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Who's Going to Win The International? Ask Pinnacle Sports, the World's Biggest eSports Bookmaker
Having struck their first eSports bet as far back as 2010, Pinnacle Sports have established themselves as , surpassing one million eSports bets in the process.
Given that dominant position, the Curacao operator's TI5 winner odds should be a good indicator of which team will bag the biggest prize in eSports' history.
Ahead of the Group Stage the stand-out favourite was Team Secret. Pinnacle Sports' Dota 2 odds gave them roughly the same chance of winning TI5, as a victory for any of the other 15 teams combined, but that could all change by the time the Main Event begins.
Whoever makes the Grand Finals on August the 8 , on the outcome; these limits dwarf their most popular of events such as the English Premier League or the NFL.
"We don't see eSports as niche or novelty, we consider it alongside our mainstream sports like soccer or basketball. So given that status that The International, and eSports in general now holds, we wanted to apply appropriate betting limits," Marco Blume , Head of Sportsbook at Pinnacle Sports.
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