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- Gamesmaster is 8/1 to win a BAFTA next year with the reboot set to return to E4
- Other betting specials include any eSports team to win BBC SPOTY Team of the Year in 2023
- The longest odds are for any eSports player to win BBC SPOTY and we may see players start to be nominated in coming years
Gamesmaster is 8/1 to win a BAFTA next year with the reboot set to return to E4
Cult video game show Gamesmaster is now 8/1 to win a BAFTA next year with Channel 4 announcing its return with three more specials in 2023.
Bookies say there's an 11% chance of the show winning a BAFTA but with gaming growing every year it may well be in contention.
Betway have a whole host of eSports specials for next year including odds around competitive events getting big ratings and winning big UK awards.
| Esports Betting Specials - 2023 | Odds | Probability |
|---|---|---|
| Gamesmaster to win a BAFTA Award | 8/1 | 11.1% |
| Any Esports event to be most watched UK TV Sports event in 2023 | 50/1 | 2% |
| Any Esports team to win BBC SPOTY Team of the Year | 80/1 | 1.2% |
| Any Esports player to win BBC SPOTY | 100/1 | 1% |
Other betting specials include any eSports team to win BBC SPOTY Team of the Year in 2023
Betway give other specials around eSports in 2023 with odds of 50/1 that any team wins the BBC SPOTY Team of the Year.
It would likely have to be a team like Call of Duty's London Royal Ravens or Fnatic's LEC Roster that is even nominated.
Esports isn't popular in the mainstream in the UK currently and it'll take even more of a push to get some of these players as household names.
Growth In Esports Popularity
The longest odds are for any eSports player to win BBC SPOTY and we may see players start to be nominated in coming years
The biggest odds that are available in the eSports betting specials market are for any eSports player to be nominated for the main SPOTY award.
The 1% chance given by bookies for any player to win the SPOTY award shows that it's extremely slim for an eSports player to win the award.
Similar to the Team of the Year award, eSports in general need something big to happen in the UK for any of the players to become big names for voters.
With 2023 being a fairly quiet year in terms of the big tournaments in world sport, it could be that an eSports player sneaks into the nominees.
