also tapped into our data<\/a> to engage with their fans by improving its prediction tool further. This partnership aims to build a more immersive experience for esports fans, with the most accurate predictions for Vitality’s performances in major tournaments landing esports viewers at the top of the leaderboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arcane Season 2 celebrates League of Legends<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Gaming has become more and more mainstream, with movie and show adaptations showcasing the interesting lore, characters, and gameplay in some of the most popular competitive games. Perhaps one of the most successful is Arcane. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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