CS: GO has become the most popular discipline among bettors

Bookmaker LOOT.BET released a review of last year's statistics on the rates of eSports. According to the research, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive became the most popular esports discipline among bettors in 2020, taking over 53 percent of the total betting share.

The second place in the corresponding chart was taken by Dota 2 with a share of 35 percent, and the third - by League of Legends with a share of 7 percent.

As part of the most popular disciplines, betters singled out the following tournaments: ESL One Road to Rio (CS: GO), Epic League (Dota 2) and Legends Pro League (LPL) Summer (League of Legends).

One of the least popular games, FIFA, managed to finish fourth, while VALORANT, as a newcomer to the esports space, came in seventh place, ahead of established disciplines such as Overwatch and Rocket League.

League of Legends was in the lead in average bet size, followed by King of Glory and Call of Duty. Two of the most popular games - CS: GO and Dota 2 - were in 10th and 11th places, respectively.

Among the teams, Natus Vincere (CS: GO), Team Nigma (Dota 2) and T1 (League of Legends) became the favorites. Team Liquid (CS: GO), Just Error (Dota 2) and Victory Five (League of Legends) were the most demanded in terms of average bets, while the maximum bets belonged to Heroic (CS: GO), Team Aster (Dota 2) and DAMWON Gaming (League of Legends).

Most of the money in total was won thanks to Sprout (CS: GO), VP.Prodigy (Dota 2) and FlyQuest (League of Legends). The biggest losses were on Fnatic (CS: GO), Team Nigma (Dota 2) and FunPlus Phoenix (League of Legends).

The most active in terms of the average number of bets per client were Hungary, Japan and Switzerland, and the least active in terms of the same indicator were Poland, Russia and Ukraine.