eSports have finally earned their right as one of the latest and greatest topics of interest within the gambling industry.  There is no doubt about it, unlike other “fads” that have temporarily captivated our industry in the past, eSports are here to stay and as time goes on and technology continues to sharpen, their popularity will only continue to grow.

In fact, eSports have been around for much longer than the average person would guess, with the earliest known video game competition taking place at Standford University in 1972 and the first games going online in the early ‘90s.

Victor Martyn, CEO of GosuGamers.net and a familiar face in the iGaming industry conference circuit, has been immersed in eSports for the past 17 years. Martyn earned the StarCraft World Championship title in 1998, making him the world’s first eSports professional.  Since then, Martyn has witnessed first hand the growth of eSports and the opportunities that are coming along with it, including the launch of GosuGamers.net which served an astounding 24.2 million unique eSports enthusiasts with 467 million pageviews in 2015 alone.

I was initially introduced to Martyn when he was running an online poker affiliate site and spending some time as a professional poker player, several years back.  This is the main reason why I think Martyn is an exceptionally valuable resource for gambling companies interested in eSports, seeing as he is part of the fabric of eSports and also familiar with how the gambling industry works.