Is esports betting legal in the UK? The UKGC's answer
Yes, for adults in Great Britain, through a Gambling Commission-licensed business. What the regulator's eSports and skins guidance says, read 18 Oct 2026.
Yes, for adults in Great Britain, through a Gambling Commission-licensed business. What the regulator's eSports and skins guidance says, read 18 Oct 2026.
Online betting is legal in Australia via a state-licensed provider, but Victoria picks the events. Its approved list, read 17 Oct 2026, has no esports.
Esports betting in Canada is legal when a province runs it under Criminal Code s.207. The statute's wording, the incumbents' claims, and Ontario's layer.
Esports betting in the USA is legal only where a state allows sports betting and its regulator approves the event. Ohio's catalogue, read in October 2026.
Riot, Valve, Activision, Ubisoft and ESL FACEIT Group, row by row: who lets a bookmaker on the shirt or the stream, and the document each answer rests on.
Every 2026 CDL team, listed. One betting deal is documented: Midnite and the Royal Ravens in 2021. Activision's current rule is unsettled.
Riot's betting sponsorship rules one by one: vetting, GRID data, team integrity programs, Tier 2 money and the jersey line, set against three public deals.
PARIVISION (PARI) and BetBoom Team are the bookmaker-sponsored Dota 2 teams this desk verified; TI 2025 listings showed BB Team. Here is why.
Most top CS2 teams carry a betting title sponsor, but Valve now bars skin and case sites from jerseys. The record, team by team, as of September 2026.
Fifteen months after Riot opened the category, two Tier 1 deals are public: MIBR x 1xBet and G2 x Winamax. What each reports, against Riot's rules.