eSports governing bodies have to lodge an appeal to prevent gambling in Las Vegas based events

eSports governing bodies will have to submit a request no less than 30-days before their event begins if they have any chance of stopping a Las Vegas sportsbook from offering odds at one of their events according to an eSports news writer.

It was only a matter of time before the Nevada Gambling Commission (NGC) gave the green light for Nevada sportsbooks to offer odds on eSports events. As our very own Peter Amsel points out right here. William Hill US were the first to break that particular hymen when they opened a book on the Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) Oakland League of Legends (LOL) at the Downtown Grand & Casino.

The thumbs went up only a day before the players got their keyboards out of their backpacks after a last-minute meeting of minds within Nevada’s Gaming Policy Committee. Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval said it was a significant step towards turning Nevada into the ‘eSports capital of the world.’ Fifth Street Gaming, CEO, Seth Schorr, pointed to the ‘positive impact on state revenues.’

But it seems not everyone within the eSports industry is so keen on the move into the regulated and licensed gambling sphere. In an article scribed for PVPLive, Dustin Steiner, poked around the innards of the NGC to find out what would happen if an eSports tournament organiser didn’t want gambling at their events.